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Defining a decade with a movie: 1980s
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Ranger REG
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Yeah, when Indiana Jones the Mathematician finds the missing piece of a circle.Orius said:
James Heard
Explorer
Definitely the Breakfast Club, since it has so many of the stars of the decade (and only in that decade for the most part) in what's probably their defining roles. Other movies are probably better, and might even stand the test of time better - but nothing cages the 80s in terms of attitude and styles as perfectly I think. Unless you start talking Teen Wolf. Classic.
Barendd Nobeard
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The Terminator
The Breakfast Club took itself waaaaaay too seriously. Teen angst is fo suckas, yo.
Better off Dead was far better, in writing and acting, and it really captured the ambient insanity of Reaganomics, the Cold War, and Yuppiedom. Think about it, in the 80s, we didn't know from one day to the next if one of those monkeys in the Pentagon or the Kremlin was gonna push the button, and how did we react? Did we learn to 'duck and cover', like mom and dad? Did we get stoned and try to make love instead of war? Did we put on polyester and go disco? No, we put on a brave face, pretended the end wan't nigh, and made like it was business as usual.
We were dangerous batty loons.
That said, Aliens, Empire, or Raiders would all be epic picks too, but what, not even honorable mention for The Goonies?
Jeeze dudes. We all play D&D here, and not one of you geeks liked The Goonies?
Better off Dead was far better, in writing and acting, and it really captured the ambient insanity of Reaganomics, the Cold War, and Yuppiedom. Think about it, in the 80s, we didn't know from one day to the next if one of those monkeys in the Pentagon or the Kremlin was gonna push the button, and how did we react? Did we learn to 'duck and cover', like mom and dad? Did we get stoned and try to make love instead of war? Did we put on polyester and go disco? No, we put on a brave face, pretended the end wan't nigh, and made like it was business as usual.
We were dangerous batty loons.
That said, Aliens, Empire, or Raiders would all be epic picks too, but what, not even honorable mention for The Goonies?
Jeeze dudes. We all play D&D here, and not one of you geeks liked The Goonies?
threshel
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Ok, I'll say it:
Red Dawn
Actually, I like Better Off Dead. I don't care what John Cusak thinks.
As for John Hughes, he was a hack then, and he's still a hack. It pains me that people actually think his movies defined the decade, but perhaps that's strangely apropos. Not that I think Better Off Dead has the whole thing sewn up, but Hughes gets way too much credit.
J
Red Dawn
Actually, I like Better Off Dead. I don't care what John Cusak thinks.
As for John Hughes, he was a hack then, and he's still a hack. It pains me that people actually think his movies defined the decade, but perhaps that's strangely apropos. Not that I think Better Off Dead has the whole thing sewn up, but Hughes gets way too much credit.
J
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