It was actually Spielberg who heralded in terrible films. What has he done that’s decent? Duel, Jaws and Schindler’s List. Anything else?
Then every other fucker followed suit.
80s films were crap. Yes? No?
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Then every other fucker followed suit.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Catch me if you can - I was genuinely sorry when that one was over.
His major defect is that his emotional development seems to have stopped at the age of 14. A far cry from Hitchcock's "I have the heart of a ten year old boy, I keep it in a jar on my desk".
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
A lot of very macho movies being named here. I'm not convinced it was a great era for women in film with a few honourable exceptions.
On a separate note, Ordinary People was a superb film.
On a separate note, Ordinary People was a superb film.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Empire of the Sun was good (1987).
Not seen that one. Will have to check it out.
Jennaonthebeach
What would Picard do?
I was just going to come on and say Blade Runner and drop my mic. But its already been mentioned.
Lots of other great 80s films though.
Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Gregory's Girl, Withnail & I, Brazil, Midnight Run, Full Metal Jacket, Blood Simple, My Beautiful Launderette, Aliens, An American Werewolf in London, Gothic, Hellraiser, Dune, Elephant Man, The Hunger, The Lost Boys, Terminator, Mississippi Burning, Escape From New York, The Thing, Mad Max 2, The Return of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, The Fly, Scanners, Videodrome, The Company of Wolves, The Dark Crystal, When The Wind Blows, Stand By Me, Blue Velvet, Repo Man, Karate Kid, and Rising Damp
Lots of other great 80s films though.
Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Gregory's Girl, Withnail & I, Brazil, Midnight Run, Full Metal Jacket, Blood Simple, My Beautiful Launderette, Aliens, An American Werewolf in London, Gothic, Hellraiser, Dune, Elephant Man, The Hunger, The Lost Boys, Terminator, Mississippi Burning, Escape From New York, The Thing, Mad Max 2, The Return of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, The Fly, Scanners, Videodrome, The Company of Wolves, The Dark Crystal, When The Wind Blows, Stand By Me, Blue Velvet, Repo Man, Karate Kid, and Rising Damp
That list has a few crappy films in it. Possibly entertaining (national lampoon films) but pretty crap at the same time.
Which would be your top 5?
Yep... good one.
Three Amigos too ..I still like that.
Jennaonthebeach
What would Picard do?
We're supposed to be offering examples of good 80s films!
Jennaonthebeach
What would Picard do?
every rewatch or reboot or sequel that comes out puts it further down in my estimation, to the point now where I've decided to ignore it and all future reboots/sequels. It should just be allowed to lie down and die in peace. Too late to preserve fond memories though, sadly.
krtek a houby
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The ShiningName a few?
Time Bandits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Repo Man
Paris Texas
Platoon
The Right Stuff
Do the Right Thing
My Left Foot
Blue Velvet
My Beautiful Launderette
Withnail and I
Rumblefish
Raging Bull
Mona Lisa
The Colour of Money
The King of Comedy
At Close Range
The Colour Purple
Empire of the Sun
The Last Emperor
ET
Blade Runner
Dead Ringers
Outland
Once Upon a Time in America
Aliens
Dangerous Liaisons
Stand By Me
Diva
Salvador
Mississippi Burning
An American Werewolf in London
Batman
Full Metal Jacket
Betty Blue
The Abyss
The Thing
Beverly Hills Cop
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Beetlejuice
Near Dark
Romancing the Stone
Rain Man
Etc, etc, etc
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
One of only two films I have walked out of. I was cheering for the Japanese.
Ok, brief list.
The Outsiders
Beetlejuice
Stand by Me
The Shining
The Elephant Man
Trading Places
The Outsiders
Beetlejuice
Stand by Me
The Shining
The Elephant Man
Trading Places
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The Thing. It was a good decade for Kurt Russel.
That's a decent list of 80s films.
Which ones stand the test of time and are good to watch today?
Genuinely curious because lots of them are not that appealing to me anymore.
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krtek a houby
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Oh, forgot some De Niro stuff
Midnight Run
Brazil
The Untouchables
The Mission
Angel Heart
The 80s are nostalgic for many of us, but the decade is no better or worse than before or after. It's a generational thing, as ever. We're often drawn to our teen(ish) years in terms of film/music/telly etc.
Midnight Run
Brazil
The Untouchables
The Mission
Angel Heart
The 80s are nostalgic for many of us, but the decade is no better or worse than before or after. It's a generational thing, as ever. We're often drawn to our teen(ish) years in terms of film/music/telly etc.
krtek a houby
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It was an answer to your question about naming good films from the decade...
When say "good", that's obviously subjective. As any such thread like this will turn out...
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
As above, I have made no allowances for the poor taste of respondents on U75.
krtek a houby
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Still have mixed feelings about Scarface, though.
It's a bit OTT, which reckon takes away from the gravitas of classic gangster films. That said, not watched it in over 20 years, so maybe a reassessment is due.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
What did you hate about it?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Only two of them are rubbish but that was deliberate
I don’t do top 5s or even 10s - can’t settle on owt
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Doesn’t make it bad. I loved the first Star Wars and was cheering for the Empire all the way through.
I would agree and your point is well made.
Not related to your post krtek a houby
I think as RubyToogood has already mentioned, it wasn't a great decade for women in films. They were very much typecast and very much subordinate to the male characters even when given some semblance of equality.
Working 9 to 5 was where things were at as regards women only in lead parts. Then came Working Girl...still she was a subordinate character trying to make her way to the glass ceiling. Changing herself to fit a model that was more acceptable.
Many of them were what some now call "of their time"but even as a young kid I felt it was wrong.
I watched an 80s film last night after seeing a clip on another thread. Bukowskis Crazy Love. Sorry to all the Bulowski fans but it was uncontrolled 80s typical male dominated fetishising of women and the whole young boy discovers sex then gets covered in acne and feels he will never have sex. The ending weirded me out.
There were some weird as fuck films in the 80s too.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I detested Jim. I half recall hating John Malkovich's character, but can't remember why now.
krtek a houby
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Of course.
Have problems with Betty Blue, despite it being a favourite.
There's a lot of wrongness with the representation of women in cinema over the decades and it's only recently that's being addressed and boy, no pun intended, does it irk the broflakes.
Not heard of the Bukowski film you mentioned but if it's the famous novelist, it's kind of par for the course in his written output. Not that there's any excuses for it.
These days, am occasionally revisiting old faves in film/books etc and am more aware of problematic/offensive content.
But am more of a disclaimer it, than cancel it kinda person. Mostly.
krtek a houby
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The Hershey bars, damnit.
For ages was convinced that they would be heavenly on the tongue.
Then tried one. Hated the Malkovich character ever since.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
The addition of Ski School at the end of this list is an absolute masterclass of trolling, bravo
and I say that as someone who used to own it on VHS.Loads of my faves in this list otherwise.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Not seen the film but the excuse in the writing is pretty straightforward. He writes everything from his own point of view but he doesn't advocate that pov. He isn't trying to tell anyone how to live.
krtek a houby
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The one 80s film that vaguely remember is Barfly, and then years later, one with Matt Dillon. Only read a couple of the books, and from what remember, women get a pretty raw deal.
You write what you know, according to some in the gig, guess he just knew a different life and times.
