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posted on 13/1/22

Airplane rating lower than Roxanne? Seems being a Spurs fan isn't the worst thing about you.

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posted on 13/1/22

comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
This was the results of my 70s review:

25. What's up Doc ? (8.5)
24. The Godfather Part 2 (8.75)
23. Mean Streets (8.75)
22. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (8.75)
21. Don't Look Now (8.75)
20. The Andromeda Strain (8.75)
19. Mad Max (8.75)
18. Five Easy Pieces (8.75)
17. Harold and Maude (8.75)
16. Grease (8.75)
15. The Exorcist (9)
14. Chinatown (9)
13. Dog Day Afternoon (9)
12. Straw Dogs (9)
11. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (9)
10. Alien (9.25)
9. The Godfather (9.25)
8. A Woman Under the Influence (9.25)
7. The Deer Hunter (9.25)
6. Badlands (9.25)
5. Barry Lyndon (9.25)
4. Network (9.5)
3. Jaws (9.5)
2. Apocalypse Now (9.5)
1. Cabaret (9.5)
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No The Sting or Deliverance?

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posted on 13/1/22

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Actually 80's would win for sci-fi:

Blade Runner
The Thing
Aliens
Terminator
Back to the Future
Empire Strikes Back

Yeah fack the 90's.
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Robocop, Predator...the list goes on.
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Mad Max's were more or less all 80s too. 79,81,85
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Thunderdome wasn't great though.
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2 was the best tho

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 13/1/22

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Actually 80's would win for sci-fi:

Blade Runner
The Thing
Aliens
Terminator
Back to the Future
Empire Strikes Back

Yeah fack the 90's.
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Robocop, Predator...the list goes on.
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Mad Max's were more or less all 80s too. 79,81,85
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Thunderdome wasn't great though.
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2 was the best tho
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Yeah, 80's wins sci fi hands down it seems.

90's has T2, Contact, Gattaca, 12 Monkeys and a few others. Nowhere near as many classics.

posted on 13/1/22

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
This was the results of my 70s review:

25. What's up Doc ? (8.5)
24. The Godfather Part 2 (8.75)
23. Mean Streets (8.75)
22. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (8.75)
21. Don't Look Now (8.75)
20. The Andromeda Strain (8.75)
19. Mad Max (8.75)
18. Five Easy Pieces (8.75)
17. Harold and Maude (8.75)
16. Grease (8.75)
15. The Exorcist (9)
14. Chinatown (9)
13. Dog Day Afternoon (9)
12. Straw Dogs (9)
11. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (9)
10. Alien (9.25)
9. The Godfather (9.25)
8. A Woman Under the Influence (9.25)
7. The Deer Hunter (9.25)
6. Badlands (9.25)
5. Barry Lyndon (9.25)
4. Network (9.5)
3. Jaws (9.5)
2. Apocalypse Now (9.5)
1. Cabaret (9.5)
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No The Sting or Deliverance?
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Interesting question. The Sting I didn't finish (I've watched it loads of times before but not this time). It is sooooo....the opening scene in which Redford nicks the guy's wallet, is just soooo cheesy. Then a couple of scenes later he walks into a casino with some girl and places, I think $3000 on red. It's just absurd. From there there was no way it could come back as a serious contender against the leaders, so I just moved on to the next film

Deliverance I agree is a good film and I did watch it to the end, but no it didn't score high enough for me. Can't remember what it was specifically.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 13/1/22

comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
This was the results of my 70s review:

25. What's up Doc ? (8.5)
24. The Godfather Part 2 (8.75)
23. Mean Streets (8.75)
22. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (8.75)
21. Don't Look Now (8.75)
20. The Andromeda Strain (8.75)
19. Mad Max (8.75)
18. Five Easy Pieces (8.75)
17. Harold and Maude (8.75)
16. Grease (8.75)
15. The Exorcist (9)
14. Chinatown (9)
13. Dog Day Afternoon (9)
12. Straw Dogs (9)
11. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (9)
10. Alien (9.25)
9. The Godfather (9.25)
8. A Woman Under the Influence (9.25)
7. The Deer Hunter (9.25)
6. Badlands (9.25)
5. Barry Lyndon (9.25)
4. Network (9.5)
3. Jaws (9.5)
2. Apocalypse Now (9.5)
1. Cabaret (9.5)
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No The Sting or Deliverance?
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Interesting question. The Sting I didn't finish (I've watched it loads of times before but not this time). It is sooooo....the opening scene in which Redford nicks the guy's wallet, is just soooo cheesy. Then a couple of scenes later he walks into a casino with some girl and places, I think $3000 on red. It's just absurd. From there there was no way it could come back as a serious contender against the leaders, so I just moved on to the next film

Deliverance I agree is a good film and I did watch it to the end, but no it didn't score high enough for me. Can't remember what it was specifically.
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No point me arguing against as it's all subjective. I'd have them in over some of those films on your list. Definitely wouldn't have The Deer Hunter so high, which takes half the film to get to the good bits. Would have Taxi Driver on there too.

posted on 13/1/22

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Dim Sim Flung (U22695)
posted 4 minutes ago
This was the results of my 70s review:

25. What's up Doc ? (8.5)
24. The Godfather Part 2 (8.75)
23. Mean Streets (8.75)
22. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (8.75)
21. Don't Look Now (8.75)
20. The Andromeda Strain (8.75)
19. Mad Max (8.75)
18. Five Easy Pieces (8.75)
17. Harold and Maude (8.75)
16. Grease (8.75)
15. The Exorcist (9)
14. Chinatown (9)
13. Dog Day Afternoon (9)
12. Straw Dogs (9)
11. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (9)
10. Alien (9.25)
9. The Godfather (9.25)
8. A Woman Under the Influence (9.25)
7. The Deer Hunter (9.25)
6. Badlands (9.25)
5. Barry Lyndon (9.25)
4. Network (9.5)
3. Jaws (9.5)
2. Apocalypse Now (9.5)
1. Cabaret (9.5)
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No The Sting or Deliverance?
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Interesting question. The Sting I didn't finish (I've watched it loads of times before but not this time). It is sooooo....the opening scene in which Redford nicks the guy's wallet, is just soooo cheesy. Then a couple of scenes later he walks into a casino with some girl and places, I think $3000 on red. It's just absurd. From there there was no way it could come back as a serious contender against the leaders, so I just moved on to the next film

Deliverance I agree is a good film and I did watch it to the end, but no it didn't score high enough for me. Can't remember what it was specifically.
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No point me arguing against as it's all subjective. I'd have them in over some of those films on your list. Definitely wouldn't have The Deer Hunter so high, which takes half the film to get to the good bits. Would have Taxi Driver on there too.
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Agree it's a slow burner. It's an emotional epic though IIRC, and the scenery in the mountains is gorgeous. Can understand where you're coming from. De Niro is fantastic in it. Of course you are right about the subjectivity. Taxi Driver just missed the list IIRC.

posted on 13/1/22

not gonna repeat any already mentioned, so what i haven't seen listed:

audition
elisa
unforgiven
princess mononoke
falling down
ghost in the shell

and anyone who suggests titanic should be shot. repeatedly.

posted on 13/1/22

Anyone said Boyz n the Hood ?

posted on 13/1/22

Yes

posted on 13/1/22

comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
Princess Bride
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I've had a lot of people telling me about this movie, but the trailers look absolutely dreadful. It's 80s anyway

posted on 13/1/22

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Airplane rating lower than Roxanne? Seems being a Spurs fan isn't the worst thing about you.
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Maybe because I've seen Airplane so many times. Roxanne was making me LOL a fair bit.

posted on 13/1/22

Unfortunately my post settings mean that I can't update the OP with a list, but I'll list out below the suggestions we have so far:

Silence of the Lambs
Goodfellas
Toy Story
Friday
South Park
Shawshank
City Slickers
T2
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump

posted on 13/1/22


Speed
Groundhog Day
Donnie Brasco
Mall Rats
Pulp Fiction
The Usual Suspects
Primal Fear
Clear and Present Danger
The Fugitive
Goodfellas
LA Confidential
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
Fight Club
Heat

posted on 13/1/22

The Blair Witch Project
Trainspotting
Boogie Nights
Green Mile
True Romance
Leon
Reservoir Dogs
La Haine
magnolia
being john Malkovich
Seven
Fight club
Kalifornia
Nil By Mouth
Toy Story
Die Hard With a Vengeance
Lock Stock
Clerks
Blair Witch
Candyman
Interview with a vampire
bram stokers dracula
silence of the lambs
Casino
JFK
State of Grace
The Commitments
Days of Thunder
Jurassic Park
Terminator 2
Total Recall
Enemy of the state
Independence day
A Few good men
Beavis and Butthead
Conair
Misery
Nil By Mouth
Jackie Brown
American Beauty
Ghost Dog
Dead Man
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
Henry Fool
Swingers
Go
The Rock
Hunt for Red October
The Fugitive
Last Of The Mohicans
Life Is Beautiful
The Last Boy Scout
Boyz In The Hood
True Lies
Philadelphia
LA Story
audition
elisa
unforgiven
princess mononoke
falling down
ghost in the shell
Dances with Wolves

posted on 13/1/22

Good work guys

Please keep the suggestions coming in.

Of course, do what you want with the thread, but from my point of view, what I start doing now (I've done this on another forum for other decades), is to view the trailer for each movie (and in some cases also read reviews), and decide on that basis which ones are going through to the viewing round.

Then I'll watch each movie basically. If I know it's not going to score an 8.5 or above then I stop watching and move on to the next one.

People can keep suggesting movies at any time.

I'll do the previews round asap to sort out the provisional list for the viewing round, but I won't get round to viewing for a while yet as I still have about 70 movies to watch from the 80s, and I'm away at the moment and not really doing it.

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posted on 13/1/22

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid if you're into 1980s Steve Martin comedies.

posted on 13/1/22

a few not yet mentioned:

big night
hard boiled
delicatessen
king of new york
trees lounge
breaking the waves
office space
election
rushmore
event horizon
and we must have had fargo?

posted on 13/1/22

Yep, Fargo, Lebowski and a shout out to Miller's Crossing.

Was going to mention Delicatessen too. I love a good dark comedy.

posted on 14/1/22

also bad lieutenant (harvey keitel, though i prefer the nic cage one) and the virgin suicides (aged better than lost in translation)

posted on 14/1/22

I’m gonna bring some other classics which haven’t been mentioned… (or they have but I’m too lazy to read the thread)

Muriel’s Wedding
Romper Stomper
The Castle (highly recommended)
Dazed and Confused
Bullet in the Head (imo John Woos masterpiece)

posted on 14/1/22

Not a popular pick amongst war film buffs, but I love The Thin Red Line

I'd also have some Ken Loach, hard to choose just one in his 90s production.

posted on 14/1/22

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 6 minutes ago
Not a popular pick amongst war film buffs, but I love The Thin Red Line

I'd also have some Ken Loach, hard to choose just one in his 90s production.
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It is a very good movie. Has one of my favourite actors - Ben Chaplin who never really pushed on after that and the Truth about Cats and Dogs.

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