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Postby Reichu » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:41 am

View Original PostRei IV wrote:You like The Little Mermaid too? I think it's one of the best 80s, Disney AND Animated movies of all time :w00t:

There's a few Disney movies I like better, but The Little Mermaid does have a special place in my heart, and it demands occasional rewatching. (Rene Auberjonois as a singing, psychotic French chef never gets old...)

Has anybody mentioned Aliens?

Oh, yes. That was one of the first things to be mentioned.
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Postby Rei IV » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:58 am

Well, other movies that I can think of that haven't been mentioned:

Airplane
Private Benjamin
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Tootsie
16 Candles
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Postby Kazuki_Fuse » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:49 am

Halloween is closing in fast, so I thought I'd give a shout-out to Night of the Demons for being re-watchable enough that I've viewed it with friends every October 31st since 2006.
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Postby Falcon_of_the_Sun » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:24 am

Aliens is one of my favourites ever. A virtually perfect movie, pretty much impossible to improve on under any aspect. Great characters, solid plot with no freaking plotholes a 5 year old could spot, a desperate struggle, awesome climax and the immortal, genius exchange "Vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man?" "No. Have you?". What more could you want?

85-86 produced a good trio of sci-fi movies for children/family: Explorers, D.A.R.Y.L. and Flight of the Navigator.
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Postby C.A.P. » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:34 pm

The Dark Crystal is slowly starting to grow on me. There's a lot of things done right about that movie that I can forgive that there really isn't an interesting story in it.
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Postby gatotsu911 » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:15 pm

- search thread for Blue Velvet
- no Blue Velvet

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Postby Trajan » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:10 pm

View Original Postgatotsu911 wrote:- search thread for Blue Velvet
- no Blue Velvet


Meh, David Lynch never did much for me. That said, it is surprising no one has mentioned him yet.
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Postby Guy Nacks » Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:34 pm

Lynch films aren't 80's IMO, they transcend time and space.
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Postby Squigsquasher » Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:43 am

Aliens
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (does that count?)
Spaceballs
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Postby UrsusArctos » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:13 pm

Platoon and Full Metal Jacket were both awesome as hell.

From the fantasy/SF side, The Empire Strikes Back. Cue the Imperial March! Raiders of the Lost Ark was awesome too.
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Postby Reichu » Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:14 pm

View Original PostC.A.P. wrote:The Dark Crystal is slowly starting to grow on me. There's a lot of things done right about that movie that I can forgive that there really isn't an interesting story in it.

I really wanted to like The Dark Crystal, but I felt embarrassed to be watching it, from beginning to end.
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Postby CJD » Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:38 pm

View Original PostC.A.P. wrote:The Dark Crystal is slowly starting to grow on me. There's a lot of things done right about that movie that I can forgive that there really isn't an interesting story in it.


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Postby bobbyfischer's ghost » Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:45 am

A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Neverending Story
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Ghostbusters
The Untouchables

Sure it's a small list, but it works for now.
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