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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 13:42:46 GMT -5
68 and I have probably seen about 100 better movies than the majority of that list. These things are compiled by young staff writers/freelancers, with no cultural history knowledge, heavily skewed towards their target demographic, to sell the magazine to them. Kim Newman is the only writer at Empire I pay attention to and that is mostly his fiction, as most of his movie stuff is horror (plus some reviews, and the odd article). An Entertainment Weekly list would probably be even worse. An internet poll would probably be filled with Transformers movies. I agree with you!
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Post by Confessor on Dec 2, 2017 18:40:09 GMT -5
From that Empire list, I've seen 73. The good 73, natch!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 3, 2017 15:48:05 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955.
True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine.
The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images!
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Post by Warmonger on Dec 3, 2017 15:53:03 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955. True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine. The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images! This is the film that they goof on in MST3K: The Movie That’s the only version that I’ve seen. Seemed like it would still be pretty enjoyable even without Mike, Crow and Tom Servo ripping on it.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 3, 2017 16:08:28 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955. True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine. The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images! This is the film that they goof on in MST3K: The Movie That’s the only version that I’ve seen. Seemed like it would still be pretty enjoyable even without Mike, Crow and Tom Servo ripping on it. Oh, absolutely, if you enjoy old-style SF scenarios. This story could have popped right out of an issue of Amazing Stories. Another old SF film I saw today (well... mostly listened to, as I was drawing at the same time) is The Day the Sky Exploded from 1958. It's said to be the first Italian SF movie. The plot involves the first attempt at sending someone in space, and how the aborted mission accidentally triggers a potentially devastating asteroid strike on our planet. Scientists from several countries concoct a plan to save us all, involving the usual wave of missiles to blow the space rocks to rubble. The film's serious tone and optimistic view on scientific collaboration are not enough to compensate for leaden acting and dreadful attempts at injecting some emotional pathos -mostly in the form of the main character's whining and insufferable wife... the kind who goes "I know you have to save the world but when will you have time for me". That being said, I was very impressed by the missile launch scene. A clever use of stock footage and simple visual effects make it far more realistic than similar scenes from films from the '70s, '80s, '90s and the CGI video game stuff that came after. I wouldn't recommend the film, but the scene above is worth your two minutes!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 3, 2017 16:54:34 GMT -5
Empire has made a list of 100 Greatest Movies and asked how many have you seen? I don't necessarily agree with their list (it's very skewed to modern blockbuster franchises and skips a lot of perennial classics), but of their list, I have seen 56. -M I've seen 86...but good god what a weird list.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 3, 2017 19:14:38 GMT -5
Empire has made a list of 100 Greatest Movies and asked how many have you seen? I don't necessarily agree with their list (it's very skewed to modern blockbuster franchises and skips a lot of perennial classics), but of their list, I have seen 56. -M It's not as bad as it could be. There aren't that many actual bad movies on it, just a lot of recent movies that I think are over-rated. (Although a major exception is Interstellar. That movie is horrible, but this demographic worships Christopher Nolan far beyond what you actually see on the screen. The Prestige is another highly over-rated movie.) And I've seen 99. The only movie on this list that I haven't seen is Predator. (Which definitely goes into that category of movies I should have seen a long time ago.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 19:23:51 GMT -5
73 for me.
A lot of those that I haven’t seen are ones I’ve wanted to, but I just don’t watch nearly as many movies as I used to.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 3, 2017 23:05:59 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955. True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine. The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images! This is the film that they goof on in MST3K: The Movie That’s the only version that I’ve seen. Seemed like it would still be pretty enjoyable even without Mike, Crow and Tom Servo ripping on it. Listen for Olan Soule, voice of Batman.
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2017 1:51:23 GMT -5
I didn't know what to make of that Empire list - quite a few good movies on there, even a few I'd say qualify as great, but also so much bland, corporate product. I counted the ones I've seen last night and now forget the exact number, but I think it was around the same as a few others have said, 60-something. I counted a few (e.g. Die hard) as "have seen" that perhaps I shouldn't have, in that I've been in the room when they were on tv but wasn't necessarily paying attention much of time.
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2017 2:01:55 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955. True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine. The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images! I remember liking this a lot when I last watched it back in the 90s - I went on a 50s science fiction movie kick soon after I bought my first VCR, some great viewing! Someone mentioned the Mystery Science Theatre thing: I've never seen that show, and I'm not sure I want to. Not that I don't understand the attraction of making fun old, low-budget movies, etc - I've done it myself and no doubt will do again from time to time - but in a lot of cases the movies they picked seem to me to be deserving of a less dismissive attitude. And besides, even at the best of times, I think there's a dark side to that kind of snide humour, not unrelated to the sort of attitude that the Simpsons satirised that time when Homer was watching a Bollywood film: "I get it! It's funny because those people look and sound and act differently from me!" - just that in this case it's people from a different time instead of a different place.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 9:15:47 GMT -5
I watched Westworld (1973) this weekend. What a wild movie...and kind of scary with how close we may be to these types of amusement parks in our time or the future. Very cool to see Yul Brynner as the very menacing robot with those creepy eyes. Awesome performance by Richard Benjamin as the hesitant park guest who then jumps in, only to see the entire experience unravel. Very creepy! Funny performance by Dick Van Patten.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 4, 2017 10:34:38 GMT -5
I really enjoted This island Earth, from 1955. True Golden Age science-fiction, it is like an extended episode of The OPuter Limits with more budget. I really liked how the female lead holds her own as a scientist and space heroine. The effects were surprisingly good for 1955! Very ambitious too: an alien civilization being pelted with comets thrown by an otherworldly enemy demands pretty complex images! I remember liking this a lot when I last watched it back in the 90s - I went on a 50s science fiction movie kick soon after I bought my first VCR, some great viewing! Someone mentioned the Mystery Science Theatre thing: I've never seen that show, and I'm not sure I want to. Not that I don't understand the attraction of making fun old, low-budget movies, etc - I've done it myself and no doubt will do again from time to time - but in a lot of cases the movies they picked seem to me to be deserving of a less dismissive attitude. And besides, even at the best of times, I think there's a dark side to that kind of snide humour, not unrelated to the sort of attitude that the Simpsons satirised that time when Homer was watching a Bollywood film: "I get it! It's funny because those people look and sound and act differently from me!" - just that in this case it's people from a different time instead of a different place. Generally speaking, MST3K was never really mean spirited. It's mostly just a group of friends getting together and riffing on cheesy movies. They've had people from the films at conventions and on specials and they all seem to enjoy what they do.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 4, 2017 10:47:38 GMT -5
Empire has made a list of 100 Greatest Movies and asked how many have you seen? I don't necessarily agree with their list (it's very skewed to modern blockbuster franchises and skips a lot of perennial classics), but of their list, I have seen 56. -M I've seen 64 of them, but that list is a joke. True Romance is on it, but not Gone with the Wind? Inglourious Basterds but not Wizard of Oz? Terminator 2 but not Sunset Boulevard? SMH...
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 5, 2017 0:38:41 GMT -5
Empire has made a list of 100 Greatest Movies and asked how many have you seen? I don't necessarily agree with their list (it's very skewed to modern blockbuster franchises and skips a lot of perennial classics), but of their list, I have seen 56. -M I've seen 64 of them, but that list is a joke. True Romance is on it, but not Gone with the Wind? Inglourious Basterds but not Wizard of Oz? Terminator 2 but not Sunset Boulevard? SMH... Well, Gloria Swanson only kills one person in that film; I mean, you need bodycount to be a classic... Wizard of Oz has, what two? I realize that should put GWTW in; but, it's longer than the attention span of the target audience for the list. Actually, 100 entries is probably longer than the attention span....
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