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Spinal · 01-23-2008, 06:52 AM

Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that I lock the thread, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before locking the thread.

You may begin now.

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Spinal · 01-23-2008, 06:57 AM

1. The Elephant Man
2. Raging Bull
3. The Falls
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. The Shining

soitgoes... · 01-23-2008, 07:58 AM

1. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
3. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker)
4. Talking Heads (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
5. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)

origami_mustache · 01-23-2008, 08:11 AM

1. Raging Bull
2. The Elephant Man
3. The Shining
4. Stardust Memories
5. Airplane!

need to see Kagemusha

soitgoes... · 01-23-2008, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by origami_mustache

need to see Kagemusha

Eh, its second tier Kurosawa. He has a lot more in his filmography better than this one.

soitgoes... · 01-23-2008, 08:21 AM

I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of Airplane!, ESB, Raging Bull, Elephant Man, Shining combinations for this year. Those are my guesses for the top 5. Not in that order though.

Spinal · 01-23-2008, 08:25 AM

Fun Facts about 1980:

* The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, in the "Miracle on Ice".

* U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

* Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing $3 billion in damage.

* Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing.

* Former Beatle John Lennon dies after being shot outside his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan who had received his signature earlier in the day.

Sycophant · 01-23-2008, 08:28 AM

Those are the funnest fun facts EVER!!

I need to do more research and figure out if I've seen more than two films from 1980...

Spinal · 01-23-2008, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sycophant

Those are the funnest fun facts EVER!!

Yeah, maybe if 'fun facts' are about people dying, they might not be so fun. But 'fun and/or sobering facts' just isn't as catchy.

origami_mustache · 01-23-2008, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soitgoes...

Eh, its second tier Kurosawa. He has a lot more in his filmography better than this one.

Yeah, I've mostly stuck with the older stuff, although I eventually want to complete his filmography.

This is what I've seen:
Ikiru (1952)
Rashômon (1950)
Stray Dog (1949)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sanjuro (1962)
High and Low (1963)
Ran (1985)

From here I was going to go with Red Beard and the Lower Depths ...any other suggestions for prioritizing?

soitgoes... · 01-23-2008, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by origami_mustache

From here I was going to go with Red Beard and the Lower Depths ...any other suggestions for prioritizing?

Red Beard's my 2nd favorite Kurosawa. I Live in Fear is a favorite of some on this site, though it didn't jive with me. Still its good, not great. Drunken Angel and The Lower Depths are also in that good not great category. I'm excited to start tackling that Kurosawa box that came out last week. There are 4 films there I've been waiting to see.

origami_mustache · 01-23-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soitgoes...

Red Beard's my 2nd favorite Kurosawa. I Live in Fear is a favorite of some on this site, though it didn't jive with me. Still its good, not great. Drunken Angel and The Lower Depths are also in that good not great category. I'm excited to start tackling that Kurosawa box that came out last week. There are 4 films there I've been waiting to see.

Thanks for the input. I should definitely see Red Beard soon. I've put it off too for long, and it seems pretty essential.

Russ · 01-23-2008, 11:16 AM

1. The Stunt Man
2. Raging Bull
3. 'Breaker' Morant
4. Melvin and Howard
5. Babylon

Lazlo · 01-23-2008, 11:30 AM

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Elephant Man
3. The Shining
4. Raging Bull
5. The Blues Brothers

Yxklyx · 01-23-2008, 11:49 AM

1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
2. Talking Heads (Krzysztof Kieslowski) [short]
3. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
4. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
5. Ordinary People (Robert Redford)

Mr. Valentine · 01-23-2008, 12:30 PM

1. The Shining
2. Raging Bull
3. The Elephant Man

those are the only films i've seen from 1980 that i feel worthy enough to include.

Dukefrukem · 01-23-2008, 12:31 PM

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Elephant Man
3. Raging Bull
4. The Blues Brothers
5. Caddyshack

Isaac · 01-23-2008, 12:50 PM

1. The Elephant Man
2. Breaker Morant
3. Ordinary People
4. Raging Bull
5. Stardust Memories

Boner M · 01-23-2008, 12:51 PM

1. Raging Bull (Scorsese)
2. Loulou (Pialat)
3. The Shining (Kubrick)
4. The Big Red One (Fuller)
5. Stardust Memories (Allen)

Benny Profane · 01-23-2008, 01:32 PM

1. Raging Bull
2. Ordinary People
3. Caddyshack
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. Airplane!

Velocipedist · 01-23-2008, 01:41 PM

1. The Falls (Peter Greenaway)
2. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen)
3. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
4. Altered States (Ken Russell)

5. Mon oncle d'Amérique (Alain Resnais)

Honorable mentions:

6. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
7. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

sorry, purists
8. God's Angry Man (Werner Herzog)
9. The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty)

Ezee E · 01-23-2008, 02:18 PM

1. The Shining
2. Raging Bull
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Dressed to Kill
5. The Elephant Man

Pretty good year actually.

Ezee E · 01-23-2008, 02:20 PM

I'm surprised to see no Caddyshack or Altered States.

Raiders · 01-23-2008, 02:35 PM

1. The Big Red One
2. The Ninth Configuration
3. Raging Bull
4. Stardust Memories
5. The Long Riders

There needs to be so much more Fuller and Blatty love in this thread.

I'll also be watching Melvin and Howard tonight for my Demme thread, so we'll see if that makes the top 5.

bac0n · 01-23-2008, 03:35 PM

1) The Empire Strikes Back
2) Kagemusha
3) The Shining
4) The Blues Brothers
5) Caddyshack

Honorable Mentions:
The Nude Bomb
Gong Show: The Movie

Llopin · 01-23-2008, 04:58 PM

1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Fassbinder)
2. El Crimen de Cuenca (Miró)
3. The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner)
4. Zigeunerweisen (Suzuki)
5. The Blues Brothers (Landis)

ledfloyd · 01-23-2008, 06:11 PM

1. Stardust Memories
2. The Shining
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Raging Bull
5. The Blues Brothers

Grouchy · 01-23-2008, 06:25 PM

1. Raging Bull
2. The Shining
3. Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Big Red One
5. Dressed to Kill

Watashi · 01-23-2008, 06:36 PM

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Elephant Man
3. Raging Bull
4. Stardust Memories
5. Dressed to Kill

Eleven · 01-23-2008, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders

I'll also be watching Melvin and Howard tonight for my Demme thread, so we'll see if that makes the top 5.

Here's hoping.

1. Airplane!
2. Melvin and Howard
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Shining
5. Dressed to Kill

5 HM: Return of the Secaucus 7, Blues Brothers, Raging Bull, Stunt Man, Gates of Heaven

01-23-2008, 06:52 AM	#1
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	MC Yearly Consensus -- 1980 Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used. The point system is as follows 1st Place-5 points 2nd Place-4 points 3rd Place-3.5 points 4th Place-3 points 5th Place-2.5 points There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that I lock the thread, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before locking the thread. You may begin now. IMDb power search __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

01-23-2008, 06:57 AM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. The Elephant Man 2. Raging Bull 3. The Falls 4. The Empire Strikes Back 5. The Shining __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

01-23-2008, 08:11 AM	#4
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 420	1. Raging Bull 2. The Elephant Man 3. The Shining 4. Stardust Memories 5. Airplane! need to see Kagemusha __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain

01-23-2008, 08:25 AM	#7
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Fun Facts about 1980: * The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, in the "Miracle on Ice". * U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. * Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing $3 billion in damage. * Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing. * Former Beatle John Lennon dies after being shot outside his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman, a deranged fan who had received his signature earlier in the day. __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

01-23-2008, 08:28 AM	#8
Sycophant Wisdom & lulz --> Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 2422	Those are the funnest fun facts EVER!! I need to do more research and figure out if I've seen more than two films from 1980... __________________ Do you care about life? Do you care about the future? Just saw: Suicide Club (interesting) \| The Tale of Zatoichi (pretty good!) \| Ponyo (again; beautiful) \| Airborne (1993: the movie)

01-23-2008, 07:58 AM	#3
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner) 2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) 3. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) 4. Talking Heads (Krzysztof Kieslowski) 5. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)

01-23-2008, 08:21 AM	#6
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of Airplane!, ESB, Raging Bull, Elephant Man, Shining combinations for this year. Those are my guesses for the top 5. Not in that order though.

01-23-2008, 11:16 AM	#13
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. The Stunt Man 2. Raging Bull 3. 'Breaker' Morant 4. Melvin and Howard 5. Babylon

01-23-2008, 11:30 AM	#14
Lazlo Best Boy Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 29	1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. The Elephant Man 3. The Shining 4. Raging Bull 5. The Blues Brothers __________________ last four: inception - 9.5 knight and day - 5 predators - 6.5 the messenger - 9.5

01-23-2008, 11:49 AM	#15
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick) 2. Talking Heads (Krzysztof Kieslowski) [short] 3. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner) 4. The Elephant Man (David Lynch) 5. Ordinary People (Robert Redford) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

01-23-2008, 12:30 PM	#16
Mr. Valentine Best Boy Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 19	1. The Shining 2. Raging Bull 3. The Elephant Man those are the only films i've seen from 1980 that i feel worthy enough to include.

01-23-2008, 12:31 PM	#17
Dukefrukem Replacing Luck Since 1984 Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 556	1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. The Elephant Man 3. Raging Bull 4. The Blues Brothers 5. Caddyshack

01-23-2008, 12:50 PM	#18
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. The Elephant Man 2. Breaker Morant 3. Ordinary People 4. Raging Bull 5. Stardust Memories __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) **½ Last edited by Isaac : 01-23-2008 at 12:52 PM.*

01-23-2008, 12:51 PM	#19
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	1. Raging Bull (Scorsese) 2. Loulou (Pialat) 3. The Shining (Kubrick) 4. The Big Red One (Fuller) 5. Stardust Memories (Allen) __________________ blog (latest: notes on a few recent films) / twitter / lastfm Sweetgrass (Barbash & Castaing-Taylor, 2009) *½ Primate (Wiseman, 1974) * The Unloved (Morton, 2009) Boy (Waititi, 2010) ½ Beeswax (Bujalski, 2009) *½ Hahaha (Hong, 2010) * Blank City (Danhier, 2009) * Cell 211 (Monzón, 2009) ½ The Messenger (Moverman, 2009) **½

01-23-2008, 01:32 PM	#20
Benny Profane Whole Sick Crew Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 583	1. Raging Bull 2. Ordinary People 3. Caddyshack 4. Empire Strikes Back 5. Airplane! __________________ Now reading: Molloy by Samuel Beckett

01-23-2008, 01:41 PM	#21
Velocipedist Sesquipedalian sciolist. Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 35	1. The Falls (Peter Greenaway) 2. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen) 3. The Elephant Man (David Lynch) 4. Altered States (Ken Russell) 5. Mon oncle d'Amérique (Alain Resnais) Honorable mentions: 6. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick) 7. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) sorry, purists 8. God's Angry Man (Werner Herzog) 9. The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty) Last edited by Velocipedist : 01-23-2008 at 02:21 PM.

01-23-2008, 02:18 PM	#22
Ezee E Live like it's shark week Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 1804	1. The Shining 2. Raging Bull 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Dressed to Kill 5. The Elephant Man Pretty good year actually. __________________ LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - ***

01-23-2008, 02:20 PM	#23
Ezee E Live like it's shark week Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 1804	I'm surprised to see no Caddyshack or Altered States. __________________ LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - ***

01-23-2008, 02:35 PM	#24
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. The Big Red One 2. The Ninth Configuration 3. Raging Bull 4. Stardust Memories 5. The Long Riders There needs to be so much more Fuller and Blatty love in this thread. I'll also be watching Melvin and Howard tonight for my Demme thread, so we'll see if that makes the top 5. __________________ Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something. Recently Viewed: The Kids Are All Right (2010) *****½ Inception (2010) (500) Days of Summer (2009) ½ Toy Story 3 (2010) ***½ Day & Night (s) (2010) ****** Films By Year The Fifth Dimension: A Chronological Twilight Zone (UPDATED 7/1/10)

01-23-2008, 03:35 PM	#25
bac0n Viva familia! Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 1271	1) The Empire Strikes Back 2) Kagemusha 3) The Shining 4) The Blues Brothers 5) Caddyshack Honorable Mentions: The Nude Bomb Gong Show: The Movie __________________ Just in time for The 4th of July, it's the Ralphie's Old Man Random Obscenity Generator!!

01-23-2008, 04:58 PM	#26
Llopin Ubuesque Amphetamine Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 96	1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Fassbinder) 2. El Crimen de Cuenca (Miró) 3. The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner) 4. Zigeunerweisen (Suzuki) 5. The Blues Brothers (Landis)

01-23-2008, 06:11 PM	#27
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. Stardust Memories 2. The Shining 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. Raging Bull 5. The Blues Brothers __________________ blog

01-23-2008, 06:25 PM	#28
Grouchy A Platypus Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 884	1. Raging Bull 2. The Shining 3. Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 4. The Big Red One 5. Dressed to Kill __________________ There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. -- Niven Law #16 TOY STORY 3 - Solid entertainment of the Pixar brand, but an unnecessary sequel that adds nothing to the story. TETRO - I applaud Coppola for making a genuinely strange movie. When it works, it works. CHÉRI - Average period piece, but worth seeing for Michelle Pfeiffer's incredibly acting - and body.

01-23-2008, 06:36 PM	#29
Watashi Pixar Whore Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1677	1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. The Elephant Man 3. Raging Bull 4. Stardust Memories 5. Dressed to Kill __________________ The Kids Are Alright (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) - ½ Cyrus (Jay & Mark Duplass, 2010) - * Book of Eli (The Hughes Brothers, 2010) - ½ Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) - *½ "The trailer for Shark Tale was better than the entirety of Elf." - sycophant

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