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The Next 100 best movies from the 80's (1 Viewer)

@Ilov80s - I've been thinking about your comments about Carpenter, and honestly I mostly agree. I just have movies like The Thing that I love, but the rest are spotty. For me one reason is who he works with - it's not like actors such as Kurt Russel are faves, and works with a few like that a ton. But more importantly, it seems more than most directors, Carpenter is there for the paycheck and a job. He doesn't seem to come off as though he gives two craps about the "art" of it, or particularly attached to his work and I think his movies reflect that a bit. He stays in his lane about as much as a director can do, and if you don't really like that lane I could see not many movies sticking for people.

I think only Halloween, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness, and maybe one that could show up here I would bother sticking my neck out for. The others have varying degrees of goodness for me, but nothing I would rate much higher than a 6 or 7/10.
He’s been pretty open that it’s all about the money. I respect that but it doesn’t always result in movies I love.
 
I have 2 Carpenter films still on my list. One is a longshot to make the main list at this point unless shuke and/or dan have it ranked super high, but it's a bit of a dark horse. The other is one where if it's only on my list I'll lose all respect for this exercise. It was on my snub list from the main 101.

Also have three other Carpenter movies just off my top 60 but in my 100.

We’ll definitely have 2
 
New thread: Worst movie based off a Stephen King book?

1.01 Salem's Lot
Dreamcatcher......didn't it have the dude from the TV show wings? It was reeeeal bad
Sleepwalkers was awful
The one where the machines attacked people - Maximum Overdrive

No spotlighting!

ya want a great spotlight?

CLASS OF 1984 - STEGMAN IS THE FUTURE! MICHAEL J. FOX GETS STABBED! HALLELUJAH!

... there ya go

:popcorn:

Never even heard of this. Won't be in the countdown.
I think it's on Tubi.

i know Tubi runs intermittent commercials ... but do they show the uncut version of flix? because this have one of my favorite "naughty bit" scenes of all-time.

yeah. you know the one.

anywho ... i guaran-EFFIN-tee that if @shuke watches this tonight he'll find a way to shoehorn it up in this mutha.

green USofA currency, at that.



btw, kp - care to give it a cheez rating?
 
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New thread: Worst movie based off a Stephen King book?

1.01 Salem's Lot
Dreamcatcher......didn't it have the dude from the TV show wings? It was reeeeal bad
Sleepwalkers was awful
The one where the machines attacked people - Maximum Overdrive

No spotlighting!

ya want a great spotlight?

CLASS OF 1984 - STEGMAN IS THE FUTURE! MICHAEL J. FOX GETS STABBED! HALLELUJAH!

... there ya go

:popcorn:

Never even heard of this. Won't be in the countdown.
Class of 1984 was one of the VHS boxes I walked by for years without picking up.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
 
68 (tie). Children of the Corn
shuke - #26

There are about 10 movies that I am absolutely floored weren't in the first thread or on either Lambskin's or Scoresman's lists. This is one of them.
Maybe because as a kid, we watched this so many times, all the kids in the neighborhood loved it.

I look back and I can't believe some of the stuff our parents let us watch. This came out in 1984, which would have put me at 11 and my brother and sister at 7 and 6. Maybe they didn't realize we were watching it, but I find that hard to believe.
Do people like this movie because of the story or do they really like the movie?
"Children of the Corn" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.

I was 11 or 12 at the time. I thought it was a great scary movie at the time, although the ending didn't hold up very well.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Even Gorbachev was rooting for Rocky!
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Even Gorbachev was rooting for Rocky!

that port stained jackarse ... dude were so soft

:lol:
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
That's like the best part, man. Not only did we beat our mortal enemies, we had them cheering for us at the end.

Rocky 4 is a terrible Rocky movie, but it is a fantastic 80s movie.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Agreed. I think the movie goes downhill fast after Apollo's demise.
 
I'm not convinced they didnt know Rocky 4 was bad. There's no way someone who watched the first Rocky saw the final cut of Rocky 4 and thought it compared in any way.

I get being pissed that it turned the franchise into a bit of a joke, but if you separate it from the rest of the Rocky franchise, it's pure genius 80s cheese at its peak.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Even Gorbachev was rooting for Rocky!
His birthmark wasnt. At least that was the skuttlebut on twitter during the fight.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Agreed. I think the movie goes downhill fast after Apollo's demise.
Series deserves a prequel
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.

Shuke, just remember...."The Russians love their children too".
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
That's like the best part, man. Not only did we beat our mortal enemies, we had them cheering for us at the end.

Rocky 4 is a terrible Rocky movie, but it is a fantastic 80s movie.

You guys are all missing the entire point of the movie, which is:

YOU DON'T NEED TO CHEAT TO WIN! YOU DON'T NEED DRUGS TO BE THE BEST. YOU NEED ONLY TO GROW A BEARD AND RUN UP A MOUNTAIN. YOU DON'T NEED STEROIDS, YOU NEED TO CHOP MORE WOOD IN THE SNOW! THAT'S HOW YOU WIN!
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
 
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71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lane in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
It was months of training…..and he became Apollo Creed in round one….and half way thru round two he became Rocky from Rocky I……and then
Combined the two fighting styles to finish him off.

Brilliant. And Micky would have been proud!!!!
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
That's like the best part, man. Not only did we beat our mortal enemies, we had them cheering for us at the end.

Rocky 4 is a terrible Rocky movie, but it is a fantastic 80s movie.

You guys are all missing the entire point of the movie, which is:

YOU DON'T NEED TO CHEAT TO WIN! YOU DON'T NEED DRUGS TO BE THE BEST. YOU NEED ONLY TO GROW A BEARD AND RUN UP A MOUNTAIN. YOU DON'T NEED STEROIDS, YOU NEED TO CHOP MORE WOOD IN THE SNOW! THAT'S HOW YOU WIN!
HELLZ YEA!! :merica:
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
the left
 
New thread: Worst movie based off a Stephen King book?

1.01 Salem's Lot
Dreamcatcher......didn't it have the dude from the TV show wings? It was reeeeal bad
Sleepwalkers was awful
The one where the machines attacked people - Maximum Overdrive

No spotlighting!

ya want a great spotlight?

CLASS OF 1984 - STEGMAN IS THE FUTURE! MICHAEL J. FOX GETS STABBED! HALLELUJAH!

... there ya go

:popcorn:

Never even heard of this. Won't be in the countdown.
I think it's on Tubi.

i know Tubi runs intermittent commercials ... but do they show the uncut version of flix? because this have one of my favorite "naughty bit" scenes of all-time.

yeah. you know the one.

anywho ... i guaran-EFFIN-tee that if @shuke watches this tonight he'll find a way to shoehorn it up in this mutha.

green USofA currency, at that.



btw, kp - care to give it a cheez rating?
I was thinking of another MJF vehicle. Both are on Tubi. Haven't seen Class of 1984.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
the left
no politics.
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
the left
no politics.
But Rocky is south paw!?!?!!
 
68 (tie). Children of the Corn
shuke - #26

There are about 10 movies that I am absolutely floored weren't in the first thread or on either Lambskin's or Scoresman's lists. This is one of them.
Maybe because as a kid, we watched this so many times, all the kids in the neighborhood loved it.

I look back and I can't believe some of the stuff our parents let us watch. This came out in 1984, which would have put me at 11 and my brother and sister at 7 and 6. Maybe they didn't realize we were watching it, but I find that hard to believe.

Definitely in my top 200 as well despite it's "B Movie" feel that hasn't aged well.
 
Rocky 4 definitely worthy of inclusion....I mean, middle aged dudes quoting that movie for four decades now.

The Definitive Rocky Rankings (not including Creed trilogy)

Rocky
Rocky 3 (peak Hulk Hogan as Thunder Lips, the ultimate male)
Rocky 4
Rocky Balboa
Rocky 2


Rocky 5 (we can just forget about this one)
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
You must have missed the point. He just needed to rediscover the eye of the tiger!
 
I'm not convinced they didnt know Rocky 4 was bad. There's no way someone who watched the first Rocky saw the final cut of Rocky 4 and thought it compared in any way.

I get being pissed that it turned the franchise into a bit of a joke, but if you separate it from the rest of the Rocky franchise, it's pure genius 80s cheese at its peak.
you are underestimating the power of blow
 
71 (tie). Rocky 4
Scoresman - #27

I remember seeing this in the theater. Even at the age of 12, I recognized how bad it was.
:penalty:

How bad it was? This is the 80s we are talking about. This is an absolute must see of Cold War Russia and the American underdog role of perseverance. Everytime I watch this movie I get motivated to do something. Not that I do anything, but I'm motivated for a couple minutes.

I have this #19 on my list. First real miss by the 100 crew

Meh. To me, Rocky III is the essence of the 80's. Rocky IV just seems like they're holding on to what was a great franchise. All of the Russians cheering for Rocky at the end? Get the **** out of here with this garbage.
Clubber Lang dont care about your essences or any Russians or any of their garbage
I just rewatched this recently. Mr. T really was an amazing villain.

Major issue though...he also goes down like a little sissy man...Rocky loses some weight and somehow becomes super fast by running on the beach for a couple weeks and all of a sudden he takes down Clubber Lang in 2 rounds.

NOT BUYING IT
You must have missed the point. He just needed to rediscover the eye of the tiger!
The scene when they show up to the Russian farm, and the Russian says to Rocky, "exactly as you specified", my small town dad was like, 'what does this Philly leg breaker know about farms??' 😂
 
Next up a 3-way tie with our #23 picks. Two movies I haven't thought about in some time, and one that should be a crime it wasn't on any other list.
 

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