Inspired by Redlum and his avatar (http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2267)
Post your favorites and even not so favorites;
Teen Wolf
Back to the Future
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Wizard
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Back to the Future Series (though it dipped into the 90s)
ET
Christmas Story
The Boy Who Could Fly
...still waiting for the dvd
Batteries not included.
&
Short Circuit
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...still waiting for the dvd
Region 1 comes out July 8:
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On a related note:
http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1525
But have to add:
Lucas
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
You may well have just made my day.
Covers not too cool though.
Flight of the Navigator
i say soul man
I'm gonna stick to my favorites, one of my favorite mini genres this is...
bill & ted's excellent adventure
beetlejuice
adventures in babysitting
the goonies
raising arizona
say anything...
the breakfast club
after hours
the color of money
the great outdoors
something wild
heathers
christine
poltergeist (it's feel good to me)
raiders of the lost ark
ghostbusters
ghostbusters 2
ferris bueller's day off
drugstore cowboy (CRIMINALLY underrated)
back to the future trilogy
cocktail
fast times at ridgemont high
ET
That's as much as I can think of...love em all to death. Doing this made me notice something pretty cool-all the great films of the 80's (or my favorites at least) are feel good movies. The only serious 80's movies I can think of that I really love are Raging Bull, The Elephant Man, and Do the Right Thing. I think that's kinda cool. It's just a nice, feel good decade...good in it's own little way. This was a good thread.
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There's more, I'll edit later...
no, you edit now
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christine
poltergeist (it's feel good to me)
drugstore cowboy (CRIMINALLY underrated)
you felt good after watching these?
Hamburger....
Who could forget that cheesy-ass theme song: "Hamburgers across America!!!"
I'm starting to feel a little nauseous...
JOHN HUGHES TRILOGY DVDS
The holy grail of the cinema du John Hughes - Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science - is finally ready to be unleashed on September 2nd from Universal Studios Home Video. As the disciples of the pied piper of 80's teen cinema already know all too well, the long hoped-for reissues of these flicks have already been announced once and then postponed, so will this time be the charm? Let's hope so, and although full specs have not yet been announced, each will be newly remastered in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, plus trailers. Retail will be $19.95 each, or $39.95 for a 3-disc Brat Pack set. Stay tuned...
Just look for something starring Chevy Chase!
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christine
poltergeist (it's feel good to me)
drugstore cowboy (CRIMINALLY underrated)
you felt good after watching these?
Yup. I see how DC might be depressing to some but I find it pretty fun and light overall. I love the whole little family they have, Bob and all of them...all the narration and the super 8 stuff just makes me feel good. I guess Requiem for a Dream really killed any shock value DC may have had. It does get a little dark in the latter parts but nothing major. It all ends on a pretty good note. And then Poltergeist has also lost a lot of it's shock value. I didn't see that back when it was popular or really controversial either you have to remember.
As for the other three, I don't see why you sound surprised. They're pretty harmless. Something Wild is just what it sounds like to me, a crazy romp of a road movie. Again, maybe it does get a little scary there at the end and Ray Liotta is pretty fucking harsh but it's fun overall to watch. And Christine is just a great bad John Carpenter horror movie. :?:
One thing, I completely forgot to mention Full Metal Jacket amongst my favorite serious 80's movies. I still think of it as a pretty happy decade movie-wise though.
Quote from: Duck SauceInspired by Redlum and his avatar (http://xixax.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2267)
Post your favorites and even not so favorites;
Teen Wolf
Back to the Future
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Wizard
The Last Starfighter
Goonies
Say Anything
The Explorers
Gremlins
Wee!
Mine are
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Peanut Butter Solution
Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie (The Wiz Kid) (One of the best family movie ever, if you can find a decent un-german version)
Simon and the Dreamhunters
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christine
poltergeist (it's feel good to me)
drugstore cowboy (CRIMINALLY underrated)
you felt good after watching these?
Yup. I see how DC might be depressing to some but I find it pretty fun and light overall.
Yeah, and you cry during Punch Drunk Love :roll:
Seriously, no matter if you laugh your heart out all along Drugstore Cowboy, it is not a feel good movie.
Overall it really is man IMO. All things considered.
See, I can connect with PDL a lot more than I can with DC...hence my emotional reactions to CERTAIN PARTS in PDL...not the whole thing necessarily but CERTAIN PARTS...like when he cries in front of Walter. I can relate to a lot Barry goes through...not any of the phone sex stuff or the pudding stuff of course but some of the stuff with his sisters reminds me of me at school and some of the violent outbursts he has are definitely similar to the way I can be sometimes. I'm not a heroin addict, I have no idea what it feels like to go through that as Bob and others do in DC. Sure, I have empathy for Bob and his cohorts but nothing happens that brings me to tears. It's not a traditional feel good movie, not at all...and I doubt it was made with those intentions but the thing is...we all have weird reactions to movies and this is just an example of that.
PDL is more human and real than DC too...again, imo. DC almost becomes a little cartoonish at certain parts (ie. the dog story, a lot of the humor, the hexes, the whole thing with the neighbors shooting that cop).
Ok, maybe I don't really know what people mean by "feel-good" ...
now how could you forget
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great movie, worst dvd cover of all time. i like how they just drew on those sunglasses in photoshop in like 5 minutes. the real poster art is so cool.
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Quote from: Sigur RósJust look for something starring Chevy Chase!
Look for only this one:
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pretty much everything mentioned i like and would like to add(drum roll please).............
MANNNEQUIN just the first one
and the lost boys annnnnnnnnd Liscense to DRIVE
Hey, didn't you forget something?
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*gong chime*
I believe it was Socrates who once said, "I drank what?"
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also..
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adventures in babysitting
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Finally! There is somebody else out there. I love that movie and nobody else seems to have heard of it. I used to have the biggest crush on Elizabeth Shue, the babysitter...oh my god, it was disgusting. It was as extreme as the Audrey and Zooey obsession is now in the present. I still think she's kinda cute.
I actually bought and watched it recently, it's still fucking awesome. You should catch up with it too if you haven't already.
watched it yesterday, thats what made me think of it, loved it when i was a kid, still like it now. i first saw elizabeth shue in back to the future 2 and then i kept seeing her pop up in not only this movie but a bunch of other shitty ones. oh well. i thought she was hot then. enjoyable.
Elizabeth Shue is still very hot ... couple of funny lines I love from the movie ...
Girl in the college party: I'm so lonely!
Daryl: How could a righteous babe like you be lonely?
Girl: That's the sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me! Wanna go to bed ?
Chris: Now boys, if either of you give me any grief I swear to God I'll kill you. Dead, murdered, stabbed.
Daryl: Raped?
nobody leaves here without singin the blues..........
Slip me the cash and I'll slip you the weiner.
But I don't have the cash.
Then I don't have a weiner.
Oh, by the way, ebeaman...Thor's a homo.
I just watched Arthur and had a great time doing so. I had never seen it before. Fun little film (although the DVD sucks, it's not even in widescreen). Any news on a future Arthur DVD release would be nice.
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the latest cool name to name drop amungst " hipsters/phoneys" in the know is Steve Gordon, he is the guy who wrote arthor, he was this writter who was very fucked up and obsessed with death , and he died young
i keep hearing people drop his name as of late, the way people did with andy kaufman way before it became played out to talk about him
so yeah that sickens me, but ohh well
Didn't he only do like two movies too? That sucks.
I hope I didn't sicken you too bad by mentioning Arthur.
Quote from: life_boyDidn't he only do like two movies too? That sucks.
I hope I didn't sicken you too bad by mentioning Arthur.
no you didnt sicken me, what sickens me is when a great writter lives a fucked up life and then years later molly shannon name drops him
he wrote the one and only with henry winkler also
back to the sickens part, you could live a life that you feel is honest to yourself and you pay for it, and then the type of people you loath turn around and pretend they got you
and these are the same people that made your life hard while you were trying to conduct your career
Interesting. There's a lot of society that you hate, isn't there?
Quote from: life_boyInteresting. There's a lot of society that you hate, isn't there?
i am filled with passion, i am the ultimante latin lover, so yes i bleed for my art
but i do love stevie wonder
ZELLY AND ME with Isabella Rossellini and David Linch. actually that was a "feel down" movie. but closely associated with the 80s nonetheless.
Quote from: themodernage02JOHN HUGHES TRILOGY DVDS
The holy grail of the cinema du John Hughes - Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science - is finally ready to be unleashed on September 2nd from Universal Studios Home Video. As the disciples of the pied piper of 80's teen cinema already know all too well, the long hoped-for reissues of these flicks have already been announced once and then postponed, so will this time be the charm? Let's hope so, and although full specs have not yet been announced, each will be newly remastered in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, plus trailers. Retail will be $19.95 each, or $39.95 for a 3-disc Brat Pack set. Stay tuned...
In bad news for John Hughes fans, those waiting for feature-laden new special editions of his holy trinity - Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science - will undoubtedly be disappointed by the upcoming reissues due on September. We've received the final specs, and although all feature newly remastered 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfers and Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, there are no extras included at all aside from trailers, and Sixteen Candles doesn't even get that. While retail is a low $19.95 apiece, after all the wait and endless postponements, such bare-bones reissues are bound to be a letdown.
I am so there,
Why would they even rerelease them if they don't have any special features? Isn't it just like the versions that are out now (save Weird Science that hasn't had a DVD release, I don't think)?
Quote from: life_boy(save Weird Science that hasn't had a DVD release, I don't think)?
Then I have a
extremely early pre-release. I just hope this remastered one isn't another snapper case.