Favorite movies of the 80s

by **stevelxa476** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 14:31:13

Policy Academy
Cannonball Run I & II
Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation

by **Doll Is Mine** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 14:35:07

I think I've watched Dressed to Kill on El Rey Network at least three times in the last month. El Rey doesn't censor the swear words even though they are a basic cable channel. :shock:

by **Bucky** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 14:38:48

it's actually only over-the-air channels that are *required* to censor. Didja ever watch a 2AM comedy central South Park???

by **Wizlah** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 15:09:31

Blade Runner. For the love of god, Blade Runner.

by **swishnicholson** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 15:26:34

Ptk's list is pretty good:

He probably just got tired of listing Jarmusch and Almodovar films, but Mystery Train and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown belong in there. A few others from that decade that I really enjoyed are Sherman's March, 28 Up and No Surrender, a British comedy (sort-of) that was well-received when it came out but seems hard to track down now. Elvis Costello's turn as a bumbling magician is nearly worth it on it's own.

by **Doll Is Mine** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 15:28:26

Umm...

Terror Train
Blood Beach

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 17:07:09

Road Warrior (aka Mad Max II). Amazing when I first saw it.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 18:57:31

Wizlah wrote:Blade Runner. For the love of god, Blade Runner.

QFT

by **phatj** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 19:54:08

I only watched the director's cut of Blade Runner and hated it. Any fans out there think I should give the theatrical release a shot?

by **Philly the Kid** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 03:36:06

Barry Jive wrote:
Luzinski's Gut wrote:Great, great book.

dajafi wrote:The '80s are probably my favorite decade for music. "Our Band Could Be Your Life" more or less sums it up.

Pretty much never listened to The Replacements or Husker Du before I read it and now the Mats are my favorite and Husker Du is up there

kind of a bummer PtK didn't care for Eric B. and Rakim's stuff or Paul's Boutique

I think the reason the '80s have a bad rep musically is that a lot of the bigger hits have such an artificial sound. That stuff is all well and good when it's released because if the song is good, it's good. But it doesn't hold up so well down the road. Like every turntablism record from the aughts.

to cross this digression over with the topic, Stop Making Sense is the best concert film I've seen

Maybe I wasn't clear -- while I was mostly dealing with jazz, classical, contemporary classical and experimental musics - (my field), I was peepn not only UB40, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, English Beat, Cure, New Order, but most early rappers. I have Paul's Botique on vinyl though Beasties were not my faves. I saw Sugar Hill Gang and others at Danceteria in the early 80's.

BTW - what do you mean by turntabilsm? Have you ever seen Cut Chemist, Kid Koala or Q-bert live? No joke.

by **Napalm** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 06:52:08

phatj wrote:I only watched the director's cut of Blade Runner and hated it. Any fans out there think I should give the theatrical release a shot?

the final cut really is the definitive version.

by **Barry Jive** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 02:00:19

Philly the Kid wrote:BTW - what do you mean by turntabilsm? Have you ever seen Cut Chemist, Kid Koala or Q-bert live? No joke.

i'm not sure "turntablism" was the right term for what I meant. apparently "plunderphonics," a genre i'd never heard of, is more accurate. stuff like The Avalanches or The Go! Team still puts a hop in my step but it all sounds very dated.

by **wwry** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 02:14:15

what if philly the kid is robert christgau?

by **TenuredVulture** » Wed Apr 16, 2014 23:02:31

He'd like Taylor Swift a lot.

http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.p ... ylor+Swift

by **bleh** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 00:08:15

Found this live Q&A with a bunch of the cast of Summer School from 2013. Pretty cool if you're a fan of that movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56D08X7F-hY part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X5AhcMUjmc part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj1pEEJFlfc part 3

This is the original upload and parts 2 and 3 have 400 views so barely anyone has seen this

by **Bucky** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 07:53:31

DON'T @#$% WITH THE BABYSITTER!

by **PrattRules** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 13:37:11

Of the movies that haven't already been mentioned:

Road House
Cocktail

by **JayBallz** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 15:57:06

I recently caught Taking Care of Business with James Belushi on one of the HBO's & watched the whole thing. Hadn't seen that in a long time and it's still a favorite. It's the one where he breaks out of prison with about 2 days left on his sentence to go see the Cubs in the World Series.

by **Ace Rothstein** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 16:12:55

JayBallz wrote:I recently caught Taking Care of Business with James Belushi on one of the HBO's & watched the whole thing. Hadn't seen that in a long time and it's still a favorite. It's the one where he breaks out of prison with about 2 days left on his sentence to go see the Cubs in the World Series.

Good movie, it had a trading places kind of theme with belushi and the businessman

by **Phred** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 16:24:28

Porky's

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