Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Another Day, Another Decade
It's Two-Fer Tuesday....shit, wait...never mind, it's Wednesday. Either way, I'm going to cover two years of Oscars again this week. First we'll finish off the '80s with 1989, and then move on to 1990.
1989 saw the release of my favorite film of ALL TIME...the movie I love so much, I named my first born after it 15 years later. Oscar apparently didn't love it as much as I, however, because "Heathers" didn't get any nominations. Certainly Christian Slater's finest hour, "Heathers" AT LEAST deserved a nod for best screenplay. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Ah, well. As sung in the film itself, "Que sera, sera...whatever will be, will be."
The actual awards? Best Picture went to "Driving Miss Daisy." I would have picked "Born On The Fourth Of July," but Oliver Stone did pick up the Best Director Statue. I didn't actually see "Daisy," though, so I guess I can't judge whether or not it stands the test of time (which was the whole point of this experiment to begin with, remember? Me neither).
Before we leave the '80s behind, one final note. Last week, when mentioning some of my favorites from 1987, I left out "The Lost Boys." So a big shout out to "Lost Boys," a really great movie with superb performances all around. If you MUST watch one Corey and Corey effort, this should top the list (although if, like me, you don't really consider this a Haim/Feldman vehicle per se, than "License To Drive" is a pretty good second choice).
Onward and upward and forward. 1990...ugh. "Dances With Wolves." I saw it. Once. It was actually pretty good. Would I ever watch it again? Hell, no. Life's too short. "Wolves" is a prime example of a really good film that you never want to see again (a more recent example? "A Beautiful Mind"). I certainly don't think it stands the test of time. So what else deserved the award? "Goodfellas" was also nominated. Folks, I'm sorry, but I need to come out of the closet here. I just don't get it. Maybe I'm not a mob guy. For the record, I also didn't like "Casino," "Scarface," or "The Godfather." Borderline sacrilege, I know, but I calls 'em likes I sees 'em. I know I'm WAY in the minority on those, so for all of you I will concede that, at the very least, "Goodfellas" was more deserving of the award than "Wolves."
Oh, looky over here..."Total Recall" also came out in 1990. I give Arnold an Honorary Oscar for that one. See you in 1991.
1989 saw the release of my favorite film of ALL TIME...the movie I love so much, I named my first born after it 15 years later. Oscar apparently didn't love it as much as I, however, because "Heathers" didn't get any nominations. Certainly Christian Slater's finest hour, "Heathers" AT LEAST deserved a nod for best screenplay. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Ah, well. As sung in the film itself, "Que sera, sera...whatever will be, will be."
The actual awards? Best Picture went to "Driving Miss Daisy." I would have picked "Born On The Fourth Of July," but Oliver Stone did pick up the Best Director Statue. I didn't actually see "Daisy," though, so I guess I can't judge whether or not it stands the test of time (which was the whole point of this experiment to begin with, remember? Me neither).
Before we leave the '80s behind, one final note. Last week, when mentioning some of my favorites from 1987, I left out "The Lost Boys." So a big shout out to "Lost Boys," a really great movie with superb performances all around. If you MUST watch one Corey and Corey effort, this should top the list (although if, like me, you don't really consider this a Haim/Feldman vehicle per se, than "License To Drive" is a pretty good second choice).
Onward and upward and forward. 1990...ugh. "Dances With Wolves." I saw it. Once. It was actually pretty good. Would I ever watch it again? Hell, no. Life's too short. "Wolves" is a prime example of a really good film that you never want to see again (a more recent example? "A Beautiful Mind"). I certainly don't think it stands the test of time. So what else deserved the award? "Goodfellas" was also nominated. Folks, I'm sorry, but I need to come out of the closet here. I just don't get it. Maybe I'm not a mob guy. For the record, I also didn't like "Casino," "Scarface," or "The Godfather." Borderline sacrilege, I know, but I calls 'em likes I sees 'em. I know I'm WAY in the minority on those, so for all of you I will concede that, at the very least, "Goodfellas" was more deserving of the award than "Wolves."
Oh, looky over here..."Total Recall" also came out in 1990. I give Arnold an Honorary Oscar for that one. See you in 1991.
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I have never seen Heathers. I saw Driving Miss Daisy once years ago. I remember it being well acted, but the story was just okay. My favorite film of 1989 is definitely UHF. Quit laughing, Weird Al is great in this and it has a fine supporting cast as well. Batman was great as well.
Total Recall is probably my favorite film in 1990. I definitely like Goodfellas, but I have not seen Dances with wolves since I saw it in the theater.
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Total Recall is probably my favorite film in 1990. I definitely like Goodfellas, but I have not seen Dances with wolves since I saw it in the theater.
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