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FFA Movie Poll - 1978 Lists due 8/26 (1 Viewer)

KarmaPolice said:
I'm not going to argue too much.  I've never seen Scarface or The Untouchables.    I think Carrie is one of my favorite horror movies, and really like Blow Out as well.  But that's about it.  
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can't wait to hear the reviews.

 
Piranha is an eminently watchable exploitation movie about mutant fish.  It came out of Roger Corman's New World Pictures film factory in 1978 with a budget of under a million dollars and became a box office hit.  The film was Joe Dante's directorial debut.  He does an excellent job working within his means.  He's aided by the fact that his monsters attack underwater so effective special effects could be done on the cheap.  John Sayles wrote the screenplay; it's not art but it cleverly works humor and suspense into a cliched plot line.

There's a complete SD print on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAC0pT9DrjY and it's also available on Amazon Prime.  Joe Bob says check it out.

 
Eephus said:
Piranha is an eminently watchable exploitation movie about mutant fish.  It came out of Roger Corman's New World Pictures film factory in 1978 with a budget of under a million dollars and became a box office hit.  The film was Joe Dante's directorial debut.  He does an excellent job working within his means.  He's aided by the fact that his monsters attack underwater so effective special effects could be done on the cheap.  John Sayles wrote the screenplay; it's not art but it cleverly works humor and suspense into a cliched plot line.

There's a complete SD print on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAC0pT9DrjY and it's also available on Amazon Prime.  Joe Bob says check it out.
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I was going to watch that, but the library didn't have it.  I couldn't remember if I have seen both, or just the James Cameron classic sequel.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
I was going to watch that, but the library didn't have it.  I couldn't remember if I have seen both, or just the James Cameron classic sequel.  
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There is a school of other Piranha movies.  One from 1995 is a direct remake of the 1978 version (Sayles gets a story credit).  It stars 70s heartthrob William Katt, Baywatch star Alexandra Paul, Punky Brewster and a 12 year old Mila Kunis.  There's also a 3D version from 2010.  Both the 1978 and 2010 films had sequels.

 
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killer of sheep... that's the one in SCentral LA or Watts nobody saw until it was rereleased recently to art-film houses to much fanfare?

Killer of Sheep

Oops, this movie has no streaming offers.
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oh well.

 
I remember this year being the hey day of Steve Martin, but I couldn't remember the timeline of his stuff.  Apropos of nothing, here it is: 

1977 - Let's Get Small Album

Sept 77 - SNL Two Wild and Crazy Guys

April 78 - A Wild and Crazy Guy Album plus King Tut Single

July 78 - Sgt. Peppers movie

December 1979 - The Jerk

1980 - Comedy is Not Pretty special incl. Olympic Diving.

 
I own Killer of Sheep on DVD, so if anyone wants to see it and can't find it I could mail it to you.

 
Eephus said:
There is a school of other Piranha movies.  One from 1995 is a direct remake of the 1978 version (Sayles gets a story credit).  It stars 70s heartthrob William Katt, Baywatch star Alexandra Paul, Punky Brewster and a 12 year old Mila Kunis.  There's also a 3D version from 2010.  Both the 1978 and 2010 films had sequels.
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I've seen those two and like them way more than I probably should have, especially the first one.  The idea of the 2nd in the waterpark was funny as hell though. 

 
Brony said:
I remember this year being the hey day of Steve Martin, but I couldn't remember the timeline of his stuff.  Apropos of nothing, here it is: 

1977 - Let's Get Small Album

Sept 77 - SNL Two Wild and Crazy Guys

April 78 - A Wild and Crazy Guy Album plus King Tut Single

July 78 - Sgt. Peppers movie

December 1979 - The Jerk

1980 - Comedy is Not Pretty special incl. Olympic Diving.
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May I mambo dogface to the banana patch? 

 
Brony said:
I remember this year being the hey day of Steve Martin, but I couldn't remember the timeline of his stuff.  Apropos of nothing, here it is: 

1977 - Let's Get Small Album

Sept 77 - SNL Two Wild and Crazy Guys

April 78 - A Wild and Crazy Guy Album plus King Tut Single

July 78 - Sgt. Peppers movie

December 1979 - The Jerk

1980 - Comedy is Not Pretty special incl. Olympic Diving.
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The Sgt. Pepper movie is better than the Beatles

 
Any thoughts on "Gates of Heaven"?  Errol Morris doc on pet cemeteries.  It's on Netflix; may give it a watch tonight.

 
Don Quixote said:
Any thoughts on "Gates of Heaven"?  Errol Morris doc on pet cemeteries.  It's on Netflix; may give it a watch tonight.
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Feel like I've seen it since it came out... as with all Morris docs- it's good. I don't remember greatness, but I remember liking it.

now waiting for the avalanche of "Morris/ this particular Morris film SUZOR"

 
Body Snatchers was pretty good but it went way off the rails at the end. I prefer the subtlelty of the first. I think a remake is warranted it if they could find a middle ground beteen the 70s and 50s version. But who am I kidding, if they remade it today it would be wildly over the top. 

 
Eephus said:
Big Wednesday tries to be the Great American Movie but falls short.  It still manages to be the best surf movie ever.  John Milius (with his co-writer Dennis Aaberg) throws everything into his movie:  stories of his surf buddies, samurai philosophy, a coming of age story, social commentary and the history of Southern California surfing.  It somehow ends up as less than the sum of its parts.

It starts off as a comedy with elements of slapstick but veers off in a different direction as the characters age and in some cases, mature.  A lot of movies from 1978 grappled with how to portray Vietnam.  Milius uses it mostly as a device to shift the tone of his movie.  It's done kind of awkwardly but it moves the plot forward.  Milius seems more at home staging action scenes than in directing actors but Jan Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Busey do the best they can with occasionally sappy dialog. 

It sounds like I don't like it but I'd highly recommend Big Wednesday if you've never seen it.  It's kind of a frustrating film because it promises so much but when it works, it's a wonderful thing. My surfing life consists of about 15 seconds up on a board and a couple hours of paddling but it's impossible to have grown up in America during the 60s and 70s without being influenced by surf culture.  Hell, I moved to California as soon as I could.  Big Wednesday captures that moment and feeling better than any other film.
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I had always seen this at home and then some years back, a local theater had a double feature with this and Endless Summer.

The ending surf footage was awesome on the big screen!  :shock:

 
Ilov80s said:
Body Snatchers was pretty good but it went way off the rails at the end. I prefer the subtlelty of the first. I think a remake is warranted it if they could find a middle ground beteen the 70s and 50s version. But who am I kidding, if they remade it today it would be wildly over the top. 
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Wasn't there a remake with Nicole Kidman?  I think it was made in one of the years we did for a countdown. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
Wasn't there a remake with Nicole Kidman?  I think it was made in one of the years we did for a countdown. 
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Yes. There was a decent movie to be had there but you could tell it was a troubled production with a lot of suits involved. The end result was that the movie itself mimicked the pod people it featured - a lifeless shell that looked like a movie but didn't behave like one.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Yes. There was a decent movie to be had there but you could tell it was a troubled production with a lot of suits involved. The end result was that the movie itself mimicked the pod people it featured - a lifeless shell that looked like a movie but didn't behave like one.
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Was it just titled Invasion? 

 
KarmaPolice said:
I tried Animal House yet again last week and had to tap out after about 30 mins.  I fully expect it to be near the top though.  
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Especially with comedies, i don't expect younger folk to get the unprecedented thrill of the first "for us, by us" movies. Because of the money it happened 20 yrs later. mostly in comedy & horror, than in music but it was just as much Rock & Roll for the audience.

 
Didn't realize there was an 80s version too. According to wikipedia, a 4th version is in the works. 

 
wikkidpissah said:
Especially with comedies, i don't expect younger folk to get the unprecedented thrill of the first "for us, by us" movies. Because of the money it happened 20 yrs later. mostly in comedy & horror, than in music but it was just as much Rock & Roll for the audience.
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I am sure.  I am younger than most here, plus I didn't watch any besides Monty Python until the last decade or so.  I was already tired of the dozens of imitators, so the originals did do much for me. 

 
Will get back from vacation today, so I have a week to watch a couple new ones.  Will at least try to fit The Last Waltz in.  

 
Don Quixote said:
"The Faculty" may also count as an Body Snatchers remake.  It was a satire of it though (set in a high school). 
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Good call. That was a fun movie. I remember seeing it with a bunch of friends in the theater and we thought it was going to be a straight horror film and as it went on we slowly realized how funny it was. Afterwards we were all trying to figure out it was just an awful movie or if they they were all in on the joke. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
:goodposting:

We will back in the 90s after this, and we will do 1996.   Probably another clear cut #1, but it's an "interesting" year.  
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96 was an interesting year.  There is a ton of popcorn turn your brain off entertainment.

 
KarmaPolice said:
:goodposting:

We will back in the 90s after this, and we will do 1996.   Probably another clear cut #1, but it's an "interesting" year.  
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Sure, everybody thinks it's The English Patient and nothing else, but i got Happy Gilmore giving it a run for the top.....

 
I'm not going to have time to watch anything new for this one so here are some movies I'd like to give points to.  Let's just give them each 20 points.

The Deer Hunter

Days of Heaven

The Last Waltz

Heaven Can Wait

Midnight Express

Killer of Sheep

Gates of Heaven

Watership Down

The Boys from Brazil

Halloween
 
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i spent most of '78 in a commune in the mountains, so i have no cinephile treats for what should be my wheelhouse. weak year anyways. also the biggest gap between #1 and #2 by far

1. Deer Hunter 27 pts

2. Animal House 12 pts

3. Magic 30 pts (11 wikkid pts)

4. Blue Collar 20 pts (9 wikkid)

5. Superman 9 pts

6. Halloween 8 pts

7. La Cage Aux Folles 25 pts (6 wikkid)

8. Who'll Stop the Rain 5 pts

9. The Big Sleep 30 pts (5 wikkid)

10. Gates of Heaven 20 pts (4 wikkid)

11. Dawn of the Dead 2 pts

12. Coming Home 2 pts

13. The Brinks Job (the crew who pulled the job was mostly from my hood, Egleston Sq) 2 pts

14. FM 2 pts

15. Boys From Brazil 1 pt

16. Autumn Sonata 1 pt

17. Cheap Detective 1 pt

18. Marriage of Maria Braun 1 pt

19. Heaven Can Wait 1 pt

20. Days of Heaven 1 pt
 
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I love these top 3.

Deer Hunter - 30

Halloween - 30

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 30

Animal House - 25

Dawn of the Dead - 20

Watership Down - 18

Grease - 15

The Wiz - 15

Midnight Express - 8

Up In Smoke - 5

Superman - 3

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - 1
 
Ilov80s said:
Do you like many pre-70s comedies or do comedies mostly begin in the 80s for you?
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I feel like my comedy meter is off vs. the general population to begin with, so keep that in mind.  I would say that there is definitely a higher hit rate with pre-70s comedies vs. the 70s.  I don't know if I would say that any of them had me laughing out loud a ton, but I would definitely put movies like Some Like It Hot, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, and a few others far above movies like Animal House, Caddyshack, and Airplane! as far as my enjoyment watching them.  

Off hand, I would say that a small % of movies make me laugh out loud upon repeat viewings, and most would probably be 90s+.   

 
KarmaPolice said:
I feel like my comedy meter is off vs. the general population to begin with, so keep that in mind.  I would say that there is definitely a higher hit rate with pre-70s comedies vs. the 70s.  I don't know if I would say that any of them had me laughing out loud a ton, but I would definitely put movies like Some Like It Hot, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, and a few others far above movies like Animal House, Caddyshack, and Airplane! as far as my enjoyment watching them.  

Off hand, I would say that a small % of movies make me laugh out loud upon repeat viewings, and most would probably be 90s+.   
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Comedy is definitely an interesting thing. I am really mixed on 70s comedies. Hate MASH and Blazing Saddles. Love Animal House and all things Monty Python. I haven't seen many of the recent big comedies. Any you recommend?

 
Ilov80s said:
Comedy is definitely an interesting thing. I am really mixed on 70s comedies. Hate MASH and Blazing Saddles. Love Animal House and all things Monty Python. I haven't seen many of the recent big comedies. Any you recommend?
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Oof.  Sadly I can't think of any really recent stuff, but again, my comedy meter is off.  I tried more popular stuff like Game Night and thought it was pretty terrible.  

 Best I could think of that I remember really liking was Bad Words, but that was 2013.  I also seem to gravitate towards squirm-enducing, uncomfortable comedies.   

HERE  is a list of the Rolling Stone's top 50 comedies of the 21st Century.  Some toward the top I love (Step Brothers, Tropic Thunder) others I hate (Wes Anderson, and surprisingly Punch Drunk).   But a lot of that list also feels like most of the list is from the 1st part of the decade.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Oof.  Sadly I can't think of any really recent stuff, but again, my comedy meter is off.  I tried more popular stuff like Game Night and thought it was pretty terrible.  

 Best I could think of that I remember really liking was Bad Words, but that was 2013.  I also seem to gravitate towards squirm-enducing, uncomfortable comedies.   

HERE  is a list of the Rolling Stone's top 50 comedies of the 21st Century.  Some toward the top I love (Step Brothers, Tropic Thunder) others I hate (Wes Anderson, and surprisingly Punch Drunk).   But a lot of that list also feels like most of the list is from the 1st part of the decade.  
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Interesting. A poll of favorite comedies would be interesting. 

 
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