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Rocky (1976)
Not a great story. He didn’t make it on his own (he got lucky), and he hardly won the fight. Conquering his goal of staying up was hardly the victory we wanted to see. If the ultimate goal was getting Adrian, he already had her before the fight, making the…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Great story, great acting, and truly amazing effects for its time. There’s a sincerity and wonder in Spielberg’s vision that’s rare, especially in sci-fi. The story still holds up, though it’s striking how much “smarter” films like Contact have become in their handling of similar material. Audiences today are not…
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Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
The exact same kind of humor which later appeared in more coherent films like Airplane. Overly silly at times, but a few funny moments. The board game segment was the best cuz it actually had a socially satirical angle to it. Most of the rest was just random, silly slapstick…
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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Travolta used to be cool. I think they should have had a better looking girl for the lead opposite Travolta. Did they think she was pretty at the time? A film with style. What happened to the shot I have seen with Travolta in his white suit doing his finger-pointing…
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Star Wars (1977)
No wonder it’s a trilogy. The ending seemed like it was only the beginning. The entire two hours of this movie seemed like it could have been the first half hour of any other movie. What happens in the film? Not a whole lot. Lucas seems more interested in creating…
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Ceddo (1977)
Pretty long, pretty boring. A tolerable beginning, but once the music stops and the slow camera shots take over, I lost interest. The fast-paced disco soundtrack for the action was nice. Contains an interesting quote: “A dead man would be happy to accept what a sick man refuses.”
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The Deer Hunter (1978)
The story-telling is a bit clunky, typical of movies from this time period. Best Picture? Really? Russian roulette is always dramatic. I wonder how dramatic this would have been without that scene. De Niro is intense, as expected. Walken was pretty good. Streep actually used to be pretty hot. Cazale…
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Foul Play (1978)
OK, what is it, a romance? Action? Suspense? Mystery? Horror? Thriller? Comedy? Film noir? It doesn’t work as a combination. If they had picked one and gone with it, it might have been good. Chevy in a dramatic role doesn’t work. He just needs to be goofy. It could have…
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Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
The story’s not very interesting. As is often the case with Asian cinema, an ultimate power, force, or technique is revered by the worthless, stupid, cartoonish peasant masses. Godzilla uses the same formula. The whole film is silly and cartoonish, like a lot of French films I have seen. Chan…
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Some of the artistic license in this film is nice, but I think that some of the film is over-embellished. A good story, but more straight-forward drama would have made it more absorbing. The death scene at the end is heart-wrenching, a nice addition to the Cattle Mutilation Club. But…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,388 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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