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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 28, 2014 16:00:10 GMT -5
I was 13 in 1977 when both Star Wars and Annie Hall came out and I saw both of them in the theater. At the time, I preferred Star Wars (just a little). I don't remember being disappointed by the Oscars, but I'm not sure if I didn't watch the ceremony or maybe I was OK with Annie Hall winning. (I liked Annie Hall A LOT back then as well.)
I'm not a big fan of The Searchers either. But I like a lot of other westerns and I like a lot of other John Wayne movies.
For the record, I have seen every movie that won the Best Picture award for the Oscars. I had been working at it - on and off - since about 1990, and last year, I completed the set when I saw Cavalcade on TCM.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 28, 2014 16:11:00 GMT -5
People LOVED Forrest Gump when it came out in 1994. I liked it, but I thought it was more than a little over-rated. I don't think anybody was surprised that it won but there was a very disgruntled faction of movie buffs that thought Pulp Fiction was robbed.
Nowadays, the reputation of The Shawshank Redemption has grown to huge proportions, so I suspect talking about 1994 these days means mostly debating the relative merits of Shawshank and Pulp.
I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino so I prefer Pulp to either Shawshank or Gump.
But my favorite movie from 1994 (and one of my favorite movies ever) is Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 28, 2014 16:27:07 GMT -5
Yes the thing with 1994 is I liked Forrest Gump and definitely think that Tom Hanks deserved his Best Actor win, but for Best Picture I would have to say Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction was really, in my opinion, a masterpiece in storytelling. Shawshank Redemption is also one of my favorite films and I'd go with that over Forrest Gump too. Again, I liked Forrest Gump but I think it gets over-hyped a bit. At least Tarantino won for best original screenplay. I have not seen Ed Wood. You should give Ed Wood a try. It's great in just about every way that a movie can be great. It's just not the kind of movie that the Academy is likely to recognize (although it won in both categories in which it was nominated).
And some day, maybe you should give Annie Hall another try, especially if you like any of Woody Allen's other movies. Annie Hall is my favorite Woody Allen movie. I have several others that I sometimes think are better - Broadway Danny Rose, Stardust Memories, Love and Death, Sleeper - but then I'll see Annie Hall again (I watch it every two or three years) and it erases all doubt about which is my favorite.
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Post by spoon on Dec 28, 2014 16:39:27 GMT -5
Like 1979, when Kramer vs. Kramer (which is a pretty good movie, overall) won over both Apocalypse Now and All That Jazz. In hindsight, that's ridiculous.
I did not like Kramer vs. Kramer the one time that I saw it. I definitely agree with the second part: Apocalypse Now and All That Jazz were the class of the field. They're both so unique - definitely worth seeing. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 28, 2014 16:45:01 GMT -5
Take the Money and Run is hilarious. I remember seeing that one on late-night TV in the late 1970s. Quoting Take the Money and Run (and Sleeper and What's Up, Tiger Lily?) was a frequent activity among my peers when we were in middle school and high school.
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Post by spoon on Dec 28, 2014 16:49:32 GMT -5
People LOVED Forrest Gump when it came out in 1994. I liked it, but I thought it was more than a little over-rated. I don't think anybody was surprised that it won but there was a very disgruntled faction of movie buffs that thought Pulp Fiction was robbed. Nowadays, the reputation of The Shawshank Redemption has grown to huge proportions, so I suspect talking about 1994 these days means mostly debating the relative merits of Shawshank and Pulp. I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino so I prefer Pulp to either Shawshank or Gump. But my favorite movie from 1994 (and one of my favorite movies ever) is Tim Burton's Ed Wood. Some people regard Forrest Gump as the conservative choice and Pulp Fiction as the innovative choice. I saw Forrest Gump back when it came out, but haven't seen it in its entirety in a long time. I only saw Pulp Fiction in its entirety a year or two ago. So there may be a recency effect, but I like Pulp Fiction more. And Tarantino is a mixed bag for me. Inglourious Basterds is one of my least favorites in the field of the 10 nominees that year. I've actually only seen portions of The Shawshank Redemption. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 28, 2014 23:45:14 GMT -5
Some people regard Forrest Gump as the conservative choice and Pulp Fiction as the innovative choice. I saw Forrest Gump back when it came out, but haven't seen it in its entirety in a long time. I only saw Pulp Fiction in its entirety a year or two ago. So there may be a recency effect, but I like Pulp Fiction more. And Tarantino is a mixed bag for me. Inglourious Basterds is one of my least favorites in the field of the 10 nominees that year. I've actually only seen portions of The Shawshank Redemption. I would suggest giving Inglourious Basterds another chance. I wasn't too sure about it the first time I saw it. I think I was a little thrown off by the ways it differs from a classic Hollywood World War II adventure movie. (One of my favorite movies ever is The Dirty Dozen.) So I felt a little dissatisfied by the ending of Basterds.
But a year later I saw Basterds on sale for $7 at a gas station and I bought it and I liked it a lot better the second time around. I got what Tarantino was doing that second time. And I've watched it four or five times since then.
It's not my favorite Tarantino movie. (That would be Kill Bill.) But it's tied for second place with Reservoir Dogs, Death Proof and Django Unchained.
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Post by dupersuper on Dec 29, 2014 5:51:10 GMT -5
Between Gump, Pulp, Shawshank and Ed Wood, we can at least all agree 94 was a fine year for movies...
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 29, 2014 8:25:17 GMT -5
Between Gump, Pulp, Shawshank and Ed Wood, we can at least all agree 94 was a fine ear for movies... It was a great year, there were loads of movies I liked that year: the Lion King, Leon, In the Mouth of Madness, Clerks and the Hudsocker Proxy amongst others. Looking at 1990 though, that year was bleak. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 29, 2014 11:08:12 GMT -5
Between Gump, Pulp, Shawshank and Ed Wood, we can at least all agree 94 was a fine year for movies... Natural Born Killers was in 1994 as well, I think.
And Crumb!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 29, 2014 12:50:41 GMT -5
Between Gump, Pulp, Shawshank and Ed Wood, we can at least all agree 94 was a fine ear for movies... It was a great year, there were loads of movies I liked that year: the Lion King, Leon, In the Mouth of Madness, Clerks and the Hudsocker Proxy amongst others. Looking at 1990 though, that year was bleak. While I'll admit that 1990 was pretty dire...if you dig down a bit there were a number of pretty good movies. Unfortunately what were seen as the "high end" films weren't, for the most part, very good. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 29, 2014 13:25:14 GMT -5
It was a great year, there were loads of movies I liked that year: the Lion King, Leon, In the Mouth of Madness, Clerks and the Hudsocker Proxy amongst others. Looking at 1990 though, that year was bleak. While I'll admit that 1990 was pretty dire...if you dig down a bit there were a number of pretty good movies. Unfortunately what were seen as the "high end" films weren't, for the most part, very good. There are always some good movies when you look at the entire year. Jacob's Ladder, Naked Lunch, Back to the Future was a strong franchise all the way through. Tremors and Darkman are fun B-movies. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead was one of the first DVDs I owned. And for some weird reason I love Men At Work (even though I fully realise it's not a good movie.) But it's up against Troll 2, Three Men and a Little Lady (worst movie of all time according to a short story by Irvine Welsh), Look Who's Talking Too, Captain America and a load of bad sequels to better movies. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 29, 2014 14:34:11 GMT -5
While I'll admit that 1990 was pretty dire...if you dig down a bit there were a number of pretty good movies. Unfortunately what were seen as the "high end" films weren't, for the most part, very good. There are always some good movies when you look at the entire year. Jacob's Ladder, Naked Lunch, Back to the Future was a strong franchise all the way through. Tremors and Darkman are fun B-movies. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead was one of the first DVDs I owned. And for some weird reason I love Men At Work (even though I fully realise it's not a good movie.) But it's up against Troll 2, Three Men and a Little Lady (worst movie of all time according to a short story by Irvine Welsh), Look Who's Talking Too, Captain America and a load of bad sequels to better movies. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is really good. I'd have trouble choosing between R and G are Dead and Wild at Heart as my favorite movie of 1990.
I vaguely remember Men at Work. I remember liking it a lot as a fun crazy movie, but the details escape me.
This discussion is reminding me that I saw a lot of movies at the theater in 1990.
Naked Lunch I remember very well. But it's from 1991. I saw it three times in the first two weeks after it opened. It's my pick as best movie of 1991.
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 29, 2014 15:40:35 GMT -5
There are always some good movies when you look at the entire year. Jacob's Ladder, Naked Lunch, Back to the Future was a strong franchise all the way through. Tremors and Darkman are fun B-movies. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead was one of the first DVDs I owned. And for some weird reason I love Men At Work (even though I fully realise it's not a good movie.) But it's up against Troll 2, Three Men and a Little Lady (worst movie of all time according to a short story by Irvine Welsh), Look Who's Talking Too, Captain America and a load of bad sequels to better movies. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is really good. I'd have trouble choosing between R and G are Dead and Wild at Heart as my favorite movie of 1990.
I vaguely remember Men at Work. I remember liking it a lot as a fun crazy movie, but the details escape me.
This discussion is reminding me that I saw a lot of movies at the theater in 1990.
Naked Lunch I remember very well. But it's from 1991. I saw it three times in the first two weeks after it opened. It's my pick as best movie of 1991.
Yeah, I noted that the moment I posted it so I crossed it out. Don't know why I thought it was 1990 (close though). Don't think I've seen Wild at Heart. (checks it on IMDB, nope haven't seen it. Good cast though, so I'll be checking it out.) |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 29, 2014 18:02:43 GMT -5
I'll take the 1990 movie challenge with a list of the ones I enjoyed
ARACHNOPHOBIA
AWAKENINGS
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 3
BAD INFLUENCE
CINEMA PARADISO
CRY BABY
DANCES WITH WOLVES
DARKMAN
DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
FLATLINERS
GHOST
GOOD FELLAS
GREEN CARD
HOME ALONE
HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
LA FEMME NIKITA
MISERY
PREDATOR 2
PRETTY WOMAN
TOTAL RECALL
TREMORS
I'm sure there are a few more I don't ewcall at this moment.
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