Top 10 Films of 1984...

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OK, so I'm makin' up for lost time...

1984...

During the filming of a Pepsi commercial, Wacko Jacko's hair was set ablaze - Wendy's struck advertisement gold with the introduction of "Where's The Beef?" into the pop culture pool - History's longest ballgame ever was played between the Brewers and the ChiSox...when the smoke cleared, it had gone on for 25 innings (at a mind-boggling eight hours and six minutes!)

Please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

The Callaghan Best Films of 1984 List:

01 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
02 The Terminator
03 Gremlins
04 Ghost Busters
05 Starman
06 The Karate Kid
07 Splash
08 Dune
09 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
10 Amadeus

Honorable Mentions:

-Romancing the Stone

-Blood Simple

-The Natural


Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Amadeus
Shoulda Won: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom *Not even nominated
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Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated
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Best Actor
Who Won: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated
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Best Actress
Who Won: Sally Field (Places in the Heart)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: Pat Morita (The Karate Kid)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: Sigourney Weaver (Ghost Busters) *Not even nominated
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Best Cinematography
Who Won: Chris Menges (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: Douglas Slocombe (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated
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Best Score
Who Won: Maurice Jarre (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: John Williams (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)


Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1984&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;1984 by total votes

-and-

The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1985
 
01 Paris, Texas (Wenders)
02 A Summer at Grandpa's (Hou)
03 Stranger Than Paradise (Jarmusch)
04 Blood Simple (Coen)
05 Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
06 This is Spinal Tap (Reiner)
07 Ghost Busters (Reitman)
08 No End (Kieslowski)
09 Dune (Lynch)
10 The Cotton Club (Coppola)
 
01 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
02 The Terminator
03 Gremlins
04 Ghost Busters
05 Splash
06 The Karate Kid
07 Nightmare on Elm Street
08 Dune
09 Amadeus
10 Romancing the Stone

Honorable Mentions:


-Blood Simple

-The Natural

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Amadeus
Shoulda Won: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom *Not even nominated

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated

Best Actress
Who Won: Sally Field (Places in the Heart)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: Pat Morita (The Karate Kid)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: Sigourney Weaver (Ghost Busters) *Not even nominated

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Chris Menges (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: Douglas Slocombe (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) *Not even nominated

Best Score
Who Won: Maurice Jarre (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: John Williams (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) [/COLOR]
 
The Hudson Best Films of 1984 List:

01 Terminator, The
02 Amadeus
03 Romancing the Stone
04 Sixteen Candles
05 Body Double
06 Footloose
07 Ghostbusters
08 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
09 Gremlins
10 Nightmare on Elm Street, A

Honorable Mentions:

- Hot Dog… The Movie
- Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
- Bachelor Party

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Amadeus
Shoulda Won: Amadeus

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: Milos Forman

Best Actor
Who Won: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
Shoulda Won: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)

Best Actress
Who Won: Sally Field (Places in the Heart)
Shoulda Won: Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: Pat Morita (The Karate Kid)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Peggy Ashcroft (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: Sigourney Weaver (Ghost Busters) *Not even nominated

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Chris Menges (The Killing Fields)
Shoulda Won: River, The - Vilmos Zsigmond

Best Score
Who Won: Maurice Jarre (A Passage to India)
Shoulda Won: Brad Fiedel (The Terminator)
 
i can't believe how it's possible to read in the same list crap like:

04 (?) Ghost Busters that i saw when i was teenager..
06 (???) The Karate Kid that i saw when i was teenager..

and Blood Simple that i studied when i was film student..
as a simple honorable mention ????

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did you see the same versions than i ????? :)
 
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Jeremy's Top 11 Films of 1984 & Why?

1. The Natural - Great baseball film
2. The Terminator - Great robot film
3. This Is Spinal Tape - Great rock film
4. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - I will never look at snakes the same way, unless they are on a plane
5. Dune - C'mon, they had freaking glowing eyes
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street - I see people trying to kill me in my sleep
7. Gremlins - If you can't feed them after midnight, when can you really feed them?
8. Footloose - Bonnie Tyler's 'Holding out for a Hero'
9. The Karate Kid - Wax on, Wax off
10. Sixteen Candles - I would have taken her panties
11. Once Upon A Time in America - Ummmm, yeah

Oscar
Ben Affleck has an Oscar, so what does it really matter?

-Jeremy
 
TheYankee said:
Oscar
Ben Affleck has an Oscar, so what does it really matter?

-Jeremy
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Oscar died for me before that. If those two South Park idiots can win one, it has no meaning.
 
01. Ghostbusters
02. The Terminator
03. Once Upon a Time in America
04. Romancing the Stone
05. Blood Simple
06. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
07. The Bounty
08. Against All Odds
09. Body Double
10. This Is Spinal Tap


Honorable Mention:
Starman
Beverly Hills Cop
Splash
 
HAIRY'S 10:

The Natural
Amadeus
The Terminator
Blood Simple
Ghostbusters
The Killing Fields
Romancing the Stone
Splash
Places in the Heart
Sixteen Candles

Dishonorable Mention (but I love them anyway):

The Last Starfighter
Johnny Dangerously
 
1 - Amadeus
2 - The Karate Kid
3 - The Terminator
4 - Ghostbusters
5 - This is Spinal Tap
6 - Beverly Hills Cop
7 - The Killing Fields
8 - Once Upon a Time in America
9 - Blood Simple
10 - Purple Rain

Honorable Mentions:

Gremlins
Romancing the Stone
Splash
Sixteen Candles
Starman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Chris
 
TheYankee said:
...Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - I will never look at snakes the same way, unless they are on a plane...
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Blasphomy!! Temple of Doom had creepy-crawlies...snakes were in Raiders (and in Last Crusade.)
TheYankee said:
...Gremlins - If you can't feed them after midnight, when can you really feed them?...
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That is so funny!! I always thought the same thing...when the poo poo does "after midnight" stop?!
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Blasphomy!! Temple of Doom had creepy-crawlies...snakes were in Raiders (and in Last Crusade.)
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Dude, when they are at the dinner table and they cut open the big snake and eat the little snakes... That is freaking freaky.

-Jeremy
 
TheYankee said:
Dude, when they are at the dinner table and they cut open the big snake and eat the little snakes... That is freaking freaky.

-Jeremy
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Touche.
Damn it all...
I wasn't thinkin' of the "Snake Surprise".
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My mistake.
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Touche.
Damn it all...
I wasn't thinkin' of the "Snake Surprise".
snakesurprise_sm.jpg

My mistake.
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Touche? What's up with that?

That shot gives me chills to this day... That food scene was the scariest thing I had ever seen up to that point.

-Jeremy
 
Re: Indiana Jones and the T of D

I saw this in the theatres when I was 8 years old, and I remember enjoying it, but thinking it wasn't as good as the first one :)

It's still my least favorite of the trilogy. Lucas and Spielberg have both said they shot the first two movies like they were TV (I take that as meaning cheap and fast). To me, the second one felt a little cheap, but now I can appreciate the effects they accomplished, particularly the mine cart scene.
 
CallaghanFilms said:
Just being lazy with my typing today...I meant tou·ché. :thumbsup:
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I know what you meant, but I still had to pick on you... It just reminded me of that Simpson's episode where Homer is walking around smacking people saying "I demand satisfaction" and challenging people to duels. There's something funny about that word... It's going to go into my horrorfest entry.

-Jeremy
 
David Jimerson said:
Oscar died for me before that. If those two South Park idiots can win one, it has no meaning.
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Parker and Stone are brilliant satirists, and they unfortunately did not win the oscar that year.

And Nineteen Eighty-Four was the best film in 1984 (no I'm not trying to be cute).
 
filmmaker1977 said:
i can't believe how it's possible to read in the same list crap like:

04 (?) Ghost Busters that i saw when i was teenager..
06 (???) The Karate Kid that i saw when i was teenager..

and Blood Simple that i studied when i was film student..
as a simple honorable mention ????

edit
did you see the same versions than i ????? :)
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again..
 
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