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#131 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 93 weeks ago
Age is a big factor in these lists it seems. Or whether you are European or American. A limited amount of American movies came to Europe in the past. And whether you grew up in a decade, or if you were already grown, or you weren't born and only know it through the classics later. A lot of movies are also zeitgeist dependent. If you weren't there and you didn't "get it" then you won't look at the movie the same way.
Absolutely. Clueless is a great example of this. If you weren't around in the summer of 95, it would mean nothing to you.
It never had staying power and obviously no sequels to keep it moving along.
A lot of those 80s teen comedies would fall into this category. The youth of today cannot relate to hours of detention, buying tickets from actual scalpers, malls as the center of the universe, etc.
I blame Elastica's slip through the cracks of history on this same thing. If you weren't a teenager in 94-95 while they were briefly on the scene, you don't know or care of their existence.
#132 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 93 weeks ago
My Cousin Vinny
Yeah this is great. That's one of those lightning in a bottle movies. Put anyone else in that and it probably bombs.
It's fucked up how the world almost got a sequel to this. They floated the idea but Tomei immediately asking for a shit ton of money killed it dead. Years later she was open to doing it but it was too late by then.
If the industry of today existed back then, they greenlight it immediately because an outrageous salary isn't a deal breaker today...it's expected.
Edit
Just looked it up...it almost happened again in 2012 but Tomei backed out. No point in doing it then anyways. Everyone is too old.
Wes Cravens New Nightmare
While I hate Elm street sequels, I gotta give this one more try. Supposedly it tried doing what Scream did a few years later but no one was ready for it yet.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
I should give this a chance someday.
I can't stand Hugh Grant or Andie McDowell in anything...so it was a deal breaker from the start.
Clueless
This is one of those movies that had pop culture by the balls yet wasn't really a huge blockbuster. It probably made a killing in VHS rentals.
I've always wondered if she eventually regretted not doing the TV series. She would've made less money than she did doing that Batman movie, but Batman was the beginning of the end of the Alicia craze and the Clueless series might have kept her in a holding pattern until she finds something better.
Sneakers
I may watch this soon. Last year I watched a bunch of River's films but never got around to that one.
#133 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 93 weeks ago
Beetlejuice
I could never get into this. Too wacky.
I should give it another chance...if only for Winona Ryder and Geena Davis.
They're doing a sequel. I smell a bomb... should've happened 30 years ago.
Pretty In Pink
The Breakfast Club
It's sad that movies like this can't really be made anymore. Youth culture is simply too different now. A world of meaningless hook ups and 24/7 access to internet porn surrounded by a bleak dystopia makes such stories null and void.
Poltergeist
Rarely talked about anymore. Never should've had sequels. One and done.
God I loved Jobeth Williams in this. That scene where her and Craig T. Nelson are watching TV in bed and she's laughing while smoking a joint really got my juices flowing.
One of the few adult actresses I fantasized about as a kid.
Kinda sad and funny that Tobe Hooper was the director but Spielberg took over the production. They tried walking this back years later but I remember that crap...it's a Spielberg film.
My grandma used to watch The Color Purple constantly. It is a good movie...so bleak.
Breakin'
That has to be the most unique and unexpected top 10 entry EVER.
My aunt took me and my uncle to see Breakin' 2.
I can't imagine how cheesy both films are now. Stuff like that and Krush Groove a virtual time capsule of the era.
I should watch one of them for shits and giggles.
#134 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 93 weeks ago
Jagged Little Pill was released in 95 and CD was released in 2008. Completely different worlds.
God take me back to 1995.
Pretty please...with a cherry on top.
#135 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 93 weeks ago
The Shawshank Redemption
Apollo 13
These almost made my list. Apollo 13 really is amazing.
Strange Days
I liked it back in the day. I gotta watch this again and see how it holds up...it's in a dystopic, slightly futuristic 2000.
Jurassic Park
I think this would be held in higher regard had it never had all those sequels. It really was mind blowing at the time.
It's unfortunate that the horror genre was in the dark age at the time. Other than something in the late 90s like Scream, Blair Witch, or Sixth Sense, there's just nothing to represent the genre in a list.
#136 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 93 weeks ago
American History X
Yeah this is great... it's both Norton and Furlong's best film.
As good as it is, I want that alternate, extended cut we were supposed to get until Norton overruled the director and made a different film with the footage.
Point Break
Yeah this was huge that summer.
If Swayze's career hadn't immediately nosedived into B movies, we probably get some sort of sequel/prequel to this in 94-95.
Boyz N the Hood
I always mixed this up with Menace Ii Society.
They're both really good.
The Usual Suspects
Yeah this was killer...watched it again last year.
Too bad Michael Biehn and Chris Cornell turned down roles handed to them on a silver platter. Biehn still regrets it today.
I gotta rewatch Natural Born Killers.
One of my aunts loved Muriel's Wedding.
#137 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best films of the 1970s » 93 weeks ago
I haven't seen A Clockwork Orange since I was probably 5-6. I gotta put that on my list of movies to watch.
I just realized I left Deliverance off my list. It has to be there. Incredible.
#138 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 93 weeks ago
After going over that, I may lean towards Polluxlm's view that the 90s is on par or even better than the 70s. While 70s films look better, I had to leave off a lot more amazing films on this list than I did for the 70s.
#139 The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 93 weeks ago
- James
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This is tougher than the 70s. So many films.
Unforgiven
Se7en
Leon: The Professional
Schindler's List
Quiz Show
Heat
Saving Private Ryan
Georgia
Slingblade
What About Bob
Honorary mentions...
Silence of the Lambs
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Happiness
Jackie Brown
Grumpy Old Men
Only the Lonely
Mission Impossible
Boys Don't Cry
The Sixth Sense
Goodfellas or Casino
#140 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 93 weeks ago
Blow Out
Yeah this deserved a spot. It's also one of those movies that feels like the 1970s.
48 Hrs
Love this. Watched it all the time back in the day.
Videodrome
Yep... ahead of its time. Deserves a remake focusing on smartphones/social media instead of television.
Back to the Future and Ferris Bueller
Some amazing comedies in the 80s. You could probably do a list of nothing but comedies. I would've liked to have included something like Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, or National Lampoon's Vacation.
It has none of the neuroticness of Annie Hall but I watch and just feel kind of moved afterwards.
Only neurosis is Allen's hypochondria over the hearing loss...which is funny but really sticks out from the overall connected story of the sisters. You could probably remove that and it still be a great film.
