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Post by darksidebeadle on Jun 17, 2019 5:40:53 GMT
1. Apocalypse Now 2. Manhattan 3. Alien 4. Breaking Away 5. Being There 6. Rocky II 7. The Wanderers 8. The Warriors 9. Escape from Alcatraz 10. Kramer vs Kramer
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Post by movielover on Jun 17, 2019 5:48:12 GMT
Top 10
Manhattan And Justice for All Kramer vs. Kramer Apocalypse Now The Warriors The China Syndrome North Dallas Forty The Jerk Life of Brian Hair
Top 20
Norma Rae The Wanderers The Amityville Horror All That Jazz Hardcore Rocky II Alien The Plumber Quadrophenia 10
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Post by jcush on Jun 17, 2019 6:05:39 GMT
1. Apocalypse Now 2. Alien 3. ...And Justice for All 4. Kramer vs. Kramer 5. Manhattan 6. The China Syndrome 7. Escape from Alcatraz 8. Being There 9. The Castle of Cagliostro 10. Hardcore
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Post by Raimo47 on Jun 17, 2019 7:02:09 GMT
1. Rocky II 2. Salem's Lot 3. Moonraker 4. Alien 5. Escape from Alcatraz
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 17, 2019 7:30:57 GMT
- Stalker
- The Tin Drum
- Breaking Away
- Alien
- Manhattan
- All That Jazz
- Apocalypse Now
- Saint Jack
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Quadrophenia
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 17, 2019 7:35:50 GMT
1. Moonraker 2. Apocalypse Now 3. The Warriors 4. ...And justice for all. 5. Breaking Away 6. Fleisch (Spare Parts) 7. Phantasm 8. Alien 9. The Jerk 10. Rocky II
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 17, 2019 7:37:17 GMT
Time After Time Manhattan Breaking Away The China Syndrome Alien Apocalypse Now Last Embrace All That Jazz North Dallas Forty Murder by Decree
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 17, 2019 7:48:56 GMT
Apocalypse Now Alien Breaking Away Life of Brian Manhattan Stalker Kramer vs Kramer Phantasm The China Syndrome The Jerk
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 7:49:13 GMT
Without thinking too hard about it... and in no order...
Breaking Away Roller Boogie Alien
...that's all I can think of for now
1979 is the only year from the awesome 1970s that is not filled with amazing movies... All the other years it would be easy to do a top ten list
Like 1974...
Airport 1975 The Conversation Amarcord Persecution Badlands Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Chinatown Born Innocent
that's it for now
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 10:21:16 GMT
Without thinking too hard about it... and in no order... Breaking Away Roller Boogie Alien ...that's all I can think of for now 1979 is the only year from the awesome 1970s that is not filled with amazing movies... All the other years it would be easy to do a top ten list
Like 1974... Airport 1975 The Conversation Amarcord Persecution Badlands Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Chinatown Born Innocent that's it for now Absolute tosh and piffle. It is not as extraordinary as 1978 I find, but there are many terrific gems and I have found it difficult to single out just 10. Have you even seen many from 1979, or are you just being controversial Mr. Dirty? 1979 was also a good year for me as well as a whole.
alphabetical only:
ALIEN APOCALYSE NOW BEING THERE BREAKING AWAY ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ KRAMER vs KRAMER A LITTLE ROMANCE 1941 THE ROSE STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
HM's ALL THAT JAZZ THE AMITYVILLE HORROR AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ASHANTI THE BLACK HOLE THE BROOD THE CHAMP THE CHINA SYNDROME DRACULA HAIR HARDCORE LIFE OF BRIAN LOVE AT FIRST BITE MAD MAX MOONRAKER THE MUPPET MOVIE MUDER BY DECREE MY BRILLIANT CAREER
NORMA RAE THE ONION FIELD
OVER THE EDGE PHANTASM aka THE NEVER DEAD PROPHECY
QUADROPHENIA ROLLER BOOGIE SCUM THE SILENT SCREAM STARTING OVER TESS TIME AFTER TIME THE TIN DRUM THE WANDERERS THE WARRIORS WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
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.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 10:40:33 GMT
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!
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 10:43:33 GMT
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.
Definitely! But it was an exciting time as well. Everything was changing.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 17, 2019 10:56:52 GMT
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! I have a rare copy of Roller Boogie on vhs. I have watched it once. I wouldn't say it was amazing, compared to many of the other gems that I feel 1979 had on offer, but it does encapsulate the light and carefree spirt of many films from this era and something never to be recaptured. Once 1980 hit, the light appeared to dim and picked up again mid 80's. That is why there are so many perennial favorites for horror films in the early 80's too, because the tone of the era suited the atmosphere of the films presented. I love how you see film from the sociological perspective, Toasted Cheese. It's very interesting stuff. I never had once thought about the slasher film coinciding with whatever social issues that were going on at the same time. I guess there is some theme of darkness and pessimism going on here? What do you think, Mr. Toasty?
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Post by politicidal on Jun 17, 2019 17:03:30 GMT
Alien
The Castle of Cagliostro
Nosferatu, the Vampyre
Apocalypse Now
The First Great Train Robbery
The China Syndrome
The Amityville Horror
The Warriors
Rocky II
The Muppet Movie
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2019 17:17:33 GMT
The Warriors Monty Python's Life of Brian The Jerk Mad Max The Rose Apocalypse Now The China Syndrome Escape From Alcatraz Kramer vs. Kramer Time After Time
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Post by louise on Jun 17, 2019 17:25:57 GMT
Moonraker The In-Laws the Lady Vanishes Being There Manhattan Love at First Bite Escape to Athena Life of Brian 10 Kramer versus Kramer
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 17, 2019 17:27:27 GMT
Apocalypse Now Alien All that Jazz Kramer vs Kramer Manhattan The Muppet Movie Being There Life of Brian The China Syndrome Rocky II
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Post by marth on Jun 18, 2019 2:55:38 GMT
Alien Apocalypse Now Kramer vs Kramer All That Jazz Hair Mad Max Manhattan The Rose Moonraker Being There
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Post by gspdude on Jun 30, 2019 13:52:40 GMT
1. Alien 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Fascination 4. Escape From Alcatraz 5. The Great Santini 6. Star Trek 7. Mad Max 8. Dracula 9. The Brood 10.Zombie
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Post by drystyx on Jul 3, 2019 4:41:30 GMT
1. HAIR 10/10
2. Moonraker 8/10 "
3. Alien 8/10
4. The China Syndrome 8/10
5. Avenging Warriors of Shaolin (for the purists "jie shi ying xiong") 7/10
6. The Onion Field 7/10
7. Ffolkes 7/10
8. Cuba 7/10
9. Meteor 7/10
10. The Jerk 6/10
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