Top Ten Tuesdays

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I've only seen 8 Kurt Russell films...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You really should check out Escape from New York and The Thing. I'm sure you'd like them.

I've no doubt that I would!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

9 if you count Grindhouse as well as Death Proof...

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

9 if you count Grindhouse as well as Death Proof...

You'd only be cheating yourself!

Which eight have you seen?

[Rik]

I watched Backdraft the other night on the Sony Movie Channel, first time in probably 15-20 years, great film

Anyway, here’s my list in no order other than how they pop into my head:

1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. The Thing
3. Backdraft
4. Escape from New York
5. The Hateful Eight
6. The Bone Tomahawk
7. Tombstone
8. Soldier
9. Overboard
10. Tango and Cash

[keirarts]

Executive decision narrowly missed the cut....

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

There are a number of films in your list (particularly Backdraft, Executive Decision, and Overboard) which I've only seen once, and quite a while ago. This will probably be another week of buying BDs or browsing Netflix and Prime Video to refresh my memory of those I've seen, and to watch those I haven't for the first time.

Thinking of Overboard, I read an article by Hadley Freeman at the weekend when she was saying how (Molly Ringwald inspired the thoughts with an article in The New Yorker) many 1980s films are 'problematic' when viewed with a 21st-century perspective, specifically with race and sexual politics. She absolutely adore's 1980s films and picked it as her favourite decade, but has this to say about Overboard:

The ultimate example of a story idea that should have been made as a horror film but was somehow instead written up as a romantic comedy. A handyman (Kurt Russell) lies to a woman with amnesia (Goldie Hawn) and tells her she is his wife just so she will clean his house, look after his kids and, ultimately, have sex with him. “Does she run in the opposite direction when she finds out the truth?” SPOILER! She does not. Russell and Hawn famously have one of the stablest relationships in Hollywood, so you have to wonder how they looked at this script and thought, “Yup, that seems normal – sign us up!”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...n-hughes-metoo

Having read the article what it fails to address is that Hawn's character is an obnoxious bully and treats everyone especially those she pays to serve her like slaves with both verbal and physical abuse.

Obviously that's fine to The Guardian and it's readership though.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

You'd only be cheating yourself!

Which eight have you seen?

Here they are ranked:

1. The Thing (1982)
2. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
3. Escape from New York (1981)
4. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
5. Overboard (1987)
6. Death Proof (2007)
7. Escape from L.A. (1996)
8. Vanilla Sky (2001)

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Having read the article what it fails to address is that Hawn's character is an obnoxious bully and treats everyone especially those she pays to serve her like slaves with both verbal and physical abuse.

Obviously that's fine to The Guardian and it's readership though.

I'm not sure if it's meant to be taken entirely seriously or a little tongue in cheek because if you strip it right down, the premise is, as Freeman says, very strange and wouldn't be out of place if made as a horror film.

[keirarts]

I would urge anyone who hasn't seen it to check out breakdown.....

http://youtu.be/Sioj-fCh4KY