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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 24, 2021 2:50:39 GMT
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Barely remember it
The Rocketeer - Shame no sequel
Hudson Hawk - A complete mess
Terminator 2 - Amazing
Point Break - Have yet to actually see this
Hot Shots! - Think I laughed more during the sequel
City Slickers - Been forever since seeing it
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead - Forgot this even existed
William and Theodore’s Bogus Journey - Again, been forever since seeing it
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Post by vegalyra on May 24, 2021 3:12:29 GMT
Saw a lot of movies that summer, especially at the dollar theater.
Some others:
Doc Hollywood - fun little Michael J. Fox romantic comedy
VI Warshawski - don't remember much about this one except my brother and I always had a hard time pronouncing the name
Mobsters - one of the more unbelievable gangster films. Patrick Dempsey as a hardcore goodfella?
Mannequin Two - horrible unnecessary sequel to a mediocre first film
Naked Gun 2 1/2 - pretty funny but not quite as good as the original
Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man - Don Johnson was pretty good, my memory isn't too good, I might not have seen this until it came out on VHS
Stand outs for me though were
Rocketeer - I agree that a sequel should have been made. This was a great film, Dalton was amazing as an Errol Flynn type. Jennifer Connelly was gorgeous. I like the use of the GeeBees.
Terminator 2 - Probably a better film than the original, this movie was a sensation when it came out. I was addicted to the arcade game.
Robin Hood - Not the best Robin Hood film, but it was still a lot of fun. The Sean Connery cameo was a big surprise at the end of the film. The big highlight of course, was Alan Rickman as the Sheriff.
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Post by janntosh on May 24, 2021 3:24:21 GMT
Forgot Backdraft
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Post by politicidal on May 24, 2021 13:30:08 GMT
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10/10
The Rocketeer 9/10
Terminator II 7.5/10
City Slickers 7/10
Point Break 7/10
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Post by mikef6 on May 24, 2021 16:45:57 GMT
A few enjoyable titles among the ones mentioned but basically that summer was a drought.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 24, 2021 16:55:15 GMT
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves The Rocketeer Hudson Hawk Terminator 2 Point Break Hot Shots! William and Theodore’s Bogus Journey I could watch any of these right now and have fun doing it.
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Post by janntosh on May 24, 2021 17:01:59 GMT
Rminder to OP summer movie seasons begin in May and go to end of August
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Post by Prime etc. on May 24, 2021 19:57:46 GMT
I felt this was the year where the steam was running out of Hollywood. The star-focused movie was beginning to disappear.
CGI was now getting attention thanks to Terminator 2 (though the water creature in the Abyss was incredible--that was amazing how it could imitate faces).
T 2 was the first disappointing blockbuster movie experience--where I was disappointed in the story resolution and some of the choices made.
In the 90s you could detect that original story genre movies were disappearing. It was many more sequels and brand name blockbusters.
And far less on the low budget side was getting on the radar. Sundance-type movies were more prominent.
Action and horror were buried in the home video market.
I wonder how international film was doing-like Italy--it looks like a lot less output compared to the 80s.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 24, 2021 20:37:17 GMT
Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man - Don Johnson was pretty good, my memory isn't too good, I might not have seen this until it came out on VHS I think I was still going through a Mickey Rourke phase, during which I caught in theaters both Desperate Hours the previous year and White Sands the following year. I don't recall much about HD&MM aside from the stiffly moving in unison, Daniel Baldwin-led group of automatic weapons-toting, matching slick black outfits-wearing henchmen whom I thought were robots.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 25, 2021 2:29:18 GMT
Any summer without a F&F movie is automatically better.
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 25, 2021 2:46:02 GMT
VI Warshawski - don't remember much about this one except my brother and I always had a hard time pronouncing the name I think I was taken in by this film as it was supposed to have a good pedigree, being an adaptation of a private eye mystery novel series popular at the time. I went in expecting something along the lines of Spenser: For Hire for the big screen, sleuthing with a good feel for local color and some wittiness thrown in. It really wasn't.
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