Today’s movies are just crap, help me delve into some golden oldies.

New Home

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Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

:pac:

Jacksie T Malone

I watched 'Marathon Man' last night, decent enough but I don't think the 7.4 IMDB rating is warranted.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120915280#Comment_120915280

😁😊

Mehaffey1

Watched Straw Dogs with Dustin Hoffman that was recommended in this thread. Probably a solid 7/10 bit far fetched and hasn't aged all that well...definitely not as well as Hoffman.

Riddle101

Office Space so good it would be wrong not to mention it. One of the most relatable movies out there.

https://youtu.be/2IvEDtL27sY

bullpost

Watched "The French Connection" the other night. Gritty 70s New York cops - Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle. Really enjoyed it.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120831946#Comment_120831946

Brilliant as it is, I still put Terminator 1 above it. Never heard of the film until I saw it on the shelf of my local video store about 4 or 5 years after it was released. Gobsmacked after watching it. Still excellent now.

JupiterKid

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Pure comedy genius and superb acting from a great cast including John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Top notch! 😁

https://youtu.be/PoaOwSPJPHw

New Home

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945070#Comment_120945070

Fierce Creatures (with almost the same cast, plus a few more good names) is excellent, too.

Greyfox

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I'd rate Terminator 1&2 as the two best action films ever made. T2 has the amazing special effects and expanded story but T1 is just so raw and relentless. Arnie of course was amazing but its not stated enough just how Michael Bien's performance as Reese makes the story so convincing.

New Home

Total Recall (the original one) was very good, too.

Apologies, I've probably mentioed some of the films more than once.

toggle toes

Blue Velvet starring Dennis Hopper of the movie speed. Released in 1986 it is an American mystery thriller. Hopper is at his best in this movie.

If you like comedy movies Back to school starring Rodney Dangerfield. Released in 1986 Rodney is a successful businessman who decides to attend the same college his son attends to finally get his college degree. Back to School is hallirous and Rodney Dangerfield is at his best as a comedy actor.some very funny one liners through out the movie.

New Home

A guy named Joe (with Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne)

and its remake

Always (with Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter and Audrey Hepburn's last film)

What about Bob? And Let It Ride also with Richard Dreyfuss. I loved those two films when I was small.

Hippodrome Song Owl

Richard Dreyfuss has a brilliant catalogue of films - some really diverse roles.

Mr Holland's Opus with Richard Dreyfuss is very underrated I think. Actually one of my all time favourite films.

The Goodbye Girl is another great from him.

New Home

LA Stories (with Steve Martin) is very quirky and odd-ballish. I liked it, anyway.

NewbridgeIR

Richard Dreyfuss - Also The Big Fix (1978)

https://youtu.be/0o1lkRk_70o

tinytobe

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Long Good Friday

The Human Factor

The Day of the Jackal

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120915489#Comment_120915489

You wash your mouth out with soap, it's at least an 8/10, it has Bishop Brennan and everything! :D

I've been meaning to have a day for the all the star wars films cause I've only seen bits of them over the years. I'm not sure what order to watch them in. I don't know if I should watch the prequels first or how it actually came out.

Greyfox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946865#Comment_120946865

Make sure you don't watch the prequels, watching them in the order they came out would be best.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946930#Comment_120946930

Ok I will watch them in order of when they were released. Thankyou Greyfox

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946865#Comment_120946865

All you need to watch is Rogue One, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. There's a nice little story there.

The rest range from poor to abysmal and parts of them go out of their way to wreck the story in the above 4 movies. Stick to the above 4 and you'll come away happy enough. If you bother with the prequels or the sequels, it'll leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Which ones have Ewoks in them? 😁

tinytobe

The 4th Protocol

The Black Windmill 1974

Get Carter 1971

All with Michael Caine

New Home

I just remembered: My Cousin Vinny

👍👍👍

cj maxx

I don’t know if I posted this , but The Motorcycle Diaries is a great film . It’s in Spanish , about a young medical student ( Che Guvara) ? on a South American road trip . A powerful movie.

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0eflYLkI4A

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silliussoddius

Nighthawks, starring Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946930#Comment_120946930

Yes , start with episode Iv , a new hope . The original Star Wars

nacho libre

Corner Office is a good recent movie. Those who like Office Space should check it out. I am watching Stalker now, the movie that was recommended on the first page

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946865#Comment_120946865

If the “proper order” for Star Wars for you is the original trilogy and nothing else, stop reading now and find the Despecialized Editions.

Otherwise Machete order which is IV, V, II, III, VI

If you've already seen them loads of times, then stick Rogue One on before IV

toggle toes

I spent all last weekend watching some of my favorite war movies. Some classics that I haven't seen in many years. Classics such as The Eagle has Landed, The Wild Geese, The Guns of Navorone, Force Ten fom Navorone, The Iron Cross and for fun Escape to Victory with Sly Stallone. If you are in to war movies and in particular classic war movies from the 70's and 80's check out the above mentioned.

gameoverdude

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And Aliens! Not enough love.

New Home

Two more comedy series:

1. Third Rock From The Sun
2. That '70s Show (but the last series and a half was pretty crappy)

New Home

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120954522#Comment_120954522

Yep.

silliussoddius

What about HRE?

LunaTuna

Out of Africa - wow, what an amazing picture that's based on a true story. The soundtrack is great and makes you want to go on safari.

Gone with the Wind - I love Scarlett's drive to keep going through whatever it takes while the country goes through war

The Thorn Birds - so many ups and downs and adversity, spanning across decades of a family living in the middle of Australia

I'm going to watch the original Blade Runner tomorrow. 😊

hawley

Clockwise - Comedy with John Cleese, about a teacher who is travelling to a conference

toggle toes

Harry Browne with the great Michael Caine. He plays an ex war veteran who lives in an apartment block where anti social behavior is rife . When his best mate who was also a war veteran is murderd by a gang of young thugs Harry decides to extract his revenge on the local thugs who murdered his mate. Another classic performance from Caine.

nacho libre

I watched some of the movies recommended on the first page. Day of the Jackal and Brubaker are good. I just remembered another decent movie from back in 1999 called the The Straight Story.

gameoverdude

Don't know if I mentioned it, but I thought primal fear. I'm not a big fan of Richard gear, but loved it. Book equally as good.

Modulok

Flesh + Blood (starring Rutger Hauer)

Barry Lyndon (directed by Stanley Kubrick)

The Crucible (starring Daniel Day Lewis)

Jean de Florette

The Bounty (starring Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, DD Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill)

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (Julianne Moore)

Cape Fear (Nick Nolte, Robert de Niro)

Fatal Attraction (Michael Douglas)

nacho libre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120998808#Comment_120998808

You mean Nick Nolte and Robert De Niro. De Niro was brilliant as Max Cady.

toggle toes

I watched the 1986 brilliant thriller movie The Hitcher with Rudger Hauer and C Thomas Howell. Hauer was a very underrated actor who should have gotten more leading roles in bigger movies.

New Home

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121003173#Comment_121003173

That reminds me: if you want to channel your inner 12-year-old girly-girl, watch Ladyhawke.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997951#Comment_120997951

Great movie, it's a David Lynch one and his most linear narratives. Stars the late Harry Dean Stanton. It's just a lovely movie and a beautiful mix of touching and hilarious.

toggle toes

Another great movie is Bad Boys with Sean Penn. It was made in 1983 a d is about a young man who ends up in an institution for young offenders. Although Penn is very young he puts in a great performance. Just a heads up there is voilence so if you don't like voilence I would give it a miss.

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6LQa_ibYe8

Great movie