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What were the best and worst 80's movies?
The 80's, bratpack ^ | 4/28/22 | dallasbiff

Posted on 04/28/2022 12:35:28 AM PDT by DallasBiff

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KEYWORDS: 80; s; vanity
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To: DallasBiff

Also worth mentioning in the “best” or “better” category The Natural, Field of Dreams, No Way Out, Good Morning Vietnam, Tin Men, When Harry Met Sally, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Broadway Danny Rose.

Wonder if the “Donald Trump lotto” comment in Lethal Weapon 2 would generate plenty of laughs in a revival theatre these days?


61 posted on 04/28/2022 4:54:04 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff

For a few more: Back to the Future, Predator, Heavy Metal, The Last Starfighter, Batman, The Wrath of Khan, Spaceballs, Legend, Chances Are, Aliens, Enemy Mine, Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome, Lifeforce, and yeah.... I watched a lot of movies.


62 posted on 04/28/2022 4:55:53 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: DallasBiff

Flashdance.


63 posted on 04/28/2022 4:57:24 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Agreed. I nearly forgot about that one.


64 posted on 04/28/2022 5:01:38 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DallasBiff

The James Bond franchise was best with For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and The Living Daylights but “turkeyed” with View To A Kill.

The Star Trek franchise was best with The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home but sucked with The Final Frontier.


65 posted on 04/28/2022 5:06:54 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: KobraKai
Schwarzenegger and Stallone went head to head for a decade...

This is from a 1993 movie, but it speaks to your comment:


66 posted on 04/28/2022 5:09:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: DallasBiff

Night of the comet.


67 posted on 04/28/2022 5:22:30 AM PDT by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: DallasBiff

Not 80’s (90’s) Bridges of Madison County. One of the best all-time.


68 posted on 04/28/2022 5:28:36 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: DallasBiff
Some that I haven't seen listed:

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

License to Drive

Dirty Dancing

Red Dawn

Moscow on the Hudson

Spies Like Us

Lethal Weapon

Naked Gun

Police Academy

69 posted on 04/28/2022 5:34:51 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: Repeat Offender

Almost forgot - Nightmare on Elm Street.


70 posted on 04/28/2022 5:36:39 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Worst: Popeye.

Naw, that was a fun movie, with lots of enjoyable scenes and great Harry Nillson songs. The problem as I recall was that the producers cut the budget suddenly near the end of production, and Robert Altman had to throw everything together and rush a cheap ending. The sum was less than the parts.


71 posted on 04/28/2022 5:39:55 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: DallasBiff

Best: say hello to my little friend, Scarface.

Worst: Anything starring Jane Fonda


72 posted on 04/28/2022 5:41:52 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: DallasBiff

Best: Tie - 16 Candles or Stripes
Worst: Tie - Howard the Duck or Ishtar


73 posted on 04/28/2022 5:51:06 AM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: DallasBiff

Gymkata- brutal, the worst


74 posted on 04/28/2022 6:13:13 AM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated populace is the biggest threat to our nation.)
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To: DallasBiff

No Way Out
Delta Force


75 posted on 04/28/2022 6:17:32 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DallasBiff
A few for the "Best" list off the top of my head:

The Right Stuff (1983)

Raging Bull (1980)

The Untouchables (1987)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Amadeus (1984)

The Natural (1984)

76 posted on 04/28/2022 6:33:18 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: DallasBiff
Watching St. Elmo's Fire now, I would say that is in the middle.

Even when 80s flicks weren't that good, you could usually find somebody in the cast that you really liked, especially if you were more or less of that generation.

77 posted on 04/28/2022 6:36:24 AM PDT by x
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To: OttawaFreeper; fieldmarshaldj

But Dead Poets Society did inspire this great parody: https://youtu.be/Ie6LpKOJVf0


78 posted on 04/28/2022 6:45:48 AM PDT by Clemenza (I have no tolerance for tolerance)
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To: equaviator

Sam: Why is it what you just said strikes me as a massive rationalization?

- Michael: Don’t knock rationalization; where would we be without it?
I don’t know anyone who could get through the day without two or
three juicy rationalizations. They’re more important than sex.

- Sam: Come on, nothing’s more important that sex.

- Michael: Yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?”


79 posted on 04/28/2022 6:45:54 AM PDT by missthethunder
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To: steve8714

“Daddy would have gotten us Uzis!”


80 posted on 04/28/2022 6:51:53 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Trannies, the modern version of the priests of Attis, Adonis, Osiris and Tammuz.)
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