Wee-Bey Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, scottsdad said: First movie I remember the hype around at the cinema. We queued for ages to get in the Allanpark in Stirling. Aye, I can remember being taken to this as a wee lad. Big films like this were huge events in a way that isn't easy to replicate these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) Not sure about that, I reckon Avengers Endgame would have been a massive deal among teenagers. You'd have wanted to see it before some bellend in your class told you what happened. Assuming I'm allowed to class 2019 as "these days". Edited January 4, 2023 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Not sure about that, I reckon Avengers Endgame would have been a massive deal among teenagers. You'd have wanted to see it before some bellend in your class told you what happened. Assuming I'm allowed to class 2019 as "these days". Anything since 2009 is "these days" to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) =28th (new entry) The Blues Brothers (1980) Landis "You. Me. Everybody." Dodging the police and neonazis, Jake and Elwood are on a mission from God to save the orphanage in which they were raised in this classic musical comedy with appearances from the likes of James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. Edited January 4, 2023 by Slim Charles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) The queueing up outside the local flea pit rather than just booking tickets online and turning up made it feel like a big event I think. Bigger auditorims and screens made a difference as well. The local cinema I went to as kid was falling apart and got demolished when I was 15 but a quick Google shows that it had three screens with capacities of 466, 310 and 224. The big screen at the GFT which feels massive has 394 seats. Plus there was all the cigarette smoke which added to the atmosphere. Here's a nice photo of my Dad and me at Honey I Shrunk The Kids back in the days before multiplexes. Edited January 4, 2023 by Detournement 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 =28th (new entry) Casablanca (1942) Curtiz "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" Filmed and set during WWII, an all time classic romantic drama staring Bogart and Bergman. One of the most famous and memorable films ever made. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 27th (new entry) The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Eastwood "I guess we all died a little in that damned war." Clint is in fine form as he directs and stars and is out for revenge after his family are murdered during the Civil War in this Western. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 26th (new entry) Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Spielberg "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes ?" 2nd outing for Indy in our poll. Featuring Marion Ravenwood, Nazis (obviously), the Ark of the Covenant and the iconic and much parodied 'Temple Run' at the start. And snakes. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Any chance you could update the first post in this thread with the list as it goes up? Makes it easier for those that want to have a look at a glance or if they're interested in watching some of the films. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Slim Charles. said: 26th (new entry) Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) Spielberg "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes ?" 2nd outing for Indy in our poll. Featuring Marion Ravenwood, Nazis (obviously), the Ark of the Covenant and the iconic and much parodied 'Temple Run' at the start. And snakes. Reminder that this lost out on the Best Picture Oscar to Chariots of Fire. I know you're not supposed to take the Oscars too seriously, and I don't want to be accused of overreacting, but any surviving Academy member involved in that decision should be brutally murdered in front of their cheering families. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 33 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: Any chance you could update the first post in this thread with the list as it goes up? Makes it easier for those that want to have a look at a glance or if they're interested in watching some of the films. Aye will do, I'll do it tomorrow before I post any more results. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 25th (new entry) Casino (1995) Scorsese "when you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way." Scorsese, De Niro, Stone and Pesci are all on top form in this based on a true story crime epic, about a mob run casino in the 1970's Las Vegas Strip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 24th (new entry) The Third Man (1949) Reed "You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock" One of the all time great British films sees a man travel to shadowy post war Vienna for a job and stay to investigate his friend's death. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 23rd (new entry) Interstellar (2014) Nolan "we've always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible" Nolan cements his place as one of the great 21st century directors as Matthew McConaughy encounters black holes and worm holes in his quest to save humanity and find a new home away from a dying Earth. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 22nd (new entry) Fargo (1996) Coen Brothers "Mind if I sit down ? I'm carrying quite a load here." A cult classic that is now a TV series. A heavily pregnant police officer takes down a bungling businessman with typical Coen quirk. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 21st (new entry) Zulu (1964) Endfield "A prayer's as good as a bayonet on a day like this" Michael Caine put himself well on the way to stardom in this historical war epic as he and the 200 men of the 24th Regiment of Foot make an heroic last stand at Rorke's Drift against over 4000 Zulu warriors. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 20th (down 11) The Usual Suspects (1995) Singer "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" Winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Kevin Spacey is Verbal Klint, explaining to the authorities the legend of Keyser Söze and how he became the only survivor of a heist gone wrong on a boat moored in San Pedro Bay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 19th (new entry) Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese "You talkin' to me ? You talkin' to me ? You talkin' to me ?" De Niro puts in an iconic performance as the anti hero Travis Bickle, a Vietnam vet whose mental state deteriorates after working nights as a cab driver and witnessing the moral bankruptcy and decay consuming New York, before turning vigilante after meeting Jodie Foster's child prostitute. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 18th (new entry) Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) Meyer "KHAAAAAHAAAAAAANNN" Activate your Shatner's Bassoon and boldly go and watch what is considered the best Star Trek film as Kirk and the gang chase the genetically engineered escaped terrorist Khan, before an emotional farewell (for now) at the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Slim Charles. said: 18th (new entry) Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) Meyer "KHAAAAAHAAAAAAANNN" Activate your Shatner's Bassoon and boldly go and watch what is considered the best Star Trek film as Kirk and the gang chase the genetically engineered escaped terrorist Khan, before an emotional farewell (for now) at the end. It may well be, but (and this might be one for the unpopular opinions thread) but I prefer Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Counry. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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