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Poll: #91

  • Batman (1966) 169
  • Soylent Green (1973) 147
  • Excalibur (1981) 168
  • The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 153
  • Super Troopers (2001) 142
  • True Grit (2010) 140
  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) 53
  • Producer's Pick: The French Connection (1971) 154
  • None of the above 48
  • 2025-02-18
  • —2025-02-22
  • 1174 votes
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**** VOTE FOR ALL YOU WOULD WATCH A REACTION TO!! ****Movies not chosen doesn't mean they will never be watched. They are still on my to-watch list so make sure you go upvote them on MOVIE REQUEST SITE

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Comments

Jeremy V.

This is an absolutely brilliant Poll! Wow! I love it when I see polls like this! 🥸

Geoff S.

I've been waiting two years for Excalibur! If it wins she'll LOVE it.

Jason Scade

Incredibly good selection! I'd watch all of them. Hoping The French Connection wins. Though, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a very close 2nd hopeful for me.

Nik

I'd watch the old Batman twice. haha

Jack O

I instantly voted for Super Troopers but it's a better watch while altered, so that might have to wait! 😅

streaky

I thought you'd already done a True Grit reaction.. >.>

Banes

To the Bat-Pole!

Erik Lundmark

Dang it it's close! I hope I hope I hope Batman 1966 wins it this time...

Jason Kaiser

Soylent Green - Remember Tuesday is Soylent Green Day! The Cracker That Tastes Different Person to Person...

streaky

Ah, might explain it ;)

Major Peril

You've had a great run lately with Producer's Picks... The French Connection would be a fantastic choice, not to mention unique. Not sure other reactors have done that one, Would be hoping for The Last of the Mohicans, but gonna put my money on Soylent Green or Excalibur.

Toc

The Batman '66 movie is terrible; it's way better to watch two episodes of the series. (Every episode is a two-parter so it comes out to just a little shorter than the '66 movie anyways). The TV series was brilliant and cool; the '66 movie was cheap and lame. Completely not worth your time.

Happy Hanukkah

Surely y'all would not want to deprive Jen of the music towards the end of this movie!

Clay F

I am also hoping for The Last of the Mohicans. Agree that The French Connection [AFI Top 100] is also a fantastic choice. Hold Down A ("Ames") reacted to it 3 months ago in October 2024 (full reaction posted to her Patreon).

Geoff S.

The music is a mix of Wagner, Orff and original score by Trevor Jones

Clay F

Excellent poll. Good choices. I voted for the best 3 movies in the poll: *The Last of the Mohicans (1992) *True Grit (2010) [better than the 1969 original] *The French Connection (1971) [AFI Top 100] I also voted for Batman (1966) because of nostalgia and because I would watch the reaction. I would not watch reactions for Soylent Green, Excalibur, Reeve Story, or Super Troopers. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is excellent. Soylent Green and Excalibur are ok.

thansen

Tough choice but Excalibur is such a unique film I had to go with that.

Rob Nichols

Never heard of None of the above, so didn't vote for that one.

Clay F

Still early and the poll competitive, but looks like Batman '66 may run away with it.

Clay F

It's currently beating Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

To Wa

Glad Batman '66 is in the lead. Hoping for a 3way tie w/Soylent Green and The French Connection!

Bryan Tuck

The SUPER/MAN documentary is very good, and I recommend seeing it. But I doubt I'd watch a reaction, as I don't really want to just watch someone cry for an hour and 45 minutes. :)

Strong Decaf

Adam West is the only Batman I ever needed

Joe Blankenship

I loved the Adam West Batman when I was growing up. The campiness of it didn't really register to my kid brain. I just figured it was like that because it was old. Of course, now it's entertaining mainly because of the camp.

Chief

Excalibur, for when it was made, is far better than it has any right to be. And it features the early days of many familiar faces in the cast!

Happy Hanukkah

I agree about The French Connection. I somehow didn't see it until relatively recently, and immediately became an enthusiastic convert. AFI notwithstanding, it's surprising how such a successful and well-regarded film has slipped from the public consciousness.

Mastervodo

Anaal nathrak, uthvas bethud, do che-ol di-enve! Jen will love the costumes in Excalibur! If I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

Mastervodo

KaPOW! Zap! OOF! Crack! Um...... SNIKT!

Toc

How embarrassing.

Zapp Rowsdower

Same. After realizing it was intentionally made to look like it was out of the old comic books, it made more sense.

Mark McKeown

Sad to see the Super/Man doc get very little love, it just won a BAFTA over the weekend. Another time maybe.

Interdimensional Cowlick

Last of the Mohicans is one of those movies where every aspect of the film is just perfection, from direction and performance to production and score. I would really look forward to that one.

John Courtright

I also voted for: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) True Grit (2010) The French Connection (1971) I confess, I couldn't get myself to vote for Batman (1966). 😂

Clay F

Yeah, I almost didn't vote for Batman. Also knowing that I could unvote Batman if would help one of my favs win.

Clay F

It's beating None of the above

Clay F

The poll is quite competive. The current results in percentages: Excalibur = 14% Batman = 14% Mohicans = 13% Soylent = 13% The French = 13% True Grit = 12% Troopers = 12% Super/Man = 5% None of the above = 4% I would love to see The Last of the Mohicans surge into the lead. Currently only 8 votes behind Excalibur.

Stephen Malloy

Batman 1966 for the funsies. The French Connection for Gene Hackman’s iconic character. A true Hollywood crime drama from the seventies. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Joel P

Same. It's a Masterpiece.

Happy Hanukkah

"It's beating None of the above." In other words: "It's better than nothing." :-)

Marc Peterson

I’m sure these are all great picks but French Connection is in a class by itself. Won Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). Incredible gritty international crime drama. Roy Scheider also excellent. Perhaps greatest car chase ever filmed. I may be a bit biased as I was a 16 yr old usher at the theater in 1972 and only saw it about 100 times! Marc

Clay F

AFI Top 100 movie. In the poll, currently in 4th place -- not too bad.

Byrd N. Hand

I'd personally still rather see you finish off some long-gestating franchises before going any further (namely the Harry Callahan pentalogy; the "Godfather" trilogy; the "Hobbit" trilogy so as to conclude the Middle-Earth saga -- the extended cuts for those, of course; "Inside Out 2;" "Incredibles 2;" and "Monsters University"), but since those aren't on the table here, I'll go with "The French Connection" (as long as you also watch the underrated "French Connection II") and the Coen Brothers' alternate adaptation of "True Grit."

Nicholas Bielik

Finger crossed for Excalibur. It’s a film that deserves to be more widely recognized. It’s also the best King Arthur film ever made (though The Green Knight is a close second).

Glenn Galloway

Had to go with Excalibur and the French Connection. Excalibur is the definitive King Arthur film. Most other KA only handles portions of the mythos, and the whole film rarely is as good as Excalibur's portion dealing with it. Also, an insane cast. The French Connection is one of the iconic chase scenes in cinema and, IMHO, established the police procedural as a separate genre from the detective noir films and the shoot 'em up cop films.

Vincent

Excalibur! 👑

Jeremy V.

Wow kinda glad that Excalibur is in the lead! #TeamPendragon

Adam Davis

Excalibur should win this by rights, it's an amazing film and the best one dealing with the Arthurian legend, it has an excellent cast and score too.

Sequiro

Brewster would be sad.

Clay F

The number of votes at the Movie Request Site (jenmurrayxo. com) The Last of the Mohicans = 95 Excalibur = 50 True Grit (2010) = 47 Soylent Green = 29 Batman (1966) = 26 The French Connection = 26

Eric Janssen

If the “secret code” from Ready Player One sounds familiar after watching Excalibur 🧙‍♂️, consider your 80’s lore that one bit more educated.

Eric Janssen

The last Wagnerian (LITERALLY) five minutes of the movie is one of those moments you always remember what theater you first saw it. It was the first Big 80’s Fantasy Film, and that finale was like the opening ceremonies.

Adam Davis

Yes, I agree, like you I saw it in the cinema (theatre) upon its release, it made an even bigger impact on than if I saw it elsewhere at home for instance obviously I bought it on VHS when it was available, and later on DVD etc. I sent a copy of it to, Jen, along with some other films, "Westworld" was amongst those too.

Clay F

Wow, Batman is only 3 votes from 1st place. The French Connection gets 150 votes here but only 26 votes at the Movie Request Site (jenmurrayxo. com). What's the deal? 1. Some patrons would watch a reaction to The French Connection (so voted yes here) but don't like The French Connection enough to upvote at jenmurrayxo. com 2. Some patrons don't visit jenmurrayxo. com 3. Some patrons who like The French Connection visit jenmurrayxo. com but overlooked The French Connection.

Batguano

Any last minute Excalibur fans? Gotta be a better watchalong than Batman

Major Peril

Yes, I think the Movie Request Site (jenmurrayxo. com) is a great idea and I fully support it's continuance. Sadly, I think that re-visits to the site just aren't happening enough, particularly for "newer" film suggestions after they get pushed down the page to never be seen again. There doesn't seem to be any incentive to dive deeper in search of films that may be of interest to many. For instance, The French Connection is "buried" deep on page 11 of 86 using the default sorting and rows per page settings. Unless you're looking for that film explicitly by name or browsing each of the 86 pages looking for films you like, you're not likely to see it, even if it's one you highly like and would instantly upvote. Polls, on the other hand, are a way for people to instantly react to their film preferences, a sort of knee-jerk reaction. Fast and simple. I think the pairing of polls and request site is a good one. Just think the request site may need a little attention for it to be more effective.

Clay F

Yep, new requests are buried in the muddled mass at the bottom. Popular movies that patrons would upvote are lost among the zillion obscure movies in the massive lowest substratum of the pile. Movies ranked near the top are weighted toward movies requested in the early times of jenmurrayxo. com -- in contrast, excellent movies newly requested are not noticed.

Clay F

I am glad I have nostalgia for Batman (1966). If you don't have that nostalgia lens, god help you.

To Wa

I can only see percentages. What was the difference in votes for the top two?

Nicholas Bielik

Excalibur lost by only one vote (Cue sad music). I love the 1966 Batman show, but Excalibur was my vote.

To Wa

Thank you.

Carlos Stevens

Can we add a new category for All Of The Above? You won't go wrong with any choice.

Jen Murray

You can just vote for all of them! I encourage you to vote for ANY and ALL you would watch a reaction to. If the #'s of votes on losing movies is high enough I may still consider watching or in near future

Jen Murray

You can see exact vote numbers on desktop! Batman won by 1 vote

Jen Murray

There's no way for us to run this site that will make everyone happy! I don't consider it the same as a poll. It's simply a better way for me to track specific requests. Instead of getting hundreds of messages and emails requesting movies by title and I just put them in a spreadsheet, they go on the site instead. It's just a tracker really. I don't expect most people to go through and upvote. Rather, if they have a specific title they would message me to request they can search it there and add or upvote

Clay F

Jen, your request system is the best I've seen. More user-friendly (more features) than that at PiB. Patrons vote for a movie in a poll or suggest a movie in a comment, but don't spend the few seconds to search the request site and upvote, despite the request site being visibly promoted over and over and over. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Clay F

Have you upvoted Excalibur at the movie request site?

Marc Peterson

Earnest plea for the French Connection!! I’m not getting any younger…

Alex

Gene Hackman RIP

jon bolton

Amazing! I just checked back and saw my vote helped clinched the win, Batman was the only one i voted for, but it was still about 7 behind at the time. I realise that 168 others had something to do with it too, but i'm enjoying my moment lol.

Summer

I know this has nothing to do with the post but want to say am glad Voyager (Star Trek) is on the eventual list, rewatching an episode in season one thinking Jen will like her, Jen will like that, Jen will like their friendship, it is something you will enjoy in a few years

Jason Scade

I'm bursting for The French Connection here. :D I added it to the request site originally. It is disappointing to see how few votes it has vs how seminal it is. :/ The request site is really excellent. I find it very user friendly and it has handy features. It just doesn't seem to get used by the majority. On a different note, lack of votes on the request site doesn't necessarily equate to poor viewing numbers on YouTube. The IT Crowd had a quite dismal vote count on the request site but got a great view count pretty quickly on YT. I think it'll be the same with French Conn, I'd expect that to do Dirty Harry (1) numbers on YT, if not higher. RIP Gene Hackman and wife.