Your top 10 of 1979

Your top 10 of 1979 Jun 17, 2019 10:40:33 GMT

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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 10:40:33 GMT

Jun 17, 2019 10:32:42 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Jun 17, 2019 10:21:16 GMT dirtypillows said:

I don't think I was being controversial. I read your list and I guess I have seen maybe a third from your list, at most. So there is that. I did like "When a Stranger Calls" a lot, and "The Muppet Movie" was cute. And Bette Midler was phenomenal in "The Rose"... Just wrenching, and I think she should have gotten the Oscar over Sally Field. I just watched "Escape From Alcatraz" about three months ago, and I did enjoy that one. I like Clint Eastwood. But I think that by 1979, the decade was no longer fresh. It was starting to get tacky even though there was a lot of fun, fun music and tv shows. I do want to see "Being There" and I was not all that impressed by "Kramer vs Kramer". I thought it was okay. I liked the 1978 and 1980 BP winners much more.

On the other hand, every single BP nominee from 1975 is excellent. I would give them all four stars, with Barry Lyndon the one I would give ***1/2 and that is still very, very good.

I think 1971 is my all time favorite year for movies.

Klute
A Clockwork Orange
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
The Last Picture Show
X, Y and Zee
Desperate Characters
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Claude's Knee
Dirty Harry
Straw Dogs
Play Misty For Me
The Beguiled
Walkabout
Willard
THX 1138
Murmur of the Heart
Let's Scare Jessica To Death
The Garden of the Finzi Continis
Harold and Maude
The Mephisto Waltz
Summer of 42

I like/love each one of these films very much. I thought "Carnal Knowledge" and "The French Connection" were okay. The one movie that I actually did not care for was "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" and I will have to check that one out again, because I suspect I might have a different opinion on the movie 20 years later.

You have mentioned before you find 1979 a bit stilted in comparison to the rest of the 70's. I just don't think many would quite agree with your assessment of this year, but I guess is it all boils down to what one connects with as well.

I am not that well versed in the earlier films from the 70's. Perhaps only mid 70's on up. I have seen 14 on your list from 1971, but Dirty Harry, Play Misty, Clockwork Orange and Harold and Maude would be the ones I am most familiar with. The others would need to be re-watched. I don't get the brightness of how I remember the 70's from the earlier part of the decade. There was a somberness that permeated many films and Carnal Knowledge, French Connection, The Exorcist are good examples of this. I just see 1979 as light and carefree and films were starting to make a big impact technological wise too in visual achievements, while still being original in tackling many social issues as well.

Oh, yes, I definitely agree with this part, Mr. T. That's why I like "Roller Boogie" so darn much. It is maybe my favorite movie from the year, I really do love it. It is just so carefree and silly and fun and lightweight and Linda Blair is cute as a button. And I do like 1979, it's just that I don't love it overall. Though the disco was still pretty hopping and there was ABBA and Blondie and "Charlie's Angels" and "Laverne and Shirley" and "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island", really lots of fun stuff here! The TV movie of the week was really in swing by 1979 as well. And I adore those old TV movies! They were more fun than a barrel of monkeys!