Keeping the '80s Alive....Movies!

[d2vasquez]

Ok for those of you who might not have been a huge music buff.....and keeping with our '80s theme....name a movie that came out in the '80s......

Sixteen Candles

[~ashleigh]

One of my all time favorites: The Lost Boys!!

Yea, cheesy I know, but I LOVE that move :D

[Charla]

Field ofDreams (all-time fave)

[StaceyD]

Top Gun!

[CraftTeaLady]

Breakfast Club.

[aggietha]

Oh my absolutest faves:
Blue Lagoon
Goonies..I was in first grade here and I watched every week in VHS/Betamax! LOL

And what is that movie of a wounded Angel and the girlfriend of the guy was Phoebe Cates? Love that one too!

[CraftTeaLady]

Charlene - I LOVE FofDs!!!

[~ashleigh]

ET - my 5yo loves this movie!

[d2vasquez]

Pretty in Pink....

[StaceyD]

Stand By Me

[StaceyD]

Ghostbusters!!

[d2vasquez]

color of money

[StaceyD]

One more then I will stop.

Airplane

[d2vasquez]

LOL Stacey....play as much as you want....

Dirty Dancing.

[StaceyD]

OK!

Beetlejuice

[YvetteSanders]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - makes me laugh every time!

Yvette

[CraftTeaLady]

Against All Odds

[CraftTeaLady]

Yvette - YES!! Bueller, bueller.. bueller!

[d2vasquez]

A Christmas Story - timeless classic...hehe

LOL Yvette love the Bueller!!! hehe can't you just hear the background music from that movie!

[StaceyD]

Gremlins

[Laura_A]

Footloose
Nightmare on Elm Street 1 - 75
Dirty Dancing
Karate Kid
The Outsiders
Flatliners

I could go on forever... I'm such an 80s GEEK!

[d2vasquez]

Who could forget "Valley Girl" for sure!

[Laura_A]

Risky Business!

[d2vasquez]

LOL you are funny Laura! Now you need to catch up with StaceyD, Yvette and me.....bring it on!

Terms of Endearment

[JennStar]

Back to the Future! (1 and 2 anyway!)

[d2vasquez]

Terminator

[Laura_A]

When Harry Met Sally

[d2vasquez]

9 to 5

[JennStar]

The CLASSIC fro the 80's-

The Princess Bride!

How many quotes can you come up with from that one!!

[StaceyD]

Never Ending Story

[Laura_A]

Can't Buy Me Love

[StaceyD]

LOL!

Breakin 1 & 2

[Laura_A]

OMG Stacey... I was going to say that but didn't think anyone else had seen it. LOL

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[d2vasquez]

9 1/2 weeks - not that I saw that movie or anything!:22:

[d2vasquez]

Oh good one Laura!!! Love that!

Airplane

"there is no parking in the white zone, the white zone is for....."

[StaceyD]

OMG Stacey... I was going to say that but didn't think anyone else had seen it. LOL


Oh yeah, Laura!! Here is the kicker...I had the record album with the fold out poster giving the "how to" on the breakdance moves!:embaresse

[d2vasquez]

Oh yeah, Laura!! Here is the kicker...I had the record album with the fold out poster giving the "how to" on the break dance moves!:embaresse

ROFLMAO!!! We love you StaceyD!!!!

[StaceyD]

Poltergeist

[d2vasquez]

Aliens

[StaceyD]

Desperately Seeking Susan

[Laura_A]

So get this Stacey... my Uncle did the sound for those movies and took me with him to the Wrap Party... I got to meet all the actors. LOL I had a nice crush on Ozone... or was it Turbo... the taller one. LOL

[StaceyD]

National Lampoon's Vacation

Oh, this is too much fun!! I can't stop!

[Laura_A]

Wierd Science

[StaceyD]

So get this Stacey... my Uncle did the sound for those movies and took me with him to the Wrap Party... I got to meet all the actors. LOL I had a nice crush on Ozone... or was it Turbo... the taller one. LOL

Too funny and too COOL!!

[StaceyD]

Wierd Science

How could I forget about that one!! Now THAT is my favorite!

[StaceyD]

Summer School...loved this one too!

[Laura_A]

Here's one of my faves...

Listen to Me

[StaceyD]

Hairspray

[d2vasquez]

48 hrs

[StaceyD]

Heathers

[d2vasquez]

An Officer and A Gentleman

[ccouch]

The CLASSIC fro the 80's-

The Princess Bride!

How many quotes can you come up with from that one!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that movie!!
"mawwiage"
"wove, twue wove"
"inconceivable!!"

[ccouch]

don't know if this one was thrown out there yet:

pump up the volume w/ christian slater?
another of his - gleaming the cube.

oh, i loved me some christian slater movies!

[scrapsandsass]

Grease? Was that the 80s? It seems like I was in the early years of grade school... but I'm not sure.

[scrapsandsass]

The CLASSIC fro the 80's-

The Princess Bride!

How many quotes can you come up with from that one!!

"As you wish."
"You killed my father... prepare to die."

[ccouch]

"hello, my name is inigo montoya!"

[CraftTeaLady]

Inconceivable!!!

[Laura_A]

Grease? Was that the 80s? It seems like I was in the early years of grade school... but I'm not sure.

Greece was late 70s

I loved this one...

Secret Admirer

[DragonFly]

don't know if this one was thrown out there yet:

pump up the volume w/ christian slater?
another of his - gleaming the cube.

oh, i loved me some christian slater movies!

Dont know if it is 80's or early 90's but have you seen Untamed Heart....TEAR jerker movie....=) and his new one ... Into the Darkness I think...its pretty good too...=)

[~ashleigh]

Adventures in Babysitting

[ccouch]

Adventures in Babysitting

ha ha ha!! i haven't thought about that movie in AGES! loved it!

[ccouch]

has anyone posted this yet:

GIRLS just wanna have fun!!!

[Laura_A]

How 'bout this one....

Mystic Pizza

[DragonFly]

I have Girls Just Want To Have Fun & Mystic Pizza on VHS...=)
***

Xanudu

Anyone see these on DVD?

[Laura_A]

I love Girls Just Wanta Have Fun... isn't Carrie....er....Sarah Jessica Parker adorable?

Gremlins

[dubois598]

I have Girls Just Want To Have Fun & Mystic Pizza on VHS...=)
***

Xanudu

Anyone see these on DVD?


LOVED that movie!! I made my mom buy me roller skates after seeing it! ROFL

Purple Rain

[d2vasquez]

LOL I get the skates too!!

Oh and I remember when I SAW purple rain......hmmm, memories.

Anyways - Beverly Hills Cop I, II and III

[~ashleigh]

Short Circuit

[ccouch]

did anyone else see the movie "fast forward?"
about a bunch of kids who loved to dance who moved to NYC to follow their dreams?
totally cheesy, totally 80s, my sis and i totally loved it!

[TheresaXXX]

Real Genius
Top Gun
Raiders of the Lost Ark

And my first "date" (I was 14, I think) was to see " RAD" with my neighbor who was into BMX bikes, big time!

(And Laura, I am TOTALLY jealous that Uncle P. took you to meet the cast from Breakin'! Man, I wish I knew you all then!!! LOL)

[noralong]

How about Urban Cowboy?

[noralong]

Or, The Color Purple, Karate Kid, and Footloose

Sing now :musical_n Footloose, footloose. Put on your dancing shoes.....:musical_n

[d2vasquez]

LOL Nora.....ummmm, let's see

Batman

[Laura_A]

Too late Nora... I already picked Footloose AND Karate Kid... guess great minds think alike.

Now, am I really the 1st one to remember this one....

St. Elmo's Fire

[d2vasquez]

I remember that and all the breakfast club like movies - they were my favorites!

Blues Brothers - the movie :)

[Laura_A]

Weekend at Bernie's

[d2vasquez]

Born on the 4th of July

[StaceyD]

Spaceballs

[StaceyD]

Some Kind of Wonderful

[busyizzie]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Laura, you took my two standbys....Xanadu and Weird Science!

What about Another 48 Hours

[busyizzie]

can you believe I never saw princess bride?

[busyizzie]

Amadeus

Now that will be stuck in my head...Amadeus, amadeus, rock me amadeus!

[busyizzie]

Arthur and 10 I remember so many people wanted Bo's braids!

[busyizzie]

Bill & Ted's excellent adventure

[busyizzie]

I even think Blues Brothers was an 80's movie.

I made the kids I used to baby sit watch that all the time

[busyizzie]

I'm searching my brain for all those TNT movies...

We were just talking about Cocoon not too long ago.

[~ashleigh]

Did anyone see BMX Bandits? We used to watch it all of the time, and as it turns out, it was one of Nicole Kidman's first movies.

[~ashleigh]

The Great Outdoors (was that in the 80s?)

[nesser1981]

Yep Great Outdoors is 80's.

[nesser1981]

Teen Witch! I just watched it this morning.

[nesser1981]

Oh and Shag! I love Shag!

[nesser1981]

Bull Durham!

[Angela]

The Karate Kid!

[Laura_A]

Oh and Shag! I love Shag!

OMG, one of my all-time faves. I didn't know anyone else had ever seen it. LOL

I thought I wanted to do a series of kits based on the characters in the movie.. but can't very well call it The Shag Collection. LOL

[SarahJ]

i forgot about Shag too! We watched that for the first time when I was in college. That brings back memories! :)

[LauraBozeman]

Short Circuit (the one with Johnny 5, the robot)

My all time favorite, Better Off Dead (you like raisins)

And, because I heart Jon Cusack, Say Anything.

[SarahJ]

Drop Dead Fred (I used to love that movie!)

I thought of another one but when I was looking back to see if someone already said it, I forgot what it was!

Man, I was born in the 80s, I shouldn't be losing my memory yet!!! LOL

[tracey]

I love Shag!

Dream a Little Dream
License to Drive
loved the "Corey" Movies!

[tracey]

Beaches


Oh Drop Dead Fred was, still is one of my faves!

[hyper.mum]

Revenge of the Nerds :)

[leah81]

Laybrinth!

[leah81]

OH OH OH, and DUNE! Love dune!

[Angela]

The Last Starfighter!!!!

[leah81]

ack! Me and my mom love that movie! VICTORY OR DEATH, VICTORY OR DEATH! ;)

[pbumbaca]

The Breakfast Club

[pbumbaca]

Did anyone say When Harry Met Sally yet?

How about The Untouchables? (Eskimo and Butterflies) I love that part!

[cherebus]

9 to 5
and one of my favorites
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

[cherebus]

oh just remembered a couple other favs
Beastmaster
and
Big Easy- dennis Quiad was so sexy in this

[KimberlyGiarrusso]

What about Tron? That movie used to drive me nuts, but my baby brother LOVED it!!!

[LauraBozeman]

Throw Momma from the Train
Twins (with Arnold Schwarzeneggar (is that how you spell his name? LOL and Danny DeVito as twins)
The War of the Roses

Oh, and Romancing the Stone
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Ok, I'll quit now, LOL

[my4boys]

Ferris Buellers Day Off - I still watch it every time it is on !!!

[scarlettcharm]

Goonies!?

[Paula]

Honey, I shrunk the kids

[SimplyHomespunDesigns]

Don't know if someone already put this one down but...
An Officer an a Gentleman

[Paula]

Ishtar (not one of my favorites)

And was ET said?

[scrappity]

The Boy Who Could Fly.

I loved that movie :)

[KimberlyGiarrusso]

Oh my gosh. I can't even see a commercial with that guy in it now without saying...HE's that kid from a boy who could fly! :giggle:

Mystic Pizza

[ccouch]

hee hee....ditto that!! I was all excited when I recognized him & DH was all..."HUH?"

[scrappity]

Aawww in Australia we don't get to see those commercials. What a shame :(

Yes I loved that movie, I should get it out and see if it's still as good (somehow I think it wont be as good).

[doohikey]

Pretty in Pink! Love's it!!!