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Movies that left a lasting impression on you

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by John B. Foster, Feb 15, 2019.

  1. Joe Williams

    Joe Williams Well-Known Member

    The Deer Hunter. Roommate and I, both having missed Viet Nam by just a few years and recently out of undergrad, walked out of the theater speechless and stayed that way for most of the drive home. So powerful and harrowing.
     
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  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Kind of an odd question - but does anyone else feel that movies made in the last few years won't be as "enduring" as movies from 10 or more years ago. Black Panther will endure, but other than that - these films seem pretty run of the mill. I don't expect a Titanic or Goodfellas every year - but Hollywood seems to no longer be able to differentiate between a well-made film and a good movie.
    Any of the movies up in 2010 would have beaten Green Book.

    Year Film Producer(s)
    2010

    (83rd)
    The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
    127 Hours Danny Boyle, John Smithson, and Christian Colson
    Black Swan Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver
    The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
    Inception Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
    The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray
    The Social Network Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
    Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson
    True Grit Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Scott Rudin
    Winter's Bone Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
     
  3. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Airplane! - jokes to repeat for years, and now memes!
    Earthquake - the surround sound shook me
     
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  4. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    Haven’t seen “Green Book,” so can’t speak to that, but I’d say “A Star is Born,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Hell or High Water,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Nightcrawler” and “Fences” are all movies from the past three years that punch in that weight class. There’s also crowd-pleasers like “Hidden Figures” that are going to be the next “Shawshank Redemption” after a decade on streaming platforms and cable.

    I get what you’re saying, though. It feels like fewer original must-see movies are coming out. Probably a side effect of superhero and reamke fatigue. For every “Black Panther,” you get two (at best) quippy Robert Downey Jr. vehicles and a remake of a so-so movie from 2000 that you didn’t really miss.
     
  5. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Caddyshack — I can’t use a ball washer without thinking of Mrs. Crane.
     
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  6. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    surely you can't be serious
     
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  7. John B. Foster

    John B. Foster Well-Known Member

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    I get a hockey assist on those last two replies!
     
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  9. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    I’m just thinking of movies that really left me gobsmacked in some way in the theater.

    - Scream (was 14, finally got into the R-rated movie on the third try — but I got to see The Sixth Man twice for failing!).

    - There’s Something About Mary ... “funniest” theater experience.

    - The Big Lebowski (obvi)

    - Go

    - The Sixth Sense

    - Memento

    - Adaptation

    - Spider-Man 2

    - Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

    - Napoleon Dynamite

    - Little Miss Sunshine

    - The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    - Children of Men

    - The Descendants

    - The Way, Way Back

    - The LEGO Movie
     
  10. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Scream is a really good one. Upended the lagging horror film industry.
    There's Something About Mary remains one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The Farrellys at their finest.
    Memento was a mindfuck. Loved it.
    Children of Men is worth seeing for the long take attack in the car alone, but it's it's such a criminally underrated film overall. It was so friggin good. I can't say it should have beaten "Pan's Labryinth" for Cinematography at the Oscars, but it probably would have won in most other years.
     
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  11. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Interested in your take on Little Miss Sunshine.
     
  12. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    I thought it was an amusing “slice of life” movie, which I’m a sucker for (see many entries on my list). Saw it twice in theater, even. I was early 20s, though, and probably haven’t watched it in 10+ years. Maybe I’d view it differently now.
     
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