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Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Hayden — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:53:55 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/16/2016 00:53

http://letterboxd.com/besteverfilms/list/best-of-the-80s/

The list (as well as other decades) are now available on Letterboxd 😄

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Feb 2016 07:07:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/02/2016 12:07

Hayden wrote:

I have an odd feeling that Annie Hall will actually be our #1. That or Stalker.

Interiors for #1 Woody Allen film!!

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

cestuneblague — Tue, 2 Feb 2016 02:19:52 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/02/2016 07:19

Wow Ive just realized how Annie Hall is easily my favorite film of the 70s

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

badseed — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 23:17:10 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/02/2016 04:17

StreetSpirit wrote:

I think our '80s list turned out pretty good, just minorly disappointed with how high certain movies were. I didn't know there were only 18 users who participated. Thus the survey wasn't very encompassing, and wasn't all movie buffs, which makes the results interesting. But like badseed says, the small arthouse films just can't compete with the popularity of mainstream favorites.

badseed wrote:

As for 70s based on how IMDb friendly our top 10s are I'll go ahead and call it:

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. Star Wars
4. Apocalypse Now

And truthfully I couldn't argue. Coppola is never a name that comes up in my list of favorite directors but there's no doubt he owned the 70s and anyone who doesn't like The Godfather has some kind of genetic error. Hell I've currently got them as my top 2 and I can't find much reason to change that before submitting my list.

Oh I definitely haven't forgotten The Conversation, but outside those four 70s movies he hasn't done much for me. A couple alright movies nothing noteworthy. I enjoy a few to an extent but unlike Scorsese or Spielberg for example he never managed to come close to what he did early on.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:35:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:35

MrFrogger wrote:

Shit dude I've barely even posted at all in the past couple months, maybe 1 of which was even in a thread involving you (not at you).

Also if we're talking about negative posts about the views of others

no, we're not talking about negative posts about the views of others. we're talking about negative posts about others directly. i just went through your posting history and literally over half of them from the past two months have been direct insults to either me or Charlie.

i'm not looking to derail further. i'm just saying that it's crystal clear you dislike me. every time i make a post, i will make a mental note that you are probably shaking your head somewhere. just stop putting in the effort to remind me every fucking time you come on BEA that i'm the worst thing to ever happen to the forum.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

MrFrogger — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:32:52 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:32

Satie wrote:

Is there a particular reason every other post of yours is something negative about me? I'm suspecting sock puppet account or person with extreme vendetta/fixation borne of very little.

Satie wrote:

i would stop discussing film on BEA if Annie Hall won.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

CA Dreamin — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:21:01 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:21

I think our '80s list turned out pretty good, just minorly disappointed with how high certain movies were. I didn't know there were only 18 users who participated. Thus the survey wasn't very encompassing, and wasn't all movie buffs, which makes the results interesting. But like badseed says, the small arthouse films just can't compete with the popularity of mainstream favorites.

badseed wrote:

Coppola is one my favorite directors. Apart from the Godfathers and Apocalypse Now, he has directed other good movies. Don't forget The Conversation, Coppola's other film in the '70s. It may not be a masterpiece like his other three '70s films, but it's still pretty damn good and can hopefully make the list.

I love Annie Hall (and several Woody Allen movies for that matter) but yeah based on the '80s list, I don't see it coming in at #1. No Stardust Memories nor Purple Rose of Cairo, and the three Woody movies that did make it were all in the lower half.

Nevertheless, the '70s were an awesome decade for movies. And I'm sure our survey will reflect that. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Death Wish, Wake in Fright, Midnight Express, etc. Get watchin folks.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:17:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:17

MrFrogger wrote:

I think I found him

Is there a particular reason every other post of yours is something negative about me? I'm suspecting sock puppet account or person with extreme vendetta/fixation borne of very little.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

MrFrogger — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:10:26 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:10

meccalecca wrote:

Not really sure who the insecure one is.

Satie wrote:

i would stop discussing film on BEA if Annie Hall won.

I think I found him

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Applerill — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:10:11 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:10

Satie wrote:

i would stop discussing film on BEA if Annie Hall won.

....I would normally 🙁 to that statement, but maybe you're right. Maybe it would just say too much about us as a community of hung-up weirdos.
Annie Hall is basically the greatest comedy ever made tho; it's hard to argue with that.
Though if this is gonna be the Drake Misogyny thread 2.0, I better grab my popcorn

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:04:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/02/2016 03:04

i could live with Stalker winning. i would stop discussing film on BEA if Annie Hall won.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

badseed — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:36:21 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/02/2016 02:36

Definitely down for Stalker as a surprise #1 (I have it listed at #3 behind the Godfather on my chart as of right now and am considering it for higher placement) but assuming a lot of the charts you get are mainstream heavy I don't think it will make many lists. And there's no way Godfather Part 1 misses the top 10 unless someone recruits a bunch of people from the Criterion Collection forums to vote in this. Annie Hall? Yeah right. Crimes and Misdemeanors and Hannah and Her Sisters didn't even make the top 50 of the 80s and most people who are Woody Allen fans at all are HUGE Woody Allen fans. As for House it'll be one of those "glad to see this made it" entries between 70 and 100.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:10:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/02/2016 02:10

Hayden wrote:

Stalker.

I could definitely live with this

Imagine if we landed Hausu at the top. If anyone's gonna do it it'd be BEA

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Hayden — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:06:35 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/02/2016 02:06

badseed wrote:

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II

Knowing BEA, I highly doubt this will happen. I actually think we'll rank Part II higher, cracking in our top 10, but the original somewhere in the 11-20 range.

I have an odd feeling that Annie Hall will actually be our #1. That or Stalker.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

cestuneblague — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:03:37 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/02/2016 02:03

I think the problem is there's been little talk about the actual films involved and more so going after the credibility and perceived shortcomings in how the voters selected the films and how it reflects in the final result. I see a lot of talk about why Empire got voted for or what factors made them "err in that decision", but little about the actual film itself.

I donno, yes I voted for The Empire Strikes Back, pretty high up, I think it's by far the best film of the Star Wars series in terms of story, character and atmosphere WELL BEYOND just how it affects an overall film canon or nostalgia value or whatever, and just really a fantastic film on it's own (more so than it's rather cheesy, messy sequel), even as it's been a good 17 years or so since I got over my Star Wars phase. I definitely don't think it was the best movies of the 80s, but like any list there's going to be disagreement on what makes it to the top, so I don't see it's number one ranking as a travesty or something "we" as a whole should be scolded for.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

badseed — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 20:59:24 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/02/2016 01:59

Maybe after we bust out the decades back to the 20s we could have an arthouse film poll, or a best ever films to no make the decade lists poll. I consider myself a movie buff through and through but there's no way you can expect some little independent Pakistani surrealist film nobody's ever seen to make a list like this no matter how good it is, especially on a website where the primary area of expertise of the users is music and most of us don't really know much about that either.

I found the list pretty decent. Most of my top films did well. There were a few I feel bad for not including, and a few I haven't even heard of. Admittedly I haven't seen any of Tarkovsky's 80s films and I consider him one my 1B to Ingmar Bergman's 1A so I ought to look into seeing those soon.

As for 70s based on how IMDb friendly our top 10s are I'll go ahead and call it:

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part II
3. Star Wars
4. Apocalypse Now

And truthfully I couldn't argue. Coppola is never a name that comes up in my list of favorite directors but there's no doubt he owned the 70s and anyone who doesn't like The Godfather has some kind of genetic error. Hell I've currently got them as my top 2 and I can't find much reason to change that before submitting my list.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

meccalecca — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 20:39:21 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 02/02/2016 01:39

Satie wrote:

I'm expressing my opinion that I dislike the #1 on our list. Just because people have this absurd rationalization process for trying to separate disliking something and thinking it's not good, I don't bother. I don't have an "objective" view of The Empire Strikes Back being good or bad, and neither do you. We both have subjective positions. But you're so insecure in yours that you feel the need to project posturing onto me. Stop doing that. It happens constantly.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I jokingly said for no one in particular to eat a bag of dicks and then defended Empire Strikes Back as an important movie for myself and my generation. Didn't at all criticize your opinion or that of anyone else. You directly attacked my opinion and hated on the film. Not really sure who the insecure one is.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

cestuneblague — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 20:29:13 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/02/2016 01:29

Yeah I thought this was just a fun poll about voting for what we like rather than focusing on what we didn't vote for and what we don't like. I mean yes a film that has been widely seen by a broad swath of voters has the best chance to do well, and really it's just the luck of where it's numbered on a list and how many times it shows up on the overall number of lists submitted determining how well it actually does. This isn't exactly the definitive "Empire is unarguably the greatest film of the 80s!" statement, nor does anybody have to defend an entire voting collective just because that certain film is deemed unworthy. It was a fun poll, we all had a chance to have our say, so what's the big deal overall? If this all gets repeated next time around because of another #1 film not deemed worthy enough, or for some reason we keep talking about the merits of Shrek 2, this isn't going to be much fun anymore.

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 18:47:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/01/2016 23:47

meccalecca wrote:

Is it any better than the assumption that just because you don't like something, it must not be good?

Re: BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

Hayden — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 18:45:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/01/2016 23:45

Due to the backlash, I feel like I should point out that Empire Strikes Back appeared on 12 of the lists submitted, whereas Brazil, Raging Bull, Blade Runner, Back To The Future and The Shining appeared on 13. It just happened to be that The Empire Strikes Back seemed to always be very high up on lists.

There were 18 lists submitted (for point of reference), meaning only 6 people (including myself) didn't have it on their list. So I'd say that the majority of people participating would be quite glad to see it so high up.

I'm impartial to the matter because I haven't seen it, but I'm kinda surprised with the backlash here. Especially considering it's also iMDb's #1 film of the 80's as well.

And unrelated, but I'm surprised with how people didn't react to the fact that Gandhi, Rain Man and The Little Mermaid not making the cut.