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The Defining 1980s Movie

post #1 of 115
6/27/11 at 5:13pm
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The lower the production values, the better!

My two selections would be Less Than Zero (oddly prophetic for RDJ too) and Wall Street.

Yours?
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post #2 of 115
6/27/11 at 5:19pm
Breakfast Club
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post #3 of 115
6/27/11 at 5:22pm
Metropolitan. Ok, not really, but in my dreams I am a young UES WASP in the 1980s.
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post #4 of 115
6/27/11 at 5:27pm
Wall Street is a good choice. Raiders is another, and of course ET. Back to the Future is not a great film but is very "80s." Die Hard. But for sheer "Eightiesness" my vote goes to Top Gun.

I would add as well Terms of Endearment, because is the rare non-blockbuster that made a shitload of money and also the rare critically acclaimed Oscar-winner that was widely popular.
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post #5 of 115
6/27/11 at 5:31pm
Trading Places - I was a kid in the 80s, but I imagine they were just like that movie.
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post #6 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:08pm
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Breakfast Club

Good choice. I can still hear Simple Minds in my head. I was trying to not indulge in the Brat Pack choices though as much as I could (was McCarthy really considered one of them?)

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Wall Street is a good choice. Raiders is another, and of course ET. Back to the Future is not a great film but is very "80s." Die Hard. But for sheer "Eightiesness" my vote goes to Top Gun.

I would add as well Terms of Endearment, because is the rare non-blockbuster that made a shitload of money and also the rare critically acclaimed Oscar-winner that was widely popular.

Top Gun is another great defining choice.
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post #7 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:09pm
the transformers movie (not this new michael bay bullshit)
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post #8 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:17pm
Ghostbusters Ferris Bueller's Day Off Beverly Hills cop Coming to America Teen Woolf Weird science Commando!!11!
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post #9 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:18pm
I agree with Manton - you can't beat Top Gun for pure, unfiltered Eightiesness.
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post #10 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:18pm
Back to the Future
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post #11 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:24pm
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the transformers movie (not this new michael bay bullshit)

Optimus Prime: One shall stand, one shall fall.
Megatron: Why throw away your life so recklessly?
Optimus Prime: That's a question you should ask YOURSELF, Megatron.

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post #12 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:29pm
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Optimus Prime: One shall stand, one shall fall.
Megatron: Why throw away your life so recklessly?
Optimus Prime: That's a question you should ask YOURSELF, Megatron.



Good times, yo. Good times.

But the 80s overall was a lackluster decade for movies bookended by two great ones: 70s and 90s.
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post #13 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:46pm
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Breakfast Club

This is probably the answer, or maybe Pretty in Pink.
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post #14 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:47pm
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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post #15 of 115
6/27/11 at 6:51pm
Going with Blade Runner.
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