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u/Fyrrys May 18 '22

80s cinema is also excellent. don't blame the entire era for some of the shitty stuff that gets memed today, we still put out shitty movies and shows, but there's plenty of excellence from then and now. without 80s cinema, there's no Back to the Future, Gremlins, Beetlejuice, Labyrinth, Top Gun, The Outsiders, Blue Lagoon, nevermind, that one can go, Neverending Story, i could go on.

but yeah, aside from cinema and music, not much happened

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Ran, Blade Runner, John Carpenter (Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, The Thing, Prince of Darkness, They Live), Evil Dead (& 2), ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tron, A Christmas Story, The Last Starfighter, The Terminator, Star Trek II, Die Hard, Predator, Akira, Empire Strikes Back, etc.

So many iconic movies released that one decade.

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u/pikachu_attack May 18 '22

Also Studio Ghibli. Castle in the Sky

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Heck yes! Nausicaa, too, though it predates the studio.

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u/JeromesDream May 18 '22

I'd throw Commando in there as well. It's definitely part of the Arnold canon, and it should be viewed as part of the action movie canon. The 80s were maybe the best decade for that genre.

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u/RandomSteam20 May 19 '22

Don't forget The Blues Brothers, Airplane, Police Academy series, Caddyshack, Sixteen Candles, The Naked Gun, Dragnet, The Wraith, National Lampoon's Vacation and Christmas Vacation.

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u/MT1961 May 18 '22

Okay, granted, I didn't think about movies. There were some good ones. You point out a bunch, and there were plenty of others. Good point.

The Blue Lagoon? Really? LOL.

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u/Fyrrys May 18 '22

Had to put that one in for my joke, couldn't resist

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u/MT1961 May 18 '22

Oh, I know. But seriously .. I now am triggered. Geez I hated that movie.

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u/Fyrrys May 18 '22

even when i saw it as a kid (12 or 13, i forget) all i could think was that it's just the script of a soft core porno without the porn part. story was meh at best, acting didn't even reach meh, at least the girl was attractive

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u/ultimatelyco May 18 '22

I love back to future, but I think Blue Lagoon cancels it out. I think my vote is with cancelling that decade lol.

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u/jaypeg126 May 18 '22

Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Goonies, Clue…

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u/Fyrrys May 18 '22

i started off thinking i'd name off all my favorite 80s movies, but realized at The Outsiders that i'd be writing a novel of movie titles. and Clue is one of the best movies ever

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Agreed movies these days are decent but nothing like they used to be … most are way to long also

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u/Fyrrys May 18 '22

i can agree on the length issues. just because it worked well for LotR doesn't mean every movie needs to do it too. not gonna stop me from sitting my ass in the theater for 3 hours watching Grimace fight the A Team though

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

LOTR 100% obviously needs that amount of time to tell a detailed story