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Tag: 1981

  • Escape from New York

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    That opening theme song is still so great — I did want to hear it more during the entirety of the film, but then again, there’s something satisfying about the fact that it only plays again at the very end. This is still a very enjoyable film, although I’m a pretty big John Carpenter fan,…

  • Scanners

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    I don’t think I had ever actually seen this movie, other than that now famous head exploding scene (at least in GIF form). All in all, it’s not bad — I won’t say I loved it, and it dragged on a bit at times, and the acting is iffy (and McGoohan was apparently mostly drunk…

  • Stripes

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    This was one of my favorite movies — or at least comedies — when I was a kid, and it’s funny to watch it now and see that it has a pretty decent amount of nudity. It’s still pretty fun, with a great cast, and yeah, some things haven’t aged particularly well (that ol’ 80s…

  • Friday the 13th Part 2

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    As I was reminded during the opening recap of this movie (and strangely enough, it’s quite extensive, at like 5-10 minutes), the ending of the first film — that sees Jason jumping out of the water to attack the girl in the boat — is a fantastic sequence, and although most of this film is…

  • For Your Eyes Only

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    When I do these movie marathons I usually don’t include the Bond film from that year, since I re-watch them so often, but it had been a while since I had watched For Your Eyes Only, so as I kicked off my 1981 movie marathon, I was in the mood to watch it. I’ve usually…

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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    I figured I’d be taking a longer break after finishing my 1990 movie marathon, but I’ve been itching to get going on 1981, and this Saturday morning, Raiders of the Lost Ark felt like a perfect way to start it. I think I can say that this is probably my favorite film of all time,…