A dedication to the 80's
Well i've heard from a lot of people that the 80's were the best times ever. with funky hairdo's, bell bottoms, Soul and roxette you cant really argue much. Sometimes I wish that I could have experiences the 80's in its full glory, when life was slow and money had value (not to mention people had it as well). Movies those days were also not so much about character development, cinematography or deep plot/storylines as they were about fun and entertainment. I'd like to list a few 80's movies which I think are must watches.
The Breakfast club - Well if you want to find yourself, look at the breakfast club. Guaranteed that you will find more than 5 of your character traits within the 5 people here.
Mannequin- Watch it just for wonderful fun and Kim Katralls wonderful screen presense (not to mention one of the best pairs of legs hollywood has ever seen- some of you may remember the starship song "Nothings gonna stop us now", thats from this movie
Streets of Fire: The best rock and roll fable ever. No plot, no story, just Diane Lane (Sigh...) and a whole 2 hours of fun and entertainment
Dead poets society : well I cant say i enjoyed this one so much. But its a must watch to understand a lot of subtle american humor "oh captain my captain"
The elephant man: ok this is a great but extremely sad movie. A lot of current movies claim influence from this. Makes you think who the real "freaks" are in society.
FootLoose : Kevin spacey made it big here as a boy who discovers a new dancing technique. very 80's ish and who can forget the famous kenny loggins number ;)
Grease: olivia newton johns and john travolta's summer love. Very nice movie, almost all hollywood romances are influenced by this in a way.
The Karate Kid : Well this one is pretty self explanatory, but remember when you hear the words mister miyago, its from this "feel good" movie.
Pretty in pink : This is like the hollywood movie that is the godfather of current teen movies. Lots of nice to remember catchphrases like "may i admire you again today?"
The Rain Man: Wonderful performance by dustin hoffman bagged him the oscar that year. This is a must see movie in ANY book ANY where, if you havent watched it, thats ur problem.
Rocky: Although the original rocky didnt belong to the 80's its about the same. I am a huge rocky fan and believe that basically the world is devided into 2 groups, those who love Rocky and those who are yet to watch it. I own all 5 on DVD. "his whole life was a one in a million shot" - this has to be one of the best movie taglines ever.
Scarface : lots of people who've watched the GodFather dont know what scarface. Well i would say its part of the package. They should bundle both movies together. The poster for this is something which i've dreamed of owning all along. Shows that there is good/bad in people in equal shades.
The saturday night fever/Staying Alive movies: If you can sum up the 80's in one sentence, the names of these movies would be it.
The Shining : Well what can i say, Its a Kubrick. you're violating a law by not watching this.
Crocodile dundee : very kiddish move that still rocks my socks when im 23, specially the final scene (the sequal is trash)
BeetleJuice : If you havent watched beetlejuice, there was probably something wrong in your childhood
Breathless : this movie forever made Richard Gere a hollywood hearthrob. But must say that the romance is pretty intense.
Gandhi, monster squad, bmx bandits and goonies (my dad took me and my sis to watch these 3), The original nightmare on elm streets' , platoon, Raging bull, wargames, wierd science , Top Gun, Days of Thunder, terminator, the supermans, robocop, raiders of the lost ark, neverending story, mad max , gremlins, land before time (if we hold on together made this famous), hellraiser, ghostbusters, friday the 13th, the evil dead , the beverly hills cops series, Speak to me (Alphaville's forever young is from this), 91/2 weeks etc etc....
whew I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE MOVIE ABOVE. so you can just imagine how much i've waster my life. lol! no I think its not a waste of time, i've managed to do about everything i wanted to actually. I've been watching 2 movies a week from the time I was 12 so you can figure out how many movies i've watched during before i became 18
There prolly are other 80's movies which I have forgotten to mention, so when I watch them i'll update this post. If you havent watched any of the above, i Seriously recommend that you do. I think i'll write a bit more about the rocky movies someday soon, I feel they deserve a seperate post =)
Well i've heard from a lot of people that the 80's were the best times ever. with funky hairdo's, bell bottoms, Soul and roxette you cant really argue much. Sometimes I wish that I could have experiences the 80's in its full glory, when life was slow and money had value (not to mention people had it as well). Movies those days were also not so much about character development, cinematography or deep plot/storylines as they were about fun and entertainment. I'd like to list a few 80's movies which I think are must watches.
The Breakfast club - Well if you want to find yourself, look at the breakfast club. Guaranteed that you will find more than 5 of your character traits within the 5 people here.
Mannequin- Watch it just for wonderful fun and Kim Katralls wonderful screen presense (not to mention one of the best pairs of legs hollywood has ever seen- some of you may remember the starship song "Nothings gonna stop us now", thats from this movie
Streets of Fire: The best rock and roll fable ever. No plot, no story, just Diane Lane (Sigh...) and a whole 2 hours of fun and entertainment
Dead poets society : well I cant say i enjoyed this one so much. But its a must watch to understand a lot of subtle american humor "oh captain my captain"
The elephant man: ok this is a great but extremely sad movie. A lot of current movies claim influence from this. Makes you think who the real "freaks" are in society.
FootLoose : Kevin spacey made it big here as a boy who discovers a new dancing technique. very 80's ish and who can forget the famous kenny loggins number ;)
Grease: olivia newton johns and john travolta's summer love. Very nice movie, almost all hollywood romances are influenced by this in a way.
The Karate Kid : Well this one is pretty self explanatory, but remember when you hear the words mister miyago, its from this "feel good" movie.
Pretty in pink : This is like the hollywood movie that is the godfather of current teen movies. Lots of nice to remember catchphrases like "may i admire you again today?"
The Rain Man: Wonderful performance by dustin hoffman bagged him the oscar that year. This is a must see movie in ANY book ANY where, if you havent watched it, thats ur problem.
Rocky: Although the original rocky didnt belong to the 80's its about the same. I am a huge rocky fan and believe that basically the world is devided into 2 groups, those who love Rocky and those who are yet to watch it. I own all 5 on DVD. "his whole life was a one in a million shot" - this has to be one of the best movie taglines ever.
Scarface : lots of people who've watched the GodFather dont know what scarface. Well i would say its part of the package. They should bundle both movies together. The poster for this is something which i've dreamed of owning all along. Shows that there is good/bad in people in equal shades.
The saturday night fever/Staying Alive movies: If you can sum up the 80's in one sentence, the names of these movies would be it.
The Shining : Well what can i say, Its a Kubrick. you're violating a law by not watching this.
Crocodile dundee : very kiddish move that still rocks my socks when im 23, specially the final scene (the sequal is trash)
BeetleJuice : If you havent watched beetlejuice, there was probably something wrong in your childhood
Breathless : this movie forever made Richard Gere a hollywood hearthrob. But must say that the romance is pretty intense.
Gandhi, monster squad, bmx bandits and goonies (my dad took me and my sis to watch these 3), The original nightmare on elm streets' , platoon, Raging bull, wargames, wierd science , Top Gun, Days of Thunder, terminator, the supermans, robocop, raiders of the lost ark, neverending story, mad max , gremlins, land before time (if we hold on together made this famous), hellraiser, ghostbusters, friday the 13th, the evil dead , the beverly hills cops series, Speak to me (Alphaville's forever young is from this), 91/2 weeks etc etc....
whew I HAVE WATCHED EVERY SINGLE MOVIE ABOVE. so you can just imagine how much i've waster my life. lol! no I think its not a waste of time, i've managed to do about everything i wanted to actually. I've been watching 2 movies a week from the time I was 12 so you can figure out how many movies i've watched during before i became 18
There prolly are other 80's movies which I have forgotten to mention, so when I watch them i'll update this post. If you havent watched any of the above, i Seriously recommend that you do. I think i'll write a bit more about the rocky movies someday soon, I feel they deserve a seperate post =)
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