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FFA Movie Poll - 1982 Countdown Monday! (1 Viewer)
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KarmaPolice
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Gotcha. A little younger than I am.
The bolded might be a big thing too. I have a soft spot for teen movies from most decades and a lot of my guilty pleasures come from that genre. Sixteen Candles, She's All That, Easy A - love them all, but I thought that Fast Times was a notch better than most of that type.
Ilov80s
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It’s reminding me a lot of The Night of the Living Dead actually.
Yeah I will definitely check that out.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The coolest Fast Times fact is that the real life guy Ratner was based on hated the book/movie because he felt it made him too nerdy (he’s the one that ordered the pizza to his class). He would also go on to author all those “Computer for Dummies” books.
El Floppo
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Ilov80s
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TripItUp
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KarmaPolice
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Good posting here. I really like the way it portrays this stuff in a non-typical way for most 80s teen movies- pregnancy/abortion, end of HS relationships, awkwardness of sex, etc.. It just strikes a great balance of having that stuff in the movie without being too deep.
Plus I have worked a lot of fast food, so I dig on a lot of those scenes too - like Brad seeing the hot chick while wearing his dumb ### uniform.
KarmaPolice
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Surprised here, but we can't agree on everything.
I still think the tension and paranoia trumps any f/x that feels dated and jumps it into a top tier horror, sci/fi movie.. They talk a little in the podcast about what some of those f/x shots took to get as well. Maybe they don't hold up 100% but it's still amazing to thing about so many people having to coordinate the models at the same time for shots, and I will still take that over most CGI.
Ilov80s
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The fx were pretty good, they looked super crazy. It just wasn’t scary to me. I would have preferred the movie if it had barely ever shown the actual monster but instead just hinted at what it was. I’m clearly in the minority though. Also I’m not much of a fan of horror or sci-fi so maybe it was inevitable that I was low on this.Surprised here, but we can't agree on everything.
I still think the tension and paranoia trumps any f/x that feels dated and jumps it into a top tier horror, sci/fi movie.. They talk a little in the podcast about what some of those f/x shots took to get as well. Maybe they don't hold up 100% but it's still amazing to thing about so many people having to coordinate the models at the same time for shots, and I will still take that over most CGI.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Gotcha. Yeah, I don't think the monster itself is scary, but the tension not knowing WTF it is at any point. Horror hounds are big on The Thing for Rob Bottin's work on the f/x too.
As far as the bolded, do you feel about the same for Alien as you do The Thing then?
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KarmaPolice
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Speaking of horror, I started my 1974 research with a re-watch of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre last night. 
Since I have inside knowledge on the schedule of movie years for this thing coming out I know I should have time to watch enough 70s movies, but it did occur to me that maybe @Ilov80s should be teaming up on our 70s lists since he said that's a blind spot for him too.
Since I have inside knowledge on the schedule of movie years for this thing coming out I know I should have time to watch enough 70s movies, but it did occur to me that maybe @Ilov80s should be teaming up on our 70s lists since he said that's a blind spot for him too.
Ilov80s
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How was Texas Chainsaw? That’s s movie I loved as a teen but probably wouldn’t watch now.Speaking of horror, I started my 1974 research with a re-watch of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre last night.
Since I have inside knowledge on the schedule of movie years for this thing coming out I know I should have time to watch enough 70s movies, but it did occur to me that maybe @Ilov80s should be teaming up on our 70s lists since he said that's a blind spot for him too.
I went to the library today and got Fitzcarraldo for 82 and then Phantom of Liberty for 74. I’m going try to catch-up so I can have decent lists but yeah I might some help or suggestions.
TripItUp
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You didn't ask me but I'm a Sci Fi geek so I'll chime in...
Alien was so good in other facets that it wasn't as dependent on the FX IMHO. Also, the FX was still better in Alien when compared to The Thing.
Ilov80s
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Alien scared the ever loving #### out of me. I turned it off when that alien came out the guys chest. I was really young though- probably shouldn’t have been watching it. So when I watched it later, I automatically had some uneasy feelings and was completely primed to be scared.
KarmaPolice
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I would say that the f/x in Alien hold up a bit better now, but they are also lit in a way that allows them to hold up more. The f/x in The Thing are much more in the open and in your face, and I am sure look a bit dated because of that - ie the spider severed head. I think Alien is the slightly better movie because it still holds up so well, but I do put The Thing right below it in rankings which is why I asked about it since it's another highly regarded horror/sci-fi movie.
KarmaPolice
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Holy #### - you are turning into a senior citizen like me!
TCM is such a weird movie and has always been one of my favorite horror movies. It's just one of those movies that I feel like I need to take a shower after watching. It's just so bare bones and disgusting, but it also shows very little gore despite having the reputation. I just read a book recently about the making of the movie so I wanted to revisit it after that. Remembering the conditions they were shooting in made it that much more interesting to watch.
The Phantom of Liberty didn't show up on my research list - I will have to look into that one. At home right now I have Taking of Pelham 123 and Woman Under the Influence. On the way I have Black Christmas, Towering Inferno, Parallax View, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Dark Star, Foxy Brown, and Ali Fear Eats the Soul. Hopefully I have enough time to watch most of these.
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KarmaPolice
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This is why I have put off so many award winning drama movies as they start to push the 3 hour mark. There are so many that I need to catch up on like Seven Samurai and Amadeus but I look at the time and think I won't get through it in a night or that I could watch 2 on my list instead of that one.
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KarmaPolice
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You are one of the main ones in these polls in charge of pointing me towards pre-2000 foreign movies that I need to watch.
Andy Dufresne
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Everyone has their own limits of suspension of disbelief.
Even though the practical effects of movies like The Thing are a bit clunky if taken at face value, I still prefer them to CGI because I'm a little more willing to "fill in the blanks" for the creators because I appreciate the cleverness and artistry required to even get what they got.
It's why I prefer the pre-special edition Star Wars movies. I don't care that I can see the blocking around the models for the blue screen effect. That they were able to do it at all still amazes me.
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krista4
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I was going to catch up on some of the 1982 ones I'd missed, but it's impossible to find a lot of them online to watch. :(
KarmaPolice
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Something else that we agree on!!
I know it sounds sappy, but that is a big reason why I fell in love with movies to begin with - wondering "WTF did they do that??". Anything that leans more towards the practical effects side of things these days still triggers that feeling from the little kid in me, and is probably why I have a boner for Nolan movies even if I don't always love them. If the answer to that that question is a very obvious "with a computer program", I check out.
KarmaPolice
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@krista4
Can you go the library route? The Madison area libraries pool together to ship stuff, and it's fairly rare I can't find a movie I am looking for in some format.
krista4
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You're writing to a person who rented a movie to stream on Amazon last night, despite owning said movie, because going downstairs and getting the movie and then figuring out if the BluRay player was set up sounded like too much trouble.
krista4
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Yeah, "meh" was an overstatement (or understatement) for sure. I actually did like it a lot, but Seven Samurai is one of my 20 top-ten films of all time. Maybe I should rewatch Amadeus.
Ilov80s
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Watched Fitzccarldo and wow was that a great movie. That will be high on my list. Weird how similar it was to Apocalypse Now- epic disaster of a production with a highly regarded documentary about it’s filming, boat going down a dangerous river, the Natives with their white leader, playing opera music over a loud speakers of vehicles.
El Floppo
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KarmaPolice
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Sadly I feel bad about it, but like I joked with 80s - I tend to push off the epic 3hr+ movies (and unfortunately the foreign movies) farther and farther back. I look at my list of 100s of movies I want to watch and I think "why get through 1 if I could knock out 2?". It has caused me to miss a lot of fantastic movies I am sure.
When are we doing the 50s lists again?? That's when I will officially run out of excuses if it hasn't been watched by that time...
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KarmaPolice
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We have 20 lists tallied up now with one week to go. Just like last time there is a handful of movies running away from the pack and 2 at the top that are 100-150pts above the next ones. Only 10 movies have 100+points.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I rented this one from Amazon yesterday, along with The King of Comedy, two touted movies from ‘82 I haven’t seen.
Looking forward to them both. Hope I can find time to watch them before next Monday.
El Floppo
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Gr00vus
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I watch listed a bunch of them, but none of them were free and I just couldn't pull the trigger on the $4 rental for a 26 year old movie. I guess I'll just have to go with what I know. Also, note to self, you need to watch list Fitzcaraldo.
Ilov80s
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I found Starz streams a lot of older movies (didn't even really know I had Starz on my cable package) and the library has a lot for free.
Gr00vus
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Ilov80s
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That is the one thing crappy about how much everything has gone to streaming. A lot of older stuff just isn't available.
otb_lifer
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iIKing of Comedy.
a 26 yr. old Sandra Bernhard in "King of Comedy" -sure, we discussed Cates and Shelley Long's scenes up in here,
but ... not ashamed to admit that i spent some happy time with my "K.o.C." vhs tape, working dem freeze and rewind buttons during her 'strip down to panties' scene
TMI? perhaps - but i dug me her performance
but ... not ashamed to admit that i spent some happy time with my "K.o.C." vhs tape, working dem freeze and rewind buttons during her 'strip down to panties' scene
TMI? perhaps - but i dug me her performance
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wikkidpissah
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EeeeYEWWWWi
TMI? perhaps - but i dug me her performance
KoC was '82?! Missed that & The Wall on my list
otb_lifer
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yep, figgered that thar would be the majority reaction, but she looked damn good - 13 year old otb really appreciated the scene.
my top two misses, as well - when i came into this i promised myself i would only rank a hard ten for each year, distributing no less than 10 points to any flick on my list(s) - made an exception for '82 (11 flicks, "Basket Case" getting 5 points).
will stick with the only ten (and no flick below 10 pts.) rule going forward.
Don Quixote
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I'm hoping I can find some time to watch this one before the poll closes. It looks up my alley, and I don't have a deep list for this year. I've currently got something like Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl getting a ton of points from me to get to the 200 total (which I enjoy, but it's mostly just a recycling of Flying Circus stuff).
wikkidpissah
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not harshing, esp how that would look to a tween, but maaaayan - me & the divine Miss Bernhard bounced around the same scenes (Mudd, Catch, Improv) the last time i lived in Manhattan and i love gangly, different AND 'tudeful, but there was nothing about her i did not find repulsvie
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