Movie review thread...

[taniwharugby]

TR Jnr liked Ferris Buellers Day off, Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure, Ace Ventura, Dumb & Dumber...hasn't really taken to Waynes World.

[antipodean]

Reading the last few posts reminds me that I've not seen movies almost everyone else my age has, particularly E.T.

[Tim]

Condorman

[mariner4life]

@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Condorman

one of the first movies i remember seeing at the movies

[Tim]

@mariner4life I must've seen it on VHS twenty times when I was a kid. Great cast BTW.

[dK]

@Rancid-Schnitzel Have you tried Karate Kid?

[MN5]

I think the reason I enjoyed 'Stranger Things" on Netflix was cos of so many of the movies mentioned above, the nostalgia value was great.

"Flight of the Navigator", wow there's one I haven't thought about for about 30 years, must give it a whirl to see if it's held up.

[antipodean]

Haven't watched that one either.

[Mokey]

I still love Labyrinth. Plenty of sly one liners that still get a laugh.

Another 80's movie I enjoyed as a kid was Annie (the Carol Burnett version). And Wargames with Matthew Broderick.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@dK

Oh yes, they loved that one. They were doing that crane kick nonstop until one of them copped it in the nuts

[booboo]

@Rancid-Schnitzel

Short Circuit ("Number 5 is alive!")

[booboo]

Difficult to find movies for kids that age.

In the end we decided we didn't mind M movies as long as there was/is no sex (no sex please we're tweenagers) and the violence was kind of stylised. Some suggestions that worked for us ...

(not 80s movies):
All the Pirates movies (the ghosts weren't too scary)
Stardust.

80s movies:
Jumanji
Star Wars (ms boo jr didn't get it ...)
Indiana Jones (even if Temple and Skull were absolute rubbish)

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@booboo

Awesome. How could I forget Number 5! I loved that film. "Shit, where see shit?"

Some absolutely brilliant suggestions today. Thanks guys. That should keep us going for a while

[Kruse]

There are 3 movies which everybody must see, in order to become a well-rounded human being:

• Princess Bride
• The Neverending Story
• Labyrinth

If a person hasn't seen all three, their soul is incomplete.

[Bovidae]

Some other 1980s movies not mentioned:

• Stand By Me
• Romancing The Stone
• Ladyhawke

[MN5]

Re: Flight of the Navigator......looked it up and it isn't the one I was thinking of. ( still have fond memories of that one though )

I clearly got my 80s flicks confused, the movie I meant is actually this, anyone remember it ?

Explorers (1985) ⭐ 6.4 | Adventure, Comedy, Family

1h 49m | PG

[Rembrandt]

I used to love that Stallone Arm Wrestling movie 'Over the top'. Surely that still holds up...surely

[Hooroo]

@Bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Some other 1980s movies not mentioned:

• Stand By Me
• Romancing The Stone
• Ladyhawke

Oooooooo! Crocodile Dundee!!!! (Romancing the Stone just reminded me of it) Loved that movie and love Crocodile Dundee II as well.

[Milk]

@Rembrandt Not in my opinion, unfortunately.

The kid, 'Mikey' just sux sooo much. Much more than I remember, from watching it as a kid.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:

Re: Flight of the Navigator......looked it up and it isn't the one I was thinking of. ( still have fond memories of that one though )

I clearly got my 80s flicks confused, the movie I meant is actually this, anyone remember it ?

Explorers (1985) ⭐ 6.4 | Adventure, Comedy, Family

1h 49m | PG

I remember being at the video store and we had to choose between that film and Back to the Future. We chose BTTF of course. For some reason I never saw the other one. It has a very young Ethan Hawke right?

Bovadae: I've been considering Romancing the Stone but I recall that crocodile hand eating scene to be incredibly graphic. On the other hand I was about 8 when I saw that film and laughed my head off. I recall Jewel of the Nile being boring as hell, but I may view it differently now.