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Post by shannondegroot on Jun 6, 2020 16:49:37 GMT
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 6, 2020 18:19:23 GMT
Noticeable absence of Raging Bull
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 6, 2020 22:14:30 GMT
When I cut through the BS, here is all of the 1980's movies worth mentioning for me personally...
1)Scarface (1983) - 8/10
-)The Color of Money (1986)
3)Rain Man (1988) - 7.5-8/10
-)Lethal Weapon (1987)
-)Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
6)Blood Simple (1984)
7)Road House (1989) - 7/10
-)Christmas Vacation (1989)
-)Licence to Kill (1989)
-)Top Gun (1986)
-)The Natural (1984) (easily the #1 baseball themed movie straight up if you ask me)
12)Back to the Future (1985) - 6.5-7/10
p.s. those are the only 1980's movies among My Favorite Movies in general which contains 155 movies out of the 2,300+ total movies I have seen.
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Post by wolf359 on Jun 7, 2020 0:16:25 GMT
My own Number 1 Favorite out of All of them is "John Carpenter's THE THING".
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Post by marianne48 on Jun 7, 2020 1:14:26 GMT
Too much sax.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jun 7, 2020 2:04:18 GMT
overall are not as good as the films of other post-1940s decades. Just my personal opinion.
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Post by OldAussie on Jun 7, 2020 2:18:10 GMT
Not many greats and quite a bit of mediocrity. Worst decade of the 20th century.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 7, 2020 2:33:42 GMT
It's like being back in the video store as a kid, with wall after wall of tantalising titles there to tempt. I'd always be suckered in by the covers with hot women in states of undress, only to discover said woman wasn't even in the movie when I got home and watched it (she was a figure model for hire!).
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 7, 2020 2:54:44 GMT
Terrible decade for movies. On a typical night, nothing but poor choices at the 'plex. Here are my Top 20 of the entire decade. 3 of the top 4 are non-English language films.
Top 4 In Rank Order
Babette’s Feast / Gabriel Axel (1987)
Ran / Akira Kurosawa (1985)
House Of Games / David Mamet (1987)
Offert (The Sacrifice) / Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
Next 6 In Chronological Order
The King Of Comedy / Martin Scorsese (1982)
Aliens / James Cameron (1986)
Raising Arizona / Coen Bros (1987)
The Thin Blue Line / Errol Morris (1988)
The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover / Peter Greenaway (1989)
Crimes And Misdemeanors / Woody Allen (1989)
Next 10 In Chronological Order
Ghost Busters / Ivan Reitman (1984)
A Passage To India / David Lean (1984)
Back To The Future / Robert Zemeckis (1985)
Airplane! / Abraham, Zucker, Zucker (1980)
Atlantic City / Louis Malle (1981)
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial / Steven Spielberg (1982)
The Terminator / James Cameron (1984)
The Shooting Party / Alan Bridges (1985)
The Princess Bride / Rob Reiner (1987)
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 7, 2020 4:23:08 GMT
Great looking picture you got there, OP.
The 80s had many faults, but what a great decade for movies and music it was.
My Top 3 mainstream titles from that decade would be Back to the Future, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Batman, but there are so many other fabulous ones.
It was a fine decade for horror as well (much like the 70s). Also the golden age of the campy horror comedy subgenre, i.e. Night of the Creeps, TerrorVision. My pick for No.1 horror film of the 80s has to be The Evil Dead.
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Post by someguy on Jun 7, 2020 12:59:17 GMT
My favorites:
The Primcess Bride
This is Spinal Tap
Back to the Future II
The Shining
Heathers
Fletch
Back to the Future
Rocky IV
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Little Monsters
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Post by alpha128 on Jun 7, 2020 18:55:13 GMT
Noticeable absence of Raging Bull As you well know, the Movie Quote/ Star Trek: TOS Threads started with an '80s movie. And the '80s continue to be well represented over at the Movie Quotes board. Of the 192 movies that have been "trekked" to date, 52 of them have been '80s movies: 1980s Movie Quote/Star Trek: TOS Threads | Subject | Movie Title | Created By | Created On |
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Trekking Girl
| Working Girl (1988) | BATouttaheck | May 31, 2020 22:36 |
To Live and Trek in L.A.
| To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) | Dramatic Look Gopher | May 23, 2020 23:14 |
Trekballs
| Spaceballs (1987) | Catman | May 16, 2020 17:10 |
CaddyTrek
| Caddyshack (1980) | PaulsLaugh | May 3, 2020 21:27 |
Heavy Metal Trek
| Heavy Metal (1981) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Apr 4, 2020 15:59 |
Star Brew
| Strange Brew (1983) | Vegas | Jan 12, 2020 7:34 |
Trekking to America
| Coming to America (1988) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Jan 1, 2020 21:17 |
Trekking Places
| Trading Places (1983) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Dec 1, 2019 21:43 |
Dirty Trekky is at it again in Sudden Impact
| Sudden Impact (1983) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Oct 21, 2019 22:28 |
Trekbusters
| Ghostbusters II (1989) | kolchak92 | Oct 19, 2019 22:59 |
Beverly Hills Trek
| Beverly Hills Cop (1984) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Oct 15, 2019 12:48 |
This Is Spinal Trek
| This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | alpha128 | Oct 11, 2019 18:08 |
Ferris Bueller's Day Trek
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) | Popeye Doyle | Oct 6, 2019 15:46 |
Blues Trek
| The Blues Brothers (1980) | PaulsLaugh | Oct 5, 2019 13:43 |
They Trek
| They Live (1988) | alpha128 | Oct 4, 2019 17:49 |
Star Trek II: The Trek of Khan
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | kolchak92 | Oct 2, 2019 22:42 |
48 Treks
| 48 Hrs. (1982) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Sept 28, 2019 10:29 |
Little Trek of Horrors
| Little Shop of Horrors (1986) | Catman | Sept 20, 2019 17:54 |
Star Trek: First Blood Part II
| Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) | Popeye Doyle | Sept 20, 2019 10:28 |
Trek by Me
| Stand by Me (1986) | The Herald Erjen | Sept 14, 2019 19:18 |
The Princess Trek
| The Princess Bride (1987) | The Herald Erjen | Aug 30, 2019 16:42 |
Trek, Trains & Automobiles
| Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) | kolchak92 | Aug 28, 2019 21:38 |
Akira Trek
| Akira (1988) | Catman | Aug 10, 2019 15:22 |
Dead Trekkers Society
| Dead Poets Society (1989) | The Herald Erjen | Aug 8, 2019 5:38 |
Road Trek
| Road House (1989) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Aug 4, 2019 10:54 |
A few cheers now for Trekky Balboa!
| Rocky IV (1985) | Popeye Doyle | Jul 28, 2019 14:56 |
Trek Secret
| Top Secret! (1984) | The Herald Erjen | Jul 19, 2019 11:11 |
Ghosttrekers
| Ghostbusters (1984) | Dramatic Look Gopher | Jun 30, 2019 11:28 |
Trek to the Future
| Back to the Future (1985) | Popeye Doyle | Jun 27, 2019 17:44 |
Star Trek: Beyond Thunderdome
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | The Herald Erjen | Jun 15, 2019 2:05 |
Star Trek: First Blood
| First Blood (1982) | Popeye Doyle | Jun 10, 2019 13:36 |
Scar Trek
| Scarface (1983) | The Herald Erjen | Jun 1, 2019 10:37 |
Full Metal Trek
| Full Metal Jacket (1987) | Dramatic Look Gopher | May 29, 2019 8:41 |
Are you saying it's from the future?
| The Terminator (1984) | alpha128 | Mar 1, 2019 17:56 |
The Beast has many weapons. This was one of them. A changeling.
| Krull (1983) | alpha128 | Feb 15, 2019 18:50 |
So gentlemen, that's how it is.
| Batman (1989) | Popeye Doyle | Feb 7, 2019 10:53 |
Carlsen, she's not human. She's not a woman. She'll destroy you.
| Lifeforce (1985) | alpha128 | Jan 25, 2019 20:08 |
I'm gonna hide this tape when I'm finished.
| The Thing (1982) | Popeye Doyle | Jan 9, 2019 9:48 |
Behold the sword of power. Excalibur.
| Excalibur (1981) | alpha128 | Jan 1, 2019 17:25 |
What are your Prime Directives?
| RoboCop (1987) | Popeye Doyle | Nov 15, 2018 12:38 |
You go in, find the President, bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man.
| Escape from New York (1981) | alpha128 | Nov 12, 2018 18:25 |
Indiana Jones. I always knew some day you'd come walking back through my door.
| Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | Popeye Doyle | Nov 5, 2018 14:42 |
Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 47!
| Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | alpha128 | Oct 27, 2018 13:57 |
Oh. They've encased him in Carbonite. He should be quite well protected.
| Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | alpha128 | Oct 14, 2018 10:57 |
I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.
| Highlander (1986) | alpha128 | Sep 13, 2018 20:10 |
You cold-blooded bastard! I'll tell you what I think of it:
| The Running Man (1987) | alpha128 | Sep 10, 2018 18:31 |
You know, Colonel, we went to a lot of trouble to find you.
| Commando (1985) | Popeye Doyle | Aug 30, 2018 15:43 |
Just like Saigon, hey, Slick?
| Die Hard (1988) | Popeye Doyle | Jul 15, 2018 19:15 |
Which Lo Pan?
| Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | Popeye Doyle | Jul 15, 2018 15:25 |
I wish to speak to you now.
| Conan the Barbarian (1982) | Popeye Doyle | Jul 7, 2018 12:41 |
Here we are again, bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon, same kind of jungle.
| Predator (1987) | Popeye Doyle | Jul 6, 2018 14:53 |
Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?
| Aliens (1986) | Popeye Doyle | Feb 24, 2018 15:49 |
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Post by Raimo47 on Jun 7, 2020 20:34:39 GMT
Top 20:
1. The Howling
2. Rocky III
3. Rocky IV
4. Silver Bullet
5. Omen III: The Final Conflict
6. Halloween II
7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
8. The Terminator
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Licence to Kill
11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
12. Batman
13. Rambo: First Blood Part II
14. Predator
15. Commando
16. Christine
17. Rambo III
18. First Blood
19. The Shining
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 22:45:12 GMT
Top 20: 1. The Howling 2. Rocky III 3. Rocky IV 4. Silver Bullet 5. Omen III: The Final Conflict 6. Halloween II 7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 8. The Terminator 9. Raiders of the Lost Ark 10. Licence to Kill 11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 12. Batman 13. Rambo: First Blood Part II 14. Predator 15. Commando 16. Christine 17. Rambo III 18. First Blood 19. The Shining 20. A Nightmare on Elm Street Not many of those would make my list (Raiders, Batman, Shining, Predator) but that is a very unusual refreshing change of pace. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 8, 2020 0:34:11 GMT
All things being equal, that slew of movies perfect for an 80's kid.
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Post by wolf359 on Jun 8, 2020 14:42:31 GMT
LOL, A lot of My Favorite Movies actually came out in the 1980's.
That was a Great Decade of Movies.
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Post by janntosh on Jun 8, 2020 20:31:52 GMT
80s definitely had a lot of lows but some really good highs. Highs that films today struggle to emulate
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 9, 2020 5:49:01 GMT
Top 20: 1. The Howling 2. Rocky III 3. Rocky IV 4. Silver Bullet 5. Omen III: The Final Conflict 6. Halloween II 7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 8. The Terminator 9. Raiders of the Lost Ark 10. Licence to Kill 11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 12. Batman 13. Rambo: First Blood Part II 14. Predator 15. Commando 16. Christine 17. Rambo III 18. First Blood 19. The Shining 20. A Nightmare on Elm Street Some of those would make my own list (Predator, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Batman). Either way, it's a really distinctive list. A lot of fun movies on there. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 15, 2020 19:47:22 GMT
It's like being back in the video store as a kid, with wall after wall of tantalising titles there to tempt. I'd always be suckered in by the covers with hot women in states of undress, only to discover said woman wasn't even in the movie when I got home and watched it (she was a figure model for hire!). Yeah, each picture of all those famous or pretty well known 80s titles, got me very nostalgic, in a good way I guess. And what is quite impressive, is how striking most of the posters really are in design, colors and more. Specially with so many featured all at once, and still many of them stand out, either because they look interesting, sexy, exciting or just downright silly. But that rarely happens anymore, as I guess that kind of art of making or coming up with great/striking moiveposters design/art, is mostly done these days through Photoshop or something that look like it took about 5-6 minutes to make, sadly. Also, yes, I sure know the feeling of only ending up with an "interesting" film, because of some random hot babe on the front cover, to later on realize she was just hired for that simple reason to help fool guys like me, to waste their time and money on a real piece of turd. |
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Post by politicidal on Jun 15, 2020 21:59:14 GMT
Not sure why it gets so much hate, it had a pretty good output.
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