Posted on 03/25/2014 4:42:44 PM PDT by EveningStar
It's a great documentary going into the motivations behind the great directors of the 70's and how Star Wars, however good it was as sheer exhilarating entertainment, was the beginning of the end for the more artistic films that preceded it.
A movie I have loved since a kid.
A favorite of mine as well. The moral of the story (if there is one to me) is taking excessive speed while driving at excessive speed, the challenger becomes a Camaro when it hits the two parked dozers.
I agree as well. What the Heck was Deer Hunter about anyway? It wasn’t about deer hunting, It wasn’t about Viet Nam, and it sure wasn’t making much sense.
I’m not much of a movie-goer, but I’ve seen every one of those. Several, more than once.
It also began the era of the summer blockbuster. Two years later Star Wars cemented the summer blockbuster season which continues to this day. The planned Star Wars episode 7 release in December next year will be a break from this tradition.
One of the best novels ever in my opinion was 'Lolita' by Nobokov. Kubrick made a movie out of it. It was a good and very watchable movie, but just didn't do the novel justice. Same thing with Clockwork orange.
If you like to read and you've never read 'Lolita' I highly recommend it. It makes you think about the main characters mental illness (sickening pedophile) for a long time after your done reading it. Kubrik's version, while good, just doesn't have that effect at all and that should have been the main thing he should have sought after when making the movie.
There are only two on your list that I have any desire to ever watch again.
However, there are many 1970s movies that I will watch again:
Dirty Harry, The Cowboys, A Man Called Horse, Jeremiah Johnson, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Blazing Saddles, Rooster Cogburn, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Patton, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Great Santini, Alien, The French Connection, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Serpico, Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Deliverance, Willy Wonka, The Man Who Would Be King
1. The Godfather
2. Star Wars
3. Taxi Driver
4. Rocky
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Alien
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
8. The Godfather: Part II
9. Apocalypse Now
10. The Exorcist
11. Jaws
12. The Deer Hunter
13. Young Frankenstein
14. Chinatown
15. Annie Hall
16. The Sting
17. Dog Day Afternoon
18. Network
19. Manhattan
20. Barry Lyndon
21. Harold and Maude
22. Papillon
23. Fiddler on the Roof
24. The Conversation
25. Dawn of the Dead
The movies that didn't make it into Mojo's top ten, but did make it into IMDB's top 25 seem to be the most discussed on this thread.
“Where’s “Patton” (1970)?? It won 6 academy awards that year”.
That’s is exactly what I was thinking!
It's a very interesting novel within a novel where you're never quite sure who is telling the truth or what's going on, but it's entertaining and engaging all the way through.
I guess this list is the reason I quit going to movies in the 1970’s. About the only one I enjoyed was Kelly’s Heroes.
I haven’t seen that, but I agree with the premise. I will have to check it out. Thanks.
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Blazing Saddles, The Longest Yard, The Warriors
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