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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
By the way, at Sabang I have SWPac HQ. I don't recall what the prep is, but I think it'll be 100% by the time it's called on for an conceivable land combat in range.
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Ross! The 70s? That's the black hold of the motion picture era. The '30s through early '50s were golden, and really the '90s through the present day have been great. But the '70s were just plain awful.*
*Note: This, of course, is my own humble opinion based on my subjective likes and dislikes. In particular, I dislike vulgarity, sleaze, and movies with an overtly political agenda. That leaves about three decent movies from the '70s.
ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Ross! The 70s? That's the black hold of the motion picture era. The '30s through early '50s were golden, and really the '90s through the present day have been great. But the '70s were just plain awful.*
*Note: This, of course, is my own humble opinion based on my subjective likes and dislikes. In particular, I dislike vulgarity, sleaze, and movies with an overtly political agenda. That leaves about three decent movies from the '70s.
I somehow missed the great 70s movie debate that I started here. I get the feeling that if the great canoe paddler and I go to the multiplex together, we are going to end up in different theaters..[;)]
I love all films of all eras but the 70s was my coming of age time and was the coming of age time for American Cinema as well. My wife and I have spent the last two years re watching and watching some of the best films from that decade. Some have already been mentioned but here are a few that were missed.
The Conversation.
Badlands
Little Big Man
Being There
Cabaret
The Last Detail
The Man Who Would be King
The Sunshine Boys
The Garden of Finzi Continis
Breaking Away
All the Presidents Men
Young Frankenstein
A Bridge Too Far
Midnight Express
The Goodbye Girl
A Clockwork Orange
Network
M.A.S.H
American Graffiti
Alien (I still can't watch it twice)
Dog Day Afternoon
The Spirit of the Beehive
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Not really. Just threw it in to get Dan excited)
You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Ross! The 70s? That's the black hold of the motion picture era. The '30s through early '50s were golden, and really the '90s through the present day have been great. But the '70s were just plain awful.*
*Note: This, of course, is my own humble opinion based on my subjective likes and dislikes. In particular, I dislike vulgarity, sleaze, and movies with an overtly political agenda. That leaves about three decent movies from the '70s.
I somehow missed the great 70s movie debate that I started here. I get the feeling that if the great canoe paddler and I go to the multiplex together, we are going to end up in different theaters..[;)]
I love all films of all eras but the 70s was my coming of age time and was the coming of age time for American Cinema as well. My wife and I have spent the last two years re watching and watching some of the best films from that decade. Some have already been mentioned but here are a few that were missed.
The Conversation.
Badlands
Little Big Man
Being There
Cabaret
The Last Detail
The Man Who Would be King
The Sunshine Boys
The Garden of Finzi Continis
Breaking Away
All the Presidents Men
Young Frankenstein
A Bridge Too Far
Midnight Express
The Goodbye Girl
A Clockwork Orange
Network
M.A.S.H
American Graffiti
Alien (I still can't watch it twice)
Dog Day Afternoon
The Spirit of the Beehive
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Not really. Just threw it in to get Dan excited)
I'm with you. The 70s is when Hollywood finally cast off the studio system and independent superstar directors like Scorcese came to the fore. How can any decade with "Godfather I and II" be poor?
The list of Best Pictures is magnificent. "The Sting"? One of the best two hours I ever spent in a theater. I never saw the end coming; innocent times I guess. "Kramer vs. Kramer" holds up today, especially if you're divorced. "Jaws" I recall mostly for the loose halter top my date wore (on purpose; she had ideas), but it scared me as badly as "The Exorcist". (I grew up in Virginia Beach, largely in the water.) And I don't think anyone has mentioned "Star Wars." Great? Not in a "Citizen Kane" sense, but it did more to change movies for fifty years than any other title. We're still in the summer blockbuster era because of it and its descendants. You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
ORIGINAL: obvert
You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
Ha! I meant to put Star Wars on here, but of course I saw it in a theater at age 5! I still remember waiting in line and the buzz afterward in the parking lot. Not just me making laser and explosion sounds. [:)]
ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: crsutton
I somehow missed the great 70s movie debate that I started here. I get the feeling that if the great canoe paddler and I go to the multiplex together, we are going to end up in different theaters..[;)]
I love all films of all eras but the 70s was my coming of age time and was the coming of age time for American Cinema as well. My wife and I have spent the last two years re watching and watching some of the best films from that decade. Some have already been mentioned but here are a few that were missed.
The Conversation.
Badlands
Little Big Man
Being There
Cabaret
The Last Detail
The Man Who Would be King
The Sunshine Boys
The Garden of Finzi Continis
Breaking Away
All the Presidents Men
Young Frankenstein
A Bridge Too Far
Midnight Express
The Goodbye Girl
A Clockwork Orange
Network
M.A.S.H
American Graffiti
Alien (I still can't watch it twice)
Dog Day Afternoon
The Spirit of the Beehive
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Not really. Just threw it in to get Dan excited)
I'm with you. The 70s is when Hollywood finally cast off the studio system and independent superstar directors like Scorcese came to the fore. How can any decade with "Godfather I and II" be poor?
The list of Best Pictures is magnificent. "The Sting"? One of the best two hours I ever spent in a theater. I never saw the end coming; innocent times I guess. "Kramer vs. Kramer" holds up today, especially if you're divorced. "Jaws" I recall mostly for the loose halter top my date wore (on purpose; she had ideas), but it scared me as badly as "The Exorcist". (I grew up in Virginia Beach, largely in the water.) And I don't think anyone has mentioned "Star Wars." Great? Not in a "Citizen Kane" sense, but it did more to change movies for fifty years than any other title. We're still in the summer blockbuster era because of it and its descendants. You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
How could I take a date when I was saving myself for Princess Leia?
You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
ORIGINAL: pws1225
You can accurately judge your real age if you answer the simple question "Did I take a date to see "Star Wars?" I did, and thus I am very, very old.
No I did not. I took my son to see it, 3 times!
Sincerely, Mr. Older Than Dirt
ORIGINAL: Commander Cody
Gentlemen, gentlemen, what list of great 70s movies could exclude "Animal House?" I based my college career on that movie. I still have a "College" sweatshirt. "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
Cheers,
CC
ORIGINAL: obvert
Ha! I meant to put Star Wars on here, but of course I saw it in a theater at age 5! I still remember waiting in line and the buzz afterward in the parking lot. Not just me making laser and explosion sounds. [:)]
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
I'm not a sci fi fan at all, but I wholeheartedly agree that Star Wars was a great ("Wow!") movie. I think it was the best movie of the '70s. I think Tora! Tora! Tora! might have been second best, but for reasons that demonstrate how subjective this is. My wife wouldn't like Tora! at all.
Nearly all of the other movies nominated by good folks rate from "okay" to "yuck!" in my book. I do realize my standardd and taste are rather unusual (not better, but probably odd).
I do note that you gents have enough taste not to mention the one movie that is worse than TMTSNBN. Arg! I can't even bring myself to mention it. Let's just put it this way: Hogan's Heroes was much better and far more true to history, bumbling Gestapo agents and overweight Keystone Cops sergeant and all.
