Best Film of 1987 (ongoing survey)

JonTurner · 03-07-02, 12:34 AM

I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1987 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1987 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Full Metal Jacket

All Years:
2000 -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 -- Fight Club*
1998 -- (currently) Saving Private Ryan
1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 -- Fargo*
1995 -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 -- Schindler's List*
1992 -- Unforgiven*
1991 -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 -- Goodfellas*
1989 -- (currently) Do the Right Thing
1988 -- Die Hard*
1987 -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985 -- Back to the Future*
1984 -- (currently) Ghostbusters
1983 -- Return of the Jedi*
1982

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

JonTurner · 03-07-02, 12:37 AM

1) Full Metal Jacket - 8/10
2) The Big Easy - 8/10
3) The Untouchables - 8/10

I'm sure I'll eventually find something I like better from this year, but that the best I've seen so far.

Again, just for the heck of it (and since I haven't had complaints yet

), Siskel and Ebert's lists:

Siskel:
1) Last Emperor
2) Full Metal Jacket
3) House of Games
4) Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring
5) Broadcast News
6) Radio Days
7) River's Edge
8) Prick Up Your Ears
9) Roxanne
10) Big Easy

Ebert:
1) House of Games
2) Big Easy
3) Barfly
4) Last Emperor
5) Moonstruck
6) Prick Up Your Ears
7) Radio Days
8) Broadcast News
9) Lethal Weapon
10) Housekeeping

paratize · 03-07-02, 02:33 AM

1. EMPIRE OF THE SUN
2. FULL METAL JACKET
3. HOUSE OF GAMES

dave955 · 03-07-02, 03:42 AM

DEKALOG

Jeremy517 · 03-07-02, 04:26 AM

Full Metal Jacket

Robert · 03-07-02, 09:57 AM

1. Lethal Weapon
2. The Untouchables
3. Wall Street

Sierra Disc · 03-07-02, 10:41 AM

Raising Arizona is my favorite film of 1987 by far.

Full Metal Jacket is my #2 choice - it'd probably be #1 if Kubrick had maintained the amazing quality of the first half of the movie in the second half, but except for the "sniper" scene I thought the Vietnam scenes of the movie lacked the power of the boot camp section.

Runners-up: Evil Dead 2,Princess Bride,River's Edge, Roxanne, The Untouchables. '87 was a damned good year!

Geofferson · 03-07-02, 11:06 AM

1. Raising Arizona
2. The Untouchables
3. Lethal Weapon
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. House of Games

Sunday Morning · 03-07-02, 11:23 AM

#1 roxanne

randy1320 · 03-07-02, 11:38 AM

The Princess Bride

Johnny Zhivago · 03-07-02, 02:13 PM

The Last Emperor

ToddSm66 · 03-07-02, 02:41 PM

Pretty good year...

1. The Untouchables
2. House of Games
3. The Princess Bride
4. Raising Arizona
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
7. Evil Dead 2
8. Robocop
9. Throw Momma From the Train
10. Predator
11. Innerspace
12. Spaceballs
13. Lethal Weapon

drc · 03-07-02, 03:11 PM

Raising Arizona

travis_bickle · 03-07-02, 04:36 PM

Full Metal Jacket.

swamptours · 03-07-02, 06:20 PM

I'll have to go with Robocop

funstan · 03-07-02, 06:23 PM

Good year for movies, my vote goes to:
The Dead

evenflow · 03-07-02, 08:42 PM

The Untouchables.

Goat3001 · 03-07-02, 10:01 PM

Full Metal Jacket

Hulkabrgr · 03-07-02, 11:48 PM

Empire of the Sun
Hope and Glory
Wall Street

Ernest Goes to Camp

explosivej · 03-08-02, 12:13 AM

Full Metal Jacket

CrashMan · 03-08-02, 03:21 AM

Full Metal Jacket

pdinosaur · 03-08-02, 11:19 AM

someone has to say last emperor. so it will be me. very good.

Scot1458 · 03-08-02, 11:23 AM

Evil Dead 2

SirPablo · 03-08-02, 12:27 PM

Full Metal Jacket

TheTalkingFish · 03-08-02, 06:32 PM

1: Raising Arizona
2: Full Metal Jacket
3: Evil Dead 2
4: Predator
5: The Princess Bride

-Fish

03-07-02, 02:33 AM	#3
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Sierra Disc DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: May 2000 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 5,009	Raising Arizona is my favorite film of 1987 by far. Full Metal Jacket is my #2 choice - it'd probably be #1 if Kubrick had maintained the amazing quality of the first half of the movie in the second half, but except for the "sniper" scene I thought the Vietnam scenes of the movie lacked the power of the boot camp section. Runners-up: Evil Dead 2,Princess Bride,River's Edge, Roxanne, The Untouchables. '87 was a damned good year! __________________ I blog therefore I is: http://spatulaforum.blogspot.com Last edited by Sierra Disc; 03-07-02 at 03:11 PM.

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03-07-02, 12:34 AM	#1
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	Best Film of 1987 (ongoing) I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative. This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1987 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice. Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun. Please start your post with your #1 film from 1987 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome! Current Leader -- Full Metal Jacket All Years: 2000 -- Requiem For a Dream* 1999 -- Fight Club* 1998 -- (currently) Saving Private Ryan 1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights 1996 -- Fargo* 1995 -- (currently) Braveheart 1994 -- Pulp Fiction* 1993 -- Schindler's List* 1992 -- Unforgiven* 1991 -- Silence of the Lambs* 1990 -- Goodfellas* 1989 -- (currently) Do the Right Thing 1988 -- Die Hard* 1987 -- Full Metal Jacket* 1986 -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1985 -- Back to the Future* 1984 -- (currently) Ghostbusters 1983 -- Return of the Jedi* 1982 If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so. Poll closed, winner declared. Last edited by JonTurner; 04-18-02 at 06:55 PM.*

03-07-02, 12:37 AM	#2
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	1) Full Metal Jacket - 8/10 2) The Big Easy - 8/10 3) The Untouchables - 8/10 I'm sure I'll eventually find something I like better from this year, but that the best I've seen so far. Again, just for the heck of it (and since I haven't had complaints yet ), Siskel and Ebert's lists: Siskel: 1) Last Emperor 2) Full Metal Jacket 3) House of Games 4) Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring 5) Broadcast News 6) Radio Days 7) River's Edge 8) Prick Up Your Ears 9) Roxanne 10) Big Easy Ebert: 1) House of Games 2) Big Easy 3) Barfly 4) Last Emperor 5) Moonstruck 6) Prick Up Your Ears 7) Radio Days 8) Broadcast News 9) Lethal Weapon 10) Housekeeping Last edited by JonTurner; 03-07-02 at 12:42 AM.

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ToddSm66 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,437	Pretty good year... 1. The Untouchables 2. House of Games 3. The Princess Bride 4. Raising Arizona 5. Full Metal Jacket 6. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 7. Evil Dead 2 8. Robocop 9. Throw Momma From the Train 10. Predator 11. Innerspace 12. Spaceballs 13. Lethal Weapon __________________ photos \| dvds

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