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10 movies that should be in your collection....
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You forgot 'Cool World'.
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Jaws is 70's, so I picked Godfather to represent 70's. I would put GF2 before putting Jaws, but I could only pick one, so I went with the first GF.
First Blood is the only 80's movie I could think of worth adding to the list, considering the previous films on that list influenced everything that was made in the 80's. First Blood was the first great action film post 70's action style films with a character that wasn't your typical macho hero. Even modern characters like Jason Bourne were influenced by First Blood as much as it may have been influenced by the Bond films, as well as other emotionally troubled heroes in subsequent films in 80's like Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon, a disturbed Vietnam vet. It's underrated, imo.
Toy Story is on my list because it might be the most influential film of the 90's, maybe the last 40 years?
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I like your decades list... but still not sold on First Blood, especially for the 80's.
You clearly have an affinity for the character because heroes don't get much more macho than Rambo. He's an anti-hero for sure in that first movie, but then so is Mad Max in Road Warrior which predates First Blood. There were a lot of anti-heroes in that time (70's into early 80's), and Rambo in his first outing came from a long line of anti-heroes. First Blood did not influence cinema of the time as much as you suppose. If you want influential, you should have selected something like Die Hard which had a direct and immediate impact.
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I don't consider John Rambo a macho character in the first film. He's the complete opposite of a tough guy. He's nothing like Mad Max or Dirty Harry. He doesn't even kill anyone.
Part II change that and it had a huge influence in the action genre and pop culture unlike the first film to the point they even talk about him in Die Hard, but the character was no longer the same, he was a caricature and all people remember now is him shirtless and screaming thanks to those sequels
I knew you would bring up DH
I wouldn't say the impact of Die Hard on other action films was immediate. It was seen later in the 90's decade, specifically the early and mid 90's. It's a good action film, but a bit overrated, imo. It had a decent villain, but the main character is still a shirtless one man army... with a sense of humor, which wasn't really that original to begin with. The action was well shot and edited though.
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I’m no longer confused at how you can love Suicide Squad now. It all makes sense
to be fair i made that post in the wee hours of the morning. totally forgot to put fellowship on there.
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In no order
Return of the jedi
The good the bad and the ugly
Leon the professional
Scarface
Casino
Raiders of the lost ark
Goldfinger
Batman (89)
Terminator
Mad max
Return of the jedi
The good the bad and the ugly
Leon the professional
Scarface
Casino
Raiders of the lost ark
Goldfinger
Batman (89)
Terminator
Mad max
I don't consider John Rambo a macho character in the first film. He's the complete opposite of a tough guy. He's nothing like Mad Max or Dirty Harry. He doesn't even kill anyone.
Part II change that and it had a huge influence in the action genre and pop culture unlike the first film to the point they even talk about him in Die Hard, but the character was no longer the same, he was a caricature and all people remember now is him shirtless and screaming thanks to those sequels
I knew you would bring up DH
I wouldn't say the impact of Die Hard on other action films was immediate. It was seen later in the 90's decade, specifically the early and mid 90's. It's a good action film, but a bit overrated, imo. It had a decent villain, but the main character is still a shirtless one man army... with a sense of humor, which wasn't really that original to begin with. The action was well shot and edited though.
You make good points. You may have convinced me. I just don't like Rambo very much.
But Die Hard overrated? Nah.
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You make good points. You may have convinced me. I just don't like Rambo very much.
But Die Hard overrated? Nah.
I was waiting for you to edit your post
Die Hard 3 is my favorite
2nd best is still an excellent choice. The Gruber Die Hards are the only ones worth mentioning.
No specific order
1: Empire Strikes Back
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Gladiator
4. Lethal Weapon
5. The Crow
6. Aliens
7. Forrest Gump
8. Scarface
9. Batman 89
10. Terminator
1: Empire Strikes Back
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Gladiator
4. Lethal Weapon
5. The Crow
6. Aliens
7. Forrest Gump
8. Scarface
9. Batman 89
10. Terminator
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Havent we done this list 100 times before?
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Let them go, let em' make their lists. I'm personally making a drinking game out of it for every time someone lists "The Godfather", "The Dark Knight" and "in no order".
Don't forget listing an entire franchise as one movie.
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