AtomicHyperbole wrote:Some of those titles aren't quite what I was thinking about... hence "brat pack" in my first post... that kinda thing... movies that could only be made in the eighties or early nineties because of the music, the fashions... not quite arguably timeless stuff like Ghostbusters, Star Wars or Police Squad... Great suggestions though, but not quite keyed up with my intention! Next time I'll make sure I make it clearer. Movies only or this could go on forever.
AtomicHyperbole wrote:Dunno why, but is Die Hard more a classic which has an indefinable quality to it? Been a while since I saw it. Ghostbusters has some true eighties music in it but it feels more like a timeless classic - it's aged well. Argue with me here.
AtomicHyperbole wrote:THAT'S APPALLING! I'd never admit to replying to a thread without reading the original post.
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... doesn't stop me doing it thought.
Flashdance - wasn't Jennifer Beals cast because, in the words of Don Simpson, she was "fuckable"? And that's it?
Dirty Dancing was aces.
tapehead wrote:... is that why Swayze just ends up picking Jennifer Grey and carrying her around?
tapehead wrote:Fast Times at Ridgemont High -Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli and Stoltz as his stoner bud, Phoebe Cates and Judge Reinhold in 'that' scene where she comes out of the poll and he com.... well, I've said too much.
16 Candles -Molly Ringwald, the ultimate 80's icon (I've heard she still lives there) Cusack and Michael Hall, the unpected semi nude shower scene, Long Duk Dong.
two essential to this collection
... and Say Anything, but no other Cameron Crowe movies.
bamf wrote:Besides the obvious winners above, my all time favorite has to be My Science Project. Alien crash site, airplane junkyards and blowing up the school gym. What doesnt this movie have?
AtomicHyperbole wrote:I can't say much original Hollywood comedy nowadays is any better than the stuff in the eighties. Having to crawl through half the spew that is Jeniffer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Kate Hudson's and Matthew MaConaughy's careers dredges up arguably far worse films than many of those listed above. At least the ones you hate are in the past, we can look at the totality of the eighties and pick and choose the cream on this thread!
AtomicHyperbole wrote:Some of those aren't eighties/early nineties classics in the style we're on about, foolio! Nice list all the same...
AtomicHyperbolee wrote: But what would be the defining 80's/early 90's brat-pack DVDathon?
wonkabar wrote:EDIT:
Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Young Guns 1 and 2
Some Kind of Wonderful
Weird Science
Top Gun
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Footloose
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th The Final Chapter
St. Elmo's Fire
Heathers
The River's Edge
The Sure Thing
Lucus
The Goonies
Real Genius
Dirty Dancing
Better off Dead
Risky Business
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Valley Girl
Point Break
The Lost Boys
Roadhouse
Hot Pursuit
Wargames
The Wild Life
AtomicHyperbole wrote:OK, now that's off your chest, want to say something positive about an eighties movie that retains the feel of the decade you love?
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:What's with you Atomicwithoutthekitten? No mention of how that villain was my lover as you like for wearing a fishnet vest throughout the film, sporting a dodgy Freddie Mercury lookalike Blue Oyster bar moustache, and wanting to shoot one up Ahrnult's balls!!!???
I think you're in denial mate.
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