All right... enough of this love fest! let's bring on the hate
What 80's movies, bores you, irks you, rubs you the wrong way... or just flat out chaps your nads...??
I'll go first....
Any movie with Tom Cruise, didn't like him then, and most def don't like him now (does anybody?)
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF... I know it is almost blasphemy for an 80's movie fan to not like this movie, but I just don't dig it! John Hughes weakest, if you ask me!
DIRTY DANCING.... because... well, im a guy!
GHOSTBUSTERS... I know it's a classic, But I could just never get into it, for some reason!
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK... I love John C, I love Kurt R and Big trouble... is one of my favourite movies of all time. So why I don't like this movie is a bit of a mystery.... to myself as well!
Well, enough of mine for now, what are yours...??
Posted by x0x0ilymucho (Member # 6772) on :
teen wolf...alot of people love that movie and i love Michael J Fox's acting but...that movie just seems so ridiculous & it bugs me...
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
Probably at the top of the list would be Mac and Me. Even at age 6 I knew they were simply copying E.T. with less heart or concern for characters. Not to mention shoving McDonald's down our throats--yikes. I consider it a blessing from God himself that we had to leave the theater early to go to a Christmas party. Probably a close second would be Deal of the Century. It's always hard to see the people you respect in the cinema most sinking to the bottom, and why Chev even considered this confusing and flat story that not even he can squeeze anything out of (indeed what he was thinking at all during his "Dark Age" between Caddyshack and the first Vacation is anyone's guess) is beyond me. The same logic applies to #3, Speed Zone(!). Trying to force the last cent out of the Cannonball Run series when it was pretty much dead to begin with is bad enough; you know it's even worse when Candy's presence does absolutely nothing for it at all, particularly when you don't give him anything to do but walk around and wave at the camera (to be fair, the script may well have been changed without his consent after he signed on, which had also been the case with Going Berserk, the only other of his 80s films he can't prop up).
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
I agree with all of your picks, bad movies all around!
I got another one....
KRULL... what, are you kidding me? This sleep inducing snoozefest is considered some sort of a fantasy classic? Im still not sure if this was a sci fi or fantasy flick, but to be fair... I don't think the people who made it, did either!
Posted by Smayt Shatner (Member # 1500) on :
ET. seriously never liked it.bored the flash gordon boxer shorts off me.
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
JAYLEE im with you on that one mate !! Krull is just rubbish. Ive tryed watching it so many times and i just can't get into it!! All the reviews ive seen for it say that its a great film and in my opinion the film sucks..
Posted by Aruba4me (Member # 6258) on :
Dirty Dancing- I just never bought the hokey love story between Baby and Johnny and I'm a girl!
Karate Kid- I think it's predictable and boring. It must be a guy thing with this movie.
Caddyshack- I just don't see the humor. Must be a guy thing.
All of the Police Academy movies! What a waste of time.
Roadhouse. I don't mind a bad movie, but this is sooo bad!
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
Right there with you, on the POLICE ACADEMY flicks, daaamn those were bad!
CADDYSHACK is decent, but doesn't deserve its legendary status in my opinion!
And ROADHOUSE is just bad!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aruba4me: Karate Kid- It must be a guy thing with this movie.
Um, definitely not, it's been my obsessively all time favourite film for 20 years
As for my least fave, it has to be Blade Runner.
Posted by jdocster04 (Member # 5752) on :
Make it stop!!!
All of this blasphemy... Don't like Ghost Busters, Dirty Dancing, Road House, FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF!!! Say it ain't so....
And who doesn't like Krull??? Everyone likes a good kruller once in a while...
Posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36 (Member # 3150) on :
I agree with all the Dirty Dancing hate but then again I'm a guy.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
MAC AND ME was the WORST!
I have always hated TOM CRUISE too..he has always rubbed me the wrong way. Because of this Ive never seen TOP GUN (and I know that has a huge fan basis - but I wont rent it cuz I hate him!)
I hate hate hate ST ELMOS FIRE!
Also:
DIRTY DANCING RED DAWN FOOTLOOSE FLASHDANCE
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
Oh yeah... FOOTLOOSE and FLASHDANCE, hated those too!
That tractor chicken scene in Footloose is so laughablely bad... set to the booming sound of Bonnie Tyler's I NEED A HERO, really trying to pump up exitement, and then they are like going 5 miles an hour.... it's so lame!
It actually reminds me of that scene in Austin Powers, where Austin is approaching that one guard in a steamroller, and the guy starts screaming and puts his hand out, even though the steam roller is like 50 feet away.... funny stuff!
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Here's a real bomb... Batteries Not Included...that bit the big one junior!!
Other $hiteous picks are: Private Resort Date With An Angel Playing For Keeps The Burbs Nothing But Trouble Blue City Reform School Girls
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
Oh no you did not just diss THE BURBS!!!!!! the greatest 80's movie ever made!
Oh well, there's no accounting for taste...
And this is the hate thread, so you are of course entitled!
Posted by NowhereGirl (Member # 465) on :
i think i am right in line with most of you..
i do not like DIRTY DANCING, FLASHDANCE, & ST. ELMO'S FIRE either!
aruba, i definitely feel the same way about THE KARATE KID. it does seem to be a "guy" thing? i just don't care for it.
whoa, cindy.. DATE WITH AN ANGEL is great! you really didn't like it???
i disagree about GHOSTBUSTERS & FERRIS though,, i love those movies.
i'll think of more i am sure Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Not my "least favorite"...but certainly the most overrated 80's movie I ever saw: "Out Of Africa"!
How the [bleep] did this snoozefest win the "Best Picture" Academy Award of 1985?
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by cindymancini: Here's a real bomb... Batteries Not Included...that bit the big one junior!!
Aww, I still have a real soft spot for it despite all it's flaws due to it being the first film I saw at the cinema
Oh I just remembered Driving Miss Daisy, one of the most boring films I've ever seen.
[ 24. May 2008, 07:23: Message edited by: Helen_S ]
Posted by Aruba4me (Member # 6258) on :
Maybe that should be another thread...
"Worst Oscar winning 80's movies"?
Already mentioned: Driving Miss Daisy Out of Africa
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Yeah hey I've just been looking at all the oscar winners of the 80's and The Last Emporer is the only one I think is really excellent, a couple of the others are ok too like Platoon and Rain Man.
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
Which is why I think audiences should have some say--not total say, but a large degree of it to go along with the Academy and the critics--a pseudo Estates General if you will. After all, what the point giving it to films that fall completely off the scope 10 years later as if they were never made? We watch it, we should be able to vote as well.
Posted by Aruba4me (Member # 6258) on :
My vote for worst Oscar winning 80's movie... "Chariots of Fire"!
I couldn't tell ya who was in it, or what it was about, I just remember guys running and it was BORING!
Posted by joker (Member # 3840) on :
annie has to be the worst film evewr made
Posted by don swanson (Member # 6973) on :
hi can anyone help me? i'm trying to find out what this movie is. it involves a school of kids and their teacher. one of the kids see's men in the woods outside. they are wearing masks, one of them is a clown mask.the men then terrorize them of course til the kids fight back.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
That'd be FORTRESS.
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
quote:Originally posted by NowhereGirl:
whoa, cindy.. DATE WITH AN ANGEL is great! you really didn't like it???
I don't know...I tried watching it and there was this weird sound effect thing happening and I got annoyed. In all fairness, I didn't watch it in it's entirety. Perhaps I'll give in a second chance just because I like Phoebe.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I unfortunately own playing for keeps. Someone shoot me now.
Other really bad 80's movies.
ISHTAR Welcome to 18. Leonard part 6.
WE are DEVO
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
quote:Originally posted by Devolution: Devolution here,
I unfortunately own playing for keeps. Someone shoot me now.
WE are DEVO
How did one knowingly make that purchase?? My condolences.
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
WISEGUYS.... what a steaming pile that was! I wonder what Joe Piscopo is doing today...
STAYING ALIVE... How could Stallone direct the gayest movie ever made, that doesn't make any sense!
And speaking of Travolta, those talking baby movies were a pain!
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
That soundtrack is the pits too.
We are DEVO
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Pink Flamingo Yentl Chariots of Fire
Posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36 (Member # 3150) on :
quote:Originally posted by JAYLEE:
STAYING ALIVE... How could Stallone direct the gayest movie ever made, that doesn't make any sense!
I always thought Top Gun was the gayest movie ever made.
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:Originally posted by Devolution: ...Other really bad 80's movies.
ISHTAR Welcome to 18. Leonard part 6.
I have not seen "Leonard, Part 6", but I remember Bill Cosby appearing on David Letterman's show, saying the movie was so bad, he wanted people NOT to see it! So, it must have been THAT bad! Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
I always thought Top Gun was the gayest movie ever made. __________________________________________________
Might be Sammy...! haven't really watched it that much, since im allergic to the Cruiser.... He makes me break out in hives!
Posted by Aruba4me (Member # 6258) on :
quote:Originally posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36:
[/qb]
I always thought Top Gun was the gayest movie ever made. [/QB][/QUOTE]
You are so right! If anyone isn't sure just watch the sweat glistening volleyball on the beach scene! I'm a straight girl and I can tell Top Gun is totally gay!
Posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36 (Member # 3150) on :
The volleyball scene was totally what I was thinking about.
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:Originally posted by JAYLEE: WISEGUYS.... what a steaming pile that was! I wonder what Joe Piscopo is doing today...
I agree! Not funny! I expected more from that movie.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I stand alone: I liked WISEGUYS and own a VHS copy!
Posted by jdocster04 (Member # 5752) on :
quote:Originally posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36:
quote:Originally posted by JAYLEE:
STAYING ALIVE... How could Stallone direct the gayest movie ever made, that doesn't make any sense!
I always thought Top Gun was the gayest movie ever made.
No way! Top Gun was a great flick. Nothing gay about What "the cruiser" did to Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan was hot as hell... Gay...
You want gay? You show me a milkman in high heels, now that's a dairy queen...
Talk to me Goose...
Posted by servo (Member # 2119) on :
Short Circuit The Toy Children of the Corn The Money Pit The Neverending Story
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
quote:Originally posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36: I always thought Top Gun was the gayest movie ever made.
Really? More "gayer" than The Boys In The Band? More "gayer" than La Cage Aux Folles? More "gayer" than Brokeback Mountain?
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
quote:Originally posted by servo: Short Circuit The Toy Children of the Corn The Money Pit The Neverending Story
Are you for real?!? Children of the Corn and The Neverending Story are absolute Classics !!!
Posted by Smayt Shatner (Member # 1500) on :
Ooh SCARFACE!! hate it i really do. i think Pacino is a genius but Scarface bores the ghostbusters underpants off me.Totally do not see the big deal with it. ''say hello to my little friend...'' does he mean himself cos he is short. Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I really like Scarface but I much prefer the original 1932 film.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I dont like SCARFACE either. It feels good to admit it , cuz my husband loves that movie (Dont MOST men?)and I think he thinks I like it too. I just think its stupid, over the top and as much as I love Al Pacino I really did not like him in SCARFACE. No sir, he did not convince me!
Posted by JAYLEE (Member # 6345) on :
Hated QUICKSILVER...! Not even my long time crush Jami Gertz could save this pile!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:and I think he thinks I like it too. [/QB]
LOL
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Scarface = overrated. The two words that describe the Spinal Tap Album Describe that movie.
We are DEVO
Posted by Arthur (Member # 6942) on :
I don't like The Breakfast Club, but there are worse movies than it like Soul Man, Private Resort and Endless Love.
Posted by TheUltimateShield (Member # 7023) on :
Oh my gosh. Can someone reply to Don Swanson's post? When I read it, something totally clicked and I remember it too! What was it?
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Mamamia answered, it's Fortress Posted by TheUltimateShield (Member # 7023) on :
Whoops! I saw that, but stupidly just checked out the first "Fortress" on Google and saw the Christopher Lambert movie. Now I see what she meant! Thanks. I wonder why that film stuck with me too
Posted by SammyHain 44DDD-26-36 (Member # 3150) on :
It's one of the most asked questions
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by JAYLEE: Hated QUICKSILVER...! Not even my long time crush Jami Gertz could save this pile!
Sorry Jaylee. Quicksilver is great in my opinion. Probably because I was really into bike stunts as a kid, as well as skateboarding. That's why I can't really label a movie "bad". Sure there are films I hate, but they are probably other people's favorites.
Posted by Gideon (Member # 6941) on :
I love Dirty Dancing. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. Ferris Bueller's Day off was one of my favs. too. I really liked Footloose and I haven't seen St.Elmo's Fire yet- but I want to. The Karate Kid was okay. I guess I probably would have not liked it if I hadn't of seen Ralph Machio for the first time in The Outsiders. I love that movie and i had never heard of Ralph Machio before that. My least favorite 80s movie is definately Labyrinth. Hated it with a passion. I ended up giving it away.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gideon: My least favorite 80s movie is definately Labyrinth. Hated it with a passion. I ended up giving it away.
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gideon: My least favorite 80s movie is definately Labyrinth.
WHAT???
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I tend to agree, Labyrinth is a classic, but to each his own. I hate Fried Green Tomatoes.
We are DEVO
Posted by The Horned King (Member # 2691) on :
The Doll Maker, made for TV, starring Jane Fonda.
Also, A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, made for TV, starring Nancy McKeon.
Because of these two films, I avoid trainyards at all costs, and cannot watch Facts Of Life reruns without remembering "Jo" getting the crap kicked out of her by her abusive onscreen ex-husband.
Posted by JohnG6 (Member # 7074) on :
I agree with the people who didn't like Dirty Dancing, but I probably can't remember many of the 80's movies I DIDN'T like because I never watched them again. On the other hand, I watched the ones I DID like over and over again.
I remember not liking Def Con 4 that much. I wasn't crazy about Karate Kid 2 or 3. The Boy Who Could Fly bored the crap out of me. I didn't like Arthur but I liked the sequel.
Posted by Gideon (Member # 6941) on :
I don't think i liked Labrynth that much because it just wasn't believable and the whole 'goblin' thing was just kinda weird.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I can't stand Vampre's Kiss w/Nicolas Cage. I watched it when it came out because I liked him and horror movies. It was like they couldn't decide if it was horror or comedy and they didn't do justice to each genre. As a vampire he was just a disgusting slob, I watched it recently just to see if it was half as bad, it was and then some.
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
I liked Labyrinth much more as a kid. I watched it again recently and it really didn't appeal to me like it used to.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Howard the Duck did indeed_____.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I totally changed my mind on Blade Runner when I watched The Final Cut version the other year Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Found Blade Runner to be boring..I think it was the original version. Should it be given a second chance Helen S?
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
I'd have to go with Sandler's Overboard; 90 minutes of torture with no actual story and no attempt to actually be funny.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Chris the CandyFanMan: I'd have to go with Sandler's Overboard; 90 minutes of torture with no actual story and no attempt to actually be funny.
I think you may be right Chris. Going Overboard was definitely horrible.
Posted by MIKE THE PIPER (Member # 9873) on :
GHOSTBUSTERS was over rated as well as Breakfast Club (but I did find that Ally Sheedy was very mysterious looking in a totally Hot kinda way) TOP GUN was a chick flick to me and all it was good for was Home theatre salesmen to sell speakers by showing the same jet scenes over and over.
But. If you Don't like CADDYSHACK or POLICE ACADEMY then I'm sorry, We can't be friends...
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