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84 still wins.   

 

Also, am I the only person in the world who thought Crash was a terrible movie?  Awful people behaving like dickheads, regretting it, crying and hoping for some kind of empathy?  Struck me as cheap rather than complex, but they did play emotional music in the background when the Asian shopkeeper cried so I guess I've got a heart of stone or something. 

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84 still wins.   

 

Also, am I the only person in the world who thought Crash was a terrible movie?  Awful people behaving like dickheads, regretting it, crying and hoping for some kind of empathy?  Struck me as cheap rather than complex, but they did play emotional music in the background when the Asian shopkeeper cried so I guess I've got a heart of stone or something. 

 

that's one for the shameful confessions threads surely ?

 

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Mississippi Burning - completely unaware of this film until last night, really quite violent / disturbing / depressing but utterly compelling. Gene Hackman's character is one of the most enigmatic characters I've seen in a while - and he's very good obviously.

 

CA: Winter Soldier - being "encouraged" by my geekier SO to fill in the marvel blanks in the films I've not seen so far, also watched this one lately, although it seems unfair to call it a Marvel film, as it's a very solid action / thriller in it's own right without the slightly backhander opinion that comes with the collective description of a 'comic book film'.

 

Haven't seen the first Captain America either so might check that one out too.

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93 ?

The Piano

Groundhog Day

Schindler's List

Jurassic Park

Groundhog Day

Tombstone

Shadowlands

Philadelphia

Groundhog Day

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Mad Dog and Glory

Groundhog Day

That list isn't even that good. Edited by AVFCDAN
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so it was... i thought jaws was widely accepted as the 1st summer blockbuster and the film that started the trend though

 

Spielberg killed it. 

 

70s was a great period for cinema but only ruined by those big blockbuster disaster movies like Towering inferno. 

 

The Sting was  a classic, You had the Clint Eastwood films like Dirty Harry and Magnum force as well as High plains drifter, plus other ones that have already been mentioned. 

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I'm still with Rev on this. Yes the other lists have very good movies in them, but even if you were ignoring the year completely, you'd struggle to pick 5 more pop-culture movies than Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, The Terminator & Spinal Tap. The fact I also thought Crash was a completely over-rated feel-bad movie might mean we have similiar tastes though :)

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Watched Boyhood the other day. I get that it's ground breaking, that it was shot over 12 years, but I just found it a bit dull. 

Me too.

 

I only got halfway through, and I never turn films off halfway through. In fact, I'm usually the guy who gets annoyed at people who say "I only lasted 20 minutes and turned it off".

 

But Boyhood was **** boring. There were good parts to it, but it was strung out over so long.

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1939, no question.

Dark Victory

Gone With The Wind

Goodbye Mister Chips

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Ninotchka

Of Mice And Men

Stagecoach

Wuthering Heights

The Wizard Of Oz

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

The Cat And The Canary

Destry Rides Again

The Four Feathers

The Four Just Men

Gunga Din

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Jamaica Inn

The Roaring Twenties

La Regle Du Jeu

Young Mister Lincoln

Union Pacific

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In case people aren't actually bothering to click the link, and in response to Moonman.

 

1984

Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
Terminator
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Gremlins
Police Academy
Footloose
Splash
Dune
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Star Trek III : The Search for Spock
This is Spinal Tap
Cannonball Run 2
Friday the 13th : The Final Chapter
Against All Odds
Children of the Corn
Supergirl
1984
Missing in Action
The Muppets take Manhattan
Bachelor Party
Firestarter
The Last Starfighter
Amadeus
Revenge of the Nerds
Conan the Destroyer

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In case people aren't actually bothering to click the link, and in response to Moonman.

 

1984

Ghostbusters

Beverly Hills Cop

Terminator

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Gremlins

Police Academy

Footloose

Splash

Dune

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Star Trek III : The Search for Spock

This is Spinal Tap

Cannonball Run 2

Friday the 13th : The Final Chapter

Against All Odds

Children of the Corn

Supergirl

1984

Missing in Action

The Muppets take Manhattan

Bachelor Party

Firestarter

The Last Starfighter

Amadeus

Revenge of the Nerds

Conan the Destroyer

You can remove anything with the number 2 (or III ) after it straight away

 

and still not a patch on 1993 so have a  ......

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93 ?

The Piano

Groundhog Day

Schindler's List

Jurassic Park

Groundhog Day

Tombstone

Shadowlands

Philadelphia

Groundhog Day

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Mad Dog and Glory

Groundhog Day

That list isn't even that good.

 

 

meh

 

would it help if I add

 

True Romance

Cool Runnings

Carlito's Way

Falling Down

and

Free Willy :)

 

 

 

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