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Two other films worth mentioning are "The Player"from 1992 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnhRRRQtaI
and for some reasons a film that never made a major impact at the box office, (in fact Ive never even seen it on TV) "Before the Rain" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uJkStUpB0M a film which deals with Macedonian and Albanian ethnic strife -but dont let that put you off it.
Guys, i can only put 15 options in a poll. Can we try and whittle it down to that? I cant help but feel we are missing a few fairly important films from this thread still though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
We could put them into groups likeQuote:
Originally Posted by A face
Summer Blockbuster,
Sleeper Movie (did they have them back then),
Irish Filum pre-Michael Collins (1996),
Irish Filum post-Michael Collins (1996) ...etc.
or just do the years one , maybe instead of years you could have decades
Ahhh that would be a tough one i'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce
Doing years would probably be easiest, decades is too broad
agreed - year by year since, i dunno, the seventies?
Great FilmQuote:
Originally Posted by jebus
I hate it but I suppose it has to be mentioned is "The Blair Witch Project".
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Originally Posted by SkStu
The '60s, surely.
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...100_SY136_.jpg
Personally, I consider the 40's the greatest decade for movie making. But surely thats a debate for another thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Mods, can we have a poll on whether the 40s was the greatest decade for movie making is a debate for another thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
We should debate whether the mods should put up a poll. Or will we run a poll on it?
Anyway, we can't go back as far as the '40s without going back one more decade to capture the greatness of the Marx brothers.
Or indeed the Universal Monster movies of the 30's.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
Which takes us nicely to Waterworld - the great financial monstrosity of the 1990s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
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Originally Posted by A face
Suggest a few then yourself.
have saving private ryan or philadelphia been mentioned yet
Hopefully notQuote:
Originally Posted by oscar
I'll give it a go i suppose, obviously alot of them have been said already. 'Jackie Brown' and 'Reservoir Dogs' have to be in with a shout. 'Usual Suspects' is in there as well. I hate Michael Douglas and avoid his films to be honest but 'Falling Down' was good. 'Braveheart' would get a mention, with loads of the extras being Irish lads in the FCA as well. 'Rob Roy' while we're at it (or was that late 80s?). Would the 'The Phantom Menace' get a mention? Or would it be on the strength of the other films, was it THAT good?Quote:
Originally Posted by Heliodorus
Did the 'Matrix' get mentioned? The first one, which was the best one i thought to be honest. Herself would say 'You've got mail', Fargo was mentioned was it? Twelve Monkeys always gets mentioned but i dont think it was that good, not a top 15 anyway. What Bond movies and Batman movies were out during the 90s, actually i dont think any of them would make the top 15
Goodfellas - 1990
Terminator 2 - 1991
Unforgiven, Reservoir Dogs and My Cousin Vinny!!! - 1992
Falling Down - 1993
Shawshank, Clerks & Pulp Fiction - 1994
Heat, Casino, Seven - 1995
Fargo & Swingers - 1996
Donnie Brasco & Face Off (daft but highly amusing) - 1997
American History X, Big Lebowski, Pi, Thin Red Line, Tere's Something about Mary - 1998
Being John Malkovich, The Matrix % Three Kings -1999
A few I'm not sure got a mention yet:
Boyz in the Hood (1991)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Schlinders List (1993)
Quiz Show (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Rounders (1998)
American Beauty (1999)