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Anchorhead said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

Taxi Driver.............Seeing all these ordinary people who obviously weren't extras walking down the street wearing these old clothes really give the film a really retro feel, and upon the first few minutes of initial viewing, you can tell what decade this was filmed in.

I don't nit-pick you guys too often, but if I may;  Taxi Driver was filmed in 1975, released in 1976.  It's not retro - it's original.  The Indiana Jones films, Super 8, Catch Me If You Can, Apollo 13, etc - those have a retro feel.

Well said.

I watched Rocky today, and I had almost forgot how great it actually is. While I like most of the sequels, I feel that the first had a quality to it that was missing in the others. 

I don't watch Rocky for boxing at all, it's the characters. Sylvester Stallone has made some pretty bad career decisions over the years, but this movie proves he has the chops.

When compared to the other movies which almost feel like superhero movies, this movie is fairly quiet. It's very character driven.

The film is so gritty, and has moments. It's hard to describe what is so good about this movie.

I think the sequels had good moments. Rocky II and Rocky Balboa are about as close to the quality of the original as you can get. Rocky III and IV were both enjoyable, but they don't have much to them.

In the end, we relate to Rocky the most in the first film. He's a nobody, whose shot at greatness is past him, or so we think.

5/5 cut eyes

Bingowings said:

Finally saw Super 8 (or Video 8 as the other half keeps calling it) and I loved it but he didn't. Four reels from me.

Why does he call it Video 8?

Bingowings said:

Finally saw Super 8 (or Video 8 as the other half keeps calling it) and I loved it but he didn't. Four reels from me.

I was really surprised how much I enjoyed it. I really only saw it in theaters because my teenage cousins wanted to see it (and they are from out of town so I never see them).

CP3S said:

Eraserhead.

What. The. Fuck.

Ha! That was pretty much the reaction me and my entire film class had to the film.

It's weird.

Bingowings said:

Though it would be a good title for a sequel set in the eighties, or High 8 if the kids changed their attitude to drugs when they got older.

I like to think that 8mm is the sequel.

What about Super16?

That's much more logical.

And then the Sequel to that would be Super35

and then Super70

;P

greenpenguino said:

What about Super16?

That's much more logical.

And then the Sequel to that would be Super35

and then Super70

 

;P

ugh, check your math ;)

darth_ender said:

Then they could do some 19th century back story called Oil on Canvas.

And then the prequel to that!

Cave Painting

Then the "trying to cash in on the franchise" modern reboot down the line called High Definition 1080i video. The title High Definition 1080progressive video will be used for the directors cut. The "progressive" spelled out because having a 'random' "i" somewhere is okay with the masses(according to the studio) . Studio execs will be saying the 'random' "p" will confuse them. By this time the difference between interlaced and progressive scan are no longer selling points. Due to progressive being the standard for such a long time.....