You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#171 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 107 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.
#172 Re: Guns N' Roses » The General and Monsters » 107 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.
#173 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 107 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.
#174 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 107 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.
#175 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best films of the 1970s » 107 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.
#176 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 107 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.
#177 The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1990s » 107 weeks ago
- James
- Replies: 14
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
#178 Re: The Sunset Strip » Best Films of the 1980s » 107 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.
#179 Re: The Sunset Strip » Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds album » 107 weeks ago
Listened to Hackney Diamonds on a loop last night before bed..and woke up to it playing.
My opinion unchanged...their best since Voodoo Lounge and the two best songs Tell Me Straight and Sweet Sounds of Heaven.
Jagger and Richards spotted in the studio. They may be finishing those leftovers for a deluxe edition soon.
#180 Re: The Sunset Strip » RIP Shane MacGowan » 107 weeks ago
RIP
This is one of those bands I've heard about for eons but never really listened to them.
Instead of listening to the Stones tonight, I'll queue up an assortment of their songs.
