Movie review thread...

[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.

[taniwharugby]

TR Junior watched Forrest Gump on the weekend, he liked it.

[Hooroo]

I recently recorded it a few months back. Watched it three times since. I love that movie.

I remember disliking it the first time I watched it

[NTA]

Spectre

My least favourite of the Craig Bond movies. Suspect I'm not alone there, either.

It was just a bit sterile overall, with some really good stuff in there. Craig really dialled in this performance, and Waltz didn't give much else besides the bad guy he gave us in Basterds IMHO.

The quim was good. Lea Seydoux smoked it in various satiny silk things, although the lack of Isabella full-length in corsetry loses it half a mark.

3 out of 5 hard-bitten English noblemen

[MN5]

@NTA Agree with all you're saying but it was definitely superior to Quantum of Solace which loses marks for Bond not dusting up Olga whatshername and having THE lamest bad guy/henchman combo in Bond history.......

[RoninWC]

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

Some other 1980s movies not mentioned:

• Stand By Me
• Romancing The Stone
• Ladyhawke

Ah Ladyhawke... I had forgotten about that one.
A young and very hot Michelle Pfeiffer and for the first time in my (then) young life I fell in love with a blonde. After watching that I had to go back and watch Grease 2 where she was the female lead and I hated the Grease movies.

And yes, Grease 2 is aweful but damn Michelle was hot in that movie and hotter still in Ladyhawk.

[Tim]

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

Gremlins? ET?

Don't forget to listen to the Neil Diamond song.

[RoninWC]

One of my all time comedies of the 80's... Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Still holds up pretty well

[taniwharugby]

Finally got to watch Hunt for the Wilderpeople, obviously went in with high expectations, and was not disappointed.

While an awful lot of kiwi humour, I think most of it translates well.

Loved the nod to Crumpy in it too.

Julian Dennison seems a pretty funny kid too, capturing the hearts of plenty

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[Tim]

Which 80's movie had the cheesiest hard rockin' theme song?

Iron Eagle had a good tilt at it.

[taniwharugby]

Loved that movie!

[Tim]

Ha ha me too. Fulfilled those fantasy of being a kid who could fly jet fighters.

[taniwharugby]

ha, I just looked it up and there were 4 movies made!!

Not even sure if I bothered with the other films when I was much less critical of sequels...

[MN5]

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

Which 80's movie had the cheesiest hard rockin' theme song?

Iron Eagle had a good tilt at it.

Joe "Cheese" Esposito definitely matches it......

[Tim]

Pretty sure that song was written by the woman who wrote Neutron Dance for the Pointer Sisters. That's a genuinely great song. Not so much the karate themed one.

[MN5]

@Tim

You take that back. Every kid worth his salt practiced the "crane" while cranking out some Joe back in the 80s.