What's the best movie of the 80's?

Started by TheVoiceOfNick, November 03, 2003, 11:24:56 AM

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#15
November 03, 2003, 12:43:31 PM
One word: Ran

SoNowThen

#16
November 03, 2003, 12:46:36 PM
Quote from: mutinycoZelig

I could easily be persuaded to agree with this, in addition to my two aforementioned choices...
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When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Derek237

#17
November 03, 2003, 12:49:23 PM
My fav 80's movie (Talk Radio) isn't on there and since there's no 'OTHER' option I went with Raging Bull.

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#18
November 03, 2003, 01:02:58 PM
Quote from: mogwaidonnie darko

How come you've become so obsessed with this movie?

Kal

#19
November 03, 2003, 01:03:33 PM
Well I can list so many great movies... some of the Rocky movies released in the 80's... Back to the Future... Ferris Bueller's Day Off... Cocktail... Risky Business...

I can go for hours...

TheVoiceOfNick

#20
November 03, 2003, 01:09:57 PM
Quote from: andykWell I can list so many great movies... some of the Rocky movies released in the 80's... Back to the Future... Ferris Bueller's Day Off... Cocktail... Risky Business...

I can go for hours...

The thing is, these movies would be considered similar to today's American Pie series or Scary Movie series... not necessarily good, but popular and classics in their own time...

Find Your Magali

#21
November 03, 2003, 01:11:50 PM
How do you compare such an important, shattering film like "Shoah" to the others on this list? It's ranking apples and oranges.

I'm leaving Shoah out of the discussion and going with "Do The Right Thing"

Fernando

#22
November 03, 2003, 04:00:21 PM
Quote from: TheVoiceOfNickYeah, the list needs Batman and Back to the Future as well... but I guess in November 1989 they didn't see these as classics like we do today... so what's the best (not necessarily your favorite) from the list?

Blue Velvet with Raging Bull in close second, as a matter of fact, RB probably should be my pick, but personally BV does it a little more than RB, or maybe it's just that I love Lynch so much.

Amadeus is also missing (IMO).

cine

#23
November 03, 2003, 04:49:16 PM
Raging Bull.

Alethia

#24
November 03, 2003, 05:37:19 PM
hannah and her sisters

godardian

#25
November 03, 2003, 07:24:13 PM
It was down to Hannah or Blue Velvet for me... but I think Blue Velvet had more of an impact. Raging Bull, I love, but for some reason I had no problem putting the other two above it. Scorsese didn't make a Taxi Driver in the eighties...
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#26
November 03, 2003, 09:53:55 PM
IMO, two of the very best movies of all time did come from the 80s but aren't listed: Grave of the Fireflies and Ran.

Off that list, I'd prolly say Raging Bull. I just won't vote for it.

AK

#27
November 03, 2003, 10:19:26 PM
Speaking as a kid in the 80's I'd say back to the future ,  ET and all the Spielberg productions (I'd hate Blue Velvet at age 5)

modage

#28
November 03, 2003, 10:33:21 PM
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Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Holden Pike

#29
November 04, 2003, 03:03:27 AM
I'd go with BladeRunner, followed by Do the Right Thing and Raging Bull.
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