Jet_Engine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Honestly for me and my childhood, and the way I remember NYC from.back then, I gotta go with...... Ghostbusters. The original, 1984. I can "feel" and smell the city in some scenes LOL. How about you guys? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hmmm …. Bronx Tale, Goodfellas and Once Upon a Time in America come to mind but my vote is for The Wanderers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Woody Allen's Manhattan probably needs to make the list somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said: Woody Allen's Manhattan probably needs to make the list somewhere. A lot of Woody Allen movies would qualify, but for me they have no real connection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 15 hours ago, The Crimson King said: Hmmm …. Bronx Tale, Goodfellas and Once Upon a Time in America come to mind but my vote is for The Wanderers Good list but I'd add, The Godfather, Sleepers, I'd even add Cinderella man and Midnight Cowboy, Serpico, Dog day afternoon, French Connection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Jet_Engine1 said: A lot of Woody Allen movies would qualify, but for me they have no real connection. That one did. The Gershwin music coupled with Woody having several lines demonstrating his adoration for the city....it was like a 2 hour love story to NYC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 2 hours ago, southparkcpa said: Good list but I'd add, The Godfather, Sleepers, I'd even add Cinderella man and Midnight Cowboy, Serpico, Dog day afternoon, French Connection. My Grandfather worked the Braddock v Baer fight, NYPD. Told my Dad and Uncles about it. Both Braddock and Max Baer were apparently decent guys and were friendly towards each other, none of the animosity as portrayed in the movie was reality. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 No votes for the Warriors or Mean Streets? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jetstream23 Posted January 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2020 Escape from New York. lol 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC36 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Wall Street 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Rants-Raves-Feelings section really needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jet_Engine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 55 minutes ago, joewilly12 said: Rants-Raves-Feelings section really needed. You mean, like, maybe a forum about random subjects? Maybe an, I don't know, "Lounge" type area, where random topics are discussed? Something like that? "I dont like talking about things, but when I do, it makes no sense!" -joewilly12 January, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_Engine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 hour ago, jetstream23 said: Escape from New York. lol 1970s New York. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Best: Do The Right Thing, Warriors, Escape from New York, Basketball Diaries, Saturday Night Fever, Sleepers, Rounders, He Got Game, Gangs of New York Bestest Best: New Jack City Bestest Best of all the Rest: Short Circuit 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 There are so many which bring back memories of growing up in NYC during the 60s and 70s. I can vividly see the grimy, sleazy Times Square area depicted in Midnight Cowboy. Or NYC when it was seemingly down for the count in flicks like Serpico or The French Connection. Plus, a sweet movie like Anne Bancroft's Fatso reminds me of an idyllic Greenwich Village. As for Woody Allen? No one ever shot the City better. Every angle is like a master stroke from a gifted painter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 19 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said: You mean, like, maybe a forum about random subjects? Maybe an, I don't know, "Lounge" type area, where random topics are discussed? Something like that? "I dont like talking about things, but when I do, it makes no sense!" -joewilly12 January, 2020 What flavor/brand of popcorn do you like when watching movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Just recalled two quirky flicks I enjoyed: Liquid Sky and Scorsese's After Hours. EDIT: And who could forget the comedy gold of NYC based flicks like The Out of Towners, The Odd Couple or Moonstruck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 24 minutes ago, munchmemory said: There are so many which bring back memories of growing up in NYC during the 60s and 70s. I can vividly see the grimy, sleazy Times Square area depicted in Midnight Cowboy. Or NYC when it was seemingly down for the count in flicks like Serpico or The French Connection. Plus, a sweet movie like Anne Bancroft's Fatso reminds me of an idyllic Greenwich Village. As for Woody Allen? No one ever shot the City better. Every angle is like a master stroke from a gifted painter. Brothers McMullen. Pope of Greenwich Village. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 45 minutes ago, southparkcpa said: Brothers McMullen. Pope of Greenwich Village. Great ones. "They cut off my thumb!". And I had such a crush on Maxine Bahns and a young Connie Britton in McMullen. Dug the movie, too. Lots of laughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untouchable Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Taxi Driver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Working Girl with Melanie Griffith was such an 80s flick. I did that commute from Staten Island to NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Always thought State of Grace with Gary Oldman was an underrated NY flick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, munchmemory said: Great ones. "They cut off my thumb!". And I had such a crush on Maxine Bahns and a young Connie Britton in McMullen. Dug the movie, too. Lots of laughs. Get it right.. They TOOK my thumb! .19 mark 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JustInFudge Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Big Muppets take Manhattan Summer of Sam Kids Midnight Cowboy Do the Right Thing CBGB Ghostbusters Crocodile Dundee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 12:17 PM, southparkcpa said: Good list but I'd add, The Godfather, Sleepers, I'd even add Cinderella man and Midnight Cowboy, Serpico, Dog day afternoon, French Connection. Sleepers was going to be one of mine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 4:25 PM, #27TheDominator said: No votes for the Warriors or Mean Streets? "Warrrriorss, come out to Play-ay" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 6:16 PM, RutgersJetFan said: Best: Do The Right Thing, Warriors, Escape from New York, Basketball Diaries, Saturday Night Fever, Sleepers, Rounders, He Got Game, Gangs of New York Bestest Best: New Jack City Bestest Best of all the Rest: Short Circuit 2 New Jack City: I starred in that one. Ok, my car was in it. OK, just the front bumper and wheel Remember the opening scene? A girl is yelling for help. Wesley Snipes and his henchman are holding a guy over the railing of the 59th St Bridge who they eventually drop. This was in the summer when we used to drive to work in Manhattan then across that bridge to Northern Blvd for the daily Mets game. We're coming across in the right lane and in the extra lane that ran along side we see this girl yelling "help me ! help me ! they're going to kill him ! " I throw the car in park and Mrs. Crimson starts laughing, "you idiot !" and points out the cameraman on his belly behind her and the helicopter off the bridge to our right, "besides, what are you going to do, him them with your briefcase?" Sure enough, the movie comes out and opens with that scene. After Snipes drops the guy, they pull a long shot and start the credits and our '82 Celica GTS noses into the scene before they cut it. A couple of years later, that car got stolen, Figured they wanted it as a collectors item as a "movie car" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream23 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 1:52 PM, JoeC36 said: Wall Street One of my all-time faves. You get a tour of Manhattan too. Downtown, Bud Fox’s uptown apartment, Tavern on the Green, Central Park, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Mrs Crimson just saw this and wanted to add her two cents: West Side Story and Rear Window She also said that Saturday Night Fever is ineligible. The whole thing is made up. The movie is based on a New Yorker article by an Australian who was sent here and never left his hotel room. The characters, the style and the way they acted were all pure fiction. The venue wasn't anything more than a dive two blocks from where she grew up in Dyker Heights. Unfortunately, it caught in so big that the Odyssey became big time, kids (called China Dolls and Chisel Heads by the locals after this) started dressing and acting like it and the dance culture took over. Set back music 20 years at least. If nothing else though, the floor that Travolta danced on made it to the Guggenheim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowmoe57 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Way too many But I watched one from the 70s the other day. "Across 110th Street" with Anthony Quinn . How about 'The French Connection" Loved those cop movies from that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, slowmoe57 said: Way too many But I watched one from the 70s the other day. "Across 110th Street" with Anthony Quinn . How about 'The French Connection" Loved those cop movies from that era. who among us, at least of a certain age, drives under the el and doesn't think about French Connection? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot-Face Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 6:16 PM, RutgersJetFan said: Bestest Best of all the Rest: Short Circuit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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