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Ron78

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What was your favorite film of 1980?  

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  1. 1. What was your favorite film of 1980?

    • The Empire Strikes Back
      23
    • 9 to 5
      1
    • Stir Crazy
      0
    • Airplane!
      1
    • Any Which Way You Can
      0
    • Private Benjamin
      1
    • The Blue Lagoon
      0
    • The Blues Brothers
      4
    • Ordinary People
      0
    • Popeye
      0
    • The Shining
      2
    • Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
      0
    • Caddyshack
      5
    • Friday the 13th
      0
    • Flash Gordon
      2
    • Raging Bull
      3
    • Other
      3

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Ron78

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Just now, LadySkinsFan said:

Easily The Empire Strikes Back. 9 to 5 is a close second. But it's easier to say what I didn't like from the list.

 

The horror movies.

 

The Shining

Friday the 13th

 

Flash Gordon was a hoot!

 

Loved the rest too

 

I recognize that Empire Strikes Back is an iconic film, but I just don't share the same love for it.  Raging Bull is a classic.

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Empire, Caddyshack, The Shining, Airplane, Next Movie and Flash Gordon are all-timers.  I've watched each of those at least 40-50 times.  So, I'll vote for the worst movie of 1980...which I've also watched several dozen times.  

 

Behold The Apple!  A classic tale of good and evil with glam-disco Adam and Eve leading the apostles to the burning bush.  Really, the best bad movie ever if you were teenage music nerd in 1983.  I really can't recommend it enough and I'm forever astounded that it never became a full-blown cult phenomenon.

 

 

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Just now, China said:

Wait, why isn't Coal Miner's Daughter on the list?  Sissy Spacek won the Best Actress Oscar for that movie.

 

Yeah, I almost included it, but Friday the 13th edged it out.  There is an "other" option.

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We didn't go to movies then, so I didn't see anything I mentioned until adult life. 

As you all probably know, I'm more of a sports person...probably why I'm posting on a sports message board  :blink:

 

edit, add: ok, it's mostly politics in the off-season...but I just don't do that many movies.

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3 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said:

We didn't go to movies then, so I didn't see anything I mentioned until adult life. 

As you all probably know, I'm more of a sports person...probably why I'm posting on a sports message board  :blink:

 

edit, add: ok, it's mostly politics in the off-season...but I just don't do that many movies.

 

This is the tailgate forum where people can post miscellaneous topics.  For some, a topic about movies might be an acceptable change from the heavier political topics.

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I counted four on the list that I remember seeing in the theater when they came out, but it's Empire by a mile.

 

As of now there's two on the list that I still haven't seen.

 

Ordinary People and Popeye.

 

 

Some other films from that year:

 

Elephant Man

Altered States

The Big Red One

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Just now, Spearfeather said:

I counted four on the list that I remember seeing in the theater when they came out, but it's Empire by a mile.

 

As of now there's two on the list that I still haven't seen.

 

Ordinary People and Popeye.

 

I have only seen parts of Ordinary people.  It looked very depressing. 

 

Popeye is a great movie for kids who grew up watching the cartoon.

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8 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said:

 

I could easily make the case that The Shining is the greatest movie of all time.  But I won't...for now.

 

So if it's so easy to make that case, why not just lay it down for all of us?  I wanna hear it.  

 

I don't really get scared at scary movies that much.  They aren't really something that I enjoy that much to begin with.  I mean if I'm with friends and it's something they want to watch, that's cool.  They're good for a date.  But mostly, I'm just not that interested.

 

But I swear to Christ The Shining is the number one scariest movie of all time.  I can't watch it with the lights off.  Hell, I can't sleep with the lights off after watching it.  I DON'T watch it anymore.  That movie scares the living **** out of me.

 

Because it can provoke such a strong reaction, especially from a genre that I just don't care to about to begin with, you can make that case.  For sure.  I can't think of another movie that provokes such a strong emotional (any emotion) response from me.  

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