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Post by Archelaus on Apr 20, 2018 22:11:29 GMT
Wanda (1970)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Madeleine (1950)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Paradine Case (1947)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Panic in the Streets (1950)
The Slender Thread (1965)
The Fortune (1975)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Pretty much every live-action Walt Disney Productions film throughout the 1970s
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 23:37:01 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. They have? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 23:38:39 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 like The Da Vinci Code, too. It wasn't nearly as controversial as we were led to believe but it was still fun. Loved the ending most of all. |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Apr 21, 2018 23:39:58 GMT
Harry and Tonto
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 23:41:14 GMT
The Right Stuff...an American classic that rarely ever get's a mention Love that movie. As far as 80s films, second only to Raiders of the Lost Ark. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 23:43:00 GMT
The Black Hole...it was Disney's answer to Star Wars and a huge deal in 1979. Now it's not even available on Bluray. A shame really, because it's fun in a cheesy, "50s sci-fi" sort of way and boasted some pretty spectacular space vistas. I watched this several years ago and it is a very cheesy and often times silly movie. But I love the design of that ship! And it does have a really bizarre and unforgettable ending. And a nice score, too. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 21, 2018 23:51:34 GMT
Ha some good choices in here.
I remember Summer of 42 getting talked about A LOT, and The Right Stuff.
And Ron Howard movies got a lot of publicity back in the day.
Tootsie and Mrs Doubtfire did too.
And Disney films like the Shaggy DA.
How about MY BODYGUARD?
I predict Harry Potter films will fall down the memory hole before too long. It was a corporate-created phenom, not a public-created one.
Sky Captain--the background on that film was interesting. The directors were invited to a meeting with George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, and a few others of note. They were so intimidated they sat at another table in the room, didnt think they would be worthy to sit with them, but the whole point of the meeting was to pick their brains about making a movie via storyboards on computer.
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Post by OldAussie on Apr 21, 2018 23:51:46 GMT
The Right Stuff is the best movie of the 80s. Tragic if people are unaware of it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 0:02:50 GMT
I've seen that. It's a good film. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 22, 2018 0:09:52 GMT
Yeah I liked My Bodyguard. It was talked about a lot in the early 80s.
The Paper Chase came up a fair bit on Siskel and Ebert-I think they made a tv show on it too but I havent seen it, or forgot most of it.
I remember Mr. Mom getting a lot of press attention.
Cabaret is another that got a lot of advertising or movie clip references into the 80s but seems to have fallen down the memory hole.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 22, 2018 0:11:15 GMT
Risky Business was another one that was referenced continuously through the 80s, early 90s.
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Post by bravomailer on Apr 22, 2018 0:25:33 GMT
Someone just mentioned Klute on another board and I think it fits here. It made Jane Fonda a superstar and her hairstyle an international fad.
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Post by Flynn on Apr 22, 2018 4:40:10 GMT
Most movies made have been forgotten by most people. And even more have most people never even heard of. Well, yeah, that’s a given, isn’t it? But that wasn’t my point. My point was to provide a thread for people to identify movies they still think about but that don’t get mentioned anymore, at least not en masse. By “forgotten,” I’m referring to films that appear to have lost their status as a popular film. I’m not really saying that the films are truly forgotten. |
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Post by Flynn on Apr 22, 2018 4:58:53 GMT
The Terminal (2004). F*ck that movie. Easily Steven Spielberg's most forgettable. I actually liked The Terminal and still remember it fondly, although I haven’t seen it since I saw it in theaters. I can accept that it’s forgotten, though. For me his most forgettable movie is Empire of the Sun. For one thing, I get it confused with The Last Emperor. For another, I can’t remember a damn thing about it other than it exists. I would imagine that Always also ranks for many people as his most forgettable film. |
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Post by Flynn on Apr 22, 2018 5:02:54 GMT
The Right Stuff is the best movie of the 80s. Tragic if people are unaware of it. I’ve never seen it, but I know of it well. I actually have the soundtrack. Man does it rip off Holst’s “Jupiter” at times. |
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 22, 2018 5:29:35 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 22, 2018 5:34:42 GMT
MOST of the "I Need to Know" films.
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Post by movielover on Apr 22, 2018 5:41:11 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 22, 2018 5:43:17 GMT
I HATE REHASHES...BUT I'd consider one for this because of OJ's involvement.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 22, 2018 7:14:00 GMT
To me, Brendan Fraser is one of the most appealing, most versatile, and most overlooked actors around. He could (and probably still can) do everything from goofy, cartoonish comedy (George of the Jungle being one of my favorites, and one which, come to think of it, would probably fit in this thread well too, unfortunately--along with the literally cartoonish and cartoon-incorporating Looney Tunes: Back in Action, another film that would work in this thread) to drama/tragedy (e.g., School Ties and Gods and Monsters). It doesn't make sense to me that he could be so easily forgotten, but he has also had an unusual amount of personal trouble, what with an especially acrimonious divorce and a severely challenged (autistic?) son.
I still have hopes that he will land a really good role that will win him the attention and success he so richly deserves. Just because he's coming up on fifty does not rule out this possibility; it wouldn't be the first time that a seemingly forgotten actor scores a comeback and begins a whole new career.
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