Topic: The RAWK Film Thread

[Titi Camara]

Almost all of the films of the 90s are bad to terrible, but there are more than a handful of great bad ones. The Rock is another

Ridiculously bold statement that buddy. Yes there were many, many bad films made in that decade, the majority of which had a certain US cheesy sheen on them but it's a decade filled with great films....

Fight Club, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, 12 Monkeys, Jackie Brown....like fucking loads

Not sure the ratio of bad/terrible is any worse than any other decade. It would be easy to argue the percentage of shite films being released is far worse now....

[BabuYagu]

Ridiculously bold statement that buddy. Yes there were many, many bad films made in that decade, the majority of which had a certain US cheesy sheen on them but it's a decade filled with great films....

Fight Club, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, 12 Monkeys, Jackie Brown....like fucking loads

Not sure the ratio of bad/terrible is any worse than any other decade. It would be easy to argue the percentage of shite films being released is far worse now....

Shawshank Redemption is arguably the greatest, if not certainly top 3, ever made. Schindler's List. Forest Gump. Silence of the Lambs. Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas (one of my all time favs), Fargo, Green Mile, Good Will Hunting (another fav), Terminator 2, Big Lebowski, Toy Story, Lion King, Usual Suspects, Train Spotting, La Confidential, American Beauty, Home Alone, Boyz in the Hood, Truman Show, Casino, Mrs Doubtfire, Point Break.

Probably my favourite era of films, truth be told. There are likely plenty more, that is just what is saved on my external hard drive.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Shawshank Redemption is arguably the greatest, if not certainly top 3, ever made. Schindler's List. Forest Gump. Silence of the Lambs. Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas (one of my all time favs), Fargo, Green Mile, Good Will Hunting (another fav), Terminator 2, Big Lebowski, Toy Story, Lion King, Usual Suspects, Train Spotting, La Confidential, American Beauty, Home Alone, Boyz in the Hood, Truman Show, Casino, Mrs Doubtfire, Point Break.

Probably my favourite era of films, truth be told. There are likely plenty more, that is just what is saved on my external hard drive.

Donnie Brasco, come on now 

[classycarra]

Ridiculously bold statement that buddy. Yes there were many, many bad films made in that decade, the majority of which had a certain US cheesy sheen on them but it's a decade filled with great films....

Fight Club, The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan, 12 Monkeys, Jackie Brown....like fucking loads

Not sure the ratio of bad/terrible is any worse than any other decade. It would be easy to argue the percentage of shite films being released is far worse now....

Said very much with my tongue firmly in cheek.

I think when they were good, 90s films were very good. When they were bad, it looked and especially sounded like a boy with adhd and a coke habit had access to too much money.

I like your examples (though Matrix aged terribly and SPR is mostly just an excellent intro with not much else).

Shawshank Redemption is arguably the greatest, if not certainly top 3, ever made. Schindler's List. Forest Gump. Silence of the Lambs. Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas (one of my all time favs), Fargo, Green Mile, Good Will Hunting (another fav), Terminator 2, Big Lebowski, Toy Story, Lion King, Usual Suspects, Train Spotting, La Confidential, American Beauty, Home Alone, Boyz in the Hood, Truman Show, Casino, Mrs Doubtfire, Point Break.

Probably my favourite era of films, truth be told. There are likely plenty more, that is just what is saved on my external hard drive.

Started off with some rubbish there , but your list totally won me round

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I don't understand the infatuation people have with American Beauty, I find it a creepy and disgusting movie. Always have.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Have any of you watched HBO's Fahrenheit 451 ?  Has poor ratings so wondering if it's worth my time.

[Macphisto80]

Shawshank Redemption is arguably the greatest, if not certainly top 3, ever made. Schindler's List. Forest Gump. Silence of the Lambs. Unforgiven, Dances with Wolves, Goodfellas (one of my all time favs), Fargo, Green Mile, Good Will Hunting (another fav), Terminator 2, Big Lebowski, Toy Story, Lion King, Usual Suspects, Train Spotting, La Confidential, American Beauty, Home Alone, Boyz in the Hood, Truman Show, Casino, Mrs Doubtfire, Point Break.

Probably my favourite era of films, truth be told. There are likely plenty more, that is just what is saved on my external hard drive.

Yeah, I could keep adding to that list with the likes of Jurassic Park, Seven, Die Hard 3, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Heat, Candyman, and even guilty cheese like Starship Troopers. I'd axe Home Alone from your list completely, though. Best keep that turd buried in the 90's.

[Macphisto80]

I don't understand the infatuation people have with American Beauty, I find it a creepy and disgusting movie. Always have.

I think that's supposed to be the point of it. The dirty, seedy underbelly hidden behind the white picket fence, perfect job, house, marriage etc. The facade of the American dream.

[BabuYagu]

I don't understand the infatuation people have with American Beauty, I find it a creepy and disgusting movie. Always have.

It certainly hasn't aged well, given the year Kevin Spacey had in 2017.

[Hazell]

Saw Lost in Translation last night. What a great film.

[RedSince86]

70's and 90's are my favourite era of movies.

If i did a personal top 50 list of greatest films the majority would come from those decades easily.

80's at the top of my head would be Blade Runner,Wall street,Platoon,Scarface,Once Upon A Time In America and Goodfellas.

[Hazell]

70's and 90's are my favourite era of movies.

If i did a personal top 50 list of greatest films the majority would come from those decades easily.

80's at the top of my head would be Blade Runner,Wall street,Platoon,Scarface,Once Upon A Time In America and Goodfellas.

Goodfellas was 1990 wasn't it? Let you off though

All era's have their greats though, as time passes people just tend to forget the awful ones. Some great shouts in this thread though, RAWKites tend to have excellent taste in films

[RedSince86]

Goodfellas was 1990 wasn't it? Let you off though

All era's have their greats though, as time passes people just tend to forget the awful ones. Some great shouts in this thread though, RAWKites tend to have excellent taste in films

Yeah but it gets in  on a technicality as they were shooting the movie in 1989. 

[El Lobo]

That was some fucking appalling refereeing in Rocky 3. Clubber wasn’t even defending himself, should have been stopped long before it was.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I think that's supposed to be the point of it. The dirty, seedy underbelly hidden behind the white picket fence, perfect job, house, marriage etc. The facade of the American dream.

but how can one enjoy watching that?

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Yeah but it gets in  on a technicality as they were shooting the movie in 1989. 

In that case we can include The Fellowship of the Ring, as the began filming in 1999 [and I must say that the movie has aged brilliantly along with the other two]

[rafathegaffa83]

Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days. Brilliant harrowing film

[BabuYagu]

Yeah but it gets in  on a technicality as they were shooting the movie in 1989. 

If you take Goodfellas off the 90's then we are taking Gladiators off the 2000's in it's place.

[Sheer Magnetism]

The 90's was a fantastic decade for film. Even once you get past the IMDb Top 250 big-names and the outdoor cinema-level favourites people mentioned above, there's a huge, huge amount of genuinely great low budget, cult and foreign films. I'd put it just below the 70's, probably even ahead of the 40's when the studio system was at its peak.

It is funny how the feel and structure of films changes through the years though. Saw High and Low recently and was convinced, even up to the last scene, that it would have a different ending to the one it did. But then again, it was the same director that did Rashomon.

[Something Worse]

The 90s is the last great decade for action movies, the slow decline through the 00s to now has been such a shame.

[BabuYagu]

The 90s is the last great decade for action movies, the slow decline through the 00s to now has been such a shame.

There are a bunch of films that (possibly only) I like in the 90's that aren't very highly rated it seems too. Like Last Boy Scout, True Romance, The Crow, Clerks, Wild at Heart, Office Space, Empire Records, Boondock Saints, My Cousin Vinny, Gattaca, Total Recall, Ace Ventura (actually all Carrey 90's stuff). I also saw Speed a bunch of times, it was my sisters favourite film and we would watch together every day waiting on mum to get home from work. Grown to despise that film as my sister played it to death but for sure someone somewhere thinks it's good

[El Lobo]

The 90s is the last great decade for action movies, the slow decline through the 00s to now has been such a shame.

There are a bunch of films that (possibly only) I like in the 90's that aren't very highly rated it seems too. Like Last Boy Scout, True Romance, The Crow, Clerks, Wild at Heart, Office Space, Empire Records, Boondock Saints, My Cousin Vinny, Gattaca, Total Recall, Ace Ventura (actually all Carrey 90's stuff). I also saw Speed a bunch of times, it was my sisters favourite film and we would watch together every day waiting on mum to get home from work. Grown to despise that film as my sister played it to death but for sure someone somewhere thinks it's good

Not sure I'd have that down as an action movie

[classycarra]

In that case we can include The Fellowship of the Ring, as the began filming in 1999 [and I must say that the movie has aged brilliantly along with the other two]

The Fellowship has aged really well! Amazing to realise it's that old. But disagree on the trilogy. The second doesn't hold up after a second view. The third was terrible from the first view.

[rafathegaffa83]

The 90s is the last great decade for action movies, the slow decline through the 00s to now has been such a shame.

I think the main difference between then and now (other than the fact that most action movies are now comic book adaptations) is the change in the way action films are shot. CGI was still in its infancy then, but the key difference is that the cuts are so fast now that is often difficult to figure out what the fuck is going on

The 90's was a fantastic decade for film. Even once you get past the IMDb Top 250 big-names and the outdoor cinema-level favourites people mentioned above, there's a huge, huge amount of genuinely great low budget, cult and foreign films. I'd put it just below the 70's, probably even ahead of the 40's when the studio system was at its peak.

The 70s was far better. I wouldn't say it is better than the 40s, but the Hollywood output at least was probably better overall in the '90s than in the 1950s, although the '50s produced more individual highlights

It is funny how the feel and structure of films changes through the years though. Saw High and Low recently and was convinced, even up to the last scene, that it would have a different ending to the one it did. But then again, it was the same director that did Rashomon.

Great film High and Low. One of Kurosawa's more underrated films

[BER]

https://flickmetrix.com/

Adjust the sliders to the 90s, pick grid view and start scrolling.. the depth really is insane. Fewer stone cold classics than the 70s but the sheer volume and variety of really good films is unrivalled.

[rafathegaffa83]

https://flickmetrix.com/

Adjust the sliders to the 90s, pick grid view and start scrolling.. the depth really is insane. Fewer stone cold classics than the 70s but the sheer volume and variety of really good films is unrivalled.

To be fair, the 90s is more recent than say the 40s. So it's more familiar to audiences and critics and with greater access to a wide selection of reviews. One barometer that you never see, which I always thought would be interesting is some way of calculating shifts in critical opinion. I'm not just talking about films which were critically reviled at their release that are now praised, but those that have gone from being praised to having their status downgraded and then revived again.

[Yiannis]

My Cousin Vinny was hilarious.

[Dench57]

Matrix aged terribly

Has it fuck!

Still watch it every few years, qwaliteh film

[Dench57]

Yeah, I could keep adding to that list with the likes of Jurassic Park, Seven, Die Hard 3, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Heat, Candyman, and even guilty cheese like Starship Troopers. I'd axe Home Alone from your list completely, though. Best keep that turd buried in the 90's.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

The Fellowship has aged really well! Amazing to realise it's that old. But disagree on the trilogy. The second doesn't hold up after a second view. The third was terrible from the first view.

Actually you are right, the 3rd one is the one I liked the least and seen the least amount of times. The first two I've seen at least 200 times 

[Trada]

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[Djozer]

Well now, there's a film that didn't need to be remade. And it definitely didn't need to be remade with Charlie Hunnam in the lead role. Quite like the idea of Malek as Degas, but Steve McQueen must be doing cartwheels of rage in his grave right now.

[AndyMuller]

Well now, there's a film that didn't need to be remade. And it definitely didn't need to be remade with Charlie Hunnam in the lead role. Quite like the idea of Malek as Degas, but Steve McQueen must be doing cartwheels of rage in his grave right now.

Fucking hate Charlie Hunnam.

[Macphisto80]

In that case we can include The Fellowship of the Ring, as the began filming in 1999 [and I must say that the movie has aged brilliantly along with the other two]

At the time it was more so about the acting of Spacey, and especially Annette Bening. It's a laugh watching it now, though, given some of the subtexts of it, and Spacey's recent antics. It's especially reflective, ironically, on him.

[Macphisto80]

Fucking hate Charlie Hunnam.

Aye, he's a ballbag.

[RedSince86]

Such a bad casting for an iconic role.

[Macphisto80]

What? They're quality. Love Die Hard 3, Candyman's a cult gem, and Starship Troopers is too, even if it is a space opera with Beverly Hills 90210 casting, it's Verhoeven. You don't like Heat either? Phfff...come oooonnn!

[El Lobo]

Die Hard 3 is the best one..... 

[Henry Gale]

Die Hard 3 is the best one..... 

 

I liked them all to be fair but I think the 1st is my favourite.

I watched A Quite Place earlier. It's shit.

[Nobby Reserve]

Great 90s films and nobody's mentioned The English Patient?

Not at all a genre I'd normally go for, but a stunning film that captivates from start to finish.