Top 10 Films of 1991...

[Blaine]

I'm one of those that doesn't like Costner. I like him in No Way Out and to some degree in Bull Durham. He was okay in Open Range. Beyond that, his overacting just grated on me. I am totally mystified as to why Dances With Wolves was such a success. (On this point I disagree with my production partner )

Bergin's version was the version that made Robin Hood real for me. :thumbsup:

 

[Jared Meyer]

Of course, Blaine, it's a moot point as to whose version is better, Bergin's or Costner - 'cause neither of them can ever top...

In my book. :thumbsup:
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Amen to that, brother. Errol Flynn is the man, and The Adventures of Robin Hood will ALWAYS be one of my favorite films.



PS I hated, hated, hated Costner as Robin Hood for some reason...and hated the movie itself for a lot of different reasons...But I really like Costner in a lot of his other flicks. Not a Costner-hater over here. Heck, I even liked The Postman.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Come on Cally

That version is fairly gay. What's up with that costume ?

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Blaine ? I gotta check out this Bergen version you speak of but I am a huge fan of Costner:

In fact, not only are these all good films, but I enjoyed each Costner performance in them!

Open Range
Dragonfly
3000 Miles to Graceland
Thirteen Days
For Love of the Game
Message in a Bottle
The Postman
Tin Cup
Waterworld
Wyatt Earp
A Perfect World
The Bodyguard
JFK
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Dances with Wolves
Revenge
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
No Way Out
The Untouchables
American Flyers
Silverado

Alan Rickman is great in Prince, '... and Cancel Christmas!'. I don't think they took it too seriously as far as a historical narrative goes (ya think?), but I think they gave us a very fun popcorn flick and $390,500,000 Worldwide.

 

[CallaghanFilms]

Come on Cally

That version is fairly gay...

That's one that I never heard Errol Flynn saddled with. :grin: If there were an absolute polar opposite of gayness, then that's where Flynn resided (next to Duke Wayne...and across the street from Sinatra.)


Seriously, though...I know films from the 30's aren't your bag, but this is one on the short list that you should check out.

 

[Blaine]

In fact, not only are these all good films, but I enjoyed each Costner performance in them!

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Alan Rickman is great in Prince, '... and Cancel Christmas!'. I don't think they took it too seriously as far as a historical narrative goes (ya think?), but I think they gave us a very fun popcorn flick and $390,500,000 Worldwide.

I agree about them not taking it too seriously. I know Costner has lots of fans. I can't put my finger on why he bothers me so much. It's a personal thing, I guess.

Alan Rickman, on the other hand, is always good.

 

[Jeremy Ordan]

Top 13 of 1991

The Silence of the Lambs
JFK
Boyz n the Hood
Dead Again
The Doors
Cape Fear
Thelma & Louise
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
My Own Private Idaho
Hook
New Jack City
Guilty by Suspicion

Rationale
The Silence of the Lambs – A great psychological thriller complete with blood, gore, and perfect performances from Foster and Hopkins

JFK – Oliver Stone conspiracy theory at its best. Costner gives the performance of his career, but most importantly is the cultural impact that this film lends to the most brutal killing in US history.

Boyz in the Hood – World, please meet Cuba Gooding Jr. In one of the most prolific looks into African American Urban life, this film doesn’t follow the blackplotation movement of the Shaft films of the 70’s and offers an unfiltered view into urban life (my white ass didn’t get it at the time, but now respects it)

Dead Again – The scariest movie of all time, in my opinion. It made me sleep with the lights on, and holds the crown for the only film to ever have that effect on me.

The Doors – A really nice, honest, and complete look at The Doors and more specifically the rise and fall of Jim Morrison. It is on par with Macolm X for best biopic in the last 30 years.

Cape Fear – Robert DeNiro gets his groove back playing the ultimate psychotic personality, plus Juliette Lewis is my goddess.

Thelma & Louise – Say what you want about the power of the pussy, but this film caused a tidal wave of fall out in raising awareness of the power of women. Furthermore, this film reintroduced America to Kietel and brought about Brad Pitt to women’s fantasies. For me, it gave me a great joke anytime I’m in the car being able to say, “Let’s just keep on going”

Terminator 2: The greatest SFX film to the point. Arnold is still bad, but the sound track had ‘You Could Be Mine’ by the greatest band of all time, Guns N Roses.

My Own Private Idaho – Better than ‘Drug Store Cowboy’ and more haunting than The Shining.

Hook – I liked the different spin that was offered, but personally I wasn’t a fan of the film. Looking back, 15 years later this film has actually aged well and Williams, Hoffman, Roberts, and others really lead a great cast to a good fairy tail film.

New Jack City – Yes, it is a black Scarface. Yes, Wesley Snipes overacts. Yes, it weaves a fairy tail around the birth of crack. Yes, it has Ice T & Judd Nelson playing next to each other in the Bad Cop & Worse Cop roles. At the same time, this is a great urban tale that you can’t turn away from.

Guilty by Suspicion – You can take your ‘Good Night & Good Luck’ and shove it up your pink puckering anus, because this is the best tale of the McCarthy Era.

Oscars? Who care… Ben Affleck has an Oscar so they have no value anyways.

-Jeremy

 

[FilmMakerr]

1 Terminator 2
2- Beauty and the Beast
3- Cape Fear
4- New Jack City
5- The man in the moon
6- The Silence of the lambs (Yes, I didn't like this much)
7- JFK
8- Boyz in the Hood
9- Bugsy
10- Europa

 

[kimko]

I've said before, I did really dig the Bergin version...
Just never personally thought it compares to Prince of Thieves.

Also Costner (who people seem to either really like or really despise) was treated unfairly. One of the naysayers' biggest nitpicks? That he didn't speak with a Brit accent. To that criticism I must scratch my head.

I thought it was all around a throwback picture, and that Costner's Robin of Locksley was a throwback performance. In fact, I always compared it to Clark Gable's performance as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty. Clark Gable didn't feel it necessary to act with an unnatural dialect. His universal leading man charm carried his performance along without it...and besides, very few simulated accents have been spot-on anyway & many were quite bad (and therefore distracting.)

Bottom line, though...Gable was right for the role of Fletcher Christian, as was Costner for Robin Hood IMHO.


Of course, Blaine, it's a moot point as to whose version is better, Bergin's or Costner - 'cause neither of them can ever top...

In my book. :thumbsup:
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i disagree there, all the Britts change their accents pretty well, i too think an actor who plays a period piece should at least try. look at Keeanu Reeves he tried, and not too bad

 

[kimko]

oh by the way Chad, nice avatar! you look like you had a bar crawl when you took that pics.

 

[CallaghanFilms]

i disagree there, all the Britts change their accents pretty well...

:evil: So does Rich Little...what's yer point? :evil:

 

[kimko]

Costner sucked in robin hood wasn't believable imo. he could have tried putting on an accent

 

[Zak Forsman]

Costner sucked in robin hood wasn't believable imo. he could have tried putting on an accent

he did use an accent... in 1 out of every 10 scenes.

 

[kimko]

oh brother i guess i didn't watch it all

 

[Blaine]

he did use an accent... in 1 out of every 10 scenes.

LMAO...rogar-BigGrin(DBG) That's what I remember, too.

 

[CallaghanFilms]

Hey, brother...I can't believe this one slipped through the cracks unnoticed:

...look at Keeanu Reeves he tried, and not too bad

I think that is the makings of good stand-up fodder...

Irish: T'is Whoa sure.
Scots: Whoa? Oh, aye!
British: Whoa, luv.
Australian: Whoa, mate.
Canadian: Whoa, eh?
Bostonian: Wicked Whoa!
Southern US: Whoa, y'all!

:grin:

oh by the way Chad, nice avatar! you look like you had a bar crawl when you took that pics.

You got my number there, pally.

 

[Blaine]

Irish: T'is Whoa sure.
Scots: Whoa? Oh, aye!
British: Whoa, luv.
Australian: Whoa, mate.
Canadian: Whoa, eh?
Bostonian: Wicked Whoa!
Southern US: Whoa, y'all!

:grin:

ROFL :grin: :grin: Very funny stuff.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

It is a mystery that Keanu Reeves is such a big star and had such meaty roles.

 

[CallaghanFilms]

It is a mystery that Keanu Reeves is such a big star and had such meaty roles.

I agree...
but some 2-Dimensional roles he slides into smoothly enough IMO (especially those based on 2-D mediums like japanamation cartoons or obsolete comics)...It's when you try to cast him in a role with even the slightest depth that the embodiment of Ted "Theodore" Logan is resurrected from the dead.

 

[kimko]

Hey, brother...I can't believe this one slipped through the cracks unnoticed:I think that is the makings of good stand-up fodder...

Irish: T'is Whoa sure.
Scots: Whoa? Oh, aye!
British: Whoa, luv.
Australian: Whoa, mate.
Canadian: Whoa, eh?
Bostonian: Wicked Whoa!
Southern US: Whoa, y'all!

:grin:


You got my number there, pally.

dats good. shoot took you long enough! well we gonna have to do one of those crawls when i get back out that way(nov.20-27) if you are around.

 

[kimko]

It is a mystery that Keanu Reeves is such a big star and had such meaty roles.

well thats why i'm still trying! whooa dude...well i'm still working on that. whoooa no wwhhoa no whh................