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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 07:44 PM
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Poll question: Salon's 10 Worst Movie Dads Of All Time









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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 08:33 PM
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1. Had to vote for Christopher Walken in a very good movie
At Close Range. Sean Penn plays one of his sons. Chilling movie.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:10 AM
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7. It includes the song "Live to Tell", which is probably the best thing Madonna ever did.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 09:32 PM
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2. Jack....


:scared:
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 09:57 PM
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3. The single most chilling moment in that movie for me...
...and I don't know how intentional this was, or if it was Nicholson or Kubrick who had the idea...is that the kid's name is Danny, and Nicholson calls him that throughout the movie, but when he flips out and is chasing him through the ice maze he yells "I'm comin' for ya, DAN!"

:-)
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:27 PM
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4. I'll have to listen for that the next time I watch it...
As a young kid, hearing the kid yelling REDRUM always freaked me out. :scared:

Amazing performance by Jack in that movie. :thumbsup:
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 10:51 PM
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5. Keyser Soze
you know the scene I mean.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-11 11:02 PM
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6. Other: James Coburn in "Affliction"


Poor Nick Nolte.

:cry:

Worst. Father. Ever.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:11 PM
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9. Good call...
but my vote is still for Huston
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 11:29 AM
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13. Good choice!
And a wonderful actor.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:07 PM
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8. No Great Santini?
The entire movie was about what an awful dad he was.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:17 PM
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10. I have to go with Noah Cross
He knew exactly what he was doing, not only to his daughter, everyone around him, the consequences and didn't care -- completely amoral. Torrence was driven insane by whatever possessed that hotel; he had no control over his action.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:17 PM
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11. Robert Mitchum
That movie gives me chills....
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-27-11 01:27 PM
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12. How about John Heard as....
Peter McCallister in the Home Alone movies?
I mean...he was a pretty irresponsible father, if you ask me.

:hide:
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 12:09 PM
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14. The psycho ultra-religious dad who murdered
Edited on Tue Jun-28-11 12:17 PM by frogmarch
people and taught his sons to also. Can't think of the movie name or who was in it, but that dad was not my idea of a very good dad.

My daughter-in-law figured it out: Fraility starring Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey. Bill Paxton was a very bad dad in that one.
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-11 07:04 PM
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15. Bob Euell
To Kill a Mockingbird.
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