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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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Full Metal Jacket (1987/Kubrick) Once Upon a Time in America (1984/Leone) The Right Stuff (1983/Kauffman) Raging Bull (1980/Scorsese) The Last Temptation of Christ (1989/Scorsese) Scarface (1983/de Palma) The Untoucahbles (1987/de Palma) Empire of the Sun (1987/Speilberg) Born on the 4th of July (1989/Stone) The Empire Strikes Back (1980/Kirschner)
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GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled. - Greed
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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Originally posted by DonVitoCorleone: Probably the worst decade ever for cinema. I'll have to agree. It was painful to try and compile this list becasue it was kind of like the hang over after that binge we call the seventies.
Madness! Madness! - Major Clipton The Bridge On The River Kwai
GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled. - Greed
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/18/06 08:52 PM
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Once Upon A Time in America (Leone, 1984) Scarface (De Palma, 1983) Caddyshack (1980, Reitman) This is Spinal Tap (DiBergi, 1984) A Christmas Story (Clark, 1983) Stand By Me (1986, Reiner) Born on the 4th of July (1989, Stone) The Blues Brothers (1980, Landis) Batman (1989, Burton) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, Hughes)
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/19/06 04:52 AM
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It may be the worst decade, but you know what? Still a decade of great movies, and sure it wasn't the 1970s....but how could it compete? BTW, I'm surprised by many who pick Tim Burton's stylish-if-overrated decent BATMAN.
Top 10(for now)
RAGING BULL (1980) - Many call this the best of the decade, and they might be onto something. Martin Scorsese delivers a knock-out with this brutal drama with Robert DeNiro cementing his legendary mystique among actors world-wide. Do I have to remind everyone that this movie lost to ORDINARY PEOPLE for Best Picture?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984) - A shame that American movie buffs didn't get to see this film, nor did Sergio Leone be redeemed in this country as well after this picture was truncated to shit upon its original Yankee release. Now restored to its complete 229 minute edit, we have a masterpiece that truely every self-described "cinema fan" has to see at least once.
THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) - Philip Kaufman's triumphant epic of Americana guts and glory with the legendary Mercury space program of NASA in the 1960s, along with iconic work from Sam Shepard, who was nominated for his part of Chuck Yeager. Winner for Best score. I need to review this sucker soon for VIDEO BIN REVIEW....sound good folks?
THE SHINING (1980) - Starting with BARRY LYNDON, critics and movie fans seem to be mixed with each succeeding motion picture from Stanley Kubrick, and the box-office tallies showed. However, with time being the true agent of weeding out the winners from the dogs, we now know that this is yet another Kubrick masterpiece...and arguably, alongside John Carpenter's THE THING, the best horror picture of the "Slasher" Decade. Here's Johnny!
FULL METAL JACKET (1987) - Kubrick is the only man to pull double duty on my list with this war classic. Sardonic black humor abounds, with many times not willing to dumb down or be "accessible" to let everyone onto the joke itself. Gave the meal-ticket lifetime of acting gigs of being the Tougher-than-Nails Sargent for Mr. Lee Ermey.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) - Not only a superior sequel to the biggest movie ever, but since its release its been the prototypical summer blockbuster sequel, with visuals of bleakness that which Lucas could never match in terms of intensity with his $120 million-a-pop STAR WARS prequels. Especially the finale duel itself is hear-poundful thrilling.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) - The most influential action movie in the last 25 years, further changing how action motion pictures were to be made for the public, with thrills every 10 minutes and Spielberg playing himself in Harrison Ford, a tough slick man who beats the shit out of Nazis.
BLADE RUNNER (1982) - Sir Ridley Scott's best technical film as a director is ALIEN, but BLADE RUNNER is his legacy. He crafts a universe onto itself of where humanity is held precious, but in name only, and still the poster-face of cinematic futuristic metropolitan landscapes.
BRAZIL (1985) - Terry Gilliam's reputation is made with this legendary gem that of which the studio almost prevented us from seeing. Fantasy and serious British satire intertwine. I'll discuss this sucker further when my upcoming CULT MOVIE REVIEW edition is posted.
SCARFACE (1983) - Weird choice for sure, but while its far from being a masterpiece or even a great movie per say, its the American 80's incarnate on the big screen. There is tacky Italian coke-art deco, with pastel fashions, cocaine, booze, and guns everywhere, and women are worth taking out your boss for. As I discussed in my livingcorpse.com review, this is of sorts a mystique tale for criminals in the underworld, where one man rose from the jails of Cuba to ruling South Florida as a conquered province...before he loses it while trying to take the whole world, and everything in it.
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/19/06 06:41 PM
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The thing with the 80's, for me, is that the films have, for some reason (fashion?), dated very badly.
There are exceptions, and actually many of them, if you look hard enough. Check out these masterpieces...
Blue Velvet (1986; David Lynch) Fanny och Alexander/Fanny and Alexander (1982; Ingmar Bergman) Kagemusha/The Shadow Warrior (1983; Akira Kurosawa) The King of Comedy (1983; Martin Scorsese) Krótki Film O Milosci/A Short Film About Love (1988; Krzysztof Kieslowski) Krótki Film O Zabijaniu/A Short Film About Killing (1988; Krzysztof Kieslowski) The Killing Fields (1984; Roland Joffe) Once Upon a Time in America (1984; Sergio Leone) Raging Bull (1980; Martin Scorsese) Ran/Chaos (1985; Akira Kurosawa)
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/20/06 11:58 AM
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Top ten in no order in bold
Raging Bull Diner The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Arc Amedeus My Favorite Year An Officer an A Gentlemen Terms of Endearment True Confessions Tootsie Angel Heart The Right Stuff Runaway Train Hoosiers Mississippi Burning Dangerous Liasons Stand By Me A Fish Called Wanda Do the Right Thing Dead Poets Society
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/21/06 01:32 AM
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How you can consider 1990 part of the 80's is beyond me.
Ten years: 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. A decade. The 80's.
1990 would be the 90's. :p
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/21/06 04:25 AM
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The Empire Strikes Back Pale Rider Scarface Return of the Jedi Terminator Young Guns Back to the Future Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade Untouchables Ferris Buellers Day Off The Breakfast Club(due to personal experience as I had to do a few Saturday's of detention )
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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01/21/06 02:03 PM
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I do have to admit, this was a hard one to think up.
(No order)
The Elephant Man Raging Bull Once Upon a Time in America This is Spinal Tap A Christmas Story The Shining Rain Man Batman Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Breakfast Club
My head hurts. And I'm not quite satisfied with that list.
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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02/24/06 04:47 AM
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Are you going to stone me to death if I add American gigolo (1980) to the list?
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Re: 10 Best Films of the 80's
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02/24/06 05:55 AM
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True Confessions (1981) Always amazed at how it seems as though so few have seen this one, because if you had it would be on your list. Salud, my Daigo Mick Friend, for at least giving it an honorable mention, along with Angel Heart, Mickey Rourke's tour de force. Originally posted by Don Jasani: it all depends on how you look at the decade. Is the decade from 1980 to 1989 or from 1980 to 1990? Same with the 90s, is it from 1990 to 1999 or from 1990 to 2000? It should be from 0-9, shouldn't it? The first day of 1980 was the first day of the decade, and the last day of 1989 the last. It certainly can't be from 1980 to 1990, because that would be 11 years, not 10.
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