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Post by Flynn on Apr 20, 2018 4:15:18 GMT
There are some movies, like Top Gun for instance, that were popular in their time and are still known by the general public today, but then there are those movies that were popular when initially released but that seemed to have been forgotten. Are there any movies you remember as being popular at one time but that no longer are?
I have many, but I’ll name a couple:
Turk 182! (1985) - I don’t know if this movie was greatly popular, but I do remember seeing a ton of advertisements for it, but I haven’t heard or seen someone reference this movie in 25-30 years.
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987) - Back in the late ‘80s, this seemed as popular as Sixteen Candles or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but whereas those other films have made it into ‘80s pop culture lore, Secret to My Success seems to have dropped off in popularity.
Bear in mind that I’m not saying that no one remembers these films or that they don’t have a small cult following. I’m just saying that the films seem to have a disparity in popularity today from when it was originally released, or at least that’s my perception.
What are some you remember?
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Post by Marv on Apr 20, 2018 4:29:58 GMT
The Dream Team...80s flick about a bunch of mental patients that get ‘abandoned’ in New York while trying to go to a Yankee game. Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle and Flounder from Animal House. Lorraine Bracco is also in it. It’s a wonderful comedy.
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Post by darkpast on Apr 20, 2018 4:39:14 GMT
Avatar
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Post by Roberto on Apr 20, 2018 4:40:31 GMT
Most "Oscar" Best Picture winners other than Titanic and Return of the King?
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Post by Flynn on Apr 20, 2018 4:43:27 GMT
The Dream Team...80s flick about a bunch of mental patients that get ‘abandoned’ in New York while trying to go to a Yankee game. Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle and Flounder from Animal House. Lorraine Bracco is also in it. It’s a wonderful comedy. i love the “Hit the Road, Jack” sing-along in the van.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 20, 2018 5:22:23 GMT
Ha! I read the title of this thread and clicked on it to write TURK 182
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Apr 20, 2018 5:30:26 GMT
Busting (1974) - Elliot Gould, Robert Blake
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Post by mslo79 on Apr 20, 2018 5:41:09 GMT
-Most Best Picture Oscar movies. but then again, these tend not to be all that praised by the general public anyways as you might see one once in a while but they are largely forgotten not long after awards season is over.
-Avatar... but I am not surprised here as this seemed to have been praised for doing 3D well but that's about it. it's forgettable.
-Most animated movies.
-Most super hero movies, or at least a decent portion of them.
-Hell, a decent portion of high $$$ movies as looking at Boxofficemojo's website it seems a decent chunk of those movies that made hundreds of millions of $$$ are mostly forgotten just taking a quick look through the current decade.
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 20, 2018 15:18:14 GMT
The Summer of '42
Goodbye, Columbus
Midnight Express
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Post by movielover on Apr 20, 2018 15:20:24 GMT
The Summer of '42 Midnight Express Great choices.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 15:30:20 GMT
Most movies made have been forgotten by most people. And even more have most people never even heard of.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 20, 2018 15:39:02 GMT
Nearly all Ron Howard movies have been forgotten...Even Splash. It's weird because all of his 80's & 90's movies have been good to great. (I am subconsciously a Ron Howard fan and thus a part of the problem.)
Mr. Mom was also immensely popular at the time.
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Post by johnspartan on Apr 20, 2018 15:50:31 GMT
"More American Graffiti" is such a horrible sequel few know it existed.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 20, 2018 15:51:14 GMT
Good idea for a thread, OP. I’ll try to keep my choices to more modern movies, or we’d be here forever. I agree with the majority here that Avatar and many superhero movies have been, if not forgotten, certainly no longer a big deal, which is in its own way even more belittling. One of the intriguing things about the current Marvel Comics series is how a movie (say, The Avengers (the superhero flick, not the stellar ‘60s show), a movie I disliked but which made tons of money at the box office) comes along, is trumpeted everywhere, well received (inexplicably) by critics, praised by audiences, and then disappears. Honestly, does anyone outside of über-superhero fans talk about The Avengers any more? It’s quite the phenomenon. (That’s one of the many reasons I tell the folks on the superhero boards not to get so invested in them—but, of course, they do.) Anyway, a few ‘forgotten’ favorites… I recommended Radioland Murders, a George Lucas-micromanaged project, on the ‘forgotten comedies’ thread, and I’ll recommend it here as well. Not great, but a fun little movie with a good number of old-time stars. politicidal and I continue to do our duty and try to persuade people to see Sky Captain and the the World of Tomorrow, a wondrous and wonderful movie. Also The Rocketeer, one of the best superhero movies. And I always praise the uproarious and delightful Congo, worth watching even if only for Ernie Hudson alone (“I’m a great white hunter who happens to be black”). A Walk in the Woods, with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, flopped when it came out a few years ago, but I think it’s one of the very best comedies to come out in recent years. Probably many more that aren’t coming to mind at the moment…though, if you’ll forgive one movie outside the ‘modern’ time period I’ve set for myself, let me recommend The Black Swan, with Tyrone Power, one of the very best pirate adventures I’ve seen, though overshadowed by Flynn’s (which, of course, I still love).
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 20, 2018 15:53:03 GMT
Nearly all Ron Howard movies have been forgotten...Even Splash. It's weird because all of his 80's & 90's movies have been good to great. (I am subconsciously a Ron Howard fan and thus a part of the problem.)
Mr. Mom was also immensely popular at the time. That’s fair, though I don’t think Apollo 13 has been forgotten—at least, most people I know definitely know the movie. Just a few years ago, anyone remember how much of a big deal The Da Vinci Code was? Heh. (I like both movies, actually.)
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 20, 2018 15:54:04 GMT
The Conversation is rightly revered in some circles but elsewhere mention of it often leads to quizzical looks.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 20, 2018 15:59:46 GMT
The Conversation is rightly revered in some circles but elsewhere mention of it often leads to quizzical looks. That’s too bad. It’s superb.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 20, 2018 16:07:51 GMT
Nearly all Ron Howard movies have been forgotten...Even Splash. It's weird because all of his 80's & 90's movies have been good to great. (I am subconsciously a Ron Howard fan and thus a part of the problem.)
Mr. Mom was also immensely popular at the time. That’s fair, though I don’t think Apollo 13 has been forgotten—at least, most people I know definitely know the movie. Just a few years ago, anyone remember how much of a big deal The Da Vinci Code was? Heh. (I like both movies, actually.) I think as time went on, his movies faded since they were largely comedies and comedies seem to have a short shelf life from the late 20th century. Dude had an amazing streak with few duds that I would watch right now if they were in regular rotation. Ransom Apollo 13 The Paper Far and Away Backdraft Parenthood Willow Gung Ho Cocoon Splash Night Shift His 21st century stuff skews toward tentpole/prestige stuff that is hit or miss.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 20, 2018 16:22:41 GMT
Two from the '70s that are neglected primarily because they're so difficult to access, having been out of distribution owing to music licensing issues: Taking Off (1971) Recently-passed director Milos Forman's U.S. debut is a droll and disarmingly off-kilter satire of the generation gap, counterculture, suburbia and American mores. Along with a rare opportunity for Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry to headline a film, it features Paul Benedict, a pre-MTM Georgia Engel, Vincent Schiavelli, Audra Lindley and well-integrated musical performances by The Ike and Tina Turner Review, Carly Simon and Kathy (then known as Bobo) Bates. American Hot Wax (1978) Dynamic Tim McIntire is in command as DJ Alan Freed in an idealized, exuberant, witty and affectionate paean to '50s rock n' roll with many vintage recordings, onscreen performances by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a supporting cast including Laraine Newman, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno and Jeff Altman and a wealth of topical period references for the sharp-eyed-and-eared.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 20, 2018 16:26:06 GMT
The Terminal (2004). F*ck that movie. Easily Steven Spielberg's most forgettable.
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