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| turrell |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 21:29:36
I thought it might be fun to find a film made the year we were born and highlight a review other than your own for each other's enjoyment. I recommend that you pick your favorite / the best film in your opinion from that year. If you don't want to reveal your age you need not play, but I thought it would be fun to find a movie that correlates with your own history.
Disclaimer - partially inspired by American Idol - sing a song from your birth year two weeks ago.
My film choice is Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. I loved this movie when I was a kid was entertained and scared and tickled throughout and I really believe it holds up today. My birth year of 1971. also included Fiddler on the Roof, French Connection, and Clockwork Orange but I have always enjoyed Wonka!
The my favorite non-Turrell review for this film is RMartelJr's "Fear of midgets begins." Nice summary of the film. |
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 15:08:29
Well 1970 seems to be a popular year around these parts.
A film I like
Little Big Man review, Dances with Satire, Annonymous |
| randall |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 14:52:08
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Originally posted by Herky
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Welcome to tne Fourum!
Aside from the fact that Soylent Green was written by a good friend of my father's (Stanley Greenberg), you really should try to find it and see it, if only to honour Charleton Heston's memory. And if you like dark, Sci-Fi distopia movies, its a real classic.
Thanks! Soylent Green is one of the many movies on my list of films to see. Hopefully somebody like WGN will run a Heston marathon soon due his recent passing.
Day Of The Jackal is another film from that year that I haven't seen that looks reasonably promising as well.
Hey, welcome in, Herky! |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 06:04:32
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Originally posted by Herky
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Welcome to tne Fourum!
Aside from the fact that Soylent Green was written by a good friend of my father's (Stanley Greenberg), you really should try to find it and see it, if only to honour Charleton Heston's memory. And if you like dark, Sci-Fi distopia movies, its a real classic.
Thanks! Soylent Green is one of the many movies on my list of films to see. Hopefully somebody like WGN will run a Heston marathon soon due his recent passing.
Day Of The Jackal is another film from that year that I haven't seen that looks reasonably promising as well.
Don't say that out loud too much, someone might get the idea to remake it!
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| Herky |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 02:41:18
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Welcome to tne Fourum!
Aside from the fact that Soylent Green was written by a good friend of my father's (Stanley Greenberg), you really should try to find it and see it, if only to honour Charleton Heston's memory. And if you like dark, Sci-Fi distopia movies, its a real classic.
Thanks! Soylent Green is one of the many movies on my list of films to see. Hopefully somebody like WGN will run a Heston marathon soon due his recent passing.
Day Of The Jackal is another film from that year that I haven't seen that looks reasonably promising as well.
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 07:03:28
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Originally posted by Herky
I've not seen very many 1973 films, but I would pick Mean Streets as that year's best (it was not a particularly strong year for films, IMO). However, Soylent Green (which I haven't seen) has an exceptionally high number of outstanding reviews. Among them:
Heston realizes everyone's crackers
Heston finds humans distasteful
Fed up with people
Guess Who's Becoming Dinner
Welcome to tne Fourum!
Aside from the fact that Soylent Green was written by a good friend of my father's (Stanley Greenberg), you really should try to find it and see it, if only to honour Charleton Heston's memory. And if you like dark, Sci-Fi distopia movies, its a real classic.
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 03:15:35
Ok, 1966 gave us this in the Academy Awards
Movies that I remember seeing from 1966.
Sand Pebbles
Fantastic Voyage
Born Free
But my fav would be this one that I have singled at my favourite non-thefoxboy review.
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 23:48:51
Wrong section (should be FWFR Related > Reviews or Film Related > General), but anyway...
Here are some films from my birth year.
I'm not sure whether this is my favourite film of the year, but it's certainly significant and I've just come across an outstanding review that I hadn't seen before. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 21:09:01
Well, I was born 1n 1945 (between VE Day and VJ Day). Not the greatest year for films but there were some notables, including Billy Wilder's bold (for its day) The Lost Weekend. My favourite review: Randall's inspired "Billy Wilder's slosher film"
For anyone interested, here's my Lemmycaution's 45s accolade. |
| Herky |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 21:03:19
I've not seen very many 1973 films, but I would pick Mean Streets as that year's best (it was not a particularly strong year for films, IMO). However, Soylent Green (which I haven't seen) has an exceptionally high number of outstanding reviews. Among them:
Heston realizes everyone's crackers
Heston finds humans distasteful
Fed up with people
Guess Who's Becoming Dinner
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| Chris C |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 17:33:09
1964 was a vintage year. As well as the main feature (me  ) there was
Carry on Cleo: Sid, Caesar. (Randall)
Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb: 'Apocalypse Then' (Joe Blevins)
A Fistful of Dollars: The Leone Stranger (Rovark)
Mary Poppins: Poppins likes Dick (LPH)
My Fair Lady: 'Iggins 'elps 'Epburn's helocution. (Markandlain)
Zorba the Greek: Quinn's Grecian formula: self-abZorba-d. (ChocolateLady)
Zulu: Black Rorke Down (djw1973), honourable mentions for Wales beat All Blacks (Cheddar's Finest) and Men of Harlech. Wails.
(Yenser)
Of the above list, Zulu is probably my favourite, closely followed by Carry on Cleo and A Fistful of Dollars.
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| demonic |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 23:46:05
Well - my top picks of 1976 would be "Bugsy Malone", "Cross of Iron", "Marathon Man" and "The Omen", but my favourite movie from my birth year is unquestionably one of the best movies of the whole decade - "Taxi Driver".
The top reviews are pretty obvious and not favourites of mine - but I'd like to give the nod to Redpen's "De Niro, De Mirror", an Anonymous "Blast of the Mohican", and el guapo's "Keitel pimps Foster child".
Never had the pleasure of other 76ers - "Bestiality", "Emmanuelle goes Japanese", "House of the Screaming Virgins", "Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks", or "Let My Puppets Come" but they may indeed be neglected classics of the 70s.
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| RockGolf |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 22:43:09
Like Chocolate Lady, I too was born in 1957. She's listed most of the great films of that year already. The one I keep going back to is Bridge on the River Kwai.
I just discovered Corduroy Pillow's exceptionally clever review "Short life span." |
| MM0rkeleb |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 21:21:49
Technically, Fanny and Alexander was a 1982 film, but it was released in the US in 1983 (my birth year), so I'll use it.
It's a difficult film to review - the best of the bunch is lemmycaution's 'Late Bergman, early recollections.'
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| MguyXXV |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 20:36:09
1963:
8 1/2 (Fellini fantastico)
Lillies of the Field (great Poitier)
The Nutty Professor (wherein I realized that Jerry Lewis has a normal voice too -- you gotta love Buddy Love)
The Pink Panther (which just doesn't do it for me)
Hud (a little Paul Newman for the ladies)
From Russia With Love (classic Connery)
The Birds (Hitch!!!!)
The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze (alas, the stooges shold have stopped after Shemp died)
Blow Job (a Warhol film that sucked). |
| Josh the cat |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 20:14:43
I share damalc's 1968 birth year, Bullitt has to be one of the best films of the year, along with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Bullitt reviews that impress me are:
Calmer: Screech of San Francisco.
thefoxboy: McQueen's a speeding Bullitt.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang reviews that impress me are:
Chaypher: Flying fenders, big suspenders!
Beanmimo: Dyke's dandy whistling candy.
Mrs Josh the cat submitted via me:
Truly's Scrumptious adventure.
Josh the cat |
