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FFA Movie Poll - 1989 It's snail paced Countdown Monday!! (1 Viewer)

KarmaPolice said:
Great scenes, but I don't think it's great all the way through.  
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I think that's the case for a lot of the comedies we're talking about. I personally don't think Christmas Vacation or Bill and Ted's are particularly funny overall. They have a scene or two, but that's about it for me. Major League has a lot more moments, but you have to kind of like the mythologies and stereotypes of baseball in the first place to really enjoy a lot of the humor. If Bob Eucker being Bob Eucker isn't funny for you, then the movie overall isn't going to be funny for you.

Uncle Buck is more character study as comedy than broad humor. It's another Hughes adult comedy in the same vein as Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Not quite as good, but still worth a watch.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Sorry - Major League and Christmas Vacation are up there on the all time quotable movies for me, along with Caddyshack.  I can have a whole conversation with a few friends just quoting those movies and it is hysterical even now.
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Just curious - are these movies that you just love and a lot has to do with the quote factor with friends, or when you watch it you are literally laughing out loud a lot when you watch them now?  

Maybe its my age, but the movies that you guys seem to love and quote my friends and I weren't watching.  I wasn't watching R movies when Major League came out, so the dumb stuff we watched and quoted were more on the lines of Bill & Ted, The 'Burbs, Three Amigos, The Great Outdoors, Ghostbusters - dumb #### like that and were PG-13 so we all could watch them.  

I am sure that it's rare to have a weirdo like me that never saw a lot of these highly regarded 80s and 70s comedies (Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack, Major Leauge, Airplane!, Animal House, etc..) until they were in their 30s or 40s.   I think most are pretty unfunny watching them fresh now.  

 
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KarmaPolice said:
Just curious - are these movies that you just love and a lot has to do with the quote factor with friends, or when you watch it you are literally laughing out loud a lot when you watch them now?  

Maybe its my age, but the movies that you guys seem to love and quote my friends and I weren't watching.  I wasn't watching R movies when Major League came out, so the dumb stuff we watched and quoted were more on the lines of Bill & Ted, The 'Burbs, Three Amigos, The Great Outdoors, Ghostbusters - dumb #### like that and were PG-13 so we all could watch them.  

I am sure that it's rare to have a weirdo like me that never saw a lot of these highly regarded 80s and 70s comedies (Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack, Major Leauge, Airplane!, Animal House, etc..) until they were in their 30s or 40s.   I think most are pretty unfunny watching them fresh now.  
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Major League - I will admit that I don't laugh at loud nearly as much as I did when I was younger, but for the most part I laugh myself silly.  And the quotes back and forth between the guys never get old.  "How's your wife and my kids," is still literally the only way one friend and I greet each other, and it's funny every single time.

Caddyshack I can recite from memory right now and probably be about 85% dead on.  And yes I still laugh at every single scene in one way or the other.  And of course, the quotes are endless on the golf course.

Christmas Vacation - is not only all of that, it's my favorite Christmas movie, a standard of family get togethers for us, and most everyone in the family, including the wives, know this movie and the scenes when we reference it.  And some of the scenes still make me laugh until it hurts.  Frankly it's gotten funnier as I've gotten older as I've become Clark in some ways for Christmas with the lights and the big tree and the unwanted guests..... it's rings true and funny now, when it was just outlandish and funny then.

Love Bill & Ted.  Made my list.  Haven't seen it in a very very long time.  Still pronounce Socrates like they do in the movie, and even did it in law school.

The Burbs was never my favorite.  Didn't make my list.  But I don't begrudge people that love it.

Three Amigos was hysterical.  Love that movie.  Quote it every time we are in Disney and we are on the Three Caballeros ride.  I think - think - the wife still enjoys it.  Think.

Ghostbusters is a top 10 all time movie for me.

Airplane! is silly funny still to this day, though probably not nearly as much as it was when I was younger.  I still like stupid comedy, but some of the bits don't hit.  HAving said, that, "you ever been to a Turkish, prison? / do you like gladiator movies?" are still lines that me and the guys will throw out there at really badly timed moments.

And then Animal House.  I don't know if I have ever met someone that didn't like Animal House.  I don't know how to process that.  

 
ok, mine most quoted:

Sid and Nancy

Glengarry

Dead Presidents

Goodfellas

Nutty Professor (Murphy)

Apocalypse Now

Pope of Greenwich Village

Repo Man

MP and the Holy Grail

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Love Bill & Ted.  Made my list.  Haven't seen it in a very very long time.  Still pronounce Socrates like they do in the movie, and even did it in law school. 
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I was about 10 when Bill & Ted came out, and watched it a lot growing up.  I didn't realize until I was in high school or so that their pronunciation of Socrates was a joke. 

 
I just can't get into 1989 for some reason.  Instead of thinking about it much or watching anything new, I did a quick scan of the 1989 list on Wikipedia (throwing out a couple already discussed as being 1988) and made 16 movies into two tiers - movies I remember loving at the time I saw them (which might have been much later) and movies I remember liking a lot at the time.  Don't know if they've held up.

Movies I loved - 15 points each

Jesus of Montreal

Dead Poets Society

My Left Foot

Mystery Train

Glory

Dekalog

When Harry Met Sally

Drugstore Cowboy

Do the Right Thing

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Monsieur Hire

Movies I liked a lot - 7 points each

Common Threads

Dead Calm

Shirley Valentine

Sweetie

Too Beautiful For You
 
my list:

Glory 26

Field of Dreams 25

Dead Poet's Society 23

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 23

Crimes and Misdemeanors 15

Major League 15

Christmas Vacation 13

Do the Right Thing 12

Mystery Train 10

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 8

Back to the Future Part II 7

Batman 5

When Harry Met Sally 4

The Little Mermaid 3

Dead Calm 3

Sex, Lies, and Videotape 2

Parenthood 2

Milo and Otis 2

Fletch Lives 1

The January Man 1
 
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krista4 said:
I just can't get into 1989 for some reason.  Instead of thinking about it much or watching anything new, I did a quick scan of the 1989 list on Wikipedia (throwing out a couple already discussed as being 1988) and made 16 movies into two tiers - movies I remember loving at the time I saw them (which might have been much later) and movies I remember liking a lot at the time.  Don't know if they've held up.

Movies I loved - 15 points each

Jesus of Montreal

Dead Poets Society

My Left Foot

Mystery Train

Glory

Dekalog

When Harry Met Sally

Drugstore Cowboy

Do the Right Thing

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Monsieur Hire

Movies I liked a lot - 7 points each

Common Threads

Dead Calm

Shirley Valentine

Sweetie

Too Beautiful For You
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No S, L & V, eh? Interested to know about that. Is it as generational as Major League? Gonna hafta check out this Kiki Potter cartoon, though

 
wikkidpissah said:
No S, L & V, eh? Interested to know about that. Is it as generational as Major League? Gonna hafta check out this Kiki Potter cartoon, though
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No, I am a dummy and just forgot it.  So that I don't have to think too much and redo my math, I'm going to movie that into "love," drop Drugstore Cowboy down to "really liked," and drop Shirley Valentine off my votes.  I'll send KP an update. :)

 
Dr. Octopus said:
my list:

Glory 26

Field of Dreams 25

Dead Poet's Society 23

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 23

Crimes and Misdemeanors 15

Major League 15

Christmas Vacation 13

Do the Right Thing 12

Mystery Train 10

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 8

Back to the Future Part II 7

Batman 5

When Harry Met Sally 4

The Little Mermaid 3

Dead Calm 3

Sex, Lies, and Videotape 2

Parenthood 2

Milo and Otis 2

Fletch Lives 1

The January Man 1
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It's funny to me that the storyless Blade Runner got so much cred for visual language from fanboys but Batman, a MUCH bigger influence on the VL of today's flicks from where i sit, does not

 
krista4 said:
No, I am a dummy and just forgot it.  So that I don't have to think too much and redo my math, I'm going to movie that into "love," drop Drugstore Cowboy down to "really liked," and drop Shirley Valentine off my votes.  I'll send KP an update. :)
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cool, cuz if you didnt like both that and Please Give, i dont know what i might do....

 
wikkidpissah said:
It's funny to me that the storyless Blade Runner got so much cred for visual language from fanboys but Batman, a MUCH bigger influence on the VL of today's flicks from where i sit, does not
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I actually loved it when it came out - but it didn't hold up that well on a recent viewing. I do agree it's visually stunning in parts. If I didn't need to shave some points in this deep year I would have given it more (and probably should have anyway).

I actually didn't give Blade Runner a high point total in that poll. I'm not sure why but even after a second viewing I just didn't get the love. It's a movie I should love, but just don't.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
I actually loved it when it came out - but it didn't hold up that well on a recent viewing. I do agree it's visually stunning in parts. If I didn't need to shave some points in this deep year I would have given it more (and probably should have anyway).

I actually didn't give Blade Runner a high point total in that poll. I'm not sure why but even after a second viewing I just didn't get the love. It's a movie I should love, but just don't.
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oh, yeah - it wasnt a criticism, just an observation that Burton's Gotham was as, if not more, impactful on the look of movies as Scott's LA but aint getting half the cred

 
The biggest with Batman now is the same as I’ve always had. Keaton wasn’t right for the part. I liked his sense of humor but he didn’t have the right physicality. A prime Burt Lancaster might be the ideal Batman/Wayne. I’m not sure who the right choice in 89 was but there has to be someone better than Keaton.

 
Ilov80s said:
The biggest with Batman now is the same as I’ve always had. Keaton wasn’t right for the part. I liked his sense of humor but he didn’t have the right physicality. A prime Burt Lancaster might be the ideal Batman/Wayne. I’m not sure who the right choice in 89 was but there has to be someone better than Keaton.
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Puddy

 
Yankee23Fan said:
KarmaPolice said:
So, did I have to be a huge baseball fan to think that Major League was still funny? :oldunsure:
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No, you should also find it funny if you are, in no particular order, human, male currently or previously, ever played a sport, wanted to ever punch Corben Berstein in the face, actually watching the movie, able to laugh, have working vocal chords that can assist in the production of sound coming out of your throat canal, human, alive, sober, drunk, high, straight, gay, trans, from the south, from the north, from the east, from the west, city guy, farmersonly fan, someone who eats meat, are a vegan, are a vegetarian, currently breathing oxygen, once breathed oxygen, or ever was able to turn on a TV either by remote or voice activated controls.

But, if you aren't any of that, yeah, you probably didn't like it.
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You want me to drag him outta here; kick the #### out of him?

 
Ilov80s said:
The biggest with Batman now is the same as I’ve always had. Keaton wasn’t right for the part. I liked his sense of humor but he didn’t have the right physicality. A prime Burt Lancaster might be the ideal Batman/Wayne. I’m not sure who the right choice in 89 was but there has to be someone better than Keaton.
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Mickey.  #######. Rourke. 

 
Ilov80s said:
The biggest with Batman now is the same as I’ve always had. Keaton wasn’t right for the part. I liked his sense of humor but he didn’t have the right physicality. A prime Burt Lancaster might be the ideal Batman/Wayne. I’m not sure who the right choice in 89 was but there has to be someone better than Keaton.
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I thought it worked but there were better options.

It'll get points from me.

 
My most quoted:

Duck Soup

Buttpirates 4: The Wreckening

Charlotte's Web

Paint Your Wagon

Waiting for Superman

 
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side note:  watching Hard Day's Night ...I first saw it at the Drive-In with my mom and neighbor at age 7 or so.  We thirsted for anything associated with these guys.

The first few minutes are fun, but I am not enjoying the rest of it much.  

Some hot early 60's chicks though. 

ETA:  pretty sure I had my Beatles lunchbox and "Chipmunks Sing The Beatles" album by that time ...not sure though.

 
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Watched Driving Miss Daisy last night. I had low expectations but it was pretty good. I’ll give it points. There are some flaws: it’s predictable and Dan Akroyd was totally miscast. However, Tandy and Freeman are so freaking good that it overcomes everything else.

 
While waiting for some under the radar '89 movies to get shipped, I started on the 1992 research last night.  Sweet double feature of A Midnight Clear and Basic Instinct.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Sorry.  It got buried on page two.  Forgot to announce the next year right away on Monday night.  
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it's cool. i was just hoping that '92 would happen later in the process because it will end my online relationship (is there a special word yet for internet friend?) with @otb_lifer before the Triple Crown is over.

 
wikkidpissah said:
it's cool. i was just hoping that '92 would happen later in the process because it will end my online relationship (is there a special word yet for internet friend?) with @otb_lifer before the Triple Crown is over.
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Don't see why.  92 is going to be easy.  Reservoir Dogs is going to win by a solid margin, there are a ton of other good to solid movies, and anyone who has ever seen a movie that was marketed awfully is going to appreciate just how good a movie Diggstown was and give it double digit points.

Beyond that, I don't see why there is a need for any fights.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Don't see why.  92 is going to be easy.  Reservoir Dogs is going to win by a solid margin, there are a ton of other good to solid movies, and anyone who has ever seen a movie that was marketed awfully is going to appreciate just how good a movie Diggstown was and give it double digit points.

Beyond that, I don't see why there is a need for any fights.
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With a fair bit of Tarantino dislike around these parts, I figured Glengarry would be in the mix, along with other stuff like Unforgiven, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny.

Army of Darkness better be getting high points.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
With a fair bit of Tarantino dislike around these parts, I figured Glengarry would be in the mix, along with other stuff like Unforgiven, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny.

Army of Darkness better be getting high points.  
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 All true.  It's actually a hard year. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
With a fair bit of Tarantino dislike around these parts, I figured Glengarry would be in the mix, along with other stuff like Unforgiven, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny.

Army of Darkness better be getting high points.  
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I like Tarantino’s movies but I think he is overrated. Maybe it’s the fanboys he attracts or how repulsive I find him but I just never got the insane love for his work.  It’s all good but a lot of it borders on too much pastiche.  

Also, I’d put Unforgiven up against any other movie we have covered so far. It’s in the GF2, Chinatown territory.

 
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