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What's your favorite 80's movie
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While looking through the local movie store, I came across the first Action movie I ever remember seeing Called "GOTCHA" (Starring a "young" Anthony Edwards). Yeah it's a little ont he Cheesey side, but I NEVER imagined I would ever find it on DVD!
Of course I bought it (And am watching it right now).
So, what movie(s) from the 80's is/are your favorite?
I have to add "Goonies" and "Labyrinth" to my 80's movie list too.
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"The Princess Bride" rocked
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Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
"The Princess Bride" rocked
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Still a great movie to see even now.
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Gymkata
I so want this movie on DVD.
But seriously, though I am really serious about Gymkata, the only films Stanley Kubrick made in the 80s were The Shining and Full Metal Jacket, so I'd have to vote for The Shining.
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Breakfast Club is definately up there. But, I'd have to go with Ferris Bueller.
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1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
but actually: 1980 The Empire Strikes Back
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"ET: The Extra-Terrestrial" 1982
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Originally posted by MacGorilla:
Better Off Dead rocks.
That's what I was gonna say. My #1 stereotypical 80's movie. So I'll have to throw in these:
Stripes
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Lost Boys
American Werewolf in London
Raising Arizona
Fandango
Beverly Hills Cop
Sixteen Candles
Planes, Trains, Automobiles
Breakfast Club
Midnight Run
Dead Poet's Society
Terminator
The Abyss
Blade Runner
The Thing
And, because I was very horny at the time, the horrible movie "My Tutor."
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Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
"The Princess Bride" rocked
Wonderful dialog and the best choreographed sword fight.
I also liked the duo: Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring
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SCIFI: Bladerunner, Abyss, ALIENS, Ghostbusters
Fantasy: CONAN The Barbarian, The Princess Bride
Comedy: Stripes, Caddyshack
Adventure: The Goonies, Indiana Jones, Full Metal Jacket
Drama: Silence of the Lambs, Dead Poet's Society
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Wasn't The Thing from 90s?
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Originally posted by olePigeon:
Wasn't The Thing from 90s?
No.
I forgot Silence of the Lambs was in there. Good pick.
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Good list so far. I'll just add:
Raging Bull
Amadeus
Henry V
And my pick of best movie of the 80's:
Brazil
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Dead Poet's Society (1989). Great movie and so inspiring too!
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I'm choosing to pick not just movies released in the 80s (aliens, princess bride, indiana jones, which I will kill to get dvds of) but movies that best epitomize the 80s.
Thus:
The Breakfast Club
Heathers
That is all.
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Paris, Texas
Wings of Desire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blood Simple
Das Boot
The Dead Zone
off the top of my head...
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nobody has mentioned Back To The Future!!
..Back To The Future.
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Originally posted by scottiB:
Paris, Texas
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off the top of my head...
Oh man. Wenders at the top of the list.
That movie was so boring.
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nobody has mentioned Back To The Future!!
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Lamers. You're missing hte best one:
Also, its GOTCHA, not gatcha.
Another good one would be.... GREMLINS.
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Blue Velvet (my sig)
Heathers
this is Spinal Tap
Meatballs (1)
Flashdance
First Blood (Rambo)
Rocky movies
Top Gun
All big time movies although not all favs of mine, just more to think about.
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They Live!
Wasn't really that great, but had a lot of cool one-liners.
Lots of memories in this thread...
I darn near wore out my parents Top Gun tape when I was 5. Crocodile Dundee was kinda funny.
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Originally posted by scottiB:
Paris, Texas
Wings of Desire
Das Boot
The Dead Zone
off the top of my head...
Yesss.... Great choice.
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Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
And my pick of best movie of the 80's:
Brazil
Hands down.
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Originally posted by BlackGriffen:
They Live!
That movie was totally neat. Cheesy but neat.
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I know its been mentioned, but
all the way.
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Originally posted by DeathMan:
Big Trouble in Little China
Another shout out for BTiLC!!!
Jack Burton rules.
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Originally posted by MindFad:
I used to watch that like every other day when I was a kid.
"hey, how-WEIRD" (instead of howard)
heh.
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Originally posted by BlackGriffen:
They Live!
Wasn't really that great, but had a lot of cool one-liners.
Of course! "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum." (too bad the movie doesn't exist anymore in stores)
I also would have figured that in a computer forum people would have chosen 1982's Tron.
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Originally posted by signal68:
Lamers. You're missing hte best one:
Also, its GOTCHA, not gatcha.
Another good one would be.... GREMLINS.
- Ca$h
Ooops, thanks for catching that typo (My excitment at the time was in overdrive).
Wow! All these good 80's have caused two different thought paths to occure in my mind:
1st: This 80's FLASHBACK is making me think of FLASH DANCE which is making me think of that song "Apple II for ever" *Gets a eerie cold chill on back*
2nd: This 80's backflash is making me think of a TIMEWARP, which is making me think of Rocky Horror Picture show, which is making me think of 'Meatloaf" as a Transvestite, which is reminding me how bad I feel as I keep getting told I'm a "virgin" as I've never "Properly" seen Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Oh Man! This thread which started out so good, as come right around and kicked me int he butt! How awful is that!
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Tron kinda blew as a movie.
The Thing was 1982.
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I recently discovered this:
Pure Class - Hanks should never have stopped doing Comedy.
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Any of the cheech & chong movies, classics.
Oh, the outsiders too, and river's edge.
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Originally posted by Jansar:
Of course! "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum." (too bad the movie doesn't exist anymore in stores)
Sure it does. I recently bought the dvd.
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Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
Hanks should never have stopped doing Comedy.
When did I ever?
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Ah, that would have to be Time Bandits.
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Originally posted by The Placid Casual:
No contest.
The Sure Thing.
John Cusack at his best...
haha, I totally forgot all about that, great movie. How about Soul Man, funny as hell.
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Some pure CLASSICS have to be....
* Goonies
* Back to the Future (all three - the third one was made in 89, even if it wasn't released until 1990)
* Top Gun
* Ghostbusters
* Labyrinth
* Karate Kid
* Predator
and my all time favourite....
Transformers the Movie!!
It's got Orson Welles, Lennoard Nimmoy and Judd Nelson!!
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I have that theme song in my head:
Gotcha! I getch you if you get me, too late to turn back now... ( obviously way off).
After seeing that film everyone I knew wanted one of those tranq guns.
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