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Post by Kensterberg on May 31, 2006 11:25:05 GMT -5
OK, I don't really do "polls" with the buttons and what-not, but I wanna know what movies "define summer" for you. Jaws? Raiders of the Lost Ark? One of the X-Men films? Spiderman? What are the best summer confections ... and the biggest disappointments! Which "blockbusters" have you walked out of going "is that all there is?"
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Post by Kensterberg on May 31, 2006 11:33:35 GMT -5
Off the top of my head ... ten of my favorite summer films ...
1. Star Wars.
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark.
3. Jaws.
4. Jurassic Park.
5. Revenge of the Sith.
6. The Sixth Sense.
7. Sea Biscuit (a perfect adult summer movie).
8. All of Me. (I'm pretty sure this was a summer release).
9. National Lampoon's Vacation.
10. X-Men 2
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Post by luke on May 31, 2006 11:38:12 GMT -5
Can't say I disagree with that top three. But from 4-10, the only tolerable flicks are National Lampoon's Vacation and Revenge of the Sith.
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Post by Kensterberg on May 31, 2006 11:48:47 GMT -5
I still laugh my ass off every time I see All of Me. It's one of those movies where I know it's not a great movie, but I love it anyway. And Jurassic Park ... I've been nuts about dinosaurs since I was two years old, and when I saw that film in the theater it was the movie I'd been waiting all my life for.
The top three are really the movies that defined summer fair in a lot of ways, and since I was the right age when they came out, there's just no way I could put anything else in those spots. The only debate for me is which order Raiders and Jaws should be in.
But I want to see other people's picks ... not just defend my own! And I know I forgot a lot of movies (hell, I put in Sea Biscuit largely b/c I couldn't think of anything else), so it'd be nice for other people to put up some titles.
Where's Weeping Guitar? This should be right up his alley!
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Post by chrisfan on May 31, 2006 12:23:45 GMT -5
Many of the movies that define summer movies for me really weren't all that great of movies -- partially because I don't consider Summer to be the season for GREAT movies - just HUGE movies. For that reason, I'd put Armegeddon on the list, as well as Independence Day. I don't think either of those is anything close to a great movie. But I remember them as HUGE openings when everyone knew from the promotion exactly what was coming.
For movies that define MY Summer, I'd have to say Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead. That movie came out the Summer after I graduated from high school, and a friend and I went to see it multiple multiple times in the theater - I know it was double digits. Everytime we wanted to go out, were bored, and didn't have any ideas on what to do, we'd go see that movie. By the end of the Summer, we were reciting the script while watching the movie. Yes, we were the annoying kids in the back of the theater that everyone wished would shut up.
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Post by Kensterberg on May 31, 2006 12:26:20 GMT -5
I almost included Twister and Independence Day (even though I didn't really like either film that much) b/c they are just such quintessentially "summer" films. Could you imagine Twister coming out in October? Huge dud. But release it in May, and you've got this monster hit.
The second Austin Powers movie should've made my list as well, thinking about it. One of the best trailers I can remember, and a great summer flick.
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Post by Ampage on May 31, 2006 17:43:08 GMT -5
Summer is so not my favorite season for movies. But I will say Jaws was an amazing one. I remember going to see it at the Drive-In. Scared the crap outta me! So now I am remembering all the movies I have seen at the Drive-In cause that must mean it was Summer.
Raising Arizona
The Hitcher
The Flintstones ( it was a first date, give me a break)
True Lies (I think it played with the Fred flick)
I can't think of any others but I know there tons. Usually didn't pay too much attention. Too busy drinking, smoking and talking. I do remember freaking out when you could actually listen over your radio - but at the same time missed those crappy clunky speakers you would hang in the window. Oh and the food - gross/yummy!
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on May 31, 2006 17:49:55 GMT -5
I have arrived, dear Kenneth. I will ponder on it tonight, but Spielberg is summer god.
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Post by chrisfan on Jun 1, 2006 8:04:15 GMT -5
The Flintstones ( it was a first date, give me a break) With a first date like that, is it safe to assume there wasn't a second? |
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Post by kmc on Jun 1, 2006 12:14:24 GMT -5
Weekend at Bernie's.
There, I said it.
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 1, 2006 12:20:30 GMT -5
Weekend at Bernie's. There, I said it. Can I just say that I love that movie so much that I own the DVD? Seriously. All-time favourite for me has to be Jaws, hands down... though I saw Jurassic Park at the drive-in and it was pretty freakin' cool. |
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Post by luke on Jun 1, 2006 12:22:01 GMT -5
My problem with Jurassic Park was that I loved the book so much. Couldn't fucking STAND the way they made the characters so light and happy and fluffy in the movie. Just a wretched experience.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 1, 2006 12:24:13 GMT -5
Weekend at Bernie's. There, I said it. Can I just say that I love that movie so much that I own the DVD? Seriously. All-time favourite for me has to be Jaws, hands down... though I saw Jurassic Park at the drive-in and it was pretty freakin' cool. Weekend at Bernies? Oh you guys are severely warped. I suggest immediate counseling ... and maybe electro-shock therapy.  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jun 1, 2006 12:27:38 GMT -5
Luke -- I read Jurassic Park after I saw the film, and had just the opposite reaction. I thought the book was just too crammed with "let's see how many dinosaurs we can have go after people" sort of stuff, while the film was much more restrained. Honestly, I didn't pay much attention to the human characters in either ... for me, this was all about the dinos.
And once Spielberg showed us that sequence of the dinos at the water pond and the subsequent stampede ... there didn't need to be any more from the humans. I was literally thinking "this is the movie I've been waiting all my life to see" during that sequence.
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 1, 2006 12:28:37 GMT -5
I can't help it. Childhood favourite that I finally just realized I had to own. I love it, I do. It's so stupid it's hilarious. At least I don't own the sequel... shouldn't that count for something? To make matters worse... I fully admit to getting excited everytime 'Taking Care of Business' with Jim Belushi is on. Another stupid movie from that same time period that I can't help but love. Don't own that one though... at least not yet. |
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