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Posted by bas on Nov-10-2009 09:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Total Recall was 1990 Bas

OH FUCK

Posted by kr00t0n on Nov-10-2009 09:49:

quote:
Originally posted by denys envy
Anyone mention The Princess Bride? Spaceballs? (edit: it's in oscar's list, nevermind)

Both epic, but I though they were 1990.

Posted by Sushipunk on Nov-10-2009 09:53:

quote:
Originally posted by kr00t0n
Both epic, but I though they were 1990.

Spaceballs was '87!

Edit: So was Princess Bride!!

Posted by Danny Ocean on Nov-10-2009 10:09:

If 1990 counts, then so does 1979, and i throw in Apocalypse Now.

Boom.

Posted by Fledz on Nov-10-2009 10:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Spaceballs was '87!

Edit: So was Princess Bride!!

87, best year.

Posted by BlueSky on Nov-10-2009 11:55:

Lethal Weapon 1,2 (1987/1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Red Heat (1988)
Iron Eagle 1/2 (1986/1988)
Terminator (1984)

Posted by TranceGiant on Nov-10-2009 15:13:

quote:
Originally posted by daydreamer
Cinema Paradiso 1988

/thread

not only "of the 80's", though. More like "ever".

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-10-2009 15:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
If 1990 counts, then so does 1979, and i throw in Apocalypse Now.

You can't call Apocalypse Now an 80s movie. It's your archetypical 70s movie, where an auteur director is given complete creative control by the studio and ends up going massively over-budget. This kind of film was comprehensively killed off by Michael Cimino's disastrous Heaven's Gate in 1980, and the 80s became a decade of tightly controlled, highly profitable studio films in the Jaws template.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-10-2009 15:42:

If 1979 counts, I will toss in the original Alien.

Posted by Specimen303 on Nov-10-2009 15:45:

Bad Taste
evil dead
ghoulies
troll
critters
killer clowns from outer space

Posted by Scoops on Nov-10-2009 16:01:

The Empire Stikes Back
Amadeus
Platoon
Chariots of Fire
ScarFace
Wall Street
E.T
Do the Right Thing
The Untouchables
The Shinning
Terminator
Full Metal Jacket
AirPlane!
Bull Durham
The Killing Fields
Vision Quest
Blade Runner
Raging Bull
Hoosiers

Posted by Dj Minaya on Nov-10-2009 19:22:

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-10-2009 19:24:

I'm sorry, but Scanners is a pretty crap film when you get past the exploding heads. Definitely not the best Cronenberg film of the 80s.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-10-2009 19:26:

The Fly.

Posted by Dj Minaya on Nov-10-2009 19:26:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I'm sorry, but Scanners is a pretty crap film when you get past the exploding heads. Definitely not the best Cronenberg film of the 80s.

Oh not at all.

I can't help but love it in all of its cheesy glory though.

No idea how the main actor even got past the audition phase either. That guy was straight up awful.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-10-2009 19:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Minaya
Oh not at all.

I can't help but love it in all of its cheesy glory though.

No idea how the main actor even got past the audition phase either. That guy was straight up awful.

Okay. I'm still not getting my head around this "80s cheese" concept properly. And I agree about Stephen Lack. My brother has the theory he's supposed to be emotionally blank, because his character has never had any real human contact. I just think it's terrible acting.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-10-2009 19:30:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Okay. I'm still not getting my head around this "80s cheese" concept properly.
quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
...half the reason [most] people rave about 80s movie is the campy, cheesy aspect of them rather than artistic excellence.

Or to put it another way: it seems like a lot of people consider a good '80s movie to be one that you can spend as much time making fun of as you do actually watching it.

Posted by Dj Minaya on Nov-10-2009 19:33:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Okay. I'm still not getting my head around this "80s cheese" concept properly. And I agree about Stephen Lack. My brother has the theory he's supposed to be emotionally blank, because his character has never had any real human contact. I just think it's terrible acting.

Oh it's definitely terrible acting.

I'll have to spend a little time thinking about what 80's films I really do enjoy though and consider well made.

Posted by woscar on Nov-10-2009 19:33:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Okay. I'm still not getting my head around this "80s cheese" concept properly.

It means we are fully aware that they lack any artistic merit, but it's the shit we watched growing up so it holds a special or sentimental value for us.

Posted by Protege on Nov-10-2009 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Crossland

It grows on you hehe

this reminds me, i hate it when movie posters dont put the actors name above/below their picture. How hard is it to do it right? I know some actors get 'top billing' or whatever but come on it looks retarded to me.

Posted by Scoops on Nov-10-2009 20:27:

Posted by Tom Smykowski on Nov-11-2009 01:37:

quote:
Originally posted by netroM

Can't believe noone mentioned Back to the Future

lol, i read that as "i cant believe anyone mentioned Back to the Future" and I got all raged up on the internets, then i re-read and i still have alot of that rage in me that I need to get out, so FUCK YOU! BACK TO THE FUTURE 1&2 ARE THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE! EXCEPT FROM STAR WARS 4-6! SO KINDLY SIT ON THIS THEN FUCK RIGHT OFF!

Posted by mdamon7278 on Nov-11-2009 08:05:

WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD, one of thee best movies!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4nawKe2cc

Posted by Capitalizt on Nov-11-2009 08:13:

can't believe nobody has mentioned..

Posted by Tom Smykowski on Nov-11-2009 11:16:

i just woke up, gonna light up this joint then watch this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093072/

god damn it living without having a job sure make things 'ubercomfortable! i wonder if ill make it thru this movie lol, cant recollect having seen it..

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