The Neverending Story, Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Gremlins.....

Makaveli

Originally posted by evie
The Labrynth: For years David Bowie freaked me out.

Freaked me out too, but I think it was because of the tightness of his pants. It was just wrong.

Nevyn

oh Joy i have all of those and it is great to sit and watch them with my own kids, esp when the weather is pelting rain.

Dont forget Krull , and indeed conan , red sonia and Synbad and Legend.

I think what makes these films so good is that they never patronise kids. there real danger and you have to be brave and your never sure how things are going to turn out in the end.

a lot better then the disney crap that out there.

" Are you the Mircle Max who used to work for the king ? "
"Yes until the King's stinking son fired me, and thank you for bringing up such a painful subject why dont you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it. "


" you have No power over me. "

JohnK

In case anyone is interested, Stand By Me is on TV3 tonight(sat) at 9pm.

LoneGunM@n

ah the greatest movie era of all - the 80s .... my personal favs are

the goonies
the lost boys
st elmo's fire
the breakfast club
the neverending story
labyrinth
war games
ferris bueler's day off
the secret of my success
teen wolf
back to the future
short circuit [help me rhonda, help help me rhanda]
short circuit 2 [ko derf .... my names fred .... that's what i said, derf!!]
big trouble in little china
gremlins
bmx bandits

etc. etc.

my fav of the lot would have to be the goonies ... hey you guys

adser53

All class movies but here are the best ones:

the lost boys
ferris bueler's day off
back to the future
big trouble in little china
gremlins
the blues brothers
willow
krull
ghostbusters (I and II)
the princess bride
romancing the stone
the jewel in the nile
Indiana Jones

But the best has to be the goonies!!!!

Zaltais

Got another 'classic' on DVD yesterday that I haven't seen mentioned yet.

Spaceballs

Had completely forgotton most of it...

'I see your Schwartz is as big as mine'

Not to everyone's taste, but I loved it!

adser53

"Oh sh!t spaceballs! there goes the planet!"- Classic

Anyone ever see Something Wild with jeff daniels and melanie griffith? excellent film in my opinion

evie

Indiana Jones (all 3)
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Back to the Future
Crocodile Dundee (oh the shoulder pads!)
Three men and a Baby (and a Little Lady, their apartment was sooo cool ...at the time!)

ozpass

Does anyone remember the spooky 'ghost in the window' scene in 3 Men and a Baby? IIRC there's a scene where you can see the translucent image of a woman staring from a window....

JohnK

Actually it was a supposed to be a dead boy but it seems that it was just a cardboard cutout of Ted Danson.
More info at: http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/3menbaby.htm

PatLam

Labyrinth, Never Ending Story, Momo, Breakfast Club ( don't know why anymore, but got a crush on Judd Nelson @age 15), Blue Bird, The Wizard of Oz, Merlin, ET, Mary Poppins...and Goonies

Jip

Anyone remember the "Explorers" staring a young River Phoenix and Ethan Hawk ? God I loved that film, the geeky genius lad (Phoenix) managed to make this bubble thing and they made themselves a space ship to stick in it and off they went to space. The film died a bit once they got into space and met the aliens spaceship but it was fantastic up until then. I loved the soundtrack too, I'm getting goose pimples just thinking about it

Cork

Originally posted by PhatFiesta
ah the greatest movie era of all - the 80s .... my personal favs are

the goonies
the lost boys
st elmo's fire
the breakfast club
the neverending story
labyrinth
war games
ferris bueler's day off
the secret of my success
teen wolf
back to the future
short circuit [help me rhonda, help help me rhanda]
short circuit 2 [ko derf .... my names fred .... that's what i said, derf!!]
big trouble in little china
gremlins
bmx bandits

etc. etc.

my fav of the lot would have to be the goonies ... hey you guys

Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Wired Science are being released on DVD in September.

Are Sixteen Candles and Wired Science any good?

LoneGunM@n

Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Wired Science are being released on DVD in September.

I've never heard of Sixteen Candles, but Wierd Science [another John Hughes Classic] was excellent.

It had Anthony Michael Hall [Brian from Breakfast Club - The guy in detention for his flare gun going off in his locker] in it. He and his best friend created Kelly leBrock [collective male drooling interupts] with the use of a PC and voodoo.

John Hughes was the 80's teen comedy god.