80's movies - which stand the test of time (1 Viewer)

[RC94]

Running Scared (with Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines and Jimmy Smits) was another great 80s movies.

 

[Christo]

Which Cruise film do you like better than Risky Business?

The Outsiders, Top Gun, Color of Money, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Mission Impossible 1/3/4, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, Collateral, Tropic Thunder, Edge of Tomorrow. 

Nonsense

 

[The General]

It wasn't even "up" in the 80s.  Pure schlock.

If you were picking one movie to represent all that was 80's entertainment Top Gun would have to be in the argument. 

 

[massraider]

If you were picking one movie to represent all that was 80's entertainment Top Gun would have to be in the argument. 

True.

That doesn't mean it was ever good, or that it holds up well.  

The movie was the butt of jokes 8 months after it was out.

 

[The General]

True.

That doesn't mean it was ever good, or that it holds up well.  

The movie was the butt of jokes 8 months after it was out.

Yeah it's not like it's a timeless work of art but it has its place. 80's pop culture personified.

 

[SFBayDuck]

I think it was mentioned in here somewhere, but Overboard has been a favorite of my now 13 year old daughter for a few years now. 

 

[whoknew]

Man, if you didn't like Top Gun, then what're you even doing in this thread? Top Gun was awesome.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Man, if you didn't like Top Gun, then what're you even doing in this thread? Top Gun was awesome.

The flying sequences were great, but the romance was cliched. Good soundtrack.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Man, if you didn't like Top Gun, then what're you even doing in this thread? Top Gun was awesome.

I was pretty much an adult when that movie came out.  That's why I don't like it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Nonsense

I don't like those movies more than RB? 

 

[The General]

The flying sequences were great, but the romance was cliched. Good soundtrack.

The whole movie was cheesy as hell. But so was the whole decade.

 

[skol asylum]

Spies Like Us

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor films

I had a friend in school who had satellite TV (remember the big dishes) with all the movie channels and he'd record tons of movies. Late 80s and he'd bring me VHS tapes all the time with 2-3 movies each in them and my dad and I would have our weekend movie binges. Good times.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Next thing you know you souless old farts will say that Footloose is bad too. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

The whole movie was cheesy as hell. But so was the whole decade.

Exactly.

 

[skol asylum]

Eddie and the Cruisers

 

[LoadLetterPaper]

Better off dead is still one of my favorite comedy's

airplane, 3'oclock high , Beverly hills cop, revenge of the nerds... damn the 80's killed it for comedy's

3 oclock high is 80s legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxX4awWrgg

 

[Evilgrin 72]

3 oclock high is 80s legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxX4awWrgg

I still use "you can take that newspaper of yours and wipe off your #### with it" at least once a week.  GB Buddy Revell.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Ok.  It wasn't "this be Milt" it was "this being Milt"  

Time - Phrase

00:53:29 Not one minute longer or Milt will come for you.

00:53:33 Milt?

00:53:34 This being Milt.

00:53:38 Pretty heavy, hey, dude?

00:53:45 Girls back in 45 minutes

I just bet my balls............and shook on it.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Next thing you know you souless old farts will say that Footloose is bad too. 

all dance movies suck balls. 

dancing movies that save something by putting on a show are beyond the worst. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

all dance movies suck balls. 

dancing movies that save something by putting on a show are beyond the worst. 

but, but... angry barn dancing with a gymnastic twist!! 

 

[El Floppo]

all dance movies suck balls. 

dancing movies that save something by putting on a show are beyond the worst. 

Breaking 2 electric boogaloo contests this post.

 

[Quint]

3 oclock high is 80s legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxX4awWrgg

"Don't #### this up MITCHELL!!"

classic.

 

[rockaction]

"Don't #### this up MITCHELL!!"

classic.

Love this movie. So gritty in its own way.  

 

[Quint]

Love this movie. So gritty in its own way.  

brass knuckles

awesome.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

The first Conan movie is still as awesome today as it was in '82.

 

[TripItUp]

The first Conan movie is still as awesome today as it was in '82.

Agreed, holds up very well.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Love this movie. So gritty in its own way.  

I was thinking about the syntax and how it affected the overall mood... particularly in the more expository passages. The fifth chapter.. Where Honey meets the entire Australian soccer team. 

Yes, I did that from memory. 

 

[Lehigh98]

Anyone remember Cloak and Dagger with the kid from ET and Dabney Coleman?

Came out in 1984, must have watched it when I was 9 or 10 and was a fan.  Shooting and dead guys though.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Breaking 2 electric boogaloo contests this post.

dance combat doesn't count. 

 

[El Floppo]

dance combat doesn't count. 

So Lambada, Lord of my pants, doesn't count either 

Spoiler

also what my wife says.

 

[rockaction]

Watched Three O' Clock High thanks to the link. Holds up so well. So dystopic. I love how the end ends up with him and three women desiring him, kissing them in front of one another, never apologizing, never settling. Weird little period piece. Great stuff.  

 

[Osaurus]

Anyone remember Cloak and Dagger with the kid from ET and Dabney Coleman?

Came out in 1984, must have watched it when I was 9 or 10 and was a fan.  Shooting and dead guys though.

I remember it being pretty bad.  Shot on the Riverwalk in San Antonio iirc.

 

[LoadLetterPaper]

Anyone remember Cloak and Dagger with the kid from ET and Dabney Coleman?

Came out in 1984, must have watched it when I was 9 or 10 and was a fan.  Shooting and dead guys though.

Of course. Loved that S as a kid.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

Anyone remember Cloak and Dagger with the kid from ET and Dabney Coleman?

Came out in 1984, must have watched it when I was 9 or 10 and was a fan.  Shooting and dead guys though.

Loved it as a kid. Does not hold up.

 

[Brony]

A scant 32 years ago today, RAD came out in theaters and the world was never the same.  

 

[kentric]

I just bet my balls............and shook on it.

No more than three shakes please.  

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I never see it on any channel anymore,  which doesn't bode well, but I could see Johnny Dangerously holding up okay, especially since it was a period piece. 

 

[rockaction]

I never see it on any channel anymore,  which doesn't bode well, but I could see Johnny Dangerously holding up okay, especially since it was a period piece. 

Johnny Dangerously is still funny. He missed the bus. She missed the bus. We missed the bus.  

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I never see it on any channel anymore,  which doesn't bode well, but I could see Johnny Dangerously holding up okay, especially since it was a period piece. 

I have the DVD.  Need to fire that one up

so many great characters 

 

[Socrates11]

Just watched Hot Dog...The Movie again a few weeks ago. Popped into my head for some reason. Still holds up. Quite a few laughs and T&A all over the place. Good skiing too.

And of course "whatta da fuqua isa chinese downhill!?!" 

 

[Osaurus]

Just watched Hot Dog...The Movie again a few weeks ago. Popped into my head for some reason. Still holds up. Quite a few laughs and T&A all over the place. Good skiing too.

And of course "whatta da fuqua isa chinese downhill!?!" 

Sunny 

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Just watched Hot Dog...The Movie again a few weeks ago. Popped into my head for some reason. Still holds up. Quite a few laughs and T&A all over the place. Good skiing too.

And of course "whatta da fuqua isa chinese downhill!?!" 

I recently read/saw a behind the scenes story about that movie, and seems like it was a perfect storm of ingredients- -right director and Animal House-like setting and complete freedom--that made it overachieve.

 

[Brony]

Just watched Hot Dog...The Movie again a few weeks ago. Popped into my head for some reason. Still holds up. Quite a few laughs and T&A all over the place. Good skiing too.

And of course "whatta da fuqua isa chinese downhill!?!" 

I see that Hot Dog clocks in on Rotten Tomatoes at 30%; Hamburger checks in at 52%.   Of course,  they had a couple of years to tweak the recipe between the 2. 

 

[Socrates11]

Sunny 

"I had Sunny side up, unn I had Sunny side down, unn I had Sunny side all zee way around!"

 

[Hov34]

To Live and Die in L.A.

sort of.  If you can get past the Wang Chung soundtrack and seeing Defoe's ### every 10 minutes and William Petersen's dong - then it's a pretty entertaining cop movie.

 

[Anarchy99]

Watched War Games again the other night. It's clearly dated some now but still enjoyable.
It's a wonder Ally Sheedy didn't turn into a bigger star especially with WarGames, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, and Short Circuit all in a row.

 

[Christo]

To Live and Die in L.A.

sort of.  If you can get past the Wang Chung soundtrack and seeing Defoe's ### every 10 minutes and William Petersen's dong - then it's a pretty entertaining cop movie.

Love it

 

[Lehigh98]

A scant 32 years ago today, RAD came out in theaters and the world was never the same.  

I never saw it but my cousin-in-law is such a big fan that they named their son "Cru".

 

[Mr. Ected]

I never see it on any channel anymore,  which doesn't bode well, but I could see Johnny Dangerously holding up okay, especially since it was a period piece. 

Johnny Dangerously is still funny. He missed the bus. She missed the bus. We missed the bus.

Parking...

 

[belljr]

A scant 32 years ago today, RAD came out in theaters and the world was never the same.  

One of the greatest movies of all time

[ex bmx racer]

I have a bootlegged DVD (some guy basically copied the VHS tape to DVD and sold them)

I also own this book

https://www.amazon.com/My-Rad-Career-Bill-Allen-ebook/dp/B00LOUXZZ2