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Posted on 6/8/17 at 9:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 6/8/17 at 9:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Empire Strikes Back
Terminator
Back to the Future
Take your pick
Terminator
Back to the Future
Take your pick
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Posted on 6/8/17 at 9:40 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
quote:
What is the best 80s movie?
quote:
Not the best movie of the 80's, mind you
Oh...
Posted on 6/8/17 at 9:42 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Caddyshack
Risky Business
Pretty much all John Hughes movies.
Risky Business
Pretty much all John Hughes movies.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:11 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
money pit
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:25 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
It's as though they knew they needed to include every 80's stereotype in this movie.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:35 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
quote:
Not the best movie of the 80s
Got it.
Tough one - my candidates are:
Top Gun
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller
Ghostbusters
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Obviously this is skewed by the fact I was in high school in the 80s, but there it is.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:41 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Because I was an adult in the 80's Wall Street is my choice. Daryl Hannah's wardrobe and choices for interior design were perfect representations of the 80's. All of the kitchen gadgets, the microwaving of the Haagen-Dazs, Gordon Gekko's robot were instruments of the 80's.
The offices with the little computer monitors that weighed 40 pounds. If you had a computer at your desk, it looked like that. And that guy's big plastic framed glasses. That was the 80's.
The offices with the little computer monitors that weighed 40 pounds. If you had a computer at your desk, it looked like that. And that guy's big plastic framed glasses. That was the 80's.
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:43 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:51 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Bladerunner
Posted on 6/8/17 at 11:10 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Yes, it's technically 1990.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 11:42 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Full Metal Jacket
Posted on 6/8/17 at 11:53 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Goonies
ET
Stand By Me
ET
Stand By Me
Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:08 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Is this question most over-the-top stereotype 80's movie or what movie realistically best captures the 80's IRL?
If IRL...
St. Elmo's Fire
The loud clothes, the look, the yuppie, Reaganomics, drugs, chasing money...the cheesy soundtrack. It has every young big 80's star in it except Tom Cruise.
It encapuslates the entire 80's...as the Times said, it sits between the too early for the 80's Big Chill and The Breakfast Club...
If IRL...
St. Elmo's Fire
The loud clothes, the look, the yuppie, Reaganomics, drugs, chasing money...the cheesy soundtrack. It has every young big 80's star in it except Tom Cruise.
It encapuslates the entire 80's...as the Times said, it sits between the too early for the 80's Big Chill and The Breakfast Club...
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 12:10 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 2:12 am to LSUTigersVCURams
for kids: E.T.
for teens: Breakfast club
for adults: Top Gun???
I don't know.. those movies were always on TV when I wandered into the living room.
for teens: Breakfast club
for adults: Top Gun???
I don't know.. those movies were always on TV when I wandered into the living room.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 3:29 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Personal favorites
High school:
The Last American Virgin
The Breakfast Club
Risky Business
Kid Drama:
E.T.
Karate Kid
The Lost Boys
Big
Adult Drama:
Urban Cowboy
Wall Street
Fatal Attraction
Cocktail
Sports:
Hoosiers
The Natural
Rocky IV
Action:
First Blood
Death Wish II
Missing in Action
48 Hours
Fletch
Beverly Hills Cop
Top Gun
War:
Full Metal Jacket
Comedy:
Airplane
Caddyshack
Three Amigos
The Dream Team
Funny Farm
The Burbs
High school:
The Last American Virgin
The Breakfast Club
Risky Business
Kid Drama:
E.T.
Karate Kid
The Lost Boys
Big
Adult Drama:
Urban Cowboy
Wall Street
Fatal Attraction
Cocktail
Sports:
Hoosiers
The Natural
Rocky IV
Action:
First Blood
Death Wish II
Missing in Action
48 Hours
Fletch
Beverly Hills Cop
Top Gun
War:
Full Metal Jacket
Comedy:
Airplane
Caddyshack
Three Amigos
The Dream Team
Funny Farm
The Burbs
Posted on 6/9/17 at 5:33 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Revenge of the Nerds
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 9:23 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 8:49 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Trading Places
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 8:50 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 8:57 am to LSUTigersVCURams
quote:
Not the best movie of the 80s, mind you, but the best 80s movie - that is, the movie that best captures the attitude and aesthetics of the 1980s.
Better Off Dead
Wall street
Terminator
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:06 am to LSUTigersVCURams
I haven't watched it in years, but for some reason Footloose came to mind.
ETA: I'd probably add Revenge Of The Nerds too, not just for some of the music, but also for the "they'd never get away with an ending like that today"-angle...
ETA: I'd probably add Revenge Of The Nerds too, not just for some of the music, but also for the "they'd never get away with an ending like that today"-angle...
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:18 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Born in 90, so I can't really say what captures the essence of the 80's. My gut reactions are Back to the future and Ferris Bueller if I had to guess.
Favorite 80's movie as a whole though? I'll go with Blade Runner
Favorite 80's movie as a whole though? I'll go with Blade Runner
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