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Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ
The 80s flicks were just a hell of a lot more fun IMO. Movies these days just take themselves a bit to seriously and the "B-movie" kinda stuff is just a little to slick for my liking. There are exceptions like Hell Ride and John Rambo but I just don't enjoy the cinema of today nearly as much.
I guess a lot of you guys are the other way round am I right?
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i lived through 70's cinema, then 80's , then ...etc
I loved 70's cinema .. i think it is the best but i've liked a lot of stuff recently too.
but the 80's ... yikes...
I like fun movies - but i dont like them when they are just dumb .. bad lines, bad music, bad action, horrible acting ...
to me thats just not fun - i need at least one or 2 elements working .. not just cars rolling over and shit getting blown up..
the dirty harrys were fun for me ... i like the grit ...
something like harley davidson and the marlborough man was fun for me .. because it had decent acting ... (even if it was dumb)
i think the 80's for action and horror were the laziest - by-the -numbers most uninspired period of cinema of all time (with a few exceptions - as allways)
i dont need my films to take themselves seriously - but i need a hint of cleverness.
running scared
shoot em up
crank
to me those are great action films where they injected a dose of 'clever' to what could just have been another crap action film.
the marine was a throwback to the 80's action film. nothing new, nothing origional, nothing interesting .. just another bad actor with a bad story..