[Don Pickett]

Originally Posted by Aquataris 

Which we surely all agree on is Mint Chocolate Chip.

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie pwns you!

[Aquataris]

At least the three of us just agreed better on ice cream than on movies...

[analogika]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

I don't give two thoughts about "critically acclaimed." Those morons voted King Kong. KING KONG!!!

Uh-huh. For Best Visual Effects.

I'm not sure how that undermines my point that critical acclaim probably indicates some merit.

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Oh right, I forgot about that fool proof method of determination.

Well, it seems common knowledge that Grammy "awards" reflect sales performance, not critical acclaim, so Frank Farian probably deserved that one on account of 30 million singles and 14 million albums.
(Even though it was somewhat understandably revoked, despite the fact that substituting band members for recording - often enough without their knowledge - has been common production technique for the past forty-some years.)

[Laminar]

[Dakar the Fourth]

That reminds me, I really meant to reply to this thread. Great movie, even though the ending was poor/random. It seemed like near the end of the movie the writer tried to break-off from a predictable plot, took a left turn, but really had no where to go. Despite that, I loved the early panoramas (made me think a Leone), the minimalist dialogue and scoring, and lastly, the motif (I can't recall the last time I saw a movie set in the late 70s/early 80s in the Southwest). I think the motif was a huge part of the movie.