80s Movies! [Archive] - The Technodrome Forums

Misfit

11-01-2003, 05:06 PM

I can't be the only one here who has a love for 80s movies, so I thought I'd dedicate a whole thread to them!

Use this thread to discuss the best, the worst, and the "guilty pleasure" movies from our time's best decade, the 1980s. U'll start the ball rolling with a little list (which is in no order, btw):

Best
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Back To The Future Trilogy
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Karate Kid (1st one only)
Ghostbusters (1st one only)
Beetlejuice
Batman
Stand By Me
Labyrinth
Return To Oz
Lady In White
The Goonies
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Desperately Seeking Susan
Top Gun
Dirty Dancing
Smithereens
NeverEnding Story

Guilty Pleasures
Supergirl
Legend of Billie Jean
Grease 2
The Wizard
The Princess Bride
The Worst Witch

Worst
Making Mr Right
Superman III and IV
9 1/2 Weeks
Just One of the Guys

That's my list for now, let's have yours. :)

Oh, and if you love 80s movies, visit this awesome site: http://www.fast-rewind.com/

Karpo_007

11-01-2003, 05:57 PM

To name few best ones, Die Hard, Terminator, Aliens...

Trunks

11-01-2003, 06:21 PM

GOOD
star wars
terminator
tmnt
princess bride
bad
exersist
labrynth
Just a few and personally I like ghost busters 2.

Bowser_Koopa

11-01-2003, 06:54 PM

tmnt 1 was in 1990

Trunks

11-01-2003, 07:29 PM

it was filmed and produced in 89 so I consider it an 80's movie.

Bowser_Koopa

11-01-2003, 07:33 PM

ok, i see that makes sense :)

Misfit

11-01-2003, 08:43 PM

it was filmed and produced in 89 so I consider it an 80's movie.

Good point, maybe I should add it to my list.

Cascadia

11-01-2003, 08:51 PM

I have watched a few '80s movies

ET
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Indiana Jones---on currently on DVD
Beetlejuice

That Matt Guy

11-01-2003, 09:56 PM

Worst: Mac and Me.

damnhooligan

11-01-2003, 11:30 PM

Worst: Mac and Me.That movie scared the sh** out of me as a kid.

My favourite 80s movie: Better off Dead

Kid Icarus

11-02-2003, 11:08 AM

Breakfast Club, Beetlejuice, Weird Science, and Poltergiest

Mars-Chan

11-02-2003, 12:12 PM

Breakfast Club, Beetlejuice, and Howard the Duck.

WHAT?! It's a funny movie! I swear! :D :lol:

Leo656

11-02-2003, 06:41 PM

I agree with most of the choices listed here, but I can't entirely hate on "Just One of the Guys" because of that one scene near the end... YOU know which one I mean... damn that girl had a nice pair of.... eyes.... :o

Taloniss

11-02-2003, 06:46 PM

Everything everyone's said, and Superman III is a good comedy IMO.

Brodie

11-02-2003, 06:56 PM

Everyone forgets Predator. Are me and CQB the only ones who think God made that flick himself?

Eye of Sarnath

11-02-2003, 06:59 PM

It had God in it (aka Arnold Schwarzenegger).

cqb101

11-02-2003, 07:06 PM

Predator
Aliens

A lot more......

Reznorite420

11-02-2003, 09:06 PM

Best:
Escape From New York
Evil Dead 1 and 2
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Robocop
Star Trek 2, 3, and 4
Ghostbusters (BOTH of 'em)
Howard the Duck
Aliens
The Terminator
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Coming to America
Return of the Living Dead
1984
Highlander
The Naked Gun
History of the World Part 1
Spaceballs
The Running Man
Big Trouble in Little China
The Thing (1982, what the computer game is based from)
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Lethal Weapon
The Last Starfighter
Platoon
Predator
Superman 2 (4 was OK, but not the best)
Beetlejuice
They Live ("Hey, what's wrong, baby?")
An American Werewolf in London
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's Life of Brian (if this wasn't 80s, tell me)
Poltergeist
Indiana Jones 1 and 3
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Labyrinth (trunks is a heretic :P)
Die Hard
Back to the Future 2
Batman
Top Gun
Fright Night
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Masters of the Universe

Listing "guilty pleasures" is superfluous since liking 80s movies is a guilty pleasure in itself :D

Worst:
Anything with Molly Ringwald in it
Adventures in Babysitting
The Princess Bride (I'M a hertic for that :roll: )
The Punisher (NOT because he didn't wear the skull (f**king fanboys), but because it was just a bad movie)

impetus

11-02-2003, 09:45 PM

There's a lot, but my faves are

Ghostbusters
Spaceballs
Batman
Princess Bride
Roger Rabbit
Predator
Bill And Ted
Dick Tracy
Star Wars
indiana Jones

others, obviously, but there's a few.

Though I don't care for it now, Home Alone was one of my faves as an 80's kid.

Leo656

11-02-2003, 10:28 PM

Nice list Rez, but I can't dis Molly Ringwald cuz I've seen her naked and I was very pleasantly surprised... (anyone curious knows how to find me...) :P

Mondo J. Gecko

11-02-2003, 10:44 PM

Here's my list:

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Back To The Future Trilogy
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Beetlejuice
Batman
Superman (that was in the 80s right?)
[EDIT] and Star Wars ( 2/3 of them were in the 80s)

Leo656

11-02-2003, 11:17 PM

I'm diggin' that list too but Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was in 91 or 92 I believe. Close enough, though. PARTY ON, DUDE! :D

Misfit

11-03-2003, 03:38 AM

Worst:
Anything with Molly Ringwald in it
Adventures in Babysitting

Aw no way, man. Ringwald was great in Sixteen Candles (her best film by far IMHO) and Adventures In Babysitting is hilarious in a juvinile way.

That Matt Guy

11-03-2003, 07:14 AM

Here's a couple of good ones that nobody mentioned:

Revenge of the Nerds
Platoon
Pumaman

And Superman came out in 1978.

Kid Icarus

11-03-2003, 07:53 AM

Did you all know that Molly Ringwald got hideously ugly over the last decade? Her face gives me nightmares now.

Brodie

11-03-2003, 02:48 PM

I thought the Breakfast Club was good...Just cause Judd Nelson is harsh.

Reznorite420

11-03-2003, 03:19 PM

Here's a couple of good ones that nobody mentioned:

Revenge of the Nerds
Platoon
PumamanBest:
...

Lethal Weapon
The Last Starfighter
Platoon
Predator
Superman 2 (4 was OK, but not the best)
Beetlejuice

...;)

BTW, I don't remember anybody mentioning the first Superman movie (I mentioned the second one)Did you all know that Molly Ringwald got hideously ugly over the last decade? Her face gives me nightmares now.No sh*t...just look at her in "Not Another Teen Movie".

Brodie

11-03-2003, 05:38 PM

She was in that?

SkaterMike

11-03-2003, 05:44 PM

Pretty much the same as everyone else:

Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Batman
Ferris Bullers Day Off (I love this movie, but hardly watch it because of TBS playing it every other weekend :x )
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bruce Campbell Movies
Ghostbusters
Predator
Aliens
Terminator
Who Framed Roger Rabbitt

Jo Dawn

11-03-2003, 09:07 PM

She was in that?

Yeah, at the end, she worked in the... was it an airport? I haven't seen it in awhile.

Reznorite420

11-03-2003, 09:09 PM

Yes, it was the last scene in the airport; she kept commenting on Jake's attempts to get Janie back, saying stuff like, "Oh, please, that's from "She's All That"! Do something original" or whatever she said...I've only seen the movie once.

PanMan

11-03-2003, 09:59 PM

what about Beverly Hills Cop!

the best that i can remember off the top of my head are as follows . . .

tmnt
batman
beverly hills cop
top gun

can't think of anymore right now :goofygri:

Mars-Chan

11-04-2003, 04:01 PM

Am I the only one who really remembers this movie?

http://images.picsearch.com/is?469261776397

Or am I the only one who LOVES this movie? :evilgrin:

Machias Banshee

11-04-2003, 04:05 PM

Gah, Steven Spielberg's only Truly Bad Movie! :P

Mars-Chan

11-04-2003, 04:11 PM

Nyahh! I LIKE that movie thank you! :lol:

Would THIS work?

http://www.garnersclassics.com/pics/topgun/facetg.jpg

"She's lost that loving feeling...." :lol:

RskimB

11-04-2003, 04:16 PM

I believe that TMNT and Batman are from the early 90s

That Matt Guy

11-04-2003, 06:34 PM

Gah, Steven Spielberg's only Truly Bad Movie! :P

You've never seen 1941 obviously.

Reznorite420

11-04-2003, 08:18 PM

Am I the only one who really remembers this movie?

http://images.picsearch.com/is?469261776397

Or am I the only one who LOVES this movie? :evilgrin:Another case of people not reading my posts :roll:

Machias Banshee

11-04-2003, 11:09 PM

Okay, I think I have a favorite movie that NOBODY has ever heard of...

*ahem*

The Gallavants

if you know about this movie, I will die in shock :P

impetus

11-05-2003, 12:32 AM

http://www.familytv.com/media/smallstrips/gallavantssmallstrip.jpg?

never heard of it.

Misfit

11-05-2003, 12:02 PM

Batman was released in 89, so it counts. TMNT was made in 89, so IMHO that counts too. :)

Billy the Kid

11-05-2003, 07:42 PM

Great Movies

Aliens
E.T.
Back to the Future
Back to the Future II
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
TMNT
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Airplane
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Breakfast Club
Die Hard
Batman
Nightmare on Elm Street
Arthur
Gandhi
Mississippi Burning
Platoon
Wall Street
Dead Poet Society
Born on the Fourth of July
Big
Parenthood
Always

Guilty Pleasure Movies

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures
Harry and the Hendersons
Mannequin
Teen Wolf
Airplane II
Caddyshack
Just One of the Guys
Malibu Bikini Shop
The Monster Squad
The Goonies
Masters of the Universe
Top Secret
Tootsie

Worst Movies

Howard the Duck
Harlem Nights
Caddyshack 2

impetus

11-05-2003, 07:45 PM

I forgot Gremlins :D

That Matt Guy

11-06-2003, 07:39 AM

Forgot:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Spike The Xenomorph

11-06-2003, 02:34 PM

Labyrinth was AWESOME! I LOVE that movie!

XERO

11-06-2003, 02:47 PM

How can you forget Masters of the Universe?

Isn't that the same guy played Drago in Rocky 4?

impetus

11-06-2003, 03:06 PM

... and the Punidher. Dolph Lundgren.

Bowser_Koopa

11-06-2003, 03:16 PM

How can you forget Masters of the Universe?

Isn't that the same guy played Drago in Rocky 4?

you mean he-man? everybody says it was the worst movie ever, every single review.....>_< i first saw something on the net in 2000 or something, i saw how skinny he-man was, i thouhgt that was stupid, then this year i saw the offcial site and it hapened to be prince adam :lol , i didn't know cuz in the old cartoon adam and he-man looked the same, wasn't courtney coz in that movie?

Half-Shell

11-06-2003, 03:16 PM

The Great Land of Small!!!!

If anyone likes movies like Chronicles of Narnia, Wizard Of Oz & The Neverendeing Story this also has an icredible wonderful and unforgettable a very magical land its a great movie and stars the awesome Micheal J. Anderson from HBO's Carnivale. He plays a leperchaun named Fritz. He's such a good actor. It was amazing to later see him on Carnivale. BTW it's a Canadian made movie I saw it because my older cousin worked on the set and sent me the movie. If you haven't seen it you defintly should or if you can't find get someone in Canada to get it for you .

Reznorite420

11-06-2003, 04:39 PM

How can you forget Masters of the Universe?

Isn't that the same guy played Drago in Rocky 4?1) I didn't forget it ;) (look at my list again)

2) Yes, it's the same guy, Dolph Lundgren, who also played the original Punisher (we're NOT arguing about that movie here).

Bowser_Koopa: No, he's talking about the live-action 1987 version, starring Dolph Lundgren (which I already mentioned), Courtney Cox, and Robert Duncan McNeil (who also played Tom Paris on "Star Trek: Voyager").

Bowser_Koopa

11-06-2003, 04:42 PM

i was also talking about the live action vertion

Voltron

11-06-2003, 05:05 PM

The Never Ending Story is the most blatant example of false advertisement in history.

Leo656

11-06-2003, 05:11 PM

I could care less about the reviews, Masters of the Universe was a Perfectly Acceptable Movie. Not great. Not Oscar-worthy. But a perfectly acceptable sci-fi flick with some decent battle scenes and great acting from Frank Langella as Skeletor. Sure, the music and Skeletor's guards were all very heavily riffed from Star Wars. Yes, they spent more time on Earth than Eternia. And sure, Dolph Lundren's He-Man sounded like he had a severe sinus infection. Who cares? At least we got a decent Skeletor, a hot chick playing Teela, and Courtney Cox before she got all anorexic. Oh, and the guy that played Principal Strickland in Back to the Future. Can't forget him.