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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 17, 2014 23:14:12 GMT -5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman - I hate Tyler perry, but this is his first and he obviously found an audience. I see where you're coming from but...it feels wrong. I like it, but if we're talking Spielberg films which address post 9/11 anxieties made in 2005, we gotta go Munich. Interesting choice. What's your argument for for it? |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 17, 2014 23:41:15 GMT -5
Brokeback Mountain: Cultural touchstone
Munich: The best examination of terrorism and counter-terrorism in since 9/11
Batman Begins: Popularized the reboot
The 40 Year Old Virgin: Ushered in a new era of R-rated comedy
The New World: Probably the best depiction of the early encounters between European and Native Americans on film.
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 17, 2014 23:41:16 GMT -5
McCarthyism hasn't been as relevant since its time than the media's cheerleading of Bush policies in Iraq when Good Night and Good Luck came out. Differing opinions were loudly shot down, and the movies message is extremely pertinent to the time.
Amusing too that moviegoers' complaints were that the guy playing McCarthy was too over the top and theatrical when they were using archival footage.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 17, 2014 23:56:32 GMT -5
Diary of a Mad Black Woman I see where you're coming from but...it feels wrong. I'll remember this when Birth of a Nation comes up. |
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Post by sabin26 on Dec 18, 2014 1:24:38 GMT -5
Batman Begins
Sin City
Hostel - Only because it made the murder porn spotlight
Forty Year Old Virgin
Serenity
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Post by Fiverrabbit2014 on Dec 18, 2014 3:44:18 GMT -5
1. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
2. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
3. A History of Violence
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Walk the Line
6. Hoodwinked
7. Hide and Seek
8. War of the Worlds
9. Star Wars Episode III
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 7:54:58 GMT -5
Brokeback Mountain: Cultural touchstone Munich: The best examination of terrorism and counter-terrorism in since 9/11 Batman Begins: Popularized the reboot The 40 Year Old Virgin: Ushered in a new era of R-rated comedy The New World: Probably the best depiction of the early encounters between European and Native Americans on film. Would you be cool with just putting The New World in all five slots? |
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 18, 2014 7:55:38 GMT -5
I like Brokeback and Virgin as two important films from the year for sure.
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Post by Dracula on Dec 18, 2014 8:04:17 GMT -5
Brokeback Mountain: Cultural touchstone Munich: The best examination of terrorism and counter-terrorism in since 9/11 Batman Begins: Popularized the reboot The 40 Year Old Virgin: Ushered in a new era of R-rated comedy The New World: Probably the best depiction of the early encounters between European and Native Americans on film. Would you be cool with just putting The New World in all five slots? I considered it... |
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Post by Deexan on Dec 18, 2014 8:06:24 GMT -5
Drac has it spot on, I feel.
Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Batman Begins
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The New World
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 18, 2014 10:30:25 GMT -5
I'm down with The New World.
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Post by Knerys on Dec 18, 2014 15:42:48 GMT -5
Works for me.
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 18, 2014 21:40:33 GMT -5
New World? I love it but... does anyone even know it exists?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 21:51:14 GMT -5
You do.
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 20, 2014 10:07:10 GMT -5
Well, okay, we're taking Dracs list then. It feels like we're missing something though...
Next year:1980
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 20, 2014 11:52:21 GMT -5
Raging Bull
The Shining
Empire Strikes Back
Airplane!
Caddyshack
This one is too easy.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 20, 2014 12:42:55 GMT -5
It feels like we're missing something though... While you guys were busy masturbating to The New World, you forgot about Jarhead. The first American war movie to depict machines becoming more important than humans. I know people in the military and they say that next to Saving Private Ryan, it's the most accurate war movie they've ever seen. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 20, 2014 12:55:21 GMT -5
Raging Bull The Shining Empire Strikes Back Airplane! Caddyshack This one is too easy. I absolutely agree with the first four. |
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Post by Jibbs on Dec 20, 2014 12:56:08 GMT -5
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
The Shining
Airplane!
Raging Bull
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Post by Dracula on Dec 20, 2014 12:59:27 GMT -5
It feels like we're missing something though... While you guys were busy masturbating to The New World, you forgot about Jarhead. The first American war movie to depict machines becoming more important than humans. I know people in the military and they say that next to Saving Private Ryan, it's the most accurate war movie they've ever seen. I didn't think anyone else would go for The New World, I mostly just nominated it because you get really pissed off every time I nominate a Malick film. I'm glad it worked out. For 1980 Raging Bull: No brainer The Shining: No brainer Heaven's Gate: The infamous film that killed the New Hollywood 70s. The Empire Strikes Back: We did let Return in The Elephant Man: Important early Lynch, major leap forward in film makeup |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 20, 2014 15:15:05 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate: The infamous film that killed the New Hollywood 70s. No. Jaws and Star Wars killed "70's Hollywood." Heaven's Gate temporarily stopped Hollywood from funding 3 hour long movies with a big budget. And as we all know, that's what Hollywood specializes in these days. It's commonly accepted that Dances With Wolves brought back the Heaven's Gate type movies. Now, of course, you ain't wrong in one aspect. Heaven's Gate is definitely important. The question is, HOW important? 10, 15 or even 20 years ago I would have definitely put Heaven's Gate in this list. Now? I don't know. 1980 was so long ago... and Dances With Wolves was so long ago... that it doesn't really matter anymore. Heaven's Gate feels like a hiccup. |
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Post by Dracula on Dec 20, 2014 15:58:01 GMT -5
Heaven's Gate: The infamous film that killed the New Hollywood 70s. No. Jaws and Star Wars killed "70's Hollywood." Heaven's Gate temporarily stopped Hollywood from funding 3 hour long movies with a big budget. And as we all know, that's what Hollywood specializes in these days. It's commonly accepted that Dances With Wolves brought back the Heaven's Gate type movies. Now, of course, you ain't wrong in one aspect. Heaven's Gate is definitely important. The question is, HOW important? 10, 15 or even 20 years ago I would have definitely put Heaven's Gate in this list. Now? I don't know. 1980 was so long ago... and Dances With Wolves was so long ago... that it doesn't really matter anymore. Heaven's Gate feels like a hiccup. I'm thinking it could be a stand-in for a number of coked up over-ambitious movies like 1941 and New York New York that collectively made Hollywood lose faith in auteur-driven cinema. If not for Heaven's Gate the studios may have just seen Jaws and Star Wars as one-off hits like The Godfather and The Exorcist. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 20, 2014 16:31:36 GMT -5
1. Raging Bull: One of Scorsese's masterpieces and in some ways the final film of the New Hollywood era.
2. The Shining: The anti-horror film that became one of the best of the genre and one of Kubrick's most accessible films.
3. The Empire Strikes Back: Nearly matches the original for amount of iconic moments and is one of the most loved films of all time.
4. Airplane!: Very iconic comedy that is still reference often.
5. The Elephant Man: David Lynch's most mainstream film and the make-up is a game changer.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 20, 2014 16:35:23 GMT -5
It collectively made Hollywood lose faith in auteur-driven cinema. Nah. Let's not exaggerate. The 1980's gave us movies like Amadeus and filmmakers like Oliver Stone. If anything... Hollywood had more faith in director back then than they do now. Look at the blockbusters we make now. They're mostly cookie cutter. Back then you had Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Richard Donner, Tim Burton and lots of other directors making auteur-like movies for Hollywood. The best we have now is Christopher Nolan. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 20, 2014 16:39:50 GMT -5
Why have we been showering so much love on Lynch?
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