Your favourite 80s/early 90s kids/teen/family movies
80s and early 90s movies are a big piece of me.
my nominations-
-Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
-Uncle Buck
-The Breakfast Club
-Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
-The Addams Family (1 and 2)
-Big
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the first, definately not the second)
-Parenthood
-Edward Scissorhands
-Beetlejuice
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-Pretty in Pink
-Drop Dead Fred
-Waynes World
-Top Gun
-Heathers
-Police Academy (The first)
-Hot Shots
Notice that I deliberately missed out Free Willy?
Can you guys think up any others?
Fuck, I can't believe I missed The Burbs and Labyrinth.
Oh, and Dark Crystal! What a dumbass.
i liked Dark Crystal, when i was a kid-- cos it had a Kira in it right?-- and i had a major crush on this half Cypriot girl called Kira at my school. yay.
'Burbs- was a nice surprise, i expected it to suck, im not a fan of the Hanks you see.
Labrynth- well, who can diss Bowie? or the Bog of Eternal Stench?
mmm, Jennifer Connolly.....
life's pretty straight without vidalia :You_Rock_
She totally creeped me out in Requiem for a Dream. The double ended dildo! ARGH!
SURF NINJAS!!!
Less than Zero rules. Love the soundtrack. And, Clay, what a name. Clay. Anyone know anyone named Clay? If you do, tell him fram said, "Tough."
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[B]SURF NINJAS!!! [/B][/QUOTE]
holy shit i havent seen that movie in years
i used to watch it all the time
-Drop Dead Fred -underrated as hell and Rik Mayal rocks.
-Garbage Pail Kids- I hate the angry parents who got this one taken from video shelves.
- Less Than Zero- Still don't see why it gets such a bad rap.
- Hiding Out- sorry but Jon Cryer kicks ass
- Dudes (see above).
- All John Cusack movies of the era.
- Bill & Ted
- Repo Man - well technically not a Teen movie in the traditional sense, but it still OWNS...
- Revenge of the Nerds (first one, strictly the first one only).
- Weird Science
- Edward Scissorhands
"Excuse me sir, Did you wash your hands after you took that big heaping dump. You know that sign, that sign says ALL employees MUST wash their hands after using the restroom, What part of that do you not understand?"- Malcom X
"Would you care to lick my sweaty baulz after they have been dipped in the finest venerial juices and sauteed in my own ass-sweat, madam?"- Winston Churchill
this is cool-- the 'Less Than Zero' appreciation is building. im glad.
i figured out- of people i know, im Julian Wells, my housemate is kinda almost Clay, and my (good) ex is Blair. mmm, Jami Gertz... goddamn, i was watching the Seinfeld marathon over the weekend- and forgot, she was Jerry's GF in the 'You can spare a square?' episode. oooh.
life's pretty straight without vidalia :You_Rock_
hey, don't forget princess bride and A CHRISTMAS STORY (shout-out to rents!!)
wes, that's probably one of my top 10 favorite episodes...number one being FESTIVUS
"it's a festivus for the restofus!"
What's that Garbage pail kids thing about? And The Princess Bride? Everyone raves about em.
garbage pail kids started as a spoof, of sorts, of the cabbage patch kids. i'm not sure if you were globally aware in the early '80s, but american girls could not get enough of this stupid fucking doll...we all had to have at least one. people died in stampedes trying to grab one of these things. fucking ree-dick. see also: furby. anyway, the cabbage patch kids all had cute names, but the garbage pail kids had gross names. they were gross kids. anyway, i think they were popular because they were a little bit PG-13 in our G and PG worlds. and our parents weren't fans.
the princess bride, however, is just an ol' fashioned fairy tale with wisecracks. think shrek, but not animated. oh, and it's based on a book by william goldman (could be goldberg...i can't remember), which is based on an even older text by morgenstern. goldman's spin is that he's only included "the good parts." the book and the movie are both very entertaining.
Oh, I remember those dolls. They were fucking hideous! I never wanted one...I got a furby when I was 12 though. If I could still find one, I'd buy one now!
Harry and the Hendersons
any John Candy movie, especially "The Great Outdoors"
Little Monsters
Look Who's Talking
Three Men and a Baby
Drop Dead Fred
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Wow! Someone else who loved The Great Outdoors!
Talk about rare...
dude, the bald headed bear? how could you not!!
"hot dogs, you know what hot dogs are made of? lips and assholes!!"
so many people quote that line and don't even know where it's from.
john candy movies were my principal bonding point with my dad as an awkward preteen.
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BIGBEARCHASEDME!
Three men and a baby- I loved that! I loved the sequel too.
Poor Tom Seleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson...I'll never forget them.In the list of actors which made the 80s!
Steve Guttenberg...POLICE ACADEMY!
i love the police academy guy who makes all the sound effects...can't remember anything else about those movies tho.
how can we forget peewee's big adventure?
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the 80s were a hell hole where little to nothing good came out of it.
The entertainment that was made then was just like the 80s, plastic and fake.
Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language.
but it's funny.
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[B]hey, don't forget princess bride and A CHRISTMAS STORY (shout-out to rents!!)[/B][/QUOTE]
HELL YES!!! On both accounts, though A Christmas Story takes the cake. Such an amazing, quotable movie. Jean Shepherd is a man of sheer genius.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by insomnomaniac [/i]
[B]Harry and the Hendersons
any John Candy movie, especially "The Great Outdoors"
Look Who's Talking
Three Men and a Baby[/B][/QUOTE]
This edited list, along with Police Academy, made up my childhood movie experience. Before I was old enough to begin comprehending the jokes, I was laughing my cute little-kid ass off at these glorious, glorious movies.
Breakfast Club
the Goonies
Dark Crystal
St. Elmos Fire
Less than Zero - yes, it was fucking hilarious
Bill & Ted
Labrynth
Some Kind of Wonderful
TMNT- t.u.r.t.l.e.p.o.w.e.r
The 'Burbs
Ferris Bueller
life's pretty straight without vidalia :You_Rock_