The Wizard
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I picked up some more cheep 80s VHSs today;
The Night Before (1988) The Monster Squad (1987) Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
not having seen any of them before, should I get & watch the first Eddie and the Cruisers before watching the 2nd?
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You either love or hate Eddie and the Cruisers, I remember when Eddie lives came out when I was in high school and I had no interest. I don't know if you would like it, unless you want to hear "the dark side" 700 times.
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The Wizard
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Just finished watching it (Eddie and the Cruisers II), ehh it's ok nothing really special, not enough to want me to splash out on the first DVD but enough to make me buy it if I see the VHS going cheap. It did have a trailer for "They Still Call Me Bruce" on it which is great because I'm intending to make a PAL DVD-R that has both "They Call Me Bruce?" and "They Still Call Me Bruce" on it including the trailers.
As for The Monster Squad, great film, I have seen it before but my memory of it was very vague just remember the bit at the end about reading out the words from the book.
What other 'kids rule' films are there? so far I've got:
The Goonies The Monster Squad Frog Dreaming aka The Go-Kids aka The Quest BMX Bandits The Dirt Bike Kid RAD My Science Project D.A.R.Y.L. Ghost Chase E.T. Mac & Me The Breakfast Club Weird Science Pretty in Pink Some Kind of Wonderful The Wizard
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Stand By Me and Little Monsters
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The Wizard
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Good call on Stand By Me, I'd forgotten that one. What's Little Monsters like? don't think I've seen that one.
One more for the list, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I recently did an edit of the DVD cover for the current b3ta.com challenge: Oooh I say! Posts: 1334 | From: UK | Registered: Sep 2002 | Site Updates: 0
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oh my god i loved mac and me i used to watch it all the time. and now i try to tell people about it and no one has heard of it. that movie made me so emotional as a kid and mac was so damn adorable.
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Little Monsters is a great film starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. it definitely follows suit w/ ur basic "kids rule" flix. The movie is about a kid and and a kid monster who wreak havoc and learn valuable lessons aswell. lol. Great movie, one of those you see when ur young and love forever... at least for me. definitely check it out. Other movies for your list:
Adventures in Babysitting and.... Explorers
i know there are many more...just give me time.
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quote:Originally posted by RiverPhoenix4life: Little Monsters is a great film starring Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. it definitely follows suit w/ ur basic "kids rule" flix. The movie is about a kid and and a kid monster who wreak havoc and learn valuable lessons aswell. lol. Great movie, one of those you see when ur young and love forever... at least for me. definitely check it out. Other movies for your list:
Adventures in Babysitting and.... Explorers
i know there are many more...just give me time.
Tootles!
You are absolutely right River. Little Monsters rules all of movie history. I've loved it ever since I was very young. I still remember the first time I watched it.
"Flight of the Navigator" and "The Wizard" kicks Azz too.
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A little bit of trivia for Eddie & The Cruisers II. The bass player in his band in the movie is MARK HOLMES, lead singer for the 80's Canadian Glam band PLATINUM BLONDE. Back in the early to mid 80's they were Canada's answer to Duran Duran with a more rock influence. Great band. Check out their CD ALIEN SHORES. That's their best one IMHO.
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haha i have seen eddie & the cruisers, like 50 times..but never saw eddie lives. i hear it wasn't great. but i want to check it out sometime. i own the soundtrack from the first eddie, but my 2 favorite songs from the movie are not on it ... "wild summer night" and "tender years."
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I think its clear to see that I am a huge fan of both "Eddie & The Cruisers" 1 and 2. I love both movies. I must admit that the first one was so much better than the second. I always thought Michael Pare (Eddie Wilson) was the coolest.
Eddie & The Cruisers has th best ending in my opinion. Just shocking.
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