a yes to "blue velvet", "the king of comedy", "the shining" and "akira".
being slightly before my time, i kind of forget that these are eighties films.
by no means a classic, but a secret favourite of mine (now that i've been reminded of david lynch) is "dune".
for the francophiles, how about "diva"?
My image links have died but I posted Diva, Betty Blue and Robocop on page1. Diva is probably the one I could watch again and again. It has everything. Dude having two cars was the killer!
I was born in 1983, but I really loved movies when I was a kid. For me the 80's was a very bad time for music, but a great era of cinema. Especially Horror films. (The Thing, The Fly, Halloween, Evil Dead, Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, An American Werewolf in London, Child's Play, Day of the Dead, Hitcher..etc.)
I couldn't possibly limit myself to only 3. When I was a little kid these were my favorites:
Alien Terminator
Die hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Coming to America
Now as an adult It'd probably look like:
Akira
Santa Sangre
Do the Right thing
Style Wars
My Dinner with Andre
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Interesting to me how my opinions of film has evolved through the years, but I still don't mind my old taste. I'll easily go back to some cheesy 80's horror any day.
I was born in 1983, but I really loved movies when I was a kid. For me the 80's was a very bad time for music, but a great era of cinema. Especially Horror films. (The Thing, The Fly, Halloween, Evil Dead, Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, An American Werewolf in London, Child's Play, Day of the Dead, Hitcher..etc.)
I couldn't possibly limit myself to only 3. When I was a little kid these were my favorites:
Alien
Die hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Coming to America
Now as an adult It'd probably look like:
Akira
Santa Sangre
Do the Right thing
Style Wars
My Dinner with Andre
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Interesting to me how my opinions of film has evolved through the years, but I still don't mind my old taste. I'll easily go back to some cheesy 80's horror any day.
- spidey
Alien came out in the late 70s i think? I love that movie. it would def. be on my list
Full Metal Jacket >>> Platoon
Also, I watched Wall Street recently and can say that it is in nowhere in my top list, but it is hilarious.
I was born in 1983, but I really loved movies when I was a kid. For me the 80's was a very bad time for music, but a great era of cinema. Especially Horror films. (The Thing, The Fly, Halloween, Evil Dead, Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, An American Werewolf in London, Child's Play, Day of the Dead, Hitcher..etc.)
I couldn't possibly limit myself to only 3. When I was a little kid these were my favorites:
Alien
Die hard 85
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 81
Ghostbusters 84
Dark Crystal - 82
Conan the Barbarian - 82
Coming to America - 88
U remember movies when u were 4 years old?
Alien was 1979.
Most of these came out when you werent able to understand them.
Are you talkin about seeing these afterwards on cable ?
U remember movies when u were 4 years old?
Alien was 1979.
Most of these came out when you werent able to understand them.
Are you talkin about seeing these afterwards on cable ?
I probably wasn't able to comprehend a film until I was about 5 or 6 years old. In the late 80's and early 90's it was a weekly tradition where me and my mom would walk back in forth to the dollar cinema. In the early 90's we used to live across the street from a Video Park. So most of my 80's movie watching was influenced by Movie rentals in the 90's.
My mom still has a pretty extensive VHS collection from that period that I return to from time to time. My dad took me to the theater to watch Conan & Die Hard & The Terminator his favorite movies. I remember that not being okay with my mom. They didn't really restrict what I could watch, but my mom didn't like me being around alot of nudity.
I remember being brought to watch Empire Strike Back when I was in a stroller. I also vividly remember the Captain EO ride from Disneyland when I was also in a stroller. How tripped out it was to have Michael Jackson mixing with Star Wars. Which at that time was the 2 greatest things in my Universe.
Also I remember having the Heavy Metal movie somehow mixed up with the He-Man universe in my mind.
thinking of 80's movies and robocop, can anyone point me in the direction of the fairly recent tune that was on youtube which used the scene of miguel ferrer and two working women enjoying themselves before kurtwood smith shoots him in the knee...
thinking of 80's movies and robocop, can anyone point me in the direction of the fairly recent tune that was on youtube which used the scene of miguel ferrer and two working women enjoying themselves before kurtwood smith shoots him in the knee...
thinking of 80's movies and robocop, can anyone point me in the direction of the fairly recent tune that was on youtube which used the scene of miguel ferrer and two working women enjoying themselves before kurtwood smith shoots him in the knee...
jeeez, and there's a thread on the weeknd just below, too. i'm an idiot.
Classique. It was all downhill for Woody after that I'm afraid (except for Husbands and Wives in the 90s which I ride for)
Woody had it locked in the 70s and 80s with the existential angst dramas. There's some later gems like Husbands & Wives, Deconstructing Harry and Sweet & Lowdown. The recent Scoop and Midnight in Paris are pretty decent and have some of the wit of his earlier comedies.
When you've made masterpieces, though, "pretty decent" looks kind of like shite...
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My image links have died but I posted Diva, Betty Blue and Robocop on page1. Diva is probably the one I could watch again and again. It has everything. Dude having two cars was the killer!
I actually prefered Spring Break as a whole movie, but always remembered that scene from Hardbodies featuring Malachai from Children of the Corn.
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lol
probably poland.
i had this one saved on my hard drive. i can't wait for christmas!
I would've never thought of that one. Great choice!
- spidey
I couldn't possibly limit myself to only 3. When I was a little kid these were my favorites:
AlienTerminatorDie hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Coming to America
Now as an adult It'd probably look like:
Akira
Santa Sangre
Do the Right thing
Style Wars
My Dinner with Andre
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Interesting to me how my opinions of film has evolved through the years, but I still don't mind my old taste. I'll easily go back to some cheesy 80's horror any day.
- spidey
Alien came out in the late 70s i think? I love that movie. it would def. be on my list
Full Metal Jacket >>> Platoon
Also, I watched Wall Street recently and can say that it is in nowhere in my top list, but it is hilarious.
- spidey
Wallstreet Baller Phone
U remember movies when u were 4 years old?
Alien was 1979.
Most of these came out when you werent able to understand them.
Are you talkin about seeing these afterwards on cable ?
I wonder if James Cameron's Avatar was influenced by Dark Crystal.
For a kids film, Dark Crystal was genius in it's construction.
- spidey
Hahaha yes! I like this view because you can see he is on the beach
Daryl Hannah's "interior design" in the movie is soooo funny and dated.
I probably wasn't able to comprehend a film until I was about 5 or 6 years old. In the late 80's and early 90's it was a weekly tradition where me and my mom would walk back in forth to the dollar cinema. In the early 90's we used to live across the street from a Video Park. So most of my 80's movie watching was influenced by Movie rentals in the 90's.
My mom still has a pretty extensive VHS collection from that period that I return to from time to time. My dad took me to the theater to watch Conan & Die Hard & The Terminator his favorite movies. I remember that not being okay with my mom. They didn't really restrict what I could watch, but my mom didn't like me being around alot of nudity.
I remember being brought to watch Empire Strike Back when I was in a stroller. I also vividly remember the Captain EO ride from Disneyland when I was also in a stroller. How tripped out it was to have Michael Jackson mixing with Star Wars. Which at that time was the 2 greatest things in my Universe.
Also I remember having the Heavy Metal movie somehow mixed up with the He-Man universe in my mind.
- Diego
Classique. It was all downhill for Woody after that I'm afraid (except for Husbands and Wives in the 90s which I ride for)
jeeez, and there's a thread on the weeknd just below, too. i'm an idiot.
thanks!
goat
When you've made masterpieces, though, "pretty decent" looks kind of like shite...
Nostalgic honorable mentions to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Hellraiser, Predator, Purple Rain and Weekend At Bernie's