{"id":3022,"date":"2006-03-18T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-18T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2017-12-21T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T17:18:26","slug":"wherein-brian-realizes-trivial-pursuit-is-going-to-be-harder-in-a-decade-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/18\/wherein-brian-realizes-trivial-pursuit-is-going-to-be-harder-in-a-decade-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Wherein Brian Realizes Trivial Pursuit Is Going to be Harder in a Decade For Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Online Film Critics Society releases its list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ofcs.rottentomatoes.com\/pages\/pr\/1990overlooked\" target=\"_new\">Top Overlooked Films of the 1990s<\/a>.  I guess I scored highly on this test, since I overlooked 97 of the 100.  Here they are, with the ones I&#8217;ve seen in bold:<\/p>\n<ul><i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs1\">Miller&#8217;s Crossing<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs2\">Safe<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs3\">The Sweet Hereafter<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs4\">Lone Star<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs5\">Heavenly Creatures<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs6\">Waiting for Guffman<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs7\">The Hudsucker Proxy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs8\">Babe: Pig in the City<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs9\">Dead Man<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs10\">Fearless<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs11\">Bound<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs12\">Chungking Express<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs13\">The Straight Story<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs14\">Searching for Bobby Fischer<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs15\">Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs16\">That Thing You Do!<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs17\">Dead Again<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs18\">Sneakers<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs19\">Zero Effect<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs20\">The Butcher Boy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs21\">Truly, Madly, Deeply<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs22\">In the Company of Men<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs23\">Devil in a Blue Dress<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs24\">The Red Violin<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs25\">Cemetery Man<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs26\"><b>Hamlet<\/b><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs27\">Breakdown<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs28\">Welcome to the Dollhouse<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs29\">The Apostle<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs30\">Eve&#8217;s Bayou<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs31\">Hard Eight<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs32\">Defending Your Life<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs33\">A Little Princess<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs34\">Bringing Out the Dead<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs35\">Hana-Bi (Fireworks)<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs36\">Jacob&#8217;s Ladder<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs37\">The Spanish Prisoner<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs38\"><b>Pump Up the Volume<\/b><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs39\">Beautiful Girls<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs40\">The Double Life of Veronique<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs41\">Very Bad Things<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs42\">Richard III<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs43\">October Sky<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs44\">Strange Days<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs45\">My Neighbor Totoro<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs46\">L.A. Story<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs47\">Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs48\">A Bronx Tale<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs49\">The Limey<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs50\">A Perfect World<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs51\">Before Sunrise<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs52\">Bob Roberts<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs53\">Dick<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs54\">Raise the Red Lantern<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs55\">One False Move<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs56\">The Ref<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs57\">Exotica<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs58\">Sonatine<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs59\">Joe Versus the Volcano<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs60\">Matinee<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs61\">The Ice Storm<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs62\">The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs63\">Croupier<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs64\">The Winslow Boy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs65\">Girl on the Bridge<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs66\">Bullet in the Head<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs67\">Darkman<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs68\">Cannibal! The Musical<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs69\">Fast, Cheap &amp; Out of Control<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs70\">Smoke<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs71\">The Last Days of Disco<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs72\">Fresh<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs73\">Eye of God <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs74\">Flirting with Disaster<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs75\">Bottle Rocket<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs76\">Ashes of Time<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs77\">Fallen Angels<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs78\">Great Expectations<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs79\">Kundun<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs80\">A Midnight Clear<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs81\">Deep Cover<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs82\">Ravenous<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs83\">Twin Falls, Idaho<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs84\">The People vs. Larry Flynt<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs85\">Quick Change<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs86\">The Secret of Roan Inish<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs87\">Beloved<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs88\">Big Night<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs89\">Topsy-Turvy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs90\">Living in Oblivion<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs91\">Jesus&#8217; Son<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs92\">Glengarry Glen Ross<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs93\">Chaplin<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs94\">Dead Alive<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs95\">Jude<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs96\">Cradle Will Rock<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs97\">Proof<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs98\">The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs99\">Titus<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"1990overlooked\/ofcs100\"><b>Mystery Men<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/i><\/ul>\n<p>I expect anyone reading this blog to have scored lower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Online Film Critics Society releases its list of the Top Overlooked Films of the 1990s. I guess I scored highly on this test, since I overlooked 97 of the 100. Here they are, with the ones I&#8217;ve seen in bold: Miller&#8217;s Crossing Safe The Sweet Hereafter Lone Star Heavenly Creatures Waiting for Guffman The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-quizzes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18843,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions\/18843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}