I Can Remember LOTS of Things: '80s Movies

[Daisy Pusher]

I was a junior in high school* when Dirty Dancing came out, we knew exactly what was going on with Penny.

* incidentally, our high school was nothing like that in Pretty in Pink. As noted by other Greecies who matriculated around the same time frame, as long as you weren't a complete doofus or raging asshole, no one really cared what you wore. There was, of course, a group of self-appointed elitists who made a big point of wearing only wore only Esprit and Forenza, etc. They cared what they wore, and looked down on others, but by and large, most folks got along and there was a lot of spillover amongst the various "cliques". For example, I guess I was a music and drama geek , but I used to occasionally hit the hamburger stand with a group of football players (and no sexual shenanigans were involved).

eta: Howard the Duck? OMG. I forgot all about that piece of shit.

edited further: I learned a few years back from one of the very few high school friends I keep in (infrequent) contact with that the self-appointed elitists STILL hang out together all the time! He saw them all at a bar and was appalled to discover they never expanded their social circle. Jeezus, we are talking the Reagan- & Bush I era; I mean, that's pathetic.

final edit: Does anyone else remember Reckless? With a very young Aidan Quinn? Underrated, I thought. Even the usually wooden Daryl Hannah was bearable.

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Today I tuned in on a movie I haven't seen in ages that fits this thread: How I Got Into College with Anthony Edwards with hair and a pre-plastic surgery Lara Flynn Boyle. It wasn't my favorite 80s film, but it's interesting to see cameos by Bob Eubanks and Phil Hartmann.

[Baby Fish Mouth]

Jan 7, 2009 19:22:24 GMT -4 Daisy Pusher said:

IDoes anyone else remember Reckless? With a very young Aidan Quinn? Underrated, I thought. Even the usually wooden Daryl Hannah was bearable.

Yes! I thought Aidan Quinn was smokin' in that movie. I've looked for it on DVD but can't find it anywhere.

[celerydunk]

Please tell me we are not on page 7 and no one has mentioned Less than Zero.. cause I cant be the only one that was obsessed with that movie. I made my parents rent the vhs every weekend for about a year.

I just missed the mention of it right? I wasnt the only weird kid that loved a movie about a drug addict.

[Daisy Pusher]

Jan 7, 2009 20:54:16 GMT -4 celerydunk said:

Please tell me we are not on page 7 and no one has mentioned Less than Zero.. cause I cant be the only one that was obsessed with that movie. I made my parents rent the vhs every weekend for about a year.

I just missed the mention of it right? I wasnt the only weird kid that loved a movie about a drug addict.

I read the book first and it ruined the film for me, but I have to admit the film is sooooo 80s!

Whatever happened to Jami Gertz? Speaking of her, Solarbabies, anyone?

With regards to a smokin' Aidan Quinn, I still love Desperately Seeking Susan. Creepy Will Patton, snarky Laurie Metcalf. What's not to love?

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Whatever happened to Jami Gertz? Speaking of her, Solarbabies, anyone?

With regards to a smokin' Aidan Quinn, I still love Desperately Seeking Susan. Creepy Will Patton, snarky Laurie Metcalf. What's not to love?

I was just about to add Desperately Seeking Susan, Daisy Pusher!

As for Jami Gertz, she was on one of those "Fat Man, Pretty Wife" shows for a while. I think it was "Still Standing" or something like that.

I have to confess, I kind of dug Howard The Duck, if only for the presence of one Principal Edward Rooney.

And speaking of Jeffrey Jones, wasn't he also in Beetlejuice. That is a fun, fun movie, and I do love Geena Davis.

A weird one just came to mind: Making Mister Right with Ann Magnuson and John Malkovich. I love me some Ann Magnuson.

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What about Corey Haim's last good movie role: Lucas, also starring Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Winona Ryder and Courtney Thorne-Smith?

Speaking of CTS, has anyone mentioned Summer School which also starred Mark Harmon and a svelte Kirstie Alley pre-Cheers?

[groovethang]

Jan 7, 2009 20:38:38 GMT -4 Baby Fish Mouth said:

Jan 7, 2009 19:22:24 GMT -4 Daisy Pusher said:

IDoes anyone else remember Reckless? With a very young Aidan Quinn? Underrated, I thought. Even the usually wooden Daryl Hannah was bearable.

Yes! I thought Aidan Quinn was smokin' in that movie. I've looked for it on DVD but can't find it anywhere.

Oh, he was absolutely smokin' in that movie. I wanted a guy just like him for myself.

[Sunnyhorse]

Speaking of Anthony Edwards, how about Revenge of the Nerds? I've always had a soft spot for it, partly because everyone was in it, partly because the nerds win, and partly because it was the first film I saw at college -- my first week at school, it was 106° and Columbia, Mo., was the hottest place in the country. Our dorms had no air conditioning, so people were sleeping in the main-floor lounges (my parents didn't get central air installed until after I left for school, so I was used to the heat) and going to the movies a lot.

[ratscabies]

No Small Affair is one of my favorites. Might even have had something to do with my attempt at a photography major in college.

How about Into The Night with Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfieffer, plus a small role for Bowie? One of the best chase scenes ever filmed.

The best movie Anthony Edwards made was Gotcha! Linda Fiorentino tricks him into smuggling microfilm out of East Berlin, and he spends the rest of the movie trying not to get killed by the KGB. Best line: "I can't just drop the film off at Fotomat, Dad, It's got SPY SHIT on it!"

Adventures in Babysitting is responsible for my long standing rule to watch anything with Elizabeth Shue in it.

And here's a one-two punch of Virginia Madsen glory: Creator, with Peter O'Toole, and Electric Dreams, with Bud Cort from Harold and Maude prviding the voice of the computer that falls for her.