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Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on August 26, 2009, 10:45:48 am ---Great performance by Robert Downey, Jr in that one. I guess playing a guy coked out of his gourd wasn't exactly difficult, though. ;D

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Hadn't seen that.  Didn't know he made a bio pic.

Shardian,  I saw Last American Virgin sometime around 83 or 84 when I was about 13 or 14.  I think it makes a different impression when someone is that age as opposed to watching it when you're 25-30.  Could be wrong though.

Nobody has any comments about Losin' it?  Jackie Earl Haley, Tom Cruise, Shelly Long etc.  Hilarious movie!  Not great, but still funny.

Ginsu Victim:
To Live and Die in LA - William Friedkin awesomeness.
Thief - Michael Mann awesomeness.

LLUncoolJ:
How 'bout movies that did NOT hold up at all? (Let's leave sequels out of it)

Mannequin...sucked almost as much then as today
Roadhouse...guilty pleasure, but it don't get any more 80sish
Breakin'...nuff said
The Last Dragon...Breakin made me think of this one...Bruce Leeroy


Oh, thought of a couple more that I like: The Natural and Revenge of the Nerds

shardian:

--- Quote from: LLUncoolJ on August 26, 2009, 12:59:39 pm ---How 'bout movies that did NOT hold up at all? (Let's leave sequels out of it)


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Monster Squad
The Explorers

I set both of those up on a pedastal as a kid. The first 2 acts of The Explorers was mind blowing to a kid! The third act...sucked then, but I glossed it over. I found almost the entire movie to be suckage upon rewatch, which shocked me.

Monster Squad was awesome as a kid. I loved this movie much more than Goonies. Upon rewatch, Goonies is still an excellent movie with some of the best child acting in any movie ever made. Monster Squad was a knock-off of Goonies in a way. I should have left this one as a distant memory...


Overall, I am happy to have went back and watched 80's movies from my childhood. Sure some now stink, but a surprising number have held up nicely. I was a 90's kid, but for many 90's kids we experienced the 80's movies too since VHS didn't take off until the later 80's and was around all of the 90's. Everyone had a shelf full of bootleg 80's movies. ;)

Ginsu Victim:
I bought Monster Squad the moment it finally made it to DVD. I have not regretted it. I loved that movie as a kid and still love it, plus, I collect movies written by Shane Black, so it's a must.

That was directed by Fred Dekker and another of his films from the 80s is finally coming to DVD....Night of the Creeps! That one is a classic. THRILL ME!

The Legend of Billie Jean is also rumored as finally getting a DVD release. According to Yeardley Smith, they recorded a commentary for it last year, so hopefully we'll see that out soon.

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