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Tier Ranking: The Worst Films of 1980 - 1981

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People who added this item 213 Average listal rating (113 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.7
For critics, Heaven's Gate contains too many ideas and striking spectacle to be a disaster, but this western buckles under the weight of its own sprawl.

My thoughts: It maybe long and sprawling, but you do have to admit it’s a breath taking well made film.
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People who added this item 700 Average listal rating (475 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.1
For critics, Friday the 13th Part 2 sets the template for the franchise to follow with more teen victims, more gruesome set pieces, and fewer reasons to keep following along

My thoughts: It was considerably better than the first film, and decent enough.
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People who added this item 746 Average listal rating (520 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.5
Halloween II (1981)
For critics felt that, Halloween II picked up where its predecessor left off - and quickly wanders into a dead end that the franchise would spend decades struggling to find its way out of.

My thoughts: It’s one of my favourite entry in the series, and one that I enjoy watching every now and then,
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People who added this item 1602 Average listal rating (1044 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.4
Critics felt that it was a generic slasher film, that offered next to nothing.

My thoughts: It’s one of my favourites of the franchise, and a pretty solid start as well.
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B

People who added this item 89 Average listal rating (64 ratings) 5.3 IMDB Rating 5.2
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People who added this item 102 Average listal rating (74 ratings) 5.1 IMDB Rating 5.7
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People who added this item 89 Average listal rating (51 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 4.9
Endless Love (1981)
For critics, the love of this film was far from endless.

My thoughts: Like The Blue Lagoon it may not be great, but it’s still a guilt pleasure favourite of mine.
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People who added this item 1334 Average listal rating (824 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 5.8
For critics, it was a piece of lovely dreck, The Blue Lagoon is a naughty fantasy that's also too chaste to be truly entertaining.

My thoughts: it’s a guilty pleasure of a film, and I have literally seen way worse films.
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People who added this item 138 Average listal rating (102 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.6
Critics, thought it was not bad, but the effects and premise was too silly to be taken seriously.

My thoughts: It was not all that bad, but it’s decidedly very dated.
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People who added this item 151 Average listal rating (102 ratings) 5 IMDB Rating 5.3
Xanadu (1980)
Critics felt that not even spandex and over-the-top musical numbers can save Xanadu from questionable acting, unimpressive effects, and a story unencumbered by logic.

My thoughts: It’s actually not all that bad, somewhat charming and has some decent songs, too.
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People who added this item 34 Average listal rating (18 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 5.8
For critics, Neil Diamond's foray into acting is a total miss in this gaudy and unconvincing remake, with Laurence Olivier on hand to deliver an excruciatingly campy performance.

My thought: It may not be a great, but Neil Diamond tries his hardest with the movie. And you can’t fault him for that.

The soundtrack is pretty great, too.
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C

People who added this item 389 Average listal rating (283 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.2
Critics felt that Cannonball Run casted a bevy of famous faces as its wacky racers but forgets to give them characters to play, resulting in 90 dull minutes that feel like a marathon.

My thoughts: It has it’s moments, but it’s not actually all that funny.

If you liked it great, but I didn’t really love all that much.
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People who added this item 23 Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 5.7
The Fan (1981)
Critics, didn’t think it wasn’t nearly that thrilling, and kind of routine instead.

My thoughts: It was adequate, but not all that great,
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People who added this item 26 Average listal rating (17 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 4.5
Critics just wanted the music to be stopped, and it was just too plain cheesy and overwrought.

My thoughts: it’s okay, I guess? It’s so bad that it’s good, if anything else.
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People who added this item 88 Average listal rating (63 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 5.1
Critics didn’t think it wasn’t pretty great or out of the this world, and it should been jettisoned into space,

My thoughts: The killer robot was literally the best part of the film.
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People who added this item 624 Average listal rating (398 ratings) 4.8 IMDB Rating 5.3
For critics, Altman's take on the iconic cartoon is messy and wildly uneven, but its robust humor and manic charm are hard.

My thoughts: Robin Williams delivered a great performance, the songs were not bad, but overall it was too disjointed.
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D

People who added this item 12 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 4.3
Heartbeeps (1981)
Critics wanted to unplug the film, and for them it was particularly bad.

My thoughts: It was a hunk of junk.
People who added this item 144 Average listal rating (97 ratings) 3.8 IMDB Rating 3.7
It’s truly the best flying piranha film ever, in fact it’s literally the only flying piranha movie out there.

They really broke the mould, when they made this film.
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People who added this item 90 Average listal rating (58 ratings) 4.3 IMDB Rating 4.6
For some it was a throughly nasty horror film, and one that it was a highly exploitative movie.

My thoughts: it’s not a particularly great film, that combines The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, and Halloween.

Only, they are way better films.
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People who added this item 506 Average listal rating (299 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 5.7
Critics declared I Spit on Your Grave to be aggressively exploitative as its title suggests, although as a crude rejoinder to misogyny, it packs a certain amount of undeniable power.

My thoughts: If was a truly painful movie, to watch and that it was the whole point, it didn’t make it any better to watch.
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People who added this item 547 Average listal rating (326 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 5.3
Caligula (1979)
For critics it was Endlessly perverse and indulgent, Caligula throws in hardcore sex every time the plot threatens to get interesting.

My feelings: Caligula, was a pretentious hot mess of a film.
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People who added this item 51 Average listal rating (36 ratings) 4.6 IMDB Rating 4.9
Death Ship (1980)
Critics, thought that it was a shipwreck of a film.

My thoughts: It has a interesting enough premise, but ultimately I didn’t really care for the film.
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People who added this item 290 Average listal rating (160 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.5
Maniac (1980)
For critics, it was a brutal nasty and bloody film, and unnecessarily violent.

My thoughts: The makeup effects for the film, and for me that was about it.
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People who added this item 23 Average listal rating (14 ratings) 4.3 IMDB Rating 4.3
The Apple (1980)
People who added this item 276 Average listal rating (170 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.7
People who added this item 16 Average listal rating (12 ratings) 6.2 IMDB Rating 5.4
People who added this item 12 Average listal rating (5 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 4.7
Windows (1980)
People who added this item 52 Average listal rating (34 ratings) 5.1 IMDB Rating 5.3
The Island (1980)
People who added this item 29 Average listal rating (16 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 4.8
People who added this item 11 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 6.4
People who added this item 21 Average listal rating (11 ratings) 4.5 IMDB Rating 4.4
People who added this item 2 Average listal rating (2 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 4.4
People who added this item 47 Average listal rating (32 ratings) 5.7 IMDB Rating 4.8

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Tier ranking the worst of 1980 and 1981, that critics didn’t care for, that I saw.

A) It’s not all bad.
B) It’s decent.
C) It’s forgettable.
D) It’s horrible.

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