Siskel & Ebert: The Best of 1984 - The Cotton Club, Flamingo Kid, Amadeus, Purple Rain, The Natural
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2021
- In this episode, Siskel and Ebert talk about the best films of 1984. These films include: A Passage to India, Amadeus, Choose Me, Entre Nous, Love Streams, Micki & Maude, Once Upon a Time in America, Paris Texas, Purple Rain, Secret Honor, Spinal Tap, Stranger Than Paradise, The Cotton Club, The Flamingo Kid, The Killing Fields and The Natural.
1984 was one of the best years ever in movies :)
Really, I think the opposite, I thought 1984 was a pretty weak year
@@kdohertygizburagreed
@@kdohertygizbur ,i got to go along with you on that also
Their arguments made them famous, but I love it when the agree.
Let's see, I was 14...but looking back, these are ten I love and rewatch most often:
Terminator
Stranger Than Paradise
Soldiers Story
Purple Rain
Karate Kid
16 Candles
Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
Repo Man
Buckaroo Banzai
1. Purple Rain
2. Once upon a time in America
3. Paris Texas
4. A Nightmare on Elm St.
5. Repo Man
6. Terminator
7. Stranger then Paradise
8. Ghostbusters
9. Sixteen Candles
10. The Company of Wolves
"The Flamingo Kid" isn't on either of their lists even though it certainly is one of that year's BEST!!!!
It was a Good Movie
My favorite films of 1984:
1. Broadway Danny Rose
2. Sixteen Candles
3. Paris Texas
4. Amadeus
5. Country
6. Moscow on the Hudson
7. The Natural
8. Ghostbusters
9. Under the Volcano
10. Tightrope
So there.
You're my hero for including "Moscow on the Hudson" - so few people understand how fantastic that film is.
Im surprised there's no This Is Spinal Tap in the Comments. That's one of my favorite films from 84.
You have to remember that there was no benefit of hindsight at the *time*. It was just a good comedy in '84. We were SO spoiled for choice in the 80's, as every single weekend was filled with great movies, we just took a lot of them for granted, considering how few films today are made that even come close to the best or even the mediocre films of that decade.
OUATIA one of my all time faves
1. Terminator
2. Amadeus
3. Purple Rain
4. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
5. The Killing Fields
6. The Natural
7. 1984
8. Starman
9. Splash
10. The Never Ending Story
Thanks for posting. I really love these videos.
God, it's crazy to remember that in 1984, it was only 20 years since the Beatles had come to America. Getting old is so bizarre. lol It's like saying the Beatles came to America in 2004. lol
My Top Ten Favorite Movies of 1984 is,
10. Angel. (New World Pictures).
9. Footloose. (Paramount Pictures). Kevin Bacon a National Treasure and a Living Legend the roles he's been in is memorable.
8. Repo Man. (Universal Pictures).
7. Children of the Corn. (New World Pictures).
6. Splash. (Touchstone Pictures). Tom Hanks a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles he was in is memorable.
5. Police Academy. (Warner Bros). Steve Guttenberg A National Treasure, Living Legend, roles he was in is memorable.
4. Romancing the Stone. (20th Century Fox).
3. Iceman. (Universal Pictures).
2. Sixteen Candles. (Universal Pictures).
1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. (Paramount Pictures). (Spoiler Alert: The Bad Guys Loose), (Spoiler Alert #2: The Villagers in that Hindu Village get their Kidnapped Children Back). Harrison Ford a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles that he's been in is memorable and amazing too.
Here's my Honorable Mentions.
1. Once Upon a Time in America. (Warner Bros).
2. Star Trek 3 The Search for Spock. (Paramount Pictures). R.I.P Leonard Nimoy - 2015.
3. Ghostbusters. (Warner Bros). R.I.P Harold Ramis - 2014.
4. Gremlins. (Warner Bros/Amblin Entertainment).
5. Under the Volcano. (Universal Pictures).
6. The Karate Kid. (Columbia Pictures).
7. The Pope of Greenwich Village. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
8. The Last Starfighter. (Universal Pictures).
9. The Muppets Take Manhattan. (Tri-Star Pictures/The Jim Henson Company).
10. The NEVERENDING Story. (Warner Bros).
11. Meatballs Part 2. (Tri-Star Pictures).
12. Red Dawn. (MGM/UA).
13. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. (20th Century Fox).
14. Sheena. (Paramount Pictures).
15. Love Fields. (Cannon Films).
16. The River Rat. (Paramount Pictures).
17. The Wild Life. (Universal Pictures).
18. Comfort and Joy. (Universal Pictures).
19. American Dreamer. (Warner Bros).
20. Give my Regards to Broad Street. (20th Century Fox).
21. The Terminator. (Orion Pictures). Linda Hamilton a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles that she's been in is memorable.
22. Just the way you are. (MGM/UA).
23. A Christmas Story. (MGM/UA).
24. Supergirl. (Tri-Star Pictures).
25. Caravan of Courage an Ewok Adventure. (Lucasfilm).
26. GALLAVANTS. (Marvel Productions). Animated Movie.
27. Beverly Hills Cop. (Paramount Pictures).
28. Dune. (Universal Pictures).
29. Starman. (Columbia Pictures).
30. A Christmas Carol. (CBS. God I Wish that CBS would come back on Dish Network).
In 1984, the only two films that mattered were the long versions of Amadeus and Once Upon A Time In America
Siskel was right about Once Upon a Time in America being the best of the year. Not sure if The Killing Fields is actually about racism, though.
Yes, that wasn’t my takeaway from TKF either. A good reason to rewatch.
@@ATMyles It's still a good movie. Just saw it again recently. But I don't think it's about racism. At least, I don't think that was a factor in the Cambodian genocide.
Of course the Killing Fields was about racism
Do you people not know anything about history?
How is it about racism? The Cambodians were killing each other. Explain the racism to me.
@@Madstsone I suggest you do your research on the subject
I don't have the time or patience to give a lesson on Pol Pot's reign of Terror in Cambodia
Not trying to be rude, but check out the facts and you'll have a better understanding
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No karate kid?? No terminator?? Take two film out and replace it with them
Or Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, Repo Man - this was a fantastic year for movies.
@@Madstsone agree. Ghostbusters is my favorite comedy of all time. One of my favorite movies of all time
no can do or else they would extend their list to 20 as I did...then again, I was 8 going on 9 and what the hell did I know other than the ones I was allowed to see that were rated PG or G.
These are THEIR 10 best picks, not everybody else's...it's about personal preferences and tastes, not about what the biggest and most popular movies of the year are...shows like Entertainment Tonight, etc, are for lists like that...something would be definitely wrong in the world if each and every person's lists had the SAME movies on them...variety is everything...
What!!!! No Nightmare on Elm Street?!!!!
Purple Rain was crap
I wouldn’t say crap. A bit flawed and certainly dated, but there’s a lot in it that still works.
It's actually a Rock and Roll masterpiece, part Bob Fosse, part experimental, and with a killer soundtrack. Plus it might be one of the first films of the New Black Cinema phenomenon. Prince deserved a Best Actor nomination as well as Morris Day best supporting actor.
@@horrorpowerfilms9481 I loved Purple Rain...but you are going way over the top with Oscar Nominations for Acting, Lol
@@kdohertygizbur because Oscars noms are just for Marlon Brando Dramas? LOL! There's performance achievements in Rock musicals, as well as in Action, Comedy etc. Don't be so closed minded, Prince was insanely good in Purple Rain as an egocentric, tortured Rock poet, BUT let me put it this way: Marlon Brando can't do Bill Murray on Groundhog Day, or can't do Jackie Chan in his Chinese martial arts films, and most of all, Marlon Brando can't do Darlin Nikki like Prince in Purple Rain, I mean, those are also Film performances too.
I vaguely remember seeing it on video in the 80s and I think I only saw it once. I liked the music more than the movie.