I guess I'll take it upon myself to start a new thread here, but feeling rather lazy at the moment, I'll do something that doesn't take much thought...what is your favorite decade for film?
I'm rather fond of the 1950's, as well as the 2 neighboring decades, but moreso the Fifties. No big reason why, I suppose that's the decade I've seen the most from. Stanley Kramer was in the business, Ford and Hitch did some great stuff, as well did many others. Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant were still big stars, Cooper made a great film, and Henry Fonda and John Wayne continued to get better. Some highlights of the decade, for me anyway, include The Searchers, High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Singin' in the Rain, Harvey, Strangers on a Train, The Caine Mutiny, Guys and Dolls, Bridge on the River Kwai, Some Like it Hot, and North by Northwest.
The late sixties, the epics were becoming less rampant, Connery was in bloom(favorite James Bond movie with Connery, You Only live Twice.) Hmmm, George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead is one of my favorite horror movies. Hard to choose, my favorites are sporatic, the movies are throughout all of the decades(I guess minus the 20's and the early half of the seventies)
O.k, I will go with the sixties, Im in somewhat of a Bond craze at the moment...
The eighties, definitely. THe 80s were when most of my favorite movies came out- all Indy movies, two Star Wars movies, ET, Back to the Futures, etc. I also love the forties (CASABLANCA!!!!!!!!) (that is when it came out, right?)
There are just so many hits from that decade! All 3 Indy J. films, ESB, ROTJ, Back to the Future, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, E.T., Ferris Bueller etc.
(I don't remember that much of the 80s 'cause I reached a max age of 6 in the decade, but the 80s are just plain fun!
the 80's, hands down! indiana jones trilogy of course, but SO many others. most of my movie heroes are from this decade: ash (evil dead 2) peter, ray, egon and winston (ghostbusters) marty mcfly (bttf)... then theres aliens, terminator, the goonies, etc. i guess the all time best movies went from the late 70s to early 90s, but the majority were from the eighties.
I don't think the 80s were the golden age of cinema. I agree it was the golden age of escapism, with the fantasy and adventure films so popular, thanks to Indy, Star Wars type movies. However, golden age seems to descibe the forties and fifties better where a lot of these films pay homage.
I wasn't alive during the 70s but it was the decade that changed modern cinema. All of the geniuses came from that decade. Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppalla
80s have a ton of childhood memories for me.
Spielberg, Zemekis, and others made alot of classics
90s were sweet too
Tarantino, Spielberg's second wind, Scorsese's second wind, Fincher, Rodriquez, the Indy films of the 90s. Alot of good films
It's too hard to choose but the 70s and 90s were probably the best decades overall. 80s were awesome with the Indy movies and Back to the Future movies.
