My elementary school music teacher made us watch the original Grease so many times. We only watched that and the first half hour of The Wiz.
1. Blade Runner 2. The Thing 3. Fanny & Alexander The King of Comedy and Rocky III would probably round out my top five. Blade Runner is very easily my favourite of the year though, just adore that movie.
If you saw the movie with “Cool Rider”, “Man For all Seasons”, “Reproduction” and “We’re Gonna Score Tonight”, you’d know it fucking rules
Anyway, a person’s Halloween III ranking placement in the series is a solid way to know if I should care what they have to say about horror
1. Blade Runner 2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 3. Pink Floyd: The Wall Never seen The King of Comedy or The Thing
I debated how to do release dates when I started this. When I do top tens for current years, I go with American releases, as most critics do, since that is when people can see the movie. With movies from decades ago, though, it made less sense, especially when you get films like Killer of Sheep which is only ever officially "released" thirty years later. 1983 does look really weak. Videodrome is great but I don't know if it is popular enough.
This will definitely start to become more of an "issue" (not that it makes much difference really) when we get into years that people actually remember films being released. Picking a random example, something like First Cow that was premiered in a few film festivals in 2019, but outside of the that, vast majority of people didn't see it until it got a wider release in 2020. If you go by Letterboxd, it's a 2019 film, but in reality it'll feel like a 2020 film to most. Hard to say really what year it belongs too - but again, it probably doesn't matter too much in the bigger picture.
Yeah a lot of my more recent lists have films a year later because of the UK releases often taking a while for some reason.
I have 3 I love for 83 but they probably wouldn't crack my top 3 for most years. I'm checking out some new stuff now to see if I find anything new.
I’ve been wondering how we are going to handle the release year issue. I always think that premiere date is the way to go, otherwise it often excludes many incredible films that don’t get picked up for distribution. Or you end up with a situation like when Rohmer’s A Summer’s Tale (1996) finally got a belated release stateside and ended up on best of the year lists in 2014.
83 is looking like the best of the decade yet for me. A quick scan and it looks like I’ll have to narrow down from at least 10 films.
A lot of times that is because a film will come out in one theater in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve to technically qualify for awards. We haven't seen them either.
1. Blade Runner 2. Tootsie 3. Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn Excruciating cuts: Victor/Victoria Gandhi The Thing Others I really like: The Verdict E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Poltergeist Night Shift The King of Comedy The Dark Crystal An Officer and a Gentleman Good ones: Koyaanisqatsi Diner First Blood Sophie’s Choice Fanny and Alexander 48 Hrs. Missing The Secret of NIMH Rocky III The Year of Living Dangerously Creepshow The Night of the Shooting Stars Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains My Favorite Year Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Eh/fine: Frances Yol Best Friends Annie Not a fan: A Question of Silence The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas An unholy abomination: Trail of the Pink Panther