It amazes me how many now classic and great movies came out in the 80's and 90's

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

I'm rather surprised that no one mentioned The Crow, especially since the movie closely followed the comic. City of Angels was alright.

The third movie Salvation ..no comment as I haven't seen it yet.

City of Angels was horrible. Just a big, sh*t music video come to life (and really? they had to go and Newt-in-Alien 3 the little girl from Crow 1?). I actually liked Salvation, I was very surprised. The 4th and final, "The Crow: Wicked Prayer," probably makes my Top 5 Worst Movies of All Time list.

[DestronMirage22]

I've been going back and have been watching/rewatching older movies from that era, and yeah, they're fantastic. Many are far superior than the stuff that comes out these days. I've particularly liked the Alien and Predator movies (separately, not together ).

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

City of Angels was horrible. Just a big, sh*t music video come to life (and really? they had to go and Newt-in-Alien 3 the little girl from Crow 1?). I actually liked Salvation, I was very surprised. The 4th and final, "The Crow: Wicked Prayer," probably makes my Top 5 Worst Movies of All Time list.

So you liked Salvation too? City of Angels was okay with me. Wicked Prayer was so-so, but I can do without owning it.

[ABrown]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

- Independence Day

I never did see that. When I was 15 years old, my mom dropped off me and my friends at the theater. We were supposed to see Independance Day. I'm pretty sure it's even what we bought tickets for. But we went in and saw Striptease with Demi Moore. I remember the conversation later that night with my Dad went like this:

Dad: "So how was the movie? Did the aliens win?"

Me: "Ummmm, yeah..."

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Well said. That is exactly it! People are nostalgic for things of their youth no matter the generation. My father is nostalgic for 50/60s baseball. I am nostalgic for '91-2005 baseball. There are certain things that transcend generational nostalgic appreciation such as my preference for 60s or 80s music opposed to when I grew up in the 90s' up.

So true. Seems in the 80s, 50s references were made quite a bit...like the Neutrinos in the OT or the junk in Muppet Babies. One of the most loved movies at the time was Back to the Future. Definitely generational.

Originally Posted by ABrown

I never did see that. When I was 15 years old, my mom dropped off me and my friends at the theater. We were supposed to see Independance Day. I'm pretty sure it's even what we bought tickets for. But we went in and saw Striptease with Demi Moore. I remember the conversation later that night with my Dad went like this:

Dad: "So how was the movie? Did the aliens win?"

Me: "Ummmm, yeah..."

They technically did. They got Randy Quaid! ''Twas a sad loss.

[CyberCubed]

It's weird when we think of movies we also only think of the big name Hollywood franchises. There are probably hundreds of smaller indie and B-type movies that come out every year, both in theaters and now on stuff like netflix original movies...that most people have no idea even exists. And this is not even counting foreign movies made outside the U.S. either, like British, Asian, or Indian movies.

But as they say, you can watch 1 movie a day everyday for 100 years and still not see them all. It's impossible to see every good movie.

[DarkFell]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

They technically did. They got Randy Quaid! ''Twas a sad loss.

Randy's character was a tired tortured soul. At that point before he died, he wanted to make his family and country proud, but most of all, he also wanted to take down an enemy fighter ship.

[GoldMutant]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

What were the big films of the 2000's besides the superhero craze started by Marvel? I liked some other films, but nowhere as much as the 80's and 90's.

Besides obvious choices like The Dark Knight or any book to film adaptions (Harry Potter and Hunger Games for example), here's a few (I'll add more later):

• Cinderella Man
• Rocky Balboa
• Kung Fu Panda/Shrek 2 (other Dreamworks movies may apply)
• The Incredibles/Finding Nemo (same reasoning as Dreamworks)

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by GoldMutant

[*]Rocky Balboa

Rocky is an old 80's franchise too. Sequels to old movies or remakes is what I mean when I say new or original movies.

[*]Kung Fu Panda/Shrek 2 (other Dreamworks movies may apply)[*]The Incredibles/Finding Nemo (same reasoning as Dreamworks)[/LIST]

Yes, I said Disney and a lot of Dreamworks movies were the exception. Kids movies have remained relatively high quality and Disney movies are often great. Thank god for that.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

So you liked Salvation too? City of Angels was okay with me. Wicked Prayer was so-so, but I can do without owning it.

Yeah, Salvation was far better than it had any right to be. And to be honest, all of Wicked Prayer's problems were of a budgetary nature... but man, were those big problems in that movie. Laughably bad.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by GoldMutant

• Rocky Balboa

I love this film, maybe even moreso than the original. Sadly it gets a little overlooked.
Rumor has it that there's a 2-hour extended that was prepared but was never run for audiences. Man it'd be great to watch that sometime. The script has so many little character-building scenes that weren't in the final cut.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

Randy's character was a tired tortured soul. At that point before he died, he wanted to make his family and country proud, but most of all, he also wanted to take down an enemy fighter ship.

I know, but I still felt sad when he sacrificed himself.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

I love this film, maybe even moreso than the original. Sadly it gets a little overlooked.
Rumor has it that there's a 2-hour extended that was prepared but was never run for audiences. Man it'd be great to watch that sometime. The script has so many little character-building scenes that weren't in the final cut.

A long time ago I made a fan edit of Rocky Balboa (called "Rocky VI") that restored all the deleted scenes from the DVD and replaced the ending with the "Rocky wins" alternate ending.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I've done the same (but kept the original ending). I can't fathom why they thought it'd be a good idea to cut out that scene where Paulie storms out of the restaurant and has a good cry.

A fair chunk of the scenes in that extended cut I mentioned never made it to even the bonus features. Guess they thought they wouldn't be that interesting.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

I've done the same (but kept the original ending). I can't fathom why they thought it'd be a good idea to cut out that scene where Paulie storms out of the restaurant and has a good cry.

https://youtu.be/97ZQNox2lcw

Balboa is good, but why have Rocky date the middle schooler he told not to smoke in the original? It's just wrong. For the record I like thevteo endings thing.

Also, a rumor befor release was Mason Dixon was the son of Apollo Creed, the one II and IV's background not an illegitimate one stirred hours before his death.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

I've done the same (but kept the original ending).

Yeah, I regretted switching in the "Rocky Wins" ending later. Just wanted a version that was more feel good... not kidney punch. Part 5 was already that. But the existing ending of 6 needs to stay.

Balboa is good, but why have Rocky date the middle schooler he told not to smoke in the original? It's just wrong.

The only place that bothered me was when he visited her in his hotel room before the fight. And he lays up against the wall in his tank top like he would with Adrian. Super, super creepy scene. That, they should have cut, and left in the big Paulie confrontation that was cut.

[Autbot_Benz]

Cubed forgot the 80's-90's gave us the Evil Dead Trilogy. The first one was considered a great horror movie by Stephen King.

Evil Dead 2 will be 30 this year

Army Of Darkness is a Cult Classic.

[CyberCubed]

I forgot about a few other movies like Men in Black as well.

[Jephael]

I was just thinking about some major dramatic films that came out then like The Good Son. Imagine being a big fan of Macaulay Culkin's role in Home Alone and then seeing him play a demented psychopath out to kill his siblings. Then again, considering how he was treated in the beginning of the aforementioned holiday classic, it's not that big of a stretch.

[ABrown]

I didn't see any mention of Titanic. That was a pretty huge movie. I remember everyone in my high school saying that they had saw the movie 2-3 times in the theater, and I never did get around to seeing it in the theater.