these are all terrible
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:17 (eight years ago) link
voted Wargames
Write-in for Testament.
― Fat Idiot (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
The Falcon and the Snowman holds up, but to counter the praise of Penn, his annoying performance works if you consider it in terms of Spicoli does espionage.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
The story rocks because it comes from Craig Thomas' 1977 best-seller.
sold
― nomar, Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:17 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― T.L.O.P.son (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
^^
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
i've seen only The Falcon and the Snowman, 31 years ago, which i didn't think was too bad despite a notably annoying Penn performance.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
for some reason in my early teens i loved the book Firefox and goddamn is that one boring movie
― some men just want to watch the world Bern (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
man what thoughtless writing. yeah, no outrageous comedies or or exaggerated dramas about the cold war before the 80s!
wargames beats all of these because it actually attempts to say something about the cold war. it may be a hamhanded moral play and its observations about everyday suburbanites living with the Bomb are not profound, but it doesn't just accept an absurd and nihilistic status quo as backdrop for a thriller or screwball comedy. it makes it the subject matter. i am sure there are still better films that go that same route, but wargames is the right 'kind' of movie for a list like this so leaving it out in favor of 'spies like us' seems particularly dopey.
― never ending bath infusion (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Red Dawn is definitely attempting to say something about the Cold War
― some men just want to watch the world Bern (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 April 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Premise: Before there was Firefox the browser, there was the movie.
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:17 (eight years ago) link
Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 May 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 29 May 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Fun fact
― ǂbait (seandalai), Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
'you must think in russian'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Lee Marvin as an American bad guy working with the Sovietd in Gorky Park:
http://cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com/images/224275/224275_full.jpg
― King Nagl (Eazy), Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link