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1985: The Last Great Year in Film for Younger Audiences
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:19 am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:19 am
Good article, especially for "80's kids".
They don't make them like they used to
They don't make them like they used to
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From The Goonies to Back to the Future to The Breakfast Club, directors like Steven Spielberg and John Hughes made innovative, intelligent pictures that respected their viewership.
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Generations of Americans can still remember a time when parents and their kids could go to the multiplex and enjoy original youth-oriented films that weren’t either animated, part of a billion-dollar superhero franchise, or adaptations of overwrought young adult novels. While elaborate, big-budget movies like the Hunger Games series and Marvel films might be creative and loaded with special effects, they don't compare to the youth movies produced during the 1980s: a decade that saw an extraordinary crop of pictures whose like hasn't been seen since.
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Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:22 am to Cole Beer
Yep. As a gen-x'er I feel fortunate to have grown up in the 80's. Music and movies were vastly superior to today. Plus our heads weren't buried in a phone and facebook 24/7.
#getoffmylawn
#getoffmylawn
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:40 am to TejasHorn
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Yep. As a gen-x'er I feel fortunate to have grown up in the 80's. Music and movies were vastly superior to today. Plus our heads weren't buried in a phone and facebook 24/7. #getoffmylawn
Doublechecked to make sure I wasn't the poster on this.
+1 and have an upvote, sir.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:52 am to Cole Beer
I was born in '85 and trust me I loooooooved the movies from my childhood. But I'm not sure I agree with their overall sentiment.
That's a little extreme, IMO. If anything I think the current era is even better for kids. The proliferation of Disney/Pixar/Animated movies has churned out hit after hit after hit all aimed at youth. Yeah obviously during my childhood you had some all time classics (granted they may have come out after 85, but it will still for youth in the late 80s), but the 90s and on has just produced so many.
Well...I gueses we need to claify "youth". I mean yeah a 15 year old is in their "youth", but when I think of the title of the OP I'm thinking kids. Children. Like 10 and under. And I would hardly call BTTF and Breakfast club kids movies.
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1985: The Last Great Year in Film for Younger Audiences
That's a little extreme, IMO. If anything I think the current era is even better for kids. The proliferation of Disney/Pixar/Animated movies has churned out hit after hit after hit all aimed at youth. Yeah obviously during my childhood you had some all time classics (granted they may have come out after 85, but it will still for youth in the late 80s), but the 90s and on has just produced so many.
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This trend peaked the following year, which saw a hodgepodge of underperforming cult classics and smash hits such as Back to the Future, The Goonies, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, and Clue, as well as a score of teen-angst dramas and comedies such as The Breakfast Club. It was a short-lived crest in artistic innovation and creativity:
Well...I gueses we need to claify "youth". I mean yeah a 15 year old is in their "youth", but when I think of the title of the OP I'm thinking kids. Children. Like 10 and under. And I would hardly call BTTF and Breakfast club kids movies.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:54 am to TejasHorn
Bunch geezers up in this thread 
millennials >> generation x'ers
and every other generation for that matter
dwi
millennials >> generation x'ers
and every other generation for that matter
dwi
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:13 am to Cole Beer
Can't say I agree. There were some great movies that year, but when you remove nostalgia, I'm not sure BTTF holds up as well as the article author seems to think it does. Does it blow any of the Harry Potter movies out of the water? The Breakfast Club is a timeless classic. It's also rated R.
Lets look at young adult fair for 2012:
That's just a random year out of the last 8 or so.
Lets look at young adult fair for 2012:
That's just a random year out of the last 8 or so.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:24 am to Green Chili Tiger
Hardly any of those are original works...
Of the 7 - 3 were books and 1 was a comic.
All the "younger audience" FARE is based on something previously written. More original stuff in the 80s.
Of the 7 - 3 were books and 1 was a comic.
All the "younger audience" FARE is based on something previously written. More original stuff in the 80s.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:25 am to Cole Beer
sorry but this article is nothing more than a "good old days" syndrome circle jerk.
shite like this?
Get outta here with that noise. Parents these days take toddlers to f-ing R rated flicks all the damn time. They ain't stopping them from seeing a damn PG-13 flick now and PG13 didnt stop younger kids form seeing those movies then.
The author then says Who Framed Roger Rabbit is adult oriented while simultaneously saying Back to the Future and Ghostbusters are youth targeted movies? What the?
shite like this?
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The advent of PG-13 leveled the playing field and allowed for more adult content in some movies, but it also marginalized audiences aged 12 and under, who couldn’t see the PG-13 rated Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome or Young Sherlock Holmes.
Get outta here with that noise. Parents these days take toddlers to f-ing R rated flicks all the damn time. They ain't stopping them from seeing a damn PG-13 flick now and PG13 didnt stop younger kids form seeing those movies then.
The author then says Who Framed Roger Rabbit is adult oriented while simultaneously saying Back to the Future and Ghostbusters are youth targeted movies? What the?
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 11:28 am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:26 am to theunknownknight
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millennials >> generation x'ers and every other generation for that matter
I'd be worried if any of y'all looked up from your phone long enough to do anything - at all.
#TeamX
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:27 am to Cole Beer
Great article, agree with all of it.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:28 am to yurintroubl
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Hardly any of those are original works...
Of the 7 - 3 were books and 1 was a comic.
All the "younger audience" FARE is based on something previously written. More original stuff in the 80s.
Didn't realize we were onlt taking votes in the "Best Original Screenplay" category. I assumed "Best Adapted" was also in play.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:35 am to Ace Midnight
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I'd be worried if any of y'all looked up from your phone long enough to do anything - at all.
For the record, I'm in my forties.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:38 am to TejasHorn
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Music
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vastly superior to today.
You're listening to the wrong music. There is great music being made today, you just have to turn off the radio and look for it
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:39 am to Gnar Cat21
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There is great music being made today, you just have to turn off the radio and look for it
What sorcery is this?
There's treachery afoot.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:41 am to Green Chili Tiger
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There were some great movies that year, but when you remove nostalgia, I'm not sure BTTF holds up as well as the article author seems to think it does.
It absolutely holds up. I had the opportunity to show my 9 year old nephew and his friends BTTF for the first time and it blew their minds. They don't make movies like that any more
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 11:42 am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:42 am to ipodking
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It absolutely holds up. I had the opportunity to show my 9 year old nephew and his friends BTTF for the first time and it blew their minds. They don't make movies like that any more
But, did they enjoy it more than their favorite Marvel film?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:57 am to ipodking
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It absolutely holds up. I had the opportunity to show my 9 year old nephew and his friends BTTF for the first time and it blew their minds. They don't make movies like that any more
yes, the "go back in time, date your mother, and ensure your parents still screw" genre has been rather neglected lately.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:08 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Didn't realize we were onlt taking votes in the "Best Original Screenplay" category.
That's the premise of the article. How many films geared for teenagers and pre-teens come out these days that aren't animated, part of a comic book movie franchise, or based on a young adult novel. Originality and creativity is lacking in today's Hollywood.
People bitch and moan when an indie flick like Birdman wins Best Picture while failing to stop and ask why. It's because the mainstream studios are putting out generic garbage due to the fact that they are too afraid to spend money on some unknown entity. They don't take risks with their summer blockbusters anymore. They stay with the tried and true. Such an approach gives us unoriginal content.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:10 pm to Dr RC
It's a mixed bag. I do think the 80s were better for teen angst and coming of age movies. Mainly because of John Hughes.
But, today's kids do get better action/adventure movies. We had Raiders and Star Wars, and they were great, but that was about it. Most of the action fare was aimed at adults, and we didn't get to see it. My mom didn't let me go see the Terminator so it might as well didn't exist. Kids today get a steady diet of Hunger Games and really good comic book films. That's a virtue. I would've killed for that when I was 12.
But we had Ghostbusters, so it all evens out.
But, today's kids do get better action/adventure movies. We had Raiders and Star Wars, and they were great, but that was about it. Most of the action fare was aimed at adults, and we didn't get to see it. My mom didn't let me go see the Terminator so it might as well didn't exist. Kids today get a steady diet of Hunger Games and really good comic book films. That's a virtue. I would've killed for that when I was 12.
But we had Ghostbusters, so it all evens out.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:51 pm to Ace Midnight
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I'd be worried if any of y'all looked up from your phone long enough to do anything - at all.
Aren't you a little old to be using the internet?
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