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Topic: Is this year the most underwhelming holiday film lineup ever?
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Monte L Fullmer
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From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 12-18-2010 09:43 PM
quote: Bobby Henderson
Black Swan isn't exactly a mainstream movie
Fox Searchlight did the release.
As for "Tron", we have to remember that the majority of the generation heading to the movie theatres were born in the late 80's - at least 6 yrs after the original release. Thus, they could take the film as itself, but still be driven by curiousity on how it all began - in which they would be now wanting to see the 1982 original.
We "oldsters who were in our prime during the mid 70's were still licking our chomps from the Lucas/Spielberg releases between "Star Wars" and the then big current release from Unversal called "E.T".
"TRON" kinda snuck in to give us a break of another one of their attempts to make a Sci-FI release. At least, this time, it was a bit more mature and more eye catching with the induced CGI graphics that had the audiences spellbound with what was presented than their disasterous 1st attempt (and their first PG rated movie) called "The Black Hole" of 1979.
(On a side note, in late January will be the release of a remake of Chuck Bronson's, "the Mechanic" - the UA 1972 action thriller. This time with Jason Statham is doing Bronsons's role and Ben Foster is doing Jan Michael Vincent's role. Once again, one will prob have to see the 1972 original to see how this new remake will do. See how this one takes off since we are on this basic topic...)
-Monte
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Edward Havens
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posted 12-19-2010 08:55 AM
Getting back on the original topic...
There were a couple years in the 1980s that equalled or surpassed 2010 as an underwhelming holiday slate of films.
Thanksgiving/Christmas 1985 gave us such classics as Bad Medicine, A Chorus Line, Clue, Death Wish 3, Enemy Mine, Fever Pitch, The Jewel of the Nile, King Solomon's Mines, Krush Groove, Once Bitten, Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, Revolution, Rocky IV, Spies Like Us, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Target, Transylvania 6-5000 and Young Sherlock Holmes. But, it was also the season that brought us Terry Gilliam's Brazil, so it wasn't a total loss.
1986 wasn't much of a happy holiday at the movies either, but it did bring us the exquisite and underrated The Mosquito Coast, as well as the last theatrical release of Song of the South, so again it wasn't a total loss.
But 1984 was probably the worst year for holiday moviegoing, saved only by the lingering Terminator and Amadeus, still playing as strong in November and December as they were in September and October. The last two months of 1984 brought us City Heat, Dune, Falling in Love, Johnny Dangerously, Just the Way You Are, Micki & Maude, Missing in Action, Mrs. Soffel, No Small Affair, Oh God You Devil, Protocol, Razorback, The River, Runaway, Supergirl, 2010 and the immortal Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo. If it wasn't for Birdy and The Killing Fields, it would have been really depressing.
If you don't remember or have never even heard of most of these movies, consider yourself lucky. There is a reason we remember Beverly Hills Cop and not City Heat, even though the latter features Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in their one and only on-screen matchup.
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Michael Coate
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From: Los Angeles, California
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posted 12-19-2010 09:58 PM
quote: Edward Havens
Thanksgiving/Christmas 1985 gave us such classics as Bad Medicine, A Chorus Line, Clue, Death Wish 3, Enemy Mine, Fever Pitch, The Jewel of the Nile, King Solomon's Mines, Krush Groove, Once Bitten, Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, Revolution, Rocky IV, Spies Like Us, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Target, Transylvania 6-5000 and Young Sherlock Holmes.
You forgot "Santa Claus: The Movie."
"Young Sherlock Holmes," in my opinion, was a great movie. I believe it would've been a hit had it been cast with movie stars instead of unknowns.
And say what you will about "Rocky IV," but that was a fun opening-day experience and was a huge hit, doing over $100 million at a time when $100 mil meant something. (And as hard as it may be to believe, Sylvester Stallone in 1985 had not one but two films do over $100 million.)
quote: Edward Havens
1986 wasn't much of a happy holiday at the movies either, but it did bring us the exquisite and underrated The Mosquito Coast, as well as the last theatrical release of Song of the South, so again it wasn't a total loss.
"An American Tail"? "Star Trek IV"? "¡Three Amigos!"? "Little Shop of Horrors"? "Platoon"?
quote: Edward Havens
But 1984 was probably the worst year for holiday moviegoing, saved only by the lingering Terminator and Amadeus, still playing as strong in November and December as they were in September and October. The last two months of 1984 brought us City Heat, Dune, Falling in Love, Johnny Dangerously, Just the Way You Are, Micki & Maude, Missing in Action, Mrs. Soffel, No Small Affair, Oh God You Devil, Protocol, Razorback, The River, Runaway, Supergirl, 2010 and the immortal Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo. If it wasn't for Birdy and The Killing Fields, it would have been really depressing.
"Starman"? "A Passage to India"? "The Cotton Club"?
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