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Three Amigos! (1986)
Brilliant
The first time I saw this movie I thought it was alright. In the roughly ten times I've watched it since I've laughed more and more! It gets better each time. Amongst friends, it's probably the most quoted movie we laugh about (yes, Caddyshack and Blazing Saddles are right up there in the top ranks of quotes, too). It's a comedy gem! The heroes have an awesome comedy chemistry, the villains are funny, and the smaller roles have their moments, too. I'm laughing as I write this reflecting on it -- a good sign! It's also timeless. The subject, setting, and dialog will allow it to be appreciated by the next generation and the one after that. The laughs make this picture not just famous... but IN-famous!
Mystic River (2003)
Chop it Down
Just saw the movie, never read the book. This movie was long enough -- what an incredibly ridiculous last ten minutes. How long was this movie? Two and a half hours? My advice to those about to see it is to leave after the first two hours and twenty. I lost a lot of respect for the movie and was just shaking my head in disappointment after the tail of it.
And I don't care how rough a life the characters of Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, and Sean Penn had -- there is no WAY they should try to pass them off as guys in their mid-30's. The screenplay adaptation should have been tweaked to fix that one.
Watch It (1993)
John C. McGinley's speech makes the movie
The Rick Miller Theory of Dating speech (mentioned in another user's comment) should be seen by just about everybody. The humor and realism of that segment is priceless. And McGinley's delivery of it was right on. Curse of the nice guy. I wish the pranks would have continued throughout the movie to add some more 'juice' to it, though.