Baumer's Top 100 films you have probably heard of but more than likely haven't seen. #1: Cute Clever Mischievous, but don't feed them after midnight!

[baumer]

39 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

...really? Thought everyone saw Gremlins.

 

You'd think so. But ask Ethan....Schumacher....Noctis....Anyone under the age of 25.

[Ethan Hunt]

I've definitely seen Gremlins.

[WrathOfHan]

Very good list Baumer. Some questionable choices but that adds to the list  

[baumer]

And thanks to everyone for reading and especially to all of those of you who made consistent comments throughout the list. I will get the full list done later today and then move this over to the Speakeasy tomorrow.

[baumer]

Well if Ethan has seen Gremlins maybe I chose poorly LOL. Nevertheless it's still a fantastic film and everybody should just go watch it again LOL

[nthanh61]

Great top 5 list, Baumer. I have seen most of the movies on this 100 list. Some I have forgotten about until I saw your list. Anyway, thanks for making these lists. I have been writing down the ones I haven't seen and watch them on Netflix on my ride home on the train from work.

[baumer]

And yes I'm sure there are some films on here that would be considered poor choices. Then again it's a list containing 100 films. We all have different taste. So I would expect some people in fact many people to not really dig on some of these films.

[baumer]

Gotta say @Ethan Hunt I'm surprised and impressed that you have seen a film that is almost double your age.

[75Live]

2 minutes ago, Baumer said:

And yes I'm sure there are some films on here that would be considered poor choices. Then again it's a list containing 100 films. We all have different taste. So I would expect some people in fact many people to not really dig on some of these films.

 

I know it didn't exactly fit your criteria for your list, but I was half expecting The Last Dragon to show up  

[John Marston]

Surprised Arlington Road,  Fire in the Sky and The Mothman Prophecies are not on this list 

 

[baumer]

9 minutes ago, John Marston said:

Surprised Arlington Road,  Fire in the Sky and The Mothman Prophecies are not on this list 

 

 

I kept the mark Pellington films off of the list simply because they have made other list that I have created. So I tried to keep the overlap to a minimum. Fire in the Sky was definitely on my list of 150 films that I choose from. Fire in the Sky in my opinion is a fantastic film and I probably should have included it as well.

[ProtoMan]

Loved Gremlins. It's a very intense to kids but in a twisted and funny way. Very harmless at the end. Way more edgier than the blockbusters of today. It's even more scarier than some of today's horror movies.

 

Everything  about the movie was  awesome. I even wanted that pink corvette toy for Christmas. 

 

Great list Baumer, enjoyed it all the way through! 

[baumer]

Thanks @ProtoMan

 

And Last Dragon also could have been here too.

[cannastop]

I've seen Gremlins. Saw when I was 10, I think.

[75Live]

1 minute ago, Baumer said:

Thanks @ProtoMan

 

And Last Dragon also could have been here too.

 

yeah I like Fire in the Sky as well

 

but the Last Dragon is just so much cheesy fun    I met Taimak before a couple years ago, and it looks like he never aged a day.  I got an autograph and a pic  with him.  I figured when would I see Bruce Lee-roy again  

[baumer]

You're such a nerd @75live 

[75Live]

Just now, Baumer said:

You're such a nerd @75live 

 

i'm out of likes...grr

 

but yeah I can't deny that I have my nerd moments  

[Dementeleus]

INNERSPACE YESSSSSSSS

[ProtoMan]

16 minutes ago, Baumer said:

Thanks @ProtoMan

 

And Last Dragon also could have been here too.

 

Damn, the Last Dragon is awesome. Seen that a ton of times too.

[TalismanRing]

On 8/1/2016 at 5:44 PM, Baumer said:

Number 25

The Big Easy (1986)

Directed by:  Jim McBride

Starring:  Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman

Box office:  17.7M

 

For a film about violence, crime and police corruption, The Big Easy sure is easy going and colorful. The characters are the liveliest bunch of rascals and it's a pleasure to spend every minute with them. Dennis Quaid plays cocky New Orleans detective Remy McSwain, a swaggering smooth talker who's gotten wealthy taking payoffs, a dude whose silky charm matches his swanky suits. He's gotten used to the easy life in the police department, with a captain who looks the other way (Ned Beatty brings a jovial, rotund presence), and colleagues (John Goodman is perfectly cast as the witty loudmouth of the bunch) who are just as happily willing to bend the rules as him. Trouble arrives in the sultry form of D.A. corruption task force specialist Anne Osborne (a swelteringly hot Ellen Barkin) who leans on Quaid as heavily as he hits on her. There's immediate and electric chemistry between them, which she adamantly fights, and he chases like a horn dog pursuing the bumper of a speeding Buick. Quaid and Barkin have the same spitfire sheen to their work, their careers dotted with performances that are flashy yet brave, pulpy yet laced with depth. Here they're having oodles of fun and carry the entire film on their crackling star power and romantic spark alone. There's also a subplot involving a rash of gang killings, as well as family matters involving Quaid's vivacious Cajun clan, including his Momma (monumentally talented Grace Zabriskie). It's a lively hodge-podge of plot elements we've seen a zillion times, but given such flippant style and good natured southern hospitality that we can't help but be won over. There's some lovely live performed Cajun music as well to add extra spice.

 

Trivia:  According to Robert Redford, this was the first film ever "sold" at a Sundance Film Festival.

Reportedly, star Robert Redford has said that he literally dragged British producer David Puttnam, who was the CEO of Columbia Pictures at the time, to a screening of the film at the Sundance Film Festival. Afterwards, Puttnam then picked-up the picture for distribution.

 

 

 

 

I LOVE this film and bonus points for scorching hot Dennis "Your luck's about the change, cher" Quaid.  (poor Randy - the gene pool can be a bitch)

 

Some really good choices in the last few pages -  LA Story, Running Scared, Ruthless People, Presume Innocent, Alive, Gremlins, Arachnophobia, The Howling, Less Than Zero (mostly for RDJ's performance which elevates it)