Personal 1991 Summer movie challege
A few years ago I had my own summer movie challenge from 1990. I try to watch all or as much I can from theatrical releases from May to August. This year Im trying to Do 1991.
Here is my list so far 1991 Releases May 3 A rage in harlem one good cop may 10 FX2 Switch may 17 Stone cold Dice Rules Mannequin on the move What about Bob may 24 Hudsen hawk backdraft Only the lonely wild hearts can't be broken Thelma and louise Hanging with the homeboys may 31 Soap dish ambition June 7 Jungle fever Don't tell mom the babysitter is dead city slickers june 14 Kickboxer 2 robin hood prince of thieves june 21 Dying young the rocketeer Suburban comando june 28 The naked gun 2 1/2 July 3 Terminator 2 problem child2 july 10 Regarding henry july 12 Boyz n the hood Point break July 19 Dutch Bill and teds bogus journey July 26 Another you Mobsters V.I. Warshawski Life stinks july 31 hot shots Aug 2 Body parts Doc hollywood Aug 7 Delirious Aug 9 Double Impact Bingo Pure luck Aug 14 The Commitments Aug 16 Mystery date Aug 21 Barton Fink Aug 23 Dead again Harley davidson and the marlboro man Defenseless Aug 30 Childs play 3 Beastmaster 2 The pope must die Anyone do something similar? |
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There is a few titles on there I wouldn't mind revisiting myself. Good luck!
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How about Boyz N the Hood and Beauty and the Beast?
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Beauty and the Beast was a Holiday 1991 release, Boyz is legit thought. Looking at that list reminds me of how much the early 90s sucked in terms of movie offerings... T-2 is the only one out of that bunch that still holds up IMO. Also, everything was very star driven.
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You know, I always remembered the summer of 91 being a good movie summer... nostalgia is entirely too powerful. What a load of terrible movies! With exceptions, of course... T2 was a blast, Thelma & Louise was pretty strong, and I dug Hot Shots back then... but the only really great movies were the arthouse fare of the late summer, Commitments and Barton Fink...
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I remember seeing V.I. Warshawksi in theaters. It's hard to believe there was a time when Kathleen Turner didn't look like she had a penis.
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Re: Personal 1991 Summer movie challege
Originally Posted by seriousmill
(Post 11208538)
A few years ago I had my own summer movie challenge from 1990. I try to watch all or as much I can from theatrical releases from May to August. This year Im trying to Do 1991.
Here is my list so far 1991 Releases May 3 A rage in harlem one good cop may 10 FX2 Switch may 17 Stone cold Dice Rules Mannequin on the move What about Bob may 24 Hudsen hawk backdraft Only the lonely wild hearts can't be broken Thelma and louise Hanging with the homeboys may 31 Soap dish ambition June 7 Jungle fever Don't tell mom the babysitter is dead city slickers june 14 Kickboxer 2 robin hood prince of thieves june 21 Dying young the rocketeer Suburban comando june 28 The naked gun 2 1/2 July 3 Terminator 2 problem child2 july 10 Boarding henry july 12 Boyz n the hood Point break July 19 Dutch Bill and teds bogus journey July 26 Another you Mobsters V.I. Warshawski Life stinks july 31 hot shots Aug 2 Body parts Doc hollywood Aug 7 Delirious Aug 9 Double Impact Bingo Pure luck Aug 14 The Commitments Aug 16 Mystery date Aug 21 Barton Fink Aug 23 Dead again Harley davidson and the marlboro man Defenseless Aug 30 Childs play 3 Beastmaster 2 The pope must die Anyone do something similar? Of course, the best film from the summer of 1991 and the only one I've seen multiple times in the 20 years since isn't even on your list--because it was released in Hong Kong that summer and didn't make it to the U.S. until the following year: ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, the film that introduced so many of us to Jet Li. |
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June 7th was the day I started my 10-year movie theater career. Saw almost every movie that came out during that time- I was always the only one who would see EVERYTHING the theaters I worked at played. 1991 was kind of crappy though, since the place I worked didn't get a lot of the movies I wanted to see. They played "Regarding Henry" for MONTHS, but didn't get Dutch or Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
I'm pretty sure Suburban Commando was moved to August or September, as I remember going to another theater to see it- it was the first time I'd gone to a theater I didn't work at, and the only movie out I wanted to see that my theater wasn't showing. |
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Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 11208597)
You know, I always remembered the summer of 91 being a good movie summer... nostalgia is entirely too powerful. What a load of terrible movies! With exceptions, of course... T2 was a blast, Thelma & Louise was pretty strong, and I dug Hot Shots back then... but the only really great movies were the arthouse fare of the late summer, Commitments and Barton Fink...
Retrospectively speaking, the only summers I now remember as having a lot to offer in the 90s in terms of still standing up were 93 and 96 . The rest were kind of meh. |
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"boarding henry"?! I think you mean "Regarding Henry". "Boarding Henry" was the XXX version. :)
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If I was doing a summer movie challenge for an older year, I don't think I'd even start early in May. Back then, Memorial Day weekend was generally considered the beginning of the summer movie season.
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T2 was my first R rated flick that I ever got into as a youth and remains my favorite film of all time. I saw it few times at the show. You forgot to include Showdown In Little Tokyo which opened up like a month or two after T2. We saw that then theater hopped into T2 again and it was still a packed house. Good times.
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Same here. My parents took me to see T2 (at the ripe age of 10) at a movie theater that used to be a church. I vividly remember the screening, but mostly I recall the T-800 scaring the shit out of me in the first shot where it crushes a skull.
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I remember I went to Bill and Teds Bogus Journey by myself at the wonderful age of 10.
I think it was the 2nd movie I went to by myself. |
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I was between 7th and 8th grade that summer and can remember going to several of these films with my buddies. There certainly is a lot of shit on that list. Most of it I did not see, have not seen, and won't be seeing. It was probably 5 years before I caught up with the good films I should have been seeing like the Commitments and Barton Fink.
Of the movies I saw at the time the only ones that still hold up today are T2, The Rocketeer, and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Speaking of B&T I remember seeing it with my buddies but I don't remember it being the summer time. I really remember it being a winter release. Oh well. A couple of films that I didn't see at the time still hold up: Point Break, City Slickers, Backdraft |
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I vaguely recall seeing The Naked Gun 2 1/2 in the theater. One of my favorite movies, but I don't know if it was necessarily appropriate for a 4 year old. :lol:
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Re: Personal 1991 Summer movie challege
Originally Posted by seriousmill
(Post 11208538)
A few years ago I had my own summer movie challenge from 1990. I try to watch all or as much I can from theatrical releases from May to August. This year Im trying to Do 1991.
... Anyone do something similar? With a few exceptions, I didn't follow release dates too tightly. Since I usually would catch something a week or two into it's run, I just tried to remember around what part of the season I saw something (early spring, late spring, early summer, etc) or it was released. Was able to watch all these- The Howling Eyewitness All Night Long Zorro The Gay Blade Superman II (Bd) Clash Of The Titans (Bd) Dragonslayer For Your Eyes Only (Bd) Blow Out (Bd) Arthur (Bd) Had planned to watch, but never got around to Excalibur (Bd) Body Heat (Bd) Heavy Metal (Bd) Stripes History Of The World Pt 1 (Bd) Escape from New York (Bd) American Werewolf In London (Bd) Looker Wolfen Would have liked to have been able to watch Deadly Blessing Outland Raiders Of The Lost Ark SOB ...but I was either waiting on a Bd release to do it right (Raiders) or, in the case of the other three, there was no really good DVD release I could get my hands on. I'm not as nostalgic about the summer of '82 as most other people my generation are, so I doubt I'll be indulging in a lot of those films. Ironically this is the year they choose to release Outland and Raiders (and possibly Deadly Blessing). Like scheduling or programming certain genres for certain days of the week, and following that religiously, anniversary viewing is another good way to exploit stuff you already own and in some cases get stuff out of the unwatched pile. |
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Originally Posted by Paul_SD
(Post 11212814)
Zorro The Gay Blade
Superman II (Bd) Clash Of The Titans (Bd) For Your Eyes Only (Bd) Arthur (Bd) Excalibur (Bd) History Of The World Pt 1 (Bd) Outland Raiders Of The Lost Ark |
Re: Personal 1991 Summer movie challege
Cool idea, seriousmill. Do you watch them all in order? You should see what trailers you have in your collection from 1991 and watch some beforehand - just to help set the mood.
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Originally Posted by joliom
(Post 11213483)
Cool idea, seriousmill. Do you watch them all in order? You should see what trailers you have in your collection from 1991 and watch some beforehand - just to help set the mood.
Yea i watch them all in order or try too. Good idea about the trailers. |
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I remember seeing T2 and The Naked Gun 2 1/2 as a double feature at the drive in with my parents that year. Still haven't been to a drive in movie since :(
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