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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
lol lol lol Ok, I have to add Space Balls then.
I love these two comments. We probably all would describe the vibe with different language, but most of us would arrive at the same place. Thanks for sharing your experience as well. They've lightly touched on the city transformation from 50s to 60s a couple times on Mad Men. There's no good reason why they'd explore it much further, but I would really love for a show of that caliber to delve deeper.we used to say that visiting there was like being plugged in to a light socket.
It was like going to the zoo, except that the exotic "animals" were the people.
I would add The Grey Fox with Richard Farnsworth. A quiet and subtle western based on a true story, with a flawless performance by the lead actor.
I agree!Forgot about this one too. Great unappreciated gem!
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
For me, it has to be Hellzapoppin (1941):
Whilst everyone remembers the Marx Brothers and other comedy acts, Olsen & Johnson delivered the oddest, funniest (and most-overlooked) film of the period. I hate to think how many times I've seen it and each time I laugh at all the same jokes.
The Kirk Douglas Unappreciated Masterpiece about the big-city newsman and the small-town cave rescue was "Ace in the Hole".
Another Kirk Douglas Unappreciated Masterpiece from about the same time period was "Detective Story".
I couldn't agree more. However, I should add that I saw it on it's opening weekend in 1979 with friends, and we all walked out of the theater disappointed because we (and almost everyone we knew) were somehow under the impression it was supposed to be another Aykroyd/Belushi "buddy movie". I re-watched it when it was on television about 10-15 years later, and gained more of an appreciation for it. Then I saw it again about 10 years later, and it became one of my favorite movies....and I think 1941 is one of the most underappreciated comedies of the 70's...