[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by atari 2600

I considered The Wizard of Oz, Jaws, Tron, E.T./Gremlins, and Jurassic Park and the like for special effects, but decided against them. I also considered a bunch of others...too many to go into right now. Well, maybe just a few. For some reason, I considered an onslaught of Pacino vehicles like The Godfather, GF part II, Dog Day Afternoon and Scarface for various reasons, and of course also decided against those. Oh and Rocky too, but nope. Obsessione? Fantasia? Koyaanisqatsi? My Dinner With Andre? Nah. Ditto to Barry Lyndon, Lolita, The Shining, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Midnight Cowboy and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; am I being unreasonable? Also Rocky Horror and Grease; again, nope.

Take Dr. Strangelove for instance. It's obviously perfect for its time, for holding a mirror up to the atomic age, but without Kubrick making it would anyone have made anything quite like it? I think not...even up to the present day. But hey, Peter Sellers' acting genius helps just a bit, haha, right?

Anyway, any suggestions? (thanks for the ones I took to already) or criticisms? (and I already realize I'm exercising questionable taste quoting myself)

I think it's interesting that nobody (I think) has yet mentioned American Graffiti (1973) which as well as giving us a whole slew of nostalgia packed teen-flicks (the utterly brilliant Grease and the actually quite good in spite of itself, Porky's) also inspired the tv series Happy Days, which itself sort of paved the way for the truly cringeworthy The Wonder Years. It also revolutionised the concept of the movie soundtrack, as well as having perhaps the funniest moment involving a scooter in the entire history of film.