BOT: THE REVISITING -- now up, 1987! MINI-EXTENSION, deadline is tonight, June 25!

[DAR]

And I'll evaluate 87 in the next few days.

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

LA CONFIDENTIAL is not my #1. 

 

 

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Neither is TITANIC.

 

 

 

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Neither is BOOGIE NIGHTS.

 

 

 

The Fifth Element  or As Good As It Gets  ?

[The Stingray]

I would have a difficult time deciding my #1 for '97. Starship Troopers, The Sweet Hereafter, Boogie Nights or L.A. Confidential?

[The Stingray]

2 hours ago, MrPink said:

 

FACE/OFF

 

2 hours ago, DAR said:

Con/Air.  97 was a glorious Cage year

 

Y'all are speaking my language.
 

[The Stingray]

3 hours ago, Kalo said:

Predator was so good! I was not expecting it to be that bad ass! 

 

@Tele Came Back how many of these are you plaing on doing? it is turning out to be great incentive for me to watch older movies. (and some not so old). a 1997 would be awesome, and will there was a nice little indie film that came out in 1977...

 

I'll give you 10 free, extra juicy likes if you put it as your #1.
 

[Kalo]

1 minute ago, The Stingray said:

 

I'll give you 10 free, extra juicy likes if you put it as your #1.
 

 

It currently is my #1, it just edges out Princess Bride.. which I did not expect to be topped. 

[Truckasaurus]

FYC:
ANGEL HEART (Alan Parker)

 

Back when Mickey Rourke was supposed to be the next Brando and Robert De Niro was already a legendary thespian, they worked together in this violent, unnerving psychological thriller that's something of a cult classic nowadays. It's a sleazy reimagining of the film-noir genre, tackling the relationship between the religious with the supernatural. Assured filmmaking from Parker, perhaps his best movie along with Midnight Express. Rourke is magnetic in this role and he plays off a scenery-chewing De Niro with ease.

PREDATOR (John McTiernan)


If you told me that John McTiernan is the best action director of all-time, you'd find no resistance from my side. It's hard to argue against a filmmaker who's delivered not only Die Hard, a benchmark for every single director who ventures into the action genre, but also Predator, a film so meticulously crafted that it sort of gets less credit than it deserves. Like the first Alien film, directed by Ridley Scott, this one feels like there's not a single ounce of fat in the narrative - it's lean, slick and moves at such a brisk pace you'll wonder where the time went by. McTiernan uses the vast landscape of the jungle to increase the tension and mystery surrounding its title character, and his creativity is on full display when we enter the POV of the creature. It's a film bathed in iconography and a smart deconstruction of the machismo tropes that permeated action films in the 80's.

THE UNTOUCHABLES (Brian de Palma)

Brian De Palma may be nothing more than a punchline nowadays, but make no mistake: he was one of the best American directors working throughout the 80's. Few filmmakers had the ability to extract so much from pulp genre films like De Palma, and The Untouchables is one of his crowning achievements. A throwback to the gangster movies of the old days, it's a showcase to De Palma's crafting of set pieces, mood building and character development. There's a stairway scene inspired by Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin that is so good that is has arguably surpassed its source in notoriety. And Morricone's soundtrack is one for the ages, as most of his work tends to be. 

Robocop (Paul Verhoeven)

Reason number 246 of why I love the 80's: it was the time when Hollywood honchos first gave Paul Verhoeven the freedom to direct major blockbusters. Can you imagine something like Robocop coming out currently? And no, I don't mean the absolutely toothless, bland reimagining that no one watched back in 2014; I mean a hyperviolent, drenched in subtext dystopian sci-fi disguised as a brainless actioner. Verhoeven is a master of satire, and it seems like Robocop flew over many people's heads back during its original release. Better yet, it's a film that feels more relevant than ever in this Trump era we live in, as its depictions of police brutality and overall fascism find parallels to many current events. Most importantly, it's a ton of fun: Verhoeven is a masterful action director and there's a biting sense of black comedy in almost every frame. 

[Jake Gittes]

1997 belongs to

 

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

1997 belongs to

 

Having not seen Death Proof, I'd say JB is easily Tarantino's weakest.

[Jake Gittes]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Having not seen Death Proof, I'd say JB is easily Tarantino's weakest.

 

How many times have you seen it? 

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

How many times have you seen it? 

Once.

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Once.

 

I thought so. It's a prime example of a grower to me. Was in my bottom half of QT's filmography the first time I saw it too, now it's #2. His warmest and most rewatchable movie.

[mahnamahna]

Unfortunately, the only two 1987 films I've not seen yet that are available on Netflix and Hulu were:

 

Adventures in Babysitting

Radio Days

 

Does Amazon Prime have more 1987 films?

 

I searched the following and none came up on either streaming platform:

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1. Baby Boom (1987)
2. Empire of the Sun (1987)
3. Innerspace (1987)
4. La Bamba (1987)
5. My Life as a Dog (1987)
6. Overboard (1987)
7. Predator (1987)
8. Roxanne (1987)
9. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
10. The Secret of My Success (1987)
11. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
12. Throw Momma From the Train (1987)
13. Wings of Desire (1987)
14. Withnail & I (1987)

 

[Jake Gittes]

Check out Radio Days in the meantime. 

[WrathOfHan]

@mahnamahna I made this list in the 2012 thread: http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/23984-bot-the-revisiting-top-25-of-2012-accursed-nolanites-are-triumphant-again/?page=23#comment-2999849

[The Futurist]

11 hours ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

LA CONFIDENTIAL is not my #1. 

 

 

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Neither is TITANIC.

 

 

 

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Neither is BOOGIE NIGHTS.

 

 

To Kill The Tele, we Must Understand the Tele.

 

 

[baumer]

Sent it in.  Creepshow 2 made my list.

[Daxtreme]

My #1 movie of 1997 only came out in the US in 1999

 

My #2 movie of 1997 also only came out in the US in 1999 (wide release)

 

Can you guess the movies?

[Goffe]

Near Dark: enjoyable (casting is pitch perfect), but could have easily been better with a stronger director behind it. 7/10

The Princess Bride: feels a lot like Deadpool in spirit, that kid pretending to be edgy, something he is not. 2/10

Wings of Desire: *reads synopsis* oh this looks intriguing. *20 minutes into the movie* what did I do to deserve this. NO COMMENT/10

Prince of Darkness: No. 4/10

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3 minutes ago, Goffe said:

 

The Princess Bride: feels a lot like Deadpool in spirit, that kid pretending to be edgy, something he is not. 2/10

 

 

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