Movies 52 - 1917: Sonic the Bad Boys of Prey

[Slap Shot]

I have never watched The Goonies.

[Kepler]

I have never watched The Goonies.

Me neither. I somehow missed both Goonies and Gremlins and now I mix them up. I think I missed every movie made when I was in college and grad school (1981-1988).

[Slap Shot]

Me neither. I somehow missed both Goonies and Gremlins and now I mix them up. I think I missed every movie made when I was in college and grad school (1981-1988).

I did see Gremlins as well as (I suppose this tangent could go on forever) Stand By Me.

[Kepler]

I did see Gremlins as well as (I suppose this tangent could go on forever) Stand By Me.

Tangents are good.

Notable never seen movies of the 80s:

1980 Ordinary People
1980 Raging Bull *
1981 Chariots of Fire
1982 The Big Chill
1982 ET
1982 Missing
1983 Local Hero
1983 The Right Stuff
1983 Tender Mercies
1983 Terms of Endearment
1983 Tootsie
1984 Once Upon a Time in America
1985 Prizzi's Honor
1985 Lost in America
1985 The Color Purple
1985 Ran
1985 A Room with a View
1986 Jean de Florette
1986 Salvador
1986 She's Gotta Have It *
1986 Stand By Me
1987 Fatal Attraction
1987 Moonstruck
1987 Wings of Desire *
1988 Big
1988 Cinema Paradiso *

* Movies I regret missing that I will eventually see.

[Slap Shot]

Tangents are good.

Notable never seen movies of the 80s:

Of those you didn't * I can't say there's any that I did see I would argue are a must except perhaps The Right Stuff.

[Kepler]

Of those you didn't * I can't say there's any that I did see I would argue are a must except perhaps The Right Stuff.

My problem there is I saw one scene where the wives are whining, and I just can't. It's one of those movies that would probably be immeasurably improved by deleting every scene containing a woman or a child.

Only* The Thing got this right.

* Also: Glengarry Glen Ross, The Great Escape, 12 Angry Men, My Dinner with Andrea, Sleuth.

[unofan]

I have never watched The Goonies.

You and Kepler should go to the box and feel shame.

[unofan]

Of those you didn't * I can't say there's any that I did see I would argue are a must except perhaps The Right Stuff.

Stand By Me and Chariots of Fire are must sees for me.

[Kepler]

You and Kepler should go to the box and feel shame.

I am going to see them as a double feature sometime. I believe TCM actually had them in alignment but I messed up. Or it was a channel with commercials and yeah f-ck that.

[MichVandal]

My problem there is I saw one scene where the wives are whining, and I just can't. It's one of those movies that would probably be immeasurably improved by deleting every scene containing a woman or a child.

Only* The Thing got this right.

* Also: Glengarry Glen Ross, The Great Escape, 12 Angry Men, My Dinner with Andrea, Sleuth.

12 Angry Men is one of my favorite movies of all time. I could watch it every time it came on TMC. But we don't have that channel anymore. To me, what made Women Talking so good was how similar it was to 12 Angry Men- in all of the good reasons.

(never saw goonies, too... nor Encino Man- but all of the Raiders franchise, for sure)

[St. Clown]

She. It comes to 12 Angry Men, I think the remake was much better than the original. They’re largely the same movie with slightly different socio-topical spins, I think the acting in the remake was much more lifelike regarding personal interactions to depict a jury of peers deliberating.

[Kepler]

She. It comes to 12 Angry Men, I think the remake was much better than the original. They’re largely the same movie with slightly different socio-topical spins, I think the acting in the remake was much more lifelike regarding personal interactions to depict a jury of peers deliberating.

I'll chalk this up to Opinions Vary, but IMO 12 Angry Men is one of the best written, acted, and directed movies of all time. As close to perfection as Hollywood ever got.

[MichVandal]

She. It comes to 12 Angry Men, I think the remake was much better than the original. They’re largely the same movie with slightly different socio-topical spins, I think the acting in the remake was much more lifelike regarding personal interactions to depict a jury of peers deliberating.

Didn't even know there was a remake.

[Kepler]

Apparently Catholic girls schools have a thing where they perform the play with an all girl cast.



Try to spot Jack Klugman.

[Kepler]

So I'm watching Shaft's Big Score, and the final 30 minutes is one continuous chase scene involving Shaft, a hot chick, the cops, a drug gang, a numbers runner, a crooked politician, the mafia, a mustang, a caddy, a cherry red 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle, a speedboat, a helicopter, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

I was highly entertained.