April 7, 20187 yr Coming to America War Games Dead Poets Society Lost Boys National Lampoon's Vacation Christmas Vacation Edited April 7, 20187 yr by Jerry Callo
April 7, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said: Coming to America War Games Dead Poets Society Lost Boys National Lampoon's Vacation Christmas Vacation Forgot about Porky's. Good call
April 7, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said: I was quoting Police Academy the other day ("not on broccoli, not on cauliflower)- was thinking about showing it to my 13 yo and 9yo. I can't remember much about it. Is it fairly clean? also reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons quotes: Homer Simpson: STEALING! How could you? Why do you think I took you to see all those "Police Academy" movies, FOR FUN? I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE LAUGHING, DID YOU? Hooks drives over white jerk cadet’s feet. “Watch what you’re doing you dumb n****r!” captain harris: “oh shit” hightower flips cruiser over or something like that. Plus the leather bar scene.
April 7, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, utee94 said: Yeah, there were quite a few PG movies that actually showed boob. Even Goonies had a lot more mildly bad language than I remembered, I was recently watching it with my 8yo son and 10yo daughter and I had to keep telling them in asides, "Don't say that!" Hell, I think Woman in Red showed bush and it was PG or PG-13
April 7, 20187 yr 56 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Hooks drives over white jerk cadet’s feet. “Watch what you’re doing you dumb n****r!” captain harris: “oh shit” hightower flips cruiser over or something like that. Plus the leather bar scene. I think the actual quote from Harris to Hooks was: "you dumb, fat ji**aboo"- not that it's any better
April 7, 20187 yr 57 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said: I think the actual quote from Harris to Hooks was: "you dumb, fat ji**aboo"- not that it's any better Point of order...it wasn't Harris with the racist line, it was Cadet Copeland.
April 7, 20187 yr action - Raiders of the Lost Ark teen angst - The Breakfast Club soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie - Caddy Shack teen rom com - Valley Girl military action - Gallipoli Police action - Beverly Hills Cop comedy - Fast Times at Ridgemont High must do ____ to save ______ genre - War Games sports - Chariots of Fire Hottest 80's actress - Phoebe Cates Best SNL cast member comedy - Spies Like Us Sci-Fi - The Empire Strikes Back Edited April 7, 20187 yr by idigTexas
April 7, 20187 yr Hardbodies is the greatest worst movie of the 80s Let me introduce you to . Zapped would like a word with you And I watched each of them.Because boobs.
April 7, 20187 yr I think we got our first VCR around '82. That summer, everyday for lunch while I was at home, by myself, I whipped up some bean and bacon soup with a couple hotdogs and watched either First Blood or various porn. Wolverines!
April 7, 20187 yr I tried showing the original Karate Kid to my 11 yo a couple of years ago and it didn't go over well. She did love Goonies, back to the future and Gremlins thoughSounds like you and I are doing the same thing. Friday nights have become classic movie night. My 12 year-old loved Karate Kid... "It's almost as good as Ferris Bueller."
April 7, 20187 yr Hell, I think Woman in Red showed bush and it was PG or PG-13And what glorious bush it was.
April 8, 20187 yr Author 6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Hooks drives over white jerk cadet’s feet. “Watch what you’re doing you dumb n****r!” captain harris: “oh shit” hightower flips cruiser over or something like that. Plus the leather bar scene. And fallating lassard at the podium with a hooker, or was the #2?
April 8, 20187 yr One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach. All the damn vampires.
April 8, 20187 yr I have lots of favorite movies, but I think the two that I truly enjoy watching most are both in this genre. Back to the Future and Christmas Vacation. What is the right age to let a kid watch Back to the Future for the first time and have any kind of understanding as to what is going on? I let him watch Christmas Vacation with me and he didn't understand 3/4 of it but that was cool with me. In B2daFuture the entire thing wouldn't make any sense without some context and understanding.
April 8, 20187 yr Watched back to the future with daughter at 11 yo and she picked it all up pretty well. Had to explain a few things here and there to her. Actually a lot less explanation than the Star Wars trilogy
April 8, 20187 yr On 4/7/2018 at 10:05 AM, DoobieWah said: Let me introduce you to Blame It On Rio. Slick Jammin' Scammin' Scotty Palmer says you are wrong.
April 8, 20187 yr I have lots of favorite movies, but I think the two that I truly enjoy watching most are both in this genre. Back to the Future and Christmas Vacation. What is the right age to let a kid watch Back to the Future for the first time and have any kind of understanding as to what is going on? I let him watch Christmas Vacation with me and he didn't understand 3/4 of it but that was cool with me. In B2daFuture the entire thing wouldn't make any sense without some context and understanding. Never a bad time to watch Back to the Future.
April 8, 20187 yr Yeah, I don't know how anyone would ever have an issue with Back to the Future. Also, 48 Hours deserves more than one previous mention. Edited April 8, 20187 yr by PittsburghTiger
April 9, 20187 yr 12 minutes ago, Baboontyme said: I think I like The Golden Child a little more than I should. I can think of two very good reasons to like that movie.
April 9, 20187 yr In general I think 80s movies hold up better than 80s music. A few not mentioned: The Shining Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Pee Wee's Big Adventure
April 9, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, Nole-4-Life said: War Games is the definitive 80s flick to me. I think this one is better. It has the Cold War theme, though not at the level of nuclear annihilation, but is significantly funnier, and has the quintessential 1980s soundtrack.
April 9, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, honolulu horn said: In general I think 80s movies hold up better than 80s music. A few not mentioned: The Shining Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Pee Wee's Big Adventure The problem with movies today is analagous to the problem with music in the 80's, imo. Too much reliance on technology. The overuse of CGI in movies today is the same as the overuse of synthetic instruments in 80's music. It's why some people think Inception was a great movie because it had dazzling visuals. Never mind the thin story. In the 80's movies we got a lot of great, original stories. Sure, we still had synth-heavy soundtracks by one of the Jarre brothers or Jan Hammer, but they were solid stories. Not endless remakes, reboots, sequels and prequels like we get now. And the CGI has to be more elaborate and over the top than in the last movie every time. There was good music in the 80's but mostly it was superficial and shallow. Because of MTV it was as important to look good as it was to sound good or play well. Synth-heavy 80's music died when a bunch of bands from Seattle playing real guitars and real drums got popular. We need the same thing to happen in cinema. Of course pop music is dominated by AutoTune these days so maybe it's all ultimately a lost cause.
April 9, 20187 yr Movies today need to have GLOBAL appeal. They water them down, dumb them down, and make sure they don't offend anyone.
April 9, 20187 yr just a heads up...the lost boys is now available on netflix. it's not my favorite, but there are a ton of 80s "actors" and pop culture references in that flick. i feel a bit bad about it, but laughing at the coreys (especially haim), is one of the best aspects of tlb. thou shall not fall...
April 9, 20187 yr On 4/7/2018 at 4:02 PM, idigTexas said: action - Raiders of the Lost Ark teen angst - The Breakfast Club soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie - Caddy Shack teen rom com - Valley Girl military action - Gallipoli Police action - Beverly Hills Cop comedy - Fast Times at Ridgemont High must do ____ to save ______ genre - War Games sports - Chariots of Fire Hottest 80's actress - Phoebe Cates Best SNL cast member comedy - Spies Like Us Sci-Fi - The Empire Strikes Back Solid list. Spies Like Us is an underrated movie. SOULFINGER!!!
April 9, 20187 yr There's a whole bunch of stranger things nonsense going on in this thread. Seriously take off the nostalgia glasses for a moment and try to think of these movies critically.The same people complaining about formulaic movies today are the ones praising the 80's for originality, literally the decade where the blockbuster formula was established. What you liked at age 12 is not a valid measure of greatness. The fake processed plastic decade produced plenty of pop culture but little in the way of lasting art.
April 9, 20187 yr on the old board, i started a thread several years ago listing 100 comedies from the 80's, saying i didn't think any decade could come close to matching it. here is the list: what is it about the 1980's? maybe it was just when i grew up, but there are just so many great, classic comedies through the decade. this is my own list, in chronological order. and it was fucking hard to get this list down to 100 (i even cheated a little by grouping sequels in with the originals). and i left out movies like goonies, back to the future, stand by me, working girl, heathers, lucas, that are great, but might not technically be comedies. i can only imagine no other decade has this type of list:blues brotherscaddyshackairplaneseems like old timesmidnight madnessstripeshistory of the world part Ithe cannonball run 1 and 2arthurtootsiefast times at ridgemont high48 hoursporky'sdinerthe toya christmas storytrading placesvacation / european vacation / xmas vacationrisky businessmr momclasseasy moneyghostbusters 1 and 2this is spinal tapbeverly hills cop 1 and 2sixteen candlespolice academy (all of them)top secretrevenge of the nerdssplashbachelor partyjohnny dangerouslythe flamingo kidthe breakfast clubclueweird sciencepee wee's big adventurebetter off deadfletch and fletch livesspies like usreal geniusteen wolfbrewster's millionsthe sure thingfandangovolunteersferris bueller's day offcrocodile dundeethree amigosthe money pitthe golden childruthless peopleback to schooljumpin jack flashdown and out in beverly hillsabout last nightone crazy summergung howildcatsrunning scaredthe princess bridespaceballsraising arizonagood morning vietnamplanes, trains and automobilesthe witches of eastwickroxanneinnerspacedragnetadventures in babysittingthrow momma from the trainbroadcast newsstakeoutthe secret of my successblind datecan't buy me lovesummer schoolwho framed roger rabbitbiga fish called wandacoming to americanaked guntwinsmidnight runscroogeddirty rotten scoundrelsbull durhambiloxi blueslicense to drivei'm gonna get you suckawhen harry met sallybill and ted's excellent adventuresay anythingmajor leaguethe burbsuncle buckthe war of the rosesparenthoodsee no evil, hear no evilharlem nights
April 9, 20187 yr Michael Knight's favorite movie is The English Patient.That movie sucked and wrong decade, the best 2 movies from the 80's are Raging Bull and Do the Right Thing. That's not to say I don't enjoy watching Die Hard and Raiders of the Lost Ark and think they are great movies, but Porky's and police academy give me a fucking break. I'm sure in 20 years someone on surly will be waxing nostalgic about the merits of American Pie and Eurotrip.
April 9, 20187 yr on the old board, i started a thread several years ago listing 100 comedies from the 80's, saying i didn't think any decade could come close to matching it. here is the list:what is it about the 1980's? maybe it was just when i grew up, but there are just so many great, classic comedies through the decade. this is my own list, in chronological order. and it was fucking hard to get this list down to 100 (i even cheated a little by grouping sequels in with the originals). and i left out movies like goonies, back to the future, stand by me, working girl, heathers, lucas, that are great, but might not technically be comedies. i can only imagine no other decade has this type of list:blues brotherscaddyshackairplaneseems like old timesmidnight madnessstripeshistory of the world part Ithe cannonball run 1 and 2arthurtootsiefast times at ridgemont high48 hoursporky'sdinerthe toya christmas storytrading placesvacation / european vacation / xmas vacationrisky businessmr momclasseasy moneyghostbusters 1 and 2this is spinal tapbeverly hills cop 1 and 2sixteen candlespolice academy (all of them)top secretrevenge of the nerdssplashbachelor partyjohnny dangerouslythe flamingo kidthe breakfast clubclueweird sciencepee wee's big adventurebetter off deadfletch and fletch livesspies like usreal geniusteen wolfbrewster's millionsthe sure thingfandangovolunteersferris bueller's day offcrocodile dundeethree amigosthe money pitthe golden childruthless peopleback to schooljumpin jack flashdown and out in beverly hillsabout last nightone crazy summergung howildcatsrunning scaredthe princess bridespaceballsraising arizonagood morning vietnamplanes, trains and automobilesthe witches of eastwickroxanneinnerspacedragnetadventures in babysittingthrow momma from the trainbroadcast newsstakeoutthe secret of my successblind datecan't buy me lovesummer schoolwho framed roger rabbitbiga fish called wandacoming to americanaked guntwinsmidnight runscroogeddirty rotten scoundrelsbull durhambiloxi blueslicense to drivei'm gonna get you suckawhen harry met sallybill and ted's excellent adventuresay anythingmajor leaguethe burbsuncle buckthe war of the rosesparenthoodsee no evil, hear no evilharlem nights You answered your question in the 2nd sentence, it's because of when you grew up.
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