What is your favorite eighties movie? (Contest-Question Edition!)
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While we may catch The Breakfast Club, and The Goonies every once in a while on Turner Classics, its hard to find a household that doesn't watch A Christmas Story every holiday season since 1983. It's an American tradition!
Toungues stuck to frozen poles, getting kicked in the face by Santa, fuzzy pink bunny costumes, shooting your eye out... It doesn't get any better. I vote for America, I vote for A Christmas Story.
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"Coming to America" (1988) was fantastic. In the barbershop, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall played every character in the scene. I think Eddie Murphy is the barber, Arsenio is the guy in the chair getting his hair cut and Eddie Murhy is the old white guy.
How did you guys miss this entire genre: Leslie Nielsen & "Airplane" (1980) and "Naked Gun." (year unknown but close). Those and Johnny Dangerously (1984), Top Secret (1984)...no one will ever make them like that, I don't think. THOSE are definitive 80s films.
.Oh yeah--the other choice is "The Breakfast Club."
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"Where enemies are made, reputations are earned and love is the most risky affair of all."
Really you have to watch the "I Walk The Night" video.
Reference: IMDb | Tuff Turf
Reference: YouTube | Tuff Turf | Trailer
Reference: YouTube | Tuff Turf | "I Walk The Night"
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M$Amazing sets, absolutely brilliant soundtrack, and who can really resist a good Connery movie?
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M$And the first time you saw Long Duc Dong, TELL me you didn't laugh!!
I'm also throwing in Weird Science because that movie was hilarious. Kelly LeBrock was also ridiculously hot. I think that was the first tiem I saw a girl in bikini panties. I had no idea they even made those...
Being a child of the 80's!
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I can still recall Marty (Michael J. Fox) and the fast cars, the different setting in the future and the past makes it an interesting movie plus the many funny scenes that comes with it. I would surely vote for Back to the Future as the best 80s movie of all time! I think this is one of the best Robert Zemeckis film too.
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M$Reason why it's so epic is that there surely aren't that many full length movies before it that have been filmed in similar underwater conditions as they built for The Abyss. It's simply in it's own class. DVD version has interesting documentary about creation of the movie (I found lighting part of things quite interesting considering that large part of the movie was underwater).
It's not perfect (no movie is) but the end result is very good overall. They got Oscar for Best Visual Effects (1990) and Golden Reel Award "Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects" from Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA.
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Not only was ‘Footloose’ entertaining, the soundtrack was awesome. I have to say I’ve have watched it at least 30 times. “We just want to dance!”
‘The Outsiders’ was more drama field for me. I really could related to the characters. It had Matt Dillon in it and I fell in love!!! There was plenty of eye candy there for a young girl with Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, and many more. This was actually one of the only movies that I could watch with my Dad that we both enjoyed. Finally a movie that teenagers could watch with their parents and it not be lame. It left me in tears. I watched it again recently when I came out on DVD.
‘Flashdance’ was awesome for me. This was the first movie I got to see boobies in. I thought that was cool haha. Plus I was interested in seeing what the future years had in store for me. This one really made all the girls want to be a dancer.
And for the record, 'Sixteen Candles' is by far the best Molly movie!
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Even though its dated its still a great story!
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I love the movie ''Heathers'' -- especially the tagline: "What I need is cool people like you out of my life!"
First was Conan the Barbarian (1982).
Why you ask? Well first of all, what other movie has a future governor of California saying "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women." and reveals the shocking fact that Darth Vader was in fact a snake demon who loved steel!
In all seriousness, this movie was one of my favorites of all time. I recently watched it again (after a couple decade break) and pretty much could recite every line before it was spoken. Yes, it seems a bit "cheesier" now that I'm all grown up, but it was great for the type of movie it was, fantasy.
The second movie on my 80s list is Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981)
Much like Conan, this movie was a great fantasy flick for teens like me. It single-handedly made me yearn for a car with giant back wheels and a blower popping out of the hood as well as defining what the coolest of "lone wolves" would look like.
It would be a couple decades later before I realized that my two Hollywood heroes (rather the actors portraying them) didn't quite match my expectations, but I still look back on both movies fondly.
If I had to pick just one, I would have to go with Mad Max. In an odd way, it was my first exposure to foreign film. While I realize that there was no apocalypse leading Australians to drive around in death machines and that Thulsa Doom didn't really exist, both were very entertaining (the main reason we watch movies, right?)
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My single most favorite 80's movie is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, because it's the first movie I watched in my life, and it has influenced me more than any other film from the same decade. Everything from Archaeology to Politics were covered. There's adventure, comedy, drama, and romance, and the music and scenery were exciting. The story is about an intellectual who knows how to get his hands dirty and stand up for his principles. The world still lacks people like that, so I think it is a great movie for young people today. Older people should watch and learn from it, too.
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Even the Kleptomaniac revealed her absolute loneliness by coming to detention because she had nothing else better to do or anyone to do it with and the most popular girl in school had to struggle to keep herself on a pedestal.
Who could forget their cute little dance number?
Who could forget when the nerdy guy said to the popular girl that it's okay for her to continue to ignore him when they went back to school and she stated she doesn't ignore her friends.
In one day their lives changed forever.
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Teen angst? No thank you. Bruce Willis trying to save people with nothing but his bare feet, inside a skyscraper? Yes!
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And "Better Off Dead" is another 80s movie, focusing on the many difficulties that a simple love note can do when it gets into the hands of others.
Valley Girl gets my vote!
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M$''Just One of the Guys'' used to be on cable all the time, and I would watch it whenever it came on. If you read the reviews of this movie on Amazon, you will see that many people consider this movie to be a masterpiece, as insightful as anyone's doctoral dissertation.
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Jennifer Grey was great as a shy, naive, little miss goody 2 shoes. It's always those quiet ones for whom you have to WATCH OUT! This movie has great music, comedy, drama, sexiness and the controversial subject of abortion. What more could you ask for in a movie. I could watch this movie over and over (and I have).
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The movie was set in New York City at the New York City for Performing Arts where gifted students learn to hone their craft. There are actors, actresses, singers, dancers, musicians etc. The movie is mostly about four of these students that are followed from the time that they auditioned to get into the school to their graduation.
It is one of a very few movies that I have watched more than once and enjoy it each time.
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Without The Breakfast Club we wouldn't have Young Guns, Short Circuit, Stakeout, Maximum Overdrive, Men At Work, and many more 80s movies that helped jump start even more careers (not you Bon Jovi, you still suck). I realize the same can be said for each of these movies but The Breakfast Club is one of THE most mentioned movies when anyone talks about the 80s. Period.
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Hey, ease up on Bon Jovi! I grew up going to a rival high school in New Jersey and I was a top-40 on-air personality from 1990 to 1993, playing mostly rock like Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Aerosmith, etc...
And Livin' on a Prayer is on a new Chipmunks CD. I instantly recognized the song on my 5-year-old son's CD--the backing track is identical, or close--but I got a jar when the singing started.
By playing them at the same time on this age and using the pause button at bottom left of each video, you can stnc them--damn near identical and now available to masses of kids who can't understand the lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mPIsrD2UT0
Cheers!
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Plus this is where I learned about the 4th wall. Great use of the fourth wall here.
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I was in high school when this came out and really struck a cord with me. John Hughes was a master of teen angst... ANY John Hughes movie would be a suitable "Best of the 80's" movie.
You have forgotten one other JH movie: Weird Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfRnXBPRp_0&feature=related
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M$The 15th year anniversary is coming up on June 7!
The four characters had the most hilarious nicknames: Mikey, Mouth, Chunk, and Brand!
Chunks Truffle Shuffle is unforgettable compared to the other 80's movies up for the award, they can't compare!
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Without a doubt, my vote goes to The Breakfast Club. A great director and the beginning of many of the actors careers started with this movie as mentioned before.
But beyond that, the movie itself has all the classic elements of a great film. The handsome good boy, the pretty good girl, the kooky girl, the nerdy boy and most important of all, the hot bad boy.
All of these characters eventually blend together in one united force against the ridiculous authority figure. (Who didn't have that teacher?!)
And then we gradually see that all these people are not exactly what they are pigeon-holed to be. Their time together connects them and yet will it change them or will they continue on with the facade they give to the world?
As a teenager, you instantly knew the answer to that.
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M$It had so much in the movie to think about a ponder, and was fascinating enough to watch over and over.. We all loved Back to the Future as well, and The Karate Kid .. was a very inspirational movie to me.. even more so when I had the priviledge to meet Pat Morita in real life, as he was related to a friend I went to school with. I remember her bringing him to show an tell ... Another family favorite was Pete's Dragon .. But for me personally.. I think would have to be The Never Ending Story, and the Karate Kid tying.. Although I loved Back to the Future .. as well 80's movies were really good movies to relate to.. had good value...and were fun.. I always talk about how I wish they would make new movies with the 80's movie style.. But now, Instead they are taking the other approach I do not necessarily like.. and are remaking the 80's classics like Karate Kid.. Instead of remaking it.. Why couldn't they add a Karate sequeal and just make it where the original master was the teacher of the new guy :) ...That would make more sense instead of remaking the original .. keep the story going.. with the new teacher and new student.. they could have even brought back the old student as an adult .. in parts of.. Anyhow.. 80's movies are definately special in the classics.. I vote Karate Kid.. final answer :d .. It had a good story line, good picture, good graphics.. and was realistic, and inspiring.
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You must be horrified to hear of the new remake/redux of Karate Kid, with the son of Will Smith and Jackie Chan in the starring roles. But I also loved Daniel-san and Miyagi.
Yes, Jason.. It sure did.. I think I spent hours venting on facebook I was so upset over it :) .. Hopefully I can do well enough on mahalo to buy all the original karated kid movies :D .. Less venting and more working.. definately on my things to do list.. ..
I can think of several movies that were not mentioned that have always been personal favorites of mine: Dirty Dancing, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Weird Science, Footloose, and Stand By Me.
However, my personal favorite 80s movie of all-time would have to be Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, based on the song by Cyndi Lauper. This was the debut of Sarah Jessica Parker, and served as the movie that launched her Hollywood career. When I was a kid, I watched this movie over and over again, either by myself or with my friends, singing to the songs and dancing along.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089469/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOxViR7eCuM
Willow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096446/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-P03NGSP6Y
The Last Unicorn
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084237/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXjwRIDEOi0
...all of which are also.. some of my favorite movies of all time lol I could never choose.
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