Arch Stanton Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: I would add Midnight Cowboy, Electra Glide in Blue, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, M A S H and American Graffiti. All excellent but MC was 1969. First film with an "X" rating to win the Oscar for "Best Picture". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Only, rather than "first"? Can't think of any others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'd be inclined to agree with the '70s thing too, but I do remember all the auld c***s when I was wee talking about how shite 70s/80s films were, and that everything went to shit when the studio system fell apart and crews started shooting on location instead of on the lots. So I'm inclined to think that us middle-aged farts will be bitching about the introduction of CGI in a few decades, while the youngsters wax lyrical about the wonders of Clueless and Matthew Broderick's Godzilla. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Only, rather than "first"? Can't think of any others. You're right but the X rating then and now are perceived entirely differently . Its depiction of male prostitution and homosexual acts were "shocking" in the late 60s and that's why it was rated "X". If it was released now, or at any time in the last 40 years it would be "R". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, BFTD said: I'd be inclined to agree with the '70s thing too, but I do remember all the auld c***s when I was wee talking about how shite 70s/80s films were, and that everything went to shit when the studio system fell apart and crews started shooting on location instead of on the lots. So I'm inclined to think that us middle-aged farts will be bitching about the introduction of CGI in a few decades, while the youngsters wax lyrical about the wonders of Clueless and Matthew Broderick's Godzilla. Clueless is brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, coprolite said: Clueless is brilliant. QED. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Clueless is outstanding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Echoed. Straight Time, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, The Godfather and its sequel, Apocalypse Now, OFOTCN, Network, The French Connection, Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein (how the f**k did MB make both of those in the same year?), ATPM, Alien, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Jaws, WWandtheCF, The Warriors, The Deerhunter, Halloween, Midnight Express...and those are just off the top of my head. 6 hours ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: I would add Midnight Cowboy, Electra Glide in Blue, Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, M A S H and American Graffiti. A few others... Two Lane Blacktop The Last Detail The Friends of Eddie Coyle Blue Collar The Long Goodbye And that's without mentioning any British gangster films like Get Carter or The Squeeze, French flicks like Les Valseuses or any Blaxploitation movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) Bad Lieutenant - Harvey Keitel takes a lot of drugs while being a policeman. I've often wondered what life would be like if you were always on a bender and this movie shows you it's a bad idea. Inland Empire - Absolutely mind bending. Similar themes to Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. I'll need to watch it again though as there were about 20 minutes of scenes in Polish and I was Chromecasting it so didn't get subtitles. Dreams are a big part of Lynch's work and this is most dream like. The ending is fantastic and Laura Dern is unbelievable. Trees Lounge - A sad wee story about a man becoming more and more bitter. It says everything about lockdown that I was watching a movie showing me a bunch of jakeys wasting their life and was still thinking that looks great! Steve Buscemi managed to get some cast together for it and Chloe Sevigny is up there in the great Hollywood jailbait roles of all time. Edited February 10, 2021 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 In Fabric (2018) Caught this on BBC iPlayer and have to say it's one of the weirdest films I've ever seen. A red dress is possessed and causes all sorts of horror to anyone who has it. Very stylistic way it's filmed by director Peter Strickland and there are some good, in a strange way, comic scenes but overall it didn't quite hit the mark for me. 5.5/10I wasn't too sure about it the first time around but loved it the second time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, BFTD said: QED. Does this mean i'm a youngster? That's sick bro. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 hours ago, coprolite said: Does this mean i'm a youngster? That's sick bro. You were passing until that wack statement, old man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: A few others... Two Lane Blacktop The Last Detail The Friends of Eddie Coyle Blue Collar The Long Goodbye And that's without mentioning any British gangster films like Get Carter or The Squeeze, French flicks like Les Valseuses or any Blaxploitation movies. The Long Goodbye is my favourite from the 70's. Elliot Gould was the boy. Check him also in California Split among others. I'll throw some more gems from the 70's in: Barry Lyndon, Paper Moon, McCabe & Mrs Miller, The American Friend, Night Moves, Nashville, Scarecrow, The Parallax View, The King of Marvin Gardens. Edited February 10, 2021 by Jupiter Jazz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Team America - World Police Just complete and utter genius. Too many quotes and lines to pick out. From Kim Jongs "Ronery" to "America, f**k yeah!" Its just genius. Gets 10/10 from me every time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, mishtergrolsch said: Team America - World Police Just complete and utter genius. Too many quotes and lines to pick out. From Kim Jongs "Ronery" to "America, f**k yeah!" Its just genius. Gets 10/10 from me every time. I suppose it would have been anachronistic for Russell T Davies to use "Everyone has AIDS" in his most recent show... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Dune 2/10 This is the 1984 film. It's absolutely terrible. The effects are abysmal, and not just by today's standards but by the standards of the time. Multiple films by that time had done sci fi special effects pretty well. The effects here were cheap and silly. Many of the characters had an odd, whispered inner monologue, which didn't work as a device at all. The worst part is how incredibly cheesy and cringey so much of it was. Baron Harkonnen floating around was a toe curler but any scene involving the wee lassie was a spine snapper. The sound weapons and 'The Voice' were laughably cheesy. Despite three planets being shown, with the main one where most of the film takes place being a desert planet, there is only a single black person in this film, an extra who doesn't even clock a full 60 seconds of screen time. This film had the fucking gall to last for 2 hours and 17 minutes as well. Utter trash. There's a good story to be told so hopefully this year's film of the same name can deliver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Possum - a distraught lad wanders a bleak urban landscape trying to dispose of the man-spider puppet that he wrote a book about, while portentous music plays in the background. That synopsis might come across as a bit flippant, but that's genuinely a pretty good summation of the film. I've no doubt there's a bunch of very clever symbolism involved that flew right over my head, but it's incredibly boring and doesn't go anywhere interesting. Written and directed by Garth Marenghi too, which makes it all the more disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, mishtergrolsch said: Team America - World Police Just complete and utter genius. Too many quotes and lines to pick out. From Kim Jongs "Ronery" to "America, f**k yeah!" Its just genius. Gets 10/10 from me every time. One of the best soundtracks as well Classic ETA - ah derka derka derka Edited February 11, 2021 by Twinkle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 17 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Two Lane Blacktop All I can remember about this is James Taylor trying to act. In fact, he was quite wooden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Twinkle said: One of the best soundtracks as well Classic ETA - ah derka derka derka "I'm Akmed, I'm a terrorist" "Surprised, Cockfag!" "Arek Bardwin" "Please, Gary. Im not from Hollywood, I'm not going to f**k your mouth and my time is extremely valuable" "What happened to the base? It was destroyed by a Socialist weasel" Fucking tremendous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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