Your favorite movie of the 80s?

[TripletDaddy]

Troop Beverly Hills on DirecTV channel 294 right now.

[TripletDaddy]

Ha I forgot that Kareem had a cameo in TBH. Not bad....Game of Death with Bruce Lee to Troop Beverly Hills.

[Commando]

Robocop was pretty cool back in the day.

I was but a lad who was traumatized by the trio of super violent scenes in this movie when it first came out, and didn't remember much about the subtleties of the plot or dialogue or what have you. I watched it the other day on Hulu and realize it was actually fairly dumb. Ghostbusters, on the other hand, is still pretty hilarious. I appreciate it now more than ever.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I was but a lad who was traumatized by the trio of super violent scenes in this movie when it first came out, and didn't remember much about the subtleties of the plot or dialogue or what have you. I watched it the other day on Hulu and realize it was actually fairly dumb. Ghostbusters, on the other hand, is still pretty hilarious. I appreciate it now more than ever.

My favorite scene from Robocop is when the first prototype malfunctions and blows away the corporate officer who was serving as a test dummy. There's blood all over the room, the prototype's machine gun barrels are kicking out smoke in the background, other people are in shock, but Dan O'Herlihy, playing the Chairman of the Board, simply lowers and shakes his head, and says, "Dick, I'm very disappointed." I use that line frequently in expressing my displeasure over the many things that go awry in my life.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Back to the Future I love, I can't help but watch parts of it when it's on TV. Zemeckis is still around and 2015 will be to 1985 what 1985 was to 1955. On one hand, I would absolutely watch a 2015 version of it but I'd almost certainly be disappointed.

But, IMO, that show has held up extremely well.

Love Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

Aliens, I think is the still the best sci if action flick ever. That's James Cameron's best movie.

Then there's the trend setting Die Hard. How many dozens of movies in the first half of the 90s cribbed off Die Hard? None of them were as good however.

While the 70s had those epic dramas that have held up well (the Godfather movies), the 80s have all those action and sci fi movies that are so rewatchable.

Then you've got the John Hughes movies which I still like, still the best teen movies ever.

Stand By Me is one of my top 3 from that decade. Back to the Future, Raiders and Stand By Me.

[venkman]

I was but a lad who was traumatized by the trio of super violent scenes in this movie when it first came out, and didn't remember much about the subtleties of the plot or dialogue or what have you. I watched it the other day on Hulu and realize it was actually fairly dumb. Ghostbusters, on the other hand, is still pretty hilarious. I appreciate it now more than ever.

I can see that it wouldn't really hold up. We used the line "I LIKE IT!!!" (from the dude who tests out a rocket launcher on some random car on the street) incessantly growing up. I was also shocked by the scene where pre-Robocop gets shot to hell. Seeing it again a few years ago, I was like "no biggie".

Of course, I agree on Ghostbusters.

[venkman]

By sheer volume: Major League. I would watch this movie, with a group of teammates/friends, before every baseball game from the time it came out until, I graduated from HS.

"I only got one thing to say to you...strike this motherfucker OUT!"

[Jarid in Cedar]

"I only got one thing to say to you...strike this motherfucker OUT!"

"Forget about the fastball, Ricky, give him the heater!" As catcher, this become a go to line on the mound.

"You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shit!"

[smokymountainrain]

I'll never forget sitting in the movie theater during The Naked Gun when I was a kid. Never before or since in my experience has an entire theater full of people laughed out loud as often as they did that day. Major League would have to be in my top 5 as well. NLV and Better off Dead were family favorites as I was growing up, so I'd have to include those.

[Northwestcoug]

War Games. I loved that show and watched it many times.
Better off Dead and Bill and Ted's round out my trinity.

[venkman]

"Forget about the fastball, Ricky, give him the heater!" As catcher, this become a go to line on the mound.

"You may run like Hayes, but you hit like shit!"

"You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"

[Jarid in Cedar]

"You trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"

"Up yours Jobu! Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill!"

[Blueintheface]

Fletch
Ghostbusters
John Hughes films (I still watch The Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science, and Mr. Mom at least once a year and my wife has Pretty in Pink memorized)

[Art Vandelay]

I just came home to find my kids watching Gremlins. It is one of their favorite "Christmas" movies. Phoebe Cates character, Kate has the most tragically awesome Christmas story ever. Such a great, bad movie to rewatch.

[Art Vandelay]

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