Top 30 films of 1989 (baumer's favourite year)IMDB is the source...if it's 1989 on IMDb it qualifies...Aug 25th is deadline

[Plain Old Tele]

5 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

1966. Today it isn't ours or the film's problem what distribution problems it had half a century ago. 

 

Right, but it's wild to have it be a 1966 release when, aside from a single screening (!) in '66, literally no one in the world could see it until 1969.

 

(Just to be clear, I agree with you, especially after this long period of time, but it's still crazy)

[baumer]

@Plain Old Tele

 

I'm surprised you don't have Say Anything higher.

[tawasal]

8 hours ago, baumer said:

 

I liked Heathers a lot.  I think it's in the middle of the pack for me.

Btw forgot about this, with all the talk about release dates.

After this movie, I fell in love with Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. I began watching all of Christian Slater's movies and that was when I discovered 2 movies which will make my top 10 of all time. True Romance and Pump Up The Volume.  

[cannastop]

Anyone mention Back to the Future Part II? I think people forgot about it.

[baumer]

7 minutes ago, tawasal said:

Btw forgot about this, with all the talk about release dates.

After this movie, I fell in love with Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. I began watching all of Christian Slater's movies and that was when I discovered 2 movies which will make my top 10 of all time. True Romance and Pump Up The Volume.  

 

Pump up the Volume is one of my faves!  The script is so good.  And Slater is excellent.

[baumer]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Anyone mention Back to the Future Part II? I think people forgot about it.

 

It's on lots of lists.

[tawasal]

2 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Pump up the Volume is one of my faves!  The script is so good.  And Slater is excellent.

I shall be known by Happy Harry Hardon for a while. 

[dxmatrixdt]

where's all the James Bond discussion, clearly the odd movie out in this thread

 

[baumer]

3 minutes ago, Happy Harry Hardon said:

I shall be known by Happy Harry Hardon for a while. 

 

Talk hard!

[baumer]

@Happy Harry Hardon  

 

You hear about some kid who did something stupid, something desperate; what possessed him? How could he do such a terrible thing? Well, it's really quite simple, actually. Consider the life of a teenager - you have parents, teachers telling you what to do, you have movies, magazines and TV telling you what to do, but you know what you have to do. Your job, your purpose is to get accepted, get a cute girlfriend, think up something great to do with the rest of your life. What if you're confused and can't imagine a career? What if you're funny looking and can't get a girlfriend? You see, no-one wants to hear it. But the terrible secret is that being young is sometimes less fun than being dead.

[baumer]

@Happy Harry Hardon

 

and this is probably my favourite moment of his:

 

We're all worried, we're all in pain. That just comes with having eyes and having ears. But just remember one thing - it can't get any worse, it can only get better. High school is the bottom, being a teenager sucks, but that's the point, surviving it is the whole point. Quitting is not going to make you stronger, living will. So just hang on and hang in there.

[tawasal]

4 minutes ago, baumer said:

@Happy Harry Hardon  

 

You hear about some kid who did something stupid, something desperate; what possessed him? How could he do such a terrible thing? Well, it's really quite simple, actually. Consider the life of a teenager - you have parents, teachers telling you what to do, you have movies, magazines and TV telling you what to do, but you know what you have to do. Your job, your purpose is to get accepted, get a cute girlfriend, think up something great to do with the rest of your life. What if you're confused and can't imagine a career? What if you're funny looking and can't get a girlfriend? You see, no-one wants to hear it. But the terrible secret is that being young is sometimes less fun than being dead.

Ooh! that kid malcolm gets me everytime I rewatch this movie. And what a movie, that even spoke to me who wasn't born when it came out and wasn't american. 

[tawasal]

6 minutes ago, baumer said:

@Happy Harry Hardon

 

and this is probably my favourite moment of his:

 

We're all worried, we're all in pain. That just comes with having eyes and having ears. But just remember one thing - it can't get any worse, it can only get better. High school is the bottom, being a teenager sucks, but that's the point, surviving it is the whole point. Quitting is not going to make you stronger, living will. So just hang on and hang in there.

I have decided I am going to rewatch this again tonight, that's how much I love it. Just remembering this scenes and my two favorite rebels. 

[baumer]

Just now, Happy Harry Hardon said:

Ooh! that kid malcolm gets me everytime I rewatch this movie. And what a movie, that even spoke to me who wasn't born when it came out and wasn't american. 

 

It's a movie that speaks to all of us and the themes are just as relevant now as they were when the film came out.  I was 18 when it came out and my God did it hit me hard.  I could relate to the characters implicitly.  And it's not that I was a nerd or had trouble getting  girlfriend, but we all have worries and fears and trepidations.  Figuring out what you are supposed to do with your life is scary.   

[baumer]

Just now, Happy Harry Hardon said:

I have decided I am going to rewatch this again tonight, that's how much I love it. Just remembering this scenes and my two favorite rebels. 

 

Where do you find it?  Or do you have it on HV?

[tawasal]

2 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

It's a movie that speaks to all of us and the themes are just as relevant now as they were when the film came out.  I was 18 when it came out and my God did it hit me hard.  I could relate to the characters implicitly.  And it's not that I was a nerd or had trouble getting  girlfriend, but we all have worries and fears and trepidations.  Figuring out what you are supposed to do with your life is scary.   

I even feel this way now and have been feeling it for the past 5 years. Can't decide whether or not I should please my family members and just pursue something they see for me, everyone around me is obsessed with money and I don't care about it more than just paying my bills. 

[dxmatrixdt]

poor things.  Ghostbusters 2 must have had like TPM walkout level reception and hissy fits when it got that OW record.

 

Spoiler

7 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 52.2
7 - Lethal Weapon 2 - 147.3
7 - Do the Right Thing - 27.5
7 - Born on the Fourth of July - 70.0
7 - Roger and Me - 6.7
7 - Fat Man and Little Boy - 3.6
7 - Red Scorpion - 4.2
7 - The Phantom of the Opera - 4.0
7 - Communion - 1.9
7 - The Fly II - 20.0
7 - Shocker - 16.6
7 - Back to the Future II - 118.5
7 - Millennium - 5.8
7 - Glory - 26.8
7 - Deepstar Six - 8.1
7 - 976-Evil - 3.0
7 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - 40.5
7 - Relentless - 7.0
7 - Fright Night II - 3.0
7 - Stepfather 2 - 1.5
7 - Say Anything - 20.8
7 - Tango & Cash - 63.4
7 - Leviathan - 15.7
7 - The Terror Within - 0.9
7 - Harlem Nights - 60.9
7 - The Little Mermaid - 84.4
7 - Dead Calm - 7.8
7 - Lean on Me - 31.9
7 - Cyborg - 10.2
7 - Earth Girls Are Easy - 3.9
7 - Henry V - 10.2
7 - For All Mankind - 0.8
7 - Heart of Dixie - 1.1
7 - A Dry White Season - 3.8
7 - Drugstore Cowboy - 4.7

 

 

 

1 Batman WB $251,188,924 2,201 $40,489,746 2,194 6/23 2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $197,171,806 2,327 $29,355,021 2,327 5/24 3 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $147,253,986 1,830 $20,388,800 1,803 7/7 4 Look Who's Talking TriS $140,088,813 1,651 $12,107,784 1,208 10/13 5 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $130,724,172 1,498 $14,262,961 1,371 6/23 6 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $118,450,002 2,107 $27,835,125 1,865 11/22 7 Ghostbusters II Col. $112,494,738 2,410 $29,472,894 2,410 6/16 8 Driving Miss Daisy WB $106,593,296 1,668 $73,745 3 12/15 9 Parenthood Uni. $100,047,830 1,399 $10,506,450 1,262 8/2 10 Dead Poets Society BV $95,860,116 1,109 $340,456 8 6/2 11 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $92,823,546 1,174 $1,094,453 41 7/14 12 The War of the Roses Fox $86,888,546 1,559 $9,488,794 1,259 12/8 13 The Little Mermaid BV $84,355,863 1,533 $6,031,914 994 11/17 14 Steel Magnolias TriS $83,759,091 1,372 $5,425,440 480 11/17 15 Christmas Vacation WB $71,319,526 1,950 $11,750,203 1,744 12/1 16 Turner & Hooch BV $71,079,915 1,888 $12,211,042 1,877 7/28 17 Born on the Fourth of July Uni. $70,001,698 1,434 $172,021 5 12/22 18 Uncle Buck Uni. $66,758,538 1,835 $8,794,501 1,804 8/18 19 Field of Dreams Uni. $64,431,625 1,100 $531,346 22 4/21 20 Tango & Cash WB $63,408,614 1,575 $6,628,918 1,409 12/22 21 Harlem Nights Par. $60,864,870 2,180 $16,096,808 2,180 11/17 22 Sea of Love Uni. $58,571,513 1,439 $10,017,840 1,246 9/15 23 Pet Sematary Par. $57,469,467 1,585 $12,046,179 1,585 4/21 24 The Abyss Fox $54,222,310 1,538 $9,319,797 1,533 8/11 25 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Par. $52,210,049 2,202 $17,375,648 2,202 6/9 26 Major League Par. $49,797,148 1,615 $8,836,265 1,541 4/7 27 See No Evil, Hear No Evil TriS $46,908,987 1,686 $7,098,741 1,677 5/12 28 Black Rain Par. $46,212,055 1,760 $9,677,102 1,610 9/22 29 Always Uni. $43,858,790 1,206 $3,713,480 1,016 12/22 30 K-9 Uni. $43,247,647 1,706 $7,471,035 1,677 4/28 31 Three Fugitives BV $40,586,886 1,374 $6,434,717 1,153 1/27 32 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Orion $40,485,039 1,321 $6,167,651 1,196 2/17 33 The Karate Kid Part III Col. $38,956,288 1,569 $10,364,544 1,560 6/30 34 The 'Burbs Uni. $36,601,993 1,956 $11,101,197 1,952 2/17 35 Fletch Lives Uni. $35,150,960 1,512 $8,045,760 1,479 3/17 36 Licence to Kill UA $34,667,015 1,587 $8,774,776 1,575 7/14 37 Lean on Me WB $31,906,454 1,107 $5,032,605 894 3/3 38 The Bear TriS $31,753,898 1,056 $3,676,530 858 10/27 39 Weekend at Bernie's Fox $30,218,387 1,139 $4,506,086 1,134 7/7 40 Road House UA $30,050,028 1,935 $5,957,656 1,927 5/19 41 Peter Pan (Re-issue) (1989) BV $29,445,131 1,533 $5,611,785 1,475 7/14 42 The Dream Team Uni. $28,890,240 1,459 $5,704,860 1,316 4/7 43 Do the Right Thing Uni. $27,545,445 534 $3,563,535 353 6/30 44 All Dogs Go to Heaven UA $27,100,027 1,591 $4,712,834 1,577 11/17 45 Glory TriS $26,828,365 811 $63,661 3 12/14 46 sex, lies and videotape Mira. $24,741,667 534 $155,982 4 8/4 47 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child NL $22,168,359 1,902 $8,115,176 1,902 8/11 48 Dad Uni. $22,103,037 1,188 $540,148 107 10/27 49 Lock Up TriS $22,099,847 1,384 $6,025,520 1,382 8/4 50 Cousins Par. $22,026,369 747 $3,039,805 535 2/10 51 The Rescuers (Re-issue) (1989) BV $21,215,869 1,482 $3,609,117 1,446 3/17 52 Say Anything Fox $20,781,385 1,113 $4,058,496 1,113 4/14 53 An Innocent Man BV $20,047,604 1,561 $5,700,000 1,561 10/6 54 The Fly II Fox $20,021,322 1,528 $6,751,371 1,524 2/10

Edited August 23, 2019 by 2010s Painkiller Race

[tawasal]

8 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Where do you find it?  Or do you have it on HV?

I use to watch it on local netflix like monthly subscription service, but they took it out, so I went to the dark side of the force and got myself a good 1080p. 

[dxmatrixdt]

i'm having a hard time finding an emotional connection with Star Trek 5.  

anyone feel similar things with the big budget movies produced from 1989?

[TalismanRing]

25 minutes ago, 2010s Painkiller Race said:

i'm having a hard time finding an emotional connection with Star Trek 5.  

anyone feel similar things with the big budget movies produced from 1989?

Star Trek 5 is a really bad movie.  There are others that are better though the only big budget blockbusters I liked that year were Batman and  Indy 3 - with the later being great.

 

If you want an emotional connection that isn't a Romance or Rom Com - I'd suggest  trying Dead Poet Society, Field of Dreams,  Parenthood, Born On The 4th of July, Dead Calm, Do The Right Thing, Glory