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Subject: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: wsmith4 on 01/20/14 at 2:19 pm

JUST ONE!!!

E.T.

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To me, this movie is the be-all, end-all 80's experience. 

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/20/14 at 5:32 pm


JUST ONE!!!

E.T.

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To me, this movie is the be-all, end-all 80's experience.


You win.

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Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: apollonia1986 on 01/20/14 at 6:37 pm

Purple Rain to me.

Too much hair spray, glitter, lace, chest hair, and it seems like one never-ending music video.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: warped on 01/20/14 at 6:50 pm

I never saw E.T. I was 20 when it came out. It was a movie for kids and when you are 20...you don't wanna see movies for kids.  ;D
I have tried to see E.T. since then but it never caught my interest. Having said that, I do understand the impact of E.T. and it is a good choice, Bill.

I don't have 1 choice because I can't limit myself to just one. I can suggest several:
Raiders of the lost ark, Back to the Future, War games, Fast times at Ridgemont high, The Breakfast club, even Ferris Buehler.  When I saw those films at the theater it appealed to my age group more.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: gibbo on 01/20/14 at 7:26 pm

Back to the Future immediately came to mind for me.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Howard on 01/20/14 at 7:35 pm


Back to the Future immediately came to mind for me.


I would say the same thing too.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: robby76 on 01/20/14 at 8:55 pm

My vote will go to the Ewok movie "Caravan of Courage" (1984) which my Mum would rent from the video store every time I was sick. Although I did see E.T. at the movies I was perhaps a little too young to appreciate it as a 6 yr old.

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Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: snozberries on 01/21/14 at 2:23 am



Okay. There's a difference between the ultimate 80s flick and the most definitive 80s flick....

Most definitive to me?  It's a toss up between Beeakfast Club and Tootsie.


Breakfast Club because it's about teens trying to break free and find their voice. They are not adults yet but they want to be so fiercely independent and yet accepted. It's a classic.


By the same token Toirsie explores the treatment of women in the real world and at work....thru the eyes of a man.  The film is brilliant and should be talked about more often than it is.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Katluver on 01/21/14 at 7:48 pm

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: snozberries on 01/21/14 at 9:36 pm


Fast Times at Ridgemont High

That would've been my choice for ultimate 80s movie O0

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: moycon on 01/22/14 at 12:22 am

For me the choice is easy.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High!

I was actually more like 12 years old when I saw it and a couple years away from high school, but I just knew when I got to high school, it was gonna be just like that movie, and in some ways...it was!! LOL

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Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Howard on 01/22/14 at 6:42 am

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Just One Of The Guys

You had the hairstyles, the clothing and the hot women, what more could you ask for?

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: wsmith4 on 01/22/14 at 8:04 am

But, I thought you picked Back To The Future?

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Howard on 01/22/14 at 7:43 pm


But, I thought you picked Back To The Future?


Can't we have 2 choices?  ???

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 01/23/14 at 2:01 am

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Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: wsmith4 on 01/23/14 at 5:04 am


Can't we have 2 choices?  ???


I suppose...  ::)

;D

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/23/14 at 5:42 pm

Fast Times.


Cat

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Todd on 01/24/14 at 1:08 pm

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Foo Bar on 01/25/14 at 11:11 pm


Can't we have 2 choices?  ???


Very well, then.

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Surge on 03/12/14 at 11:53 am

No vote for Ferris Bueller?  :O

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Howard on 03/12/14 at 7:17 pm


No vote for Ferris Bueller?  :O


That's a good film that sums up the 80's.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: whistledog on 03/12/14 at 7:37 pm

In the early 80s, home video and computer games were all the rage, and I was a big fan (what kid wasn't), so for me, the movie that sums up the 80s was Disney's TRON

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Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Vance Jacobsen on 03/28/14 at 7:33 pm

FBDO, because, of all the 1980s teen movies, it is the one I've seen the most times and the one I find myself quoting the most.  ;)

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: 80sfan on 03/28/14 at 7:47 pm

A nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Can't you tell? I'm a big horror fan.  :P

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: KatanaChick on 04/07/14 at 5:45 am


http://www.dvdfilmclassics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/j/u/just-one-of-the-guys-dvd-cover.jpg

Just One Of The Guys

You had the hairstyles, the clothing and the hot women, what more could you ask for?

Loved that movie! I remember it on Comedy Central.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Howard on 04/07/14 at 6:17 am


Loved that movie! I remember it on Comedy Central.


That film had an 80's feel to it.

Subject: Re: Name ONE movie that sums up the 1980's for you

Written By: Jquar on 04/09/14 at 1:51 am

Back to the Future is a good choice, but I'm gonna pick a different time travel movie: The Terminator.

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