Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 23:59     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Loved that movie
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 23:42     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:War Games > Red Dawn


I tend to agree with this. War Games UNDERRATED.


FWIW I read somewhere that John Lennon was originally cast to play the role of Professor Falken. He would have been fantastic.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 22:07     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
The girl characters barely have names. I watched Red Dawn recently and they’re handed guns and somehow hit people without even aiming in their direction. It’s embarrassingly bad.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 21:52     Subject: Re:Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Lost Boys


This soundtrack too . . . chef's kiss.


This!!!!!
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 21:06     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Say anything

Terminator

ET

Out of Africa

Amadeus

All better 80smovies.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2023 20:32     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:War Games > Red Dawn


I tend to agree with this. War Games UNDERRATED.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:57     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:Heathers was my favorite 80s movie. Then Pretty in Pink, then Breakfast Club.


My high school was heathers. Have had a very successful career and when one of my kids asked me how I showed her Heathers and Platoon. We watched Platoon first and went up to the scene where the one guy notes something along the lines of if we get out of here everything else is gravy. We then watched Heathers and I was said that I knew if I could survive high school, everything the rest of my life would be gravy.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:46     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:I am rewatching it on Prime for like the 76th time.

Best movie of the decade for so many reasons: Cast, geopolitics, anthem, jingoism.

Fight me.


You misspelled "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:45     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Heathers was my favorite 80s movie. Then Pretty in Pink, then Breakfast Club.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:44     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
War Games > Red Dawn
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:44     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
I happened to be there one day during filming as a child but never saw it. Now I should watch it!
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:42     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:come on...

full metal jacket, Back to the future, die hard, Bueller, The running Man, blade runner, the untouchables, Aliens, airplane, Indiana Jones, risky business, scarface, caddyshack, blues brothers, fast times at ridgemont high, the right stuff, the shining, Predator, terminator...

red dawn would not' even make my top 20... heck if I had to choose one decade to only watch movies fro the rest of my life. it would be the 80's

too many great movies to choose from..


Good list my Xer friend.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 21:41     Subject: Re:Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
It’s Red Dawn and IT AINT CLOSE! (16 Candles (although it’s not aged well), Fast Times and Platoon come in next.)

I have a shirt that has “the chair is against the wall” on the front pocket and “Robert” holding his rifle up on the back. One time when I was wearing it a random guy came up to me and seriously said “it could happen again.” Whoa.

If I had sons they would be named Jed and Mattie!
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 20:56     Subject: Re:Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:I would say Breakfast Club or Predator. The latter being more aligned to your genre. Or maybe even War Games.





The final fight scene in Predator beats ANY scene of any 80s movie…hands down….imho. I still watch it several times a year. Schwarzenegger versus the Alien….it just doesn’t get any better.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2023 20:41     Subject: Red Dawn was the best ‘80s movie
Anonymous wrote:come on...

full metal jacket, Back to the future, die hard, Bueller, The running Man, blade runner, the untouchables, Aliens, airplane, Indiana Jones, risky business, scarface, caddyshack, blues brothers, fast times at ridgemont high, the right stuff, the shining, Predator, terminator...

red dawn would not' even make my top 20... heck if I had to choose one decade to only watch movies fro the rest of my life. it would be the 80's

too many great movies to choose from..


You forgot to mention Top Gun!