1984: Movies Sorted By Tier

Submitted by stooky on Wed, 06/16/2004 - 09:24
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  • Great
  • The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai
  • Beverly Hills Cop
  • Blood Simple
  • Choose Me
  • The Company Of Wolves
  • Ghostbusters
  • The Killing Fields
  • Repo Man
  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • The Terminator
  • Threads (TV)
  • Very Good
  • 1984
  • Amadeus
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Comfort And Joy
  • The Hit
  • The Home And The World
  • **Sarajit Ray's warm style unfolds the story of an Indian prince who allows his wife to meet another man. The two men are complete opposites and become rivals in a battle for her affection. The film starts off slowly with scenes of uncomfortable blandness. Perking up when issues of morality and power become prominent. A stellar second half certainly makes the beginning worthwhile but can't quite elevate the film to greatness. Good performances all around and Ray's direction is always a pleasure.
  • Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
  • The Karate Kid
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street
  • Once Upon A Time In America
  • Paris, Texas
  • A Passage To India
  • Romancing The Stone
  • Starman
  • Under The Volcano
  • Good
  • All Of Me
  • Birdy
  • Body Double
  • The Bounty
  • The Brother From Another Planet
  • The Burning Bed (TV)
  • Careful, He Might Hear You
  • The Dollmaker
  • Gremlins
  • The Hotel New Hampshire
  • Moscow On The Hudson
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • The Neverending Story
  • Places In The Heart
  • A Soldier's Story
  • Splash
  • Tightrope
  • Top Secret!
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • A Breed Apart
  • Crimes Of Passion
  • The Ice Pirates
  • Night Of The Comet
  • Thief Of Hearts
  • Average
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact
  • Cloak And Dagger
  • The Cotton Club
  • Dreamscape
  • The Ewok Adventure
  • Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan
  • The Gunrunner
  • The Jigsaw Man
  • The Last Starfighter
  • Miami Vice (TV)
  • The Natural
  • The Philidelphia Experiment
  • Police Academy
  • Revenge Of The Nerds
  • The River Rat
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
  • Swing Shift
  • Dissapointing
  • Alphabet City
  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
  • Camila
  • Children Of The Corn
  • City Heat
  • Dune
  • The Flamingo Kid
  • Footloose
  • Ghost Warrior
  • The Lonely Guy
  • Lust In The Dust
  • Mrs. Soffel
  • Red Dawn
  • Rhinestone
  • The River
  • Runaway
  • Streets Of Fire
  • Teachers
  • Unfaithfully Yours
  • The Woman In Red
  • Cellar Dwellers
  • Against All Odds
  • Angel
  • Bachelor Party
  • The Blade Master
  • Blind Date
  • C.H.U.D.
  • Cheech And Chong The Corsican Brothers
  • Conan The Destroyer
  • Deathstalker
  • Firestarter
  • Firstborn
  • Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
  • The Guardian
  • Hardbodies
  • Lassiter
  • Meatballs Part II
  • Mutant
  • Ninja III: The Domination
  • The Power
  • The Razor's Edge
  • Riptide
  • Supergirl
  • V: The Final Battle (TV)
  • The Big Stink
  • Alien Predator
  • Ator The Blademaster
  • The Hills Have Eyes 2
  • Purple Rain
  • Silent Night, Deadly Night
  • Unfortunately Haven’t Seen
  • Another Country
  • Broadway Danny Rose
  • El Norte
  • Iceman
  • Kaos
  • The Shooting Party
  • The Stone Boy
  • Stop Making Sense
  • A Sunday In The Country
  • The Times Of Harvey Milk
  • The Wannsee Conference
  • Wheels On Meals
  • A Year Of The Quiet Sun
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1985: Movies Sorted By Tier
bertie07/17/2004

An alarming number of cellar dwellers this year.

I class Once Upon A Time In America as a great film - or a great gangster film, anyhow. An intense sadness is achieved, ironically underlined by DeNiro's final s**t-eating grin.

It's strange, but I found Gremlins offensive. It seemed to me merely an excuse for an orgy of gratuitous nastiness. One of the most tasteless movies ever.

If you were disappointed by Dune you took it too seriously. I'm convinced it's an important movie, an immensely funny travesty, among David Lynch's most estimable works. But do not ever waste your time on the 3 hour extended version, that will disappoint you.

stooky07/17/2004

I know, what the heck was I thinking when I rented "Mutant" or "C.H.U.D.", they're really terrible. I have no defense for these actions.

I sorta agree, "Once Upon A Time in America" is definatly a stellar movie. I just didn't love it enough to put it in Great, it's a matter of taste not an inditement of the film.

Gremlins offensive! You do have a point, what exactly is the point of that film. hmmmm. Yet I am entertained by the nastiness. When the granny bursts through her roof I'm cackling the loudest.

My opinion of "Dune" changes from time to time, at this point in time it's on the down swing. Right now I'm feeling dissapointed that it's not a better film, you're probably right and I'm taking it too seriously. But at certain points in time I enjoy the dorky viceral edge. If that makes any sense.

Tallyho

:?)