HCH Academy Awards - Best Picture 1987?

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

Full Metal Jacket

Untouchables and Good Morning Vietnam would get my votes in a lot of years. By the first 20 mins of FMJ is as good as any movie ever made. And the rest of the film is still classic.

GrundleStiltzkin

Full Metal Jacket

Stronger year than I’d expected. Bride/Vietnam/Weapon. Last emperor is what it is, well made, never care to see again.

I loved Untouchables back in the day, watched over & over as a kid. I saw it in the last five years, and did not feel like it holds up.

alumni94

The Princess Bride

Too many classic quotes.

RaceBannon

Wall Street

Lunch is for wimps was a company motto

YellowSnow

Full Metal Jacket

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Stronger year than I’d expected. Bride/Vietnam/Weapon. Last emperor is what it is, well made, never care to see again.

I loved Untouchables back in the day, watched over & over as a kid. I saw it in the last five years, and did not feel like it holds up.

Untouchables has a little bit of Hollywood cheese but overall I think it holds up.

Fishpo31

Full Metal Jacket

R. Lee Ermey.

Gladstone

Empire of The Sun

My real answer is The Princess Bride, but I had to cast a sentimental vote for this one.

In my youth I was an expat kid living in Shanghai so I massively over-identified with this movie, and I find that time period (1920s-1945) in APAC endlessly fascinating. And horrifying.

YellowSnow

Full Metal Jacket

Gladstone said:

My real answer is The Princess Bride, but I had to cast a sentimental vote for this one.

In my youth I was an expat kid living in Shanghai so I massively over-identified with this movie, and I find that time period (1920s-1945) in APAC endlessly fascinating. And horrifying.

People forget WWII started in 1937. Am I right @CarlinHistoryBuff69 or am I right?

Gladstone

Empire of The Sun

'37 was the Marco Polo bridge incident, '31 was the formal invasion and occupation of Manchuria though and the establishment of the Manchukuo regime. Shoutout to @Doog_de_Jour 's vote. I'm a massive Pacific Theater buff and will jump into the history board some day and roll the sleeves up.

alumni94

The Princess Bride

YellowSnow said:

Gladstone said:

My real answer is The Princess Bride, but I had to cast a sentimental vote for this one.

In my youth I was an expat kid living in Shanghai so I massively over-identified with this movie, and I find that time period (1920s-1945) in APAC endlessly fascinating. And horrifying.

People forget WWII started in 1937. Am I right @CarlinHistoryBuff69 or am I right?

RaceBannon

Wall Street

WW2 started at the end of WW1

dflea

Full Metal Jacket

I use lines from the Princess Bride and Full Metal Jacket in about equal numbers when out on the river for a fishing trip.

This one was tough, but FMJ's opening 10 minutes sealed it for me.

I'll watch either one of them any time.

Doog_de_Jour

The Last Emperor

Gladstone said:

'37 was the Marco Polo bridge incident, '31 was the formal invasion and occupation of Manchuria though and the establishment of the Manchukuo regime. Shoutout to @Doog_de_Jour 's vote. I'm a massive Pacific Theater buff and will jump into the history board some day and roll the sleeves up.

Thanks Gladdy! Yes, the Pacific theater and APAC history needs mor pub...especially since countries like China, India, Vietnam, Russia, etc. are going to keep being such big influences on the globe. Important for people to understand how things got to how they currently are.

chuck

Raising Arizona

Rather easily.

Full Metal Jacket and Princess Bride are also worthy.

huskyhooligan

Full Metal Jacket

I'll just copy pasta this over here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncr_EA7Ja7Y

Ho Chi Minh is a son of a bitch
Got the blue balls, crabs and the seven year itch

Neighbor2972

F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

huskyhooligan

Full Metal Jacket

Shout out to @89ute (and cake eating peter puffer rowers) for 3 o'clock high!



Also Hooligan was a big fan of The Secret of my Success

greenblood

Full Metal Jacket

Normally, I'd think this lead should hold up, but after watching that 1988 Die Hard bullshit, I have zero faith in this board.

1to392831weretaken

The Princess Bride

I expected to be called a pussy and be forced to lean in and own it. Shocked to see I'm not alone. I'm glad Raising Arizona got a vote: under the radar classic.

FMJ is rad and quotable, but I quote TPB more than all but maybe two or three movies.

I agree on The Untouchables. Used to be one of my favorites, but I watched it last year after learning my brother and his whole family/friend circle had never heard of it. I was all excited to bring them this kickass movie, then... thud. And I didn't blame them. Didn't hold up as well as I expected.

biak1

Empire of The Sun

Gladstone said:

My real answer is The Princess Bride, but I had to cast a sentimental vote for this one.

In my youth I was an expat kid living in Shanghai so I massively over-identified with this movie, and I find that time period (1920s-1945) in APAC endlessly fascinating. And horrifying.

Cadillac of the Sky!