Do You Still Love All Those 80's Teen Movies?
POSTED BY: Jongsstraw
UPDATED: Sunday, December 2, 2012 05:36
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I definitely do. Very early this morning TBS showed "The Sure Thing." I probably hadn't seen it in over 25 years. I couldn't turn it off. Daphne Zuniga was so young and so sweet, and John Cusack was such a damn good actor in it. This old geezer actually got all emotional and teary-eyed. It reminded me of all those other great movies of the era. What are your favorites?
...Sixteen Candles
...Breakfast Club
...Pretty In Pink
...Vision Quest
...St. Elmo's Fire
...The Wild Life
...Private School
...Fast Times At Ridgemont High
...The Outsiders
...All The Right Moves
...Valley Girl
...Some Kind Of Wonderful
...Say Anything
...My Bodyguard
...Porky's
...Summer School
...Risky Business
...Class
...
I'm sure I missed a bunch.
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I wouldn't say love but I sure do have a fondness for the 'vibe' of those films.
Some Kind of Wonderful and the Breakfast Club certainly stand out. I remember liking the Sure Thing too.
One of the lesser ones that stuck in my mind was Better Off Dead with John Cusack: It's been years since I've seen it and it's probably awful, but I remember liking it back then... Also My Science Project, do you remember that? Weird film about some kid digging up a time machine from an aircraft graveyard...
I do remember having a crush on Ally Sheedy. Especially when she was in War Games and Short Circuit! So cute! Oh there's another: Ferris Bueller's Day Off - (which I hated because he was such a spoilt brat!!!))
Oh boy nostalgia trip!! Might have to see if I can rent Sure Thing now....
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Pretty in Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful, my current favorite is Say Anything.
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Ye! Lots uv great stuff! And there are a bunch that I never saw, including a few in your list.
I saw Hiding Out for the 1st time last year. Didnt even know it existed till I found this on Youtube:
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Me too Sleepy, fondness abounds for those 80s classics:
Fast Times...
Pretty in Pink (I was in love with Molly Ringwald)
Say Anything (Cusack's quirky performance)
Ferris Bueller (Save Ferris)
Adventures in Babysitting
Real Genius
and the ultimate in teen movies
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (69 dude! So-crates! Party On!)
Two Great Ones: Bill S. Preston, Esq. and "Ted" Theodore Logan
SGG
Caesar - the salad eating dude!
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Yeah, I get nostalgic whenever I see those oldies but goodies.
I just thought of one more from the Fabulous 80s..................
Legend of Billie Jean, 1985
with Helen and Christian Slater (not related)
"Fair is Fair"
"Hubie and the truth have a way of not gettin' along with each other."
SGG
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Most all of John Hughes' films are worth revisiting, but some others on your list I can not recommend. All prints of Porky's and its sequels should be burned.
Along with The Outsiders, you should have also mentioned Rumble Fish.
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Shiny.
Good call on Real Genius - I'd forgotten about that one, and how much I liked that at the time! Do you also remember Misfit's of Science? And what about "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" ?
The 80's eh....
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like much of the music of the 80s.. I tried to let the whole genre pass right by me...but I have to confess..on a slow day of TV home in bed with the flu, I've let the tube burn and gotten caught up in a couple of these...
without a doubt, I still count one of the best kiss scenes ever to have been with Mary Stewart in Some Kind of Wonderful... Eric was a bit of a nothing actor, Lea was just an object and did as good as she typically can..that's fine..but Mary..my goodness she took the flick to another level.
light duty entertainment...nursery garden for growing so many young actors...all good stuff..but i can't say the last time i bothered to go looking for one of those flicks and they aren't on my bookshelves....
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I love Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!!!!! I also like Adventures in Babysitting. I hated the Breakfast Club and Buckaroo Banzai
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