Our Movie Ladder

[StLucieBengal]

Ok for a while now we have been doing this to find a movie to watch.   It's been fun because some years are tough to choose.  My wife not being born here she wasn't able to see a lot of movies that we all saw.    So we started on her birth year and watched 1 movie per year.   It's amazing to see what movies were what years.    

We have kodi on a chromebox for our television. And we used the exodus app movies by year.    Here is what we watched so far.    We rotated choosing the movie every year.   Kids didn't get a vote since this is when they go to bed.  

1986 - Money Pit 
1987 - Overboard (wife's fav movie)
1988 - They Live (one of my favs)
1989 - Say Anything
1990 - Tremors 
1991 - Father of the Bride
1992 - Resevoir Dogs
1993 - Sleepless in Seattle
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - yet to be decided.....   

I'm sure you can guess who chooses what year lol.   

This has started into a thing and we are having fun with it ....  It came up over dinner last weekend with our friends and now they plan on giving it a go.     

What Movies would you choose for your ladder or where did we go wrong lol.   

There were a bunch of years where I could have watched several movies.... Also makes me sad that movies now are just remakes or political/social statements.... Where is the creativity these days?   

[BengalsRocker]

I went over to my father-in-laws this weekend and he was watching Grease 2.

Such a horrible flick. My wife and me couldn't believe he was watching it.

Anyway. Out of curiosity and boredom I got on my smartphone and looked up the reviews and time of release.

On the same weekend of it's opening... ET:The Extra-terrestrial , Poltergeist, and Rocky III came out.

To sit there and see those 3 classic movies that are past cultural icons on that list was dumbfounding.

[StLucieBengal]

(05-25-2016, 10:07 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I went over to my father-in-laws this weekend and he was watching Grease 2.

Such a horrible flick.  My wife and me couldn't believe he was watching it.

Anyway.  Out of curiosity and boredom I got on my smartphone and looked up the reviews and time of release.

On the same weekend of it's opening...  ET:The Extra-terrestrial , Poltergeist, and Rocky III came out.

To sit there and see those 3 classic movies that are past cultural icons on that list was dumbfounding.

It's absolutely criminal what this generation thinks are good movies.   While doing this list we could have spent a long time on each one of these years so far.   It will be interesting to see what year the movies start dropping off. 

[BengalsRocker]

I'd say 1987 is a real tough one.

Overboard wasn't bad but should get beat out by a lot of flicks that year.

[StLucieBengal]

(05-25-2016, 10:59 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I'd say 1987 is a real tough one.

Overboard wasn't bad but should get beat out by a lot of flicks that year.

1987 was her choice and overboard is one of her fav movies.   I agree with you on there being much better ones.   

1995 is hers and I think she may go for another off the beaten path.    Rent-a-Kid.   I may head that off by watching it with the children.   

[*bfine32*]

(05-26-2016, 12:02 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 1987 was her choice and overboard is one of her fav movies.   I agree with you on there being much better ones.   

1995 is hers and I think she may go for another off the beaten path.    Rent-a-Kid.   I may head that off by watching it with the children.   

1995, I have one word: Freedom!!

[Tiger Teeth]

(05-26-2016, 12:12 AM)bfine32 Wrote: 1995, I have one word: Freedom!!

[BengalsRocker]

1995

Seven
The Usual Suspects
Get Shorty
The Quick and the Dead
Braveheart
Crimson Tide
Bad Boys
Tommy Boy
Friday
12 Monkeys
Apollo 13
Casino
Heat
Mallrats
Clueless
Jumanji
Toy Story

Now that's some list of movies.

[XenoMorph]

(05-25-2016, 09:32 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Ok for a while now we have been doing this to find a movie to watch.   It's been fun because some years are tough to choose.  My wife not being born here she wasn't able to see a lot of movies that we all saw.    So we started on her birth year and watched 1 movie per year.   It's amazing to see what movies were what years.    

We have kodi on a chromebox for our television. And we used the exodus app movies by year.    Here is what we watched so far.    We rotated choosing the movie every year.   Kids didn't get a vote since this is when they go to bed.  

1986 - Money Pit 
1987 - Overboard (wife's fav movie)
1988 - They Live (one of my favs)
1989 - Say Anything
1990 - Tremors 
1991 - Father of the Bride
1992 - Resevoir Dogs
1993 - Sleepless in Seattle
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - yet to be decided.....   

I'm sure you can guess who chooses what year lol.   

This has started into a thing and we are having fun with it ....  It came up over dinner last weekend with our friends and now they plan on giving it a go.     

What Movies would you choose for your ladder or where did we go wrong lol.   

There were a bunch of years where I could have watched several movies.... Also makes me sad that movies now are just remakes or political/social statements.... Where is the creativity these days?   

while I like tremors there are much better movies from 1990 lol

Dances with wolves
Edward Scissor Hands
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Total Recall.


lots of goodies in 95 too...

You must Choose Wisely   (from an 1989 movie)

you might want to dedicate several night or a week to 1 year... stretch it out longer.

[StLucieBengal]

(05-26-2016, 10:18 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: while I like tremors there are much better movies from 1990 lol

Dances with wolves
Edward Scissor Hands
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Total Recall.


lots of goodies in 95 too...

You must Choose Wisely   (from an 1989 movie)

you might want to dedicate several night or a week to 1 year...  stretch it out longer.

Agreed I chose tremors because it was campy.   We have already decided we will go back through the list.    It's just amazing to see all the movies by year 

[StLucieBengal]

(05-26-2016, 05:57 AM)BengalsRocker Wrote: 1995

Seven
The Usual Suspects
Get Shorty
The Quick and the Dead
Braveheart
Crimson Tide
Bad Boys
Tommy Boy
Friday
12 Monkeys
Apollo 13
Casino
Heat
Mallrats
Clueless
Jumanji
Toy Story

Now that's some list of movies.

Just imagine if these young people had that sort of option for movies lol   Now it's just remakes or comic books 

[XenoMorph]

just make sure you get around to the goonies at some point. not sure what she likes

[BengalsRocker]

(05-26-2016, 03:52 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: just make sure you get around to the goonies at some point.  not sure what she likes

Oh she already likes Goonies... it's just not a movie.

[StLucieBengal]

(05-26-2016, 03:52 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: just make sure you get around to the goonies at some point.  not sure what she likes

(05-26-2016, 05:20 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Oh she already likes Goonies... it's just not a movie.

Haha she has seen goonies.   The children love it.   

[BengalHawk62]

(05-26-2016, 05:57 AM)BengalsRocker Wrote: 1995

Seven
The Usual Suspects
Get Shorty
The Quick and the Dead
Braveheart
Crimson Tide
Bad Boys
Tommy Boy
Friday
12 Monkeys
Apollo 13
Casino
Heat
Mallrats
Clueless
Jumanji
Toy Story

Now that's some list of movies.

I did not realize 1995 was a hella good year for movies.   That's a nice list!

[*jason*]

(05-27-2016, 09:48 AM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: I did not realize 1995 was a hella good year for movies.   That's a nice list!

I think the Big Lebowski was from 95 too... no?

[BengalHawk62]

(05-27-2016, 02:46 PM)jason Wrote: I think the Big Lebowski was from 95 too... no?

No, that came out in 1998. 

Here's a list of movies from 1998.

The Big Lebowski
Saving Private Ryan
Good Will Hunting
Mulan
The Truman Show
Pleasantville
American History X
Armageddon
The Prince of Egypt
A Bug's Life
Enemy of the State
The Wedding Singer
Blade
Rounders
The X Files
The Waterboy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
You've Got Mail
Fallen
City of Angels
Bulworth



That's a great year of movies too! 

[oncemoreuntothejimbreech]

Inside Out
McFarland, USA
Trainwreck
Tomorrowland
Self/less
The Intern
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
The Good Dinosaur
Daddy's Home
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant

Movies I enjoyed from 2015.  There are more I still want to see that might expand that list.  So I think the reported death of the movie industry is greatly exaggerated.

Watched The Big Short this weekend.  It deserves to be on that list.  Amazing people are still blaming the wrong people.

[BengalsRocker]

This is how I would have went...

1986 - Aliens
1987 - The Lost Boys
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Always
1990 - Misery
1991 - Terminator 2:Judgement Day
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - True Romance
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
1995 - Seven

[BengalsRocker]

Check out the list of movies this year...

1993

Army of Darkness
Benny & Joon
Dazed & Confused
Falling Down
The Firm
For Love or Money
Free Willy
The Fugitive
Groundhog Day
Grumpy Old Men
In The Line of Fire
In The Name of The Father
Indecent Proposal
Judgement Night
Jurassic Park
Malice
Menace II Society
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Philadelphia
Point of No Return
Robin Hood:Men In Tights
Rudy
The Sandlot
Schindler's List
Sleepless In Seattle
Tombstone
True Romance
Untamed Heart
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
What's Love Got To Do With It