My Take: 25 Least Favorite Movies of 1980-1984
Creating this list was a lot harder than I had first imagined. I had originally intended to list 50 films, released between 1980-1984. I thought this would be an easy task but, truth be told, the early 1980's were probably my favorite years for films. After much deliberation, I realized that 25 films would suffice, and that's fair. There are a lot of reasons to dislike certain movies. Some subject matter appeals and others does not. It may have been the movie-going experience itself was a bad one. Or it could have merely been a lousy day in my life. More likely, I'm a shallow person with a shallow taste in movies. I turn myself in. There, happy? Who knows exactly why I dislike the 25 films listed below. Sometimes, I get irritated when friends of mine insist that a particluar film is a masterpiece, even if I think it's just okay, and through the passage of time, the film lands itself on this list. (BLADE RUNNER, that's for you.) A lot of the films on this list are beloved in certain circles, and if you're part of these circles, then fine, no problem. I quite understand that the inclusion of some titles on this list will raise some eyebrows, but that's not my intention. No matter how many times I'm told otherwise or by whom, it's unlikely I will ever hold any of these films in high regard, but I suppose I've had stranger things happen in my life. Who knows? Sitting here in 2011, these are the movies that rank in my Top 25. That could change as the years pass and I revisit some of these movies. Does that mean I think they're Bad Movies? Absolutely not. I concede that many of the films on this list have certain brilliant attributes (acting, directing, special FX, cinemtography, etc.) or have contributed toward the history of film, no argument here. It's a matter of taste, isn't it? To paraphrase Linda Ellerbee, taste is a funny thing; I was never accused of having any until I stopped all attempts in trying to get some.
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