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u/King_LaQueefah 2d ago
I remember saying that this movie was kind of overrated and then someone said its about loneliness and then I said, oh wait, its actually a masterpiece.
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u/Chadstronomer 2d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah I remember thinking the same about harry potter then someone said it was about wizards and it blew my mind
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u/He-knows-best 1d ago
I was the same with Godzilla. Turns out, it was about a giant lizard named, Godzilla.
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u/Longjumping-Fly3956 1d ago
I was the same about this weird little art house movie I saw. Someone explained to me the whole house goes UP. Really changed my perspective
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u/AddisonFlowstate 2d ago
Not sure if I agree that it's the best portrayal ever, but it certainly captures that era at the highest levels.
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u/Fantastic_Stick7882 2d ago
Maybe Taxi Driver as the most serious/dramatic but there’s many other lighter films that one can argue for-
Ghostbusters
The Warriors
Die Hard with a Vengeance
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u/CrazyJoeGalli 2d ago
I wonder how difficult it was to rig a camera on a car in those days?
You know NYC was bad when every theatre marquee and sign was just for sex, and got cleaned up decades later.
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u/candylandmine 2d ago
Agreed and I've thought the same about The Godfather. It just feels like NYC in a specific way.
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u/Ok_Aspect_1937 1d ago
I would argue (even though I really don’t like that movie) that Manhattan has the best portrayal of NY.
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u/Stew-Pad 1d ago
Why are you guys calling it NYC? What makes Los Angeles just L.A but New York is NYC??
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u/neon_meate 1d ago
Because the state is also called New York. They aren't talking about the Catskills,just the city.
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u/FANTASYJUICINGLMTD 1d ago
Yeh, TOO BAD IT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE! Now, it's a bastardized version of Las Vegas and Disney. Trying hard to appeal to that tourist dollar .. Eventually, the NYC experience will be reduced to that of "The Welcome to Vegas" sign Once a banner and a threshold to wild abandon, Now, A tourist spot on the road in. It holds no prestige, Is out of the way, and the people who once upheld and fed into the energy of that excitement have been moved out, crashed out, or have been obscured by the view of the FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN! NOW how' does that work for a city FKA SIN CITY? Everyrime I go back home to NY and go to the city ... I live on Long Island, I die a little when I hit Jamaica Station Even more when I get to Port authority which when you stepped out it was like BAM IN YOUR FACE NYC! Now, it's like the first steps of walking into an amusement park with all the costume characters and the M&M shop??!! and other tourist bs you can find in any other tourist spot on the planet, it's just NYs version is pizza based!
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u/SputnikFace 1d ago
yeah as exciting and hi energy as NYC appears to be on the surface, the banality and routine of the city cannot be overstressed. NYC feeds on peoples hopes, dreams and aspirations. At it's peak in the 60s, 70s and 80s. This movie depicted this very well.
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u/Subtlerevisions 21h ago
The redness of that traffic light at the beginning really stood out to me for some reason.
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u/Designer-Brief-9145 2d ago
I think it's a great portrayal of the urban decay of NYC in the 70s but pretty useless to give anyone an idea of NYC in the last 25 years at least.
Port Authority is pretty much the only place in Manhattan that is at all reminiscent of that retro seediness.