Boardsies Great Movie Star of the 80s - Live Thread

Irish Aris · 30-07-2020 08:24AM

Good morning everyone.

Kolido, I will give a vote to Corey Feldman to complete this round.

Edit: oops, never mind Ficheall beat me to it

Deja Boo · 30-07-2020 08:26AM

Yep, I noted my error and deleted post.... sorry!
Chevy Chase isn't my cuppa tea.

I tried watching Roxeanne last month, Martins "humorous" diatribes were totally cringeworthy -- then again I am not a big film watcher so...
However, I liked Martins Father of the Bride films later on.

quickbeam · 30-07-2020 08:30AM

If you liked Father of the Bride, watch Parenthood. it's one of my favourite films ever. It's not a "typical Steve Martin comedy". In fact, I'd call it a drama with some funny bits, more than a comedy with some dramatic bits. It's an ensemble too, so if you don't dig his character there are lots of other characters you could like.

I also love LA Story (just in to the 90s though), but that's more old style Steve Martin.

Deja Boo · 30-07-2020 08:32AM

I shall check out both, Parenthood and LA Story, thanks quickbeam!

Zaph · 30-07-2020 08:34AM

Deja Boo wrote: »

Yep, I noted my error and deleted post.... sorry!
Chevy Chase isn't my cuppa tea.

I tried watching Roxeanne last month, Martins "humorous" diatribes were totally cringeworthy -- then again I am not a big film watcher so...
However, I liked Martins Father of the Bride films later on.

I'm a big Steve Martin fan, but God I hate The Father of the Bride, it's just not funny. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains are his funniest films imo.

Deja Boo · 30-07-2020 08:38AM

Zaph wrote: »

I'm a big Steve Martin fan, but God I hate The Father of the Bride, it's just not funny. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains are his funniest films imo.

Did you see him in Pink Panther? Was it good? I've only seen bits of the old one with David Niven.

quickbeam · 30-07-2020 08:41AM

Yeah, not a fan of Father of the Bride either, but if Deja likes family orientated films, then I think Parenthood would suit more than The Jerk, et al. I don't think she'd like them at all.

I like his Carl Reiner quartet. All of Me is very underrated.

The Pink Panther is diabolical, don't go near it.

Kolido · 30-07-2020 08:45AM

John Rhys-Davies 6 3 Carl Weathers
Richard Pryor 6 5 Corey Feldman
Jennifer Grey 6 Chevy Chase
Sigourney Weaver 6 2 Ben Kingsley

and with that, goes the last of the lost boys cast and I won't be getting to put this gif to any good use so I'll just post it now.

Round 3 will begin shortly

Zaph · 30-07-2020 08:47AM

Deja Boo wrote: »

Did you see him in Pink Panther? Was it good? I've only seen bits of the old one with David Niven.

Haven't seen that, the Peter Sellers Pink Panther films were perfect as they were and there's no need to go messing around with remakes imo.

Quickbeam, All of Me is brilliant. I'm not a big fan of Lily Tomlin, but she was superb in that film. Haven't seen it in years, must try to dig it out somewhere.

Kolido · 30-07-2020 08:49AM

Round 3 cast

Michael Keaton
Winona Ryder
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Hanks
John Candy
Kim Basinger
Gene Wilder
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sylvester Stallone
Kurt Russell
Bruce Willis
Mel Gibson
Nicolas Cage
Dustin Hoffman
Michael J. Fox
John Cusack
Ralph Machio
Robert De Niro
Emilio Estevez
James Earl Jones
Steve Martin
Kathleen Turner
Robin Williams
Dan Aykroyd
Christopher Lloyd
Tom Cruise
Eddie Murphy
Bill Murray
John Rhys-Davies
Richard Pryor
Chevy Chase
Sigourney Weaver

First to 6 votes

Kolido · 30-07-2020 08:58AM

R3/M1

Sigourney Weaver

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver

vs

Chevy Chase

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Chase

R3/M2

Christopher Lloyd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd

vs

Eddie Murphy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy

R3/M3

Nicolas Cage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Cage

vs

Richard Pryor

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor

R3/M4

Bruce Willis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis

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Tom Cruise

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise

Sigourney Weaver Chevy Chase
Christopher Lloyd Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis Tom Cruise

Deja Boo · 30-07-2020 09:00AM

Christopher Lloyd
Bruce Willis

Zaph · 30-07-2020 09:02AM

Chevy Chase
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis

quickbeam · 30-07-2020 09:07AM

Zaph wrote: »

Quickbeam, All of Me is brilliant. I'm not a big fan of Lily Tomlin, but she was superb in that film. Haven't seen it in years, must try to dig it out somewhere.

He's possessed by her, they share his body. In one scene his half falls asleep but he's in court and she has to perform for him.

So it's Steve Martin the actor, pretending to be possessed by Lily Tomln's character, pretending to be Steve Martin's character. Genius!

30-07-2020 09:08AM

Chevy Chase
Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage
Tom Cruise

quickbeam · 30-07-2020 09:08AM

Sigourney Weaver
Christopher Lloyd
Nicolas Cage
Bruce Willis

Irish Aris · 30-07-2020 09:09AM

Sigourney Weaver - one of my nominations
Christopher Lloyd - for Back to the Future
Nicolas Cage - some great films in the 80s
Tom Cruise - Top Gun, Cocktail

30-07-2020 09:10AM

Irish Aris wrote: »

Tom Cruise - Top Gun, Cocktail

Don’t forget The Outsiders

And risky business

Necro · 30-07-2020 09:11AM

Sigourney Weaver
Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage
Bruce Willis

Sawduck · 30-07-2020 09:22AM

Sigourney Weaver
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis

Kolido · 30-07-2020 09:30AM

Sigourney Weaver 4 2 Chevy Chase
Christopher Lloyd 3 4 Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage 4 2 Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis 5 2 Tom Cruise

Can Bruce Willis get another giant killing. I'm surprise how well he is doing off the back of one movie, albeit, the greatest Christmas movie ever.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 30-07-2020 09:35AM

Sigourney Weaver

Christopher Lloyd

Nicolas Cage

Bruce Willis ; because Look Who's Talking and Die Hard two of the best movies of the decade (stop saying its just Die Hard Kol, you heathen)

JohnGreenFan · 30-07-2020 10:00AM

Sigourney Weaver
Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage
Bruce Willis

Necro · 30-07-2020 10:06AM

Hon Bruce!

(Didn't nominate anyone for this but loving how he is going so far)

the purple tin · 30-07-2020 10:18AM

John Rhys-Davies Carl Weathers
Richard Pryor Corey Feldman
Jennifer Grey Chevy Chase
Sigourney Weaver Ben Kingsley

the purple tin · 30-07-2020 10:19AM

Sigourney Weaver Chevy Chase
Christopher Lloyd Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis Tom Cruise

the purple tin · 30-07-2020 10:21AM

Kolido wrote: »

Sigourney Weaver 4 2 Chevy Chase
Christopher Lloyd 3 4 Eddie Murphy
Nicolas Cage 4 2 Richard Pryor
Bruce Willis 5 2 Tom Cruise

Can Bruce Willis get another giant killing. I'm surprise how well he is doing off the back of one movie, albeit, the greatest Christmas movie ever.

Don't forget Moonlighting. He was great as David Addison before he became an action star.

Kolido · 30-07-2020 10:31AM

the purple tin wrote: »

Don't forget Moonlighting. He was great as David Addison before he became an action star.

Oh I loved Moonlighting but wasn't taking tv shows into account for this contest.

Honestly, voice acting aside, I could only name 2 Bruce Willis 80s movies without Googling, the other being Blind Date, which was okay iirc.

the purple tin · 30-07-2020 10:33AM

Leslie Nielsen gone? Surely you can't be serious

quickbeam · 30-07-2020 10:34AM

Blind Date was really kinda awful.

But Die Hard more than makes up in quality what's he's missing in quantity in the 80s.

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