luciusfunk Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Godfather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Angelica Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 My definition of dad rock is soft, safe, overrated, white, middle class phooey, so I'm going with the cinematic equivalent of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I think if Star Wars and The Lion King can be mentioned in this thread, The Godfather shouldn't be discriminated against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 TitanicAnything involving Jason Statham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Anything involving Jason StathamThe Expendables movies are like the cinematic equivalent of Rockstar Supernova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 TitanicIs Mom Rock a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Umm most of those films are fucking badass Godfather,Rocky 4, and Mel Gibson the shit. Most films today could only dream of being as good as those films in their respected genres lol come on Drive is a great action film? Really lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I came here solely to say Top Gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky_Rose Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I love the majority of the movies mentioned here haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky_Rose Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Everyone knows about the concept of dadrock when it comes to music, but does anyone else feel like it exists in movies too?Some movies I consider dadrock:Indiana JonesThe WarriorsThe GooniesTop GunRocky IVBasically, 60s-80s movies that dads tell you are the shit but they're really just bad-ok.This thread has the same vibe of "filmsnobbery" that you accused someone of having in the top 5 directors thread haha.But what do I know, I honestly enjoy most movies, and even when I despise a film, I can usually see why others may love it. Film is subjective after all.The thread is very amusing though haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Dazed and Confused maybe. I get older but the chicks stay the same age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Everyone knows about the concept of dadrock when it comes to music, but does anyone else feel like it exists in movies too?Some movies I consider dadrock:Indiana JonesThe WarriorsThe GooniesTop GunRocky IVBasically, 60s-80s movies that dads tell you are the shit but they're really just bad-ok.Those movies are all fucking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Replace warriors with teen wolf and ill make you a single mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 You're all in this thread. The Towering inferno. Amazing film but my dad has mentioned it too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 You're all in this thread. The Towering inferno. Amazing film but my dad has mentioned it too much. Disaster movies in the early-mid 70s that had a lot of celebrities in it. I think they got that idea from "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" where all these old comedians were in a movie together, and "Airport" was probably the first disaster flick where they threw all the celebs into a movie. You also had "Poseidon Adventure". The young actors liked it because it would've been their only opportunity to be side by side with a Golden Age era legend and might be able to learn a few things from them. They're any movie that your dad makes you insist on watching because he thinks they're great and you're going "this is really, really lame", or they've become really dated. There's certain names that your dad would say was a great actor even though you watch the movies and can't act worth a damn, or the actress in her day was hot but you know her as someone's grandma on a TV show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Brians SongThe Naturaldefinitely dad movies, but great dad movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I wouldn't really consider all those movies the equivalent of dadrock, because I feel like movies have more longevity in some ways than music (playing random songs on the radio years later and people hearing them, versus sitting down and watching repeats of movies on TV, is a little different as an experience). That's why a lot of movies like Shawshank, Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones, etc. that are constantly playing on TV are still really popular and respected by average younger people whereas you probably wouldn't encounter as many younger people aware of, like, Eric Clapton's albums or something. Maybe an individual tune here or there but as a whole, I think older ("older" in the sense of '80s and beyond) films still reach a huge audience of people from this generation. Anything involving Jason StathamThe Expendables movies are like the cinematic equivalent of Rockstar Supernova. Really though? If you go on YouTube and watch trailers for those movies or go to the IMDb board you'll mostly find teenagers who are, like, weirdly proud of '80s action movies and they inevitably compare them to "crap" like Twilight or something and brag about how much better they are. I think it makes them feel like they're mature and elitist in a weird way (especially since those original action flicks from the '80s were always trashed by critics), but I was kind of that way when I was 13 or 14 too. I was obsessed with Arnold Schwarzenegger and defended his acting. . It's really not usually dads who are into those movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 GodfatherGet stuffed... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 GodfatherGet stuffed... I only said it because stuff like Forrest Gump, Star Wars and The Lion King were mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 If you go on YouTube and watch trailers for those movies or go to the IMDb board you'll mostly find teenagers who are, like, weirdly proud of '80s action movies and they inevitably compare them to "crap" like Twilight or something and brag about how much better they are.Sounds exactly like the kids on YouTube who brag about being Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estranged Reality Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 If you go on YouTube and watch trailers for those movies or go to the IMDb board you'll mostly find teenagers who are, like, weirdly proud of '80s action movies and they inevitably compare them to "crap" like Twilight or something and brag about how much better they are.Sounds exactly like the kids on YouTube who brag about being Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones fans.Yeah, pretty much.Twilight is the film equivalent of Bieber, just a lazy easy target for people who probably don't actually watch/listen to either of them enough to realize there's worse crap out there.I still think younger people are more familiar/open to "old" movies just because of the exposure and regular rotation, versus music. It's harder for a young kid to randomly without any peer influence get into Zeppelin I'd wager than for a kid of the same age/upbringing to have seen movies like Back to the Future or Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 If you go on YouTube and watch trailers for those movies or go to the IMDb board you'll mostly find teenagers who are, like, weirdly proud of '80s action movies and they inevitably compare them to "crap" like Twilight or something and brag about how much better they are.Sounds exactly like the kids on YouTube who brag about being Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones fans. Yeah, pretty much.Twilight is the film equivalent of Bieber, just a lazy easy target for people who probably don't actually watch/listen to either of them enough to realize there's worse crap out there.I still think younger people are more familiar/open to "old" movies just because of the exposure and regular rotation, versus music. It's harder for a young kid to randomly without any peer influence get into Zeppelin I'd wager than for a kid of the same age/upbringing to have seen movies like Back to the Future or Star Wars. Which is why I don't consider those movies dad rock. Just things like the Warriors that only one generation cares about and yet insists it's the greatest thing since Citizen Kane simply because it has 80s music and a few memorable quotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Bruce Willis is the Bob Seger of Dadrock movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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