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To: DemforBush

1982 movies not on the list:

Porky’s
48 Hrs.
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Verdict
Diner (How could they leave this out?)
Gandhi
First Blood


22 posted on 06/11/2012 9:02:15 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Wow. Many of these are far better than the original list:

Porky’s - Mindless teenage comedy. Never saw all of it.
48 Hrs. - “ROXANNE!!!!!!”
The Year of Living Dangerously - Probably one of Mel Gibson’s best roles.
The Verdict - I vaguely remember this one.
Diner (How could they leave this out?) - Agreed. A more mature comedy than “Porky’s” or “Night Shift”.
Gandhi - Too long and boring
First Blood - Mindless action film


32 posted on 06/11/2012 9:13:10 AM PDT by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: dfwgator

Porky’s....silly but funny.....I loved Balbricker....and who can not like Damone in Fast Times.....


65 posted on 06/11/2012 10:33:56 AM PDT by geege
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To: dfwgator

-—1982 movies not on the list:
Porky’s

48 Hrs.

The Year of Living Dangerously

The Verdict

Diner (How could they leave this out?)-—

Diner is my second-favorite all-time movie. It launched a bunch of careers.

Verdict was excellent.

The Thing is one of the all-time great horror/suspense movies. Holds up remarkably well.

What a year for movies!


73 posted on 06/11/2012 10:52:51 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: dfwgator

The Verdict was good and I hate Paul Newman


81 posted on 06/11/2012 12:22:53 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: dfwgator
1982 movies not on the list:

Porky’s
48 Hrs.
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Verdict
Diner (How could they leave this out?)
Gandhi
First Blood

****

Porky’s
Really? Funny & raunchy, yes. Classic? Not a chance.

48 Hrs.
Funny & raunchy, yes. Great buddy film, yes. Good action, yes. Classic? Not a chance.

The Year of Living Dangerously
Interestingly, I cited this movie as preferable to Road Warrior in my earlier analysis of the original list of 15. Great performances by Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver & Linda Hunt. I still think it falls short of being a classic.

The Verdict
Good story. Perhaps Paul Newman's best performance ever - other than Slap Shot. OK, the Slap Shot comment was a joke (sort of). I think a film needs to change the film industry or society AND be so beloved by audiences to acheive classic status. The Verdict was very, very good, but it's not quite a classic.

Diner
dfwgator is correct - how could they leave this film out? I LOVE this movie as much today as I did 30 years ago. Absolute classic.

Gandhi
This biopic won the Academy Award and is a very good film with a stellar performace by Ben Kingsley. But it changed nothing in film or American society. I saw it 30 years ago and liked it, but I feel no urgency to ever watch this movie again. Not a classic.

First Blood
I watched this movie just a few weeks ago. It's a great, gritty and authentic-feeling action film. I'm also a big fan of Brian Dennehy. But as a "trapped in Viet Nam" veteran film this film was made 5 years too late to have any social relevance to anyone born after 1960. Good, not very good film. Not a classic.

86 posted on 06/11/2012 2:22:39 PM PDT by Sideshow Bob
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