Hey miraclefan - yeah, sure I'll do one for 1987. I had planned to do more if there was enough interest (apparently there is), which is great. Keep your eyes open for the pre-poll: I'll post that when the interest in this thread has died down.
Best Movie of 1986
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What is really amazing is how many ICONIC FILMS came out of the late 80's! It's a real shame the next decade was so DRY!
Sorry, but the only thing good about that movie was the opening theme by QUEEN.
^The truth hurts don't it?
Early prediction - Evil Dead II for the win!
Unless Robocop is more popular than I think.
ROBOCOP FOR THE WIN!
Early prediction - Evil Dead II for the win!
1. Platoon - for me, this is no contest. Not even close.
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Mission
4. Top Gun
5. Pretty in Pink
2. Children of a Lesser God
3. The Mission
4. Top Gun
5. Pretty in Pink
I can't believe I'm the first one to vote for The Fly. 
I have several other favorites there: Platoon, Aliens, Blue Velvet (just one vote?!), Salvador...
but not The Voyage Home. Sorry, but I hate it. Well, I don't exactly hate it, but I have problems with it and find it incredibly overrated.
I have several other favorites there: Platoon, Aliens, Blue Velvet (just one vote?!), Salvador...
but not The Voyage Home. Sorry, but I hate it. Well, I don't exactly hate it, but I have problems with it and find it incredibly overrated.
I haven't seen a good number of them. Based on those I have viewed only, I'm going to vote for Aliens.
But Platoon, Top Gun, The Fly and Transformers are all top notch movies that deserve the full 10-star treatment.
But Platoon, Top Gun, The Fly and Transformers are all top notch movies that deserve the full 10-star treatment.
Why do you like the Fly enough to vote for it? I mean it's a GREAT (and scary as HELL!) film, but there where many other Better movies that year.I can't believe I'm the first one to vote for The Fly.
I have several other favorites there: Platoon, Aliens, Blue Velvet (just one vote?!), Salvador...
but not The Voyage Home. Sorry, but I hate it. Well, I don't exactly hate it, but I have problems with it and find it incredibly overrated.
How's that Best movie of 1987 thread comming along?
Top Gun.
It figures that "Aliens" would run away with this poll right after I watched it for the second time in my life and realized I don't like it much anymore Does it really hold up for you after watching it multiple times? I still like Sigourney Weaver's performance, but now I find the whole movie a lot more shallow, more action-packed, and less character-oriented than the first Alien movie.
Also, it had a lot of James Cameron's worst tendencies, like cliche characters. Like the thinks-he's-tough macho dipshit soldier played by Bill Paxton (also a caricature in "True Lies", but at least that movie was a comedy, making a cliche comedy guy more acceptable), and Paul Reiser's evil corporate stooge who cares more about what the corporation wants than human life (not nearly as intriguing as the android with the same mindset in the original).
To be fair, I may have just become exhausted and impatient because I watched the longer director's cut this time, but I now think it's a serious step down from the original, though not a disastrously huge drop in quality.
Does it really hold up for you after watching it multiple times? I still like Sigourney Weaver's performance, but now I find the whole movie a lot more shallow, more action-packed, and less character-oriented than the first Alien movie.Also, it had a lot of James Cameron's worst tendencies, like cliche characters. Like the thinks-he's-tough macho dipshit soldier played by Bill Paxton (also a caricature in "True Lies", but at least that movie was a comedy, making a cliche comedy guy more acceptable), and Paul Reiser's evil corporate stooge who cares more about what the corporation wants than human life (not nearly as intriguing as the android with the same mindset in the original).
To be fair, I may have just become exhausted and impatient because I watched the longer director's cut this time, but I now think it's a serious step down from the original, though not a disastrously huge drop in quality.
I know.
In other breaking, shocking news, water is wet.
It figures that "Aliens" would run away with this poll right after I watched it for the second time in my life and realized I don't like it much anymore
To be fair, I may have just become exhausted and impatient because I watched the longer director's cut this time, but I now think it's a serious step down from the original, though not a disastrously huge drop in quality.
If you're not sold by the character development in the longer version, watching the shorter version won't help. Many character bits (such as the scene where Ripley finds out about here daughter's death, and the scene where "Dwayne" and "Ellen" call each other by their first names) are gone.
I think it holds up as well as when I first saw it. It's different than the first film, but still, nearly as good.
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