I'm somewhat embarrassed to say I have never seen:
Some Kind of Wonderful-(on my Craig to do list though) Something Wild Night of the Creeps Howard the Duck-(I'm sure I tried, but just couldn't do it) Ferris Bueller's Day Off-(impossible to believe but true) Highlander
There's many more, but those are definitely some of the must sees-(except for the Duck of course) Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Since you are a huge Craig Sheffer fan from "Fire With Fire".. you probably want to hold off on watching "SKOW" because it might just change your romantic opinion of him. Of course, "SKOW" is Paul's all-time fav and you might lose log-in access if you don't hurry up and watch it. - Joking aside "Some Kind of Wonderful" is an awesome movie and I actually like it better than "Pretty In Pink".
In the meantime.. rush out and find "Night of the Creeps" it is a hidden gem.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
I'm starting to think nothing will compare with his role in FWF-he seems to play a lot of oppositional roles. My son signed us up for netflix so I should be able to catch up on everything-and then some Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Pretty much most of the big 80's movies I have seen but these have escaped me
Luggage of the Gods! The Idolmaker
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
Well, of the list there's really only two movies you should be 'embarrassed' not to have seen, since they're both stone-cold classics and (coincidentally) both John Hughes movies. The others are fairly well known, but only 'Highlander' was a hit. 'Night of the Creeps' is one of those movies that most people hadn't even heard of until the internet told them it existed (it is a good movie).
Your list of shame is only really two movies long! I envy you watching them both!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
quote:Originally posted by logan5: Your list of shame is only really two movies long! I envy you watching them both!
Oh Bamersy's list of shame is much longer than that! .. wait you said movies .. uh .. Nevermind. Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
I've never seen Valley Girl. Ever. Or had any desire to.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Them be fightin' words Even my husband has seen Valley Girl-being married to me he kinda had to Of course that means I've had to see more than my share of Tromaville movies-so I guess it evens out!
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
Have you seen Tromeo and Juliet? Funny Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
I'm not able to sit through most of them (except Toxie)-though I vaguely remember Lemmy from Motorhead being in it.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
here is a list of movies i havnt seen or dont remember seeing sorry but these just slipped through 16 candles april fools day blind date killer klowns from outta space my best friend is a vampire prom night savage streets supergirl and last of all dare i say it??? the shining thoughts and opinions good/bad on these movies will be appreciated.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Love 16 Candles Killer Klowns is the best! The Shining is good-lots of memorable scenes. Saw Supergirl in the theater-must have evaporated out of my head immediately after though
I have never seen (dare I say it) The Goonies!
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by oneyedwilly: the shining
Wow Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
You saw Supergirl at the theaters and you've never seen The Goonies? Probably a good thing since you would have been encouraging Andy to ride up on Troy's bucket!
oneyedwilly - You need to seek out "Sixteen Candles".. it is a must! And "The Shining" is consider by many to be the best horror movie of the 80's.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
1984 was when I had a friend working at each of the two local theaters. Saw a lot of movies that year. Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
So what happened after 1984? Did you and Mark Ratner break-up or something?
"Look at you: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. I'm tellin' ya, Rat, if this girl can't smell your qualifications, then who needs her, right? "
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
OH MY GOD! Not seen Goonies, someone hasnt seen ferris bueller - wow. Then again i havnt seen shining - seen loads of references to it and got the jist of it from the simpsons episode but now based on comments i will get 16 candles this weekend and watch it possibly tonight and i will also buy the shining - these are considered a MUST have so it seems in any 80s collection.
Is supergirl and april fools day worth buying at all. Are they iconic - i saw april fools day in the video store when i was about 12. Has it got a girl in white with a kitchen knife on the cover??
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
oneyedwilly, try to get Savage Streets, pronto! It doesn´t get much better than that.
I´m afraid that the fantastic 2-disc SE dvd is already OOP though...
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
atmomik, this looks pretty good. Linda blair - really?? WOW. ok ill give this one a go too. Thanks atomik.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valley: So what happened after 1984? Did you and Mark Ratner break-up or something? "
Both guys were just friends-if they were interested in more they were too shy to say so. Which was fine with me-had to beat them off with a stick in those days
I guess at the time I just thought The Goonies was more of a kid movie. I'm sure I'll see it and Ferris too.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Both guys were just friends-if they were interested in more they were too shy to say so. Which was fine with me-had to beat them off with a stick in those days
You still beat them off with a stick! You just do it before they say anything!
quote:I guess at the time I just thought The Goonies was more of a kid movie. I'm sure I'll see it and Ferris too.
Hmm... how old were you in '85?
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Look Water Fountain girl.. clubbing little Mark Ratners at the movie theater is almost as cruel as going with Tommy to watch his face in 3-D. And I thought I was a legend in my own mind..
btw, you should totally give "The Goonies" a chance. Though it is better to watch it at a younger age the first time.. it should still be good though.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Originally posted by logan5: Hmm... how old were you in '85?
15/16. That year I had my first boyfriend. We went to see movies like Dreamscape-(awesome), Dune, Purple Rain.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Val-I would never have been Tommy's girl. Randy 4-ever Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
At some point.. you are going to start thinking.. How?? .. ha.. I actually swiped this from when I posted about it a few years back in the Halloween Scary Movie Thread:
I haven't seen "Dreamscape" in years, but for anyone that enjoys analyzing dreams or even scarier....nightmares, this is a flick you need to watch. I highly recommend this movie for anyone that hasn't seen it yet. Dennis Quaid is excellent as a guy with a special gift recruited by the government, but the real star is David Patrick Kelly who will truely give you nightmares. Fans of the flick "Commando" will remember him as Sully, but he plays an even darker character in "Dreamscape".
How about Eddie Albert who we loved in "Escape To Witch Mountain" playing a completely different character as the President of the United States..
I remember 80'sRocked checked it out!
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Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
That poster makes Dreamscape look like Indiana Jones! Talk about false advertising!
quote:15/16. That year I had my first boyfriend. We went to see movies like Dreamscape-(awesome), Dune, Purple Rain.
Yeah... too old for Goonies. Kids like to watch films about people older - not younger - than themselves.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
logan5 .. hold up.. Brand & Andy were at least 15 in "The Goonies", so I think that is part of the reason that it appealed to alot of older kids too.
"Braces? I don't wear braces, Mikey wears bra... Mikey! That little..."
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
no idea
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Off the top of my head?
Indiana Jones (never saw any of them) Crocodile Dundee (don't think I need to see these) Romancing The Stone Jewel of The Nile Steel Magnolias Breaking All The Rules Rad Fletch Hellraiser
Just a random list...there's many more...
Posted by Secret Admirer (Member # 3574) on :
Cindy, you haven't seen Fletch? Fletch?! That's just outrageous
I can't think of any well known movies that I haven't seen yet, I'm sure there are tons, but I am currently working my way through the B movies and worse. Watching these films...well...it's usually fun and horrible at the same time.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:logan5 .. hold up.. Brand & Andy were at least 15 in "The Goonies", so I think that is part of the reason that it appealed to alot of older kids too.
In terms of physical attractiveness, sure. But younger people will always gravitate towards things that seem a little older and 'cooler'. So a fifteen year-old in '85 would've potentially seen Goonies as a kids movie (even though there is a lot of stuff to enjoy) and just been turned off by the idea. A fifteen year-old in '85 would've watched... 'Return of the Living Dead' or 'Terminator'. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there were plenty of people in their mid-teens who watched and loved Goonies, but there would also have been a large group that would've naturally gravitated towards things that seemed more mature. Hope I'm making sense.
quote:no idea
You're being over-emotional.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
quote:Originally posted by logan5: That poster makes Dreamscape look like Indiana Jones! Talk about false advertising!
Yeah... too old for Goonies. Kids like to watch films about people older - not younger - than themselves.
very true logan, i never realised that but in hindsight its incredibly true.???wonder why?
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
if i think about ages i watched certain movies this kind of makes sense. i watched return of the living dead at about 14-15 and loved it, just awsome movie and terminator about 12 which i felt was too much for me and so dont really have much of a kinship with that movie. right movies at the right age = total nostalgia imo.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:very true logan, i never realised that but in hindsight its incredibly true.???wonder why?
I think as we get older we begin to forget just how much a small age difference made back when we were kids. To a 12 year-old a 16 year-old is practically an adult. Kids like to always feel that they're moving forward. If they think something is a step back it would seem 'infantile'.
I saw Goonies at about the age of 11, and I loved it. I was a hair under the age of the 'kids', and there were a few teens to make it seem even cooler. I saw 'The Monster Squad' at around the age of 13/14, and I thought it was a kids movie! Like you, I was starting to watch all the 'genuine' action / horror movies that I'd missed ('Halloween' / 'Friday the 13th', etc).
quote:right movies at the right age = total nostalgia imo.
Totally. Timing makes all the difference.
A friend of mine said when he saw Goonies he found it unremarkable, but that he loved E.T. and was totally nostalgic for it. The difference? 11 for E.T. 14 for Goonies.
Those few years seem to make all the difference!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I actually totally agree with your points logan5 & Oneyed. I do believe age especially between the age of 10-16 can influence your connection to a particular film. I was just pointing out that even though it might be considered a kids movie by most.. the addition of teenage characters can still make the movie appealling to that 14/16 range.
My example would be "Adventures In Babysitting" .. depending on your age at the time you watched it.. it could be classified as 'The Quest For Thor' because of Sara or as 'I Want To Marry Chris Parker' for any teenage guy because of Elisabeth Shue.
"Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues."
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Nicely analyzed, you guys. It really is about the line that goes from pre-puberty to purberty. "Adventures in Babysitting" is a fine example, Valley. It has elements that are appealing across the spectrum. I'm still knocked out by the clever soundtrack. If you expose kids at a young age to really, really good music--e.g., the blues or jazz--you wil give them a lifetime gift. This movie does that. And it's cute and funny too. You can't beat that.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by cindymancini: Off the top of my head?
Indiana Jones (never saw any of them)
So what theme do you have in your head whilst running for the bus?
Fletch is a classic, Crocodile Dundee not so much, though I'm sure every man on this site has, at least once in their life, put on an Australian accent and quoted the line: "That's not a knife...now THAT'S a knife!"
I've never seen...
Losin’ It Class (some of it) A Fish Called Wanda Officer and a Gentlemen Iron Eagle (some of it) Fame Flashdance (some of it)
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kash: A Fish Called Wanda
Lucky you Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Right on There'll be no morning for us! It´s one of the most overrated flicks IMHO.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:My example would be "Adventures In Babysitting" .. depending on your age at the time you watched it.. it could be classified as 'The Quest For Thor' because of Sara or as 'I Want To Marry Chris Parker' for any teenage guy because of Elisabeth Shue.
Ah... what a difference a few hormones make!
Mind you... 'A Night on the Town' will always be the quest for Thor to me!
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So what theme do you have in your head whilst running for the bus? 