1980--1989 best of the year

great follow up after starwars, not directed by lucas so maybe thats why its so dark, great continuing story, and a ending that has a great twist, which is still up there today as one of the best,

a hero is born, great action adventure inspired by those sat morning tv programes which lucas loved, and another masterpiece from spielberg, theres great action in here,and scenes thatl make you squem,

so sad this film, spielberg is great at this stuff, and helped a great deal by williams score, e.t as a creature is stunning, a walking turd, someone said, but full of emotion, a great alternative look at suburbia,. and arnt those guys with the keys dangling scary,

another scorsese,de niro collaberation, after mean streets, taxi driver, newyork newyork, and raging bull, a little less known than the others, but a fulm thats in my top 5.
de niro plays rupert pumpkin, a wannabee stand up comedian and a obsessed autograph hunter, spending his nights out side the jerry lanford show( just think of the letterman show, and you get what i mean) he sees a oportunity to slip in to the limo of the host, played by jerry lewis, to self promote himself and get a spot on the show, jerry politly agreeing with the man but cant get away fast enough. rupert then goes to the offices of jerry, but is told he needs to do some gigs around newyork so they can see the act, he doesent see the sence in this so finds it a bit rude, he makes a tape of him performing, but when that is rejected, he falls on one last plan, kidnapp jerry for a ransom, a spot on a show. theres a good structure to this, we see scenes with the two, where there friends, and scenes where there not, so a lot of the stuff is in ruperts mind. deniro and lewis are great, lewis not doing his nutty proffessr thing its different but good, deniro is great as well, and his rutine at the end, a great stand up scene, and anm ending which if you get the film, youll be thinking well did he dident he, in my top 5 aoff all time, and very funy like fargo watch it as a comedy, its really amusing, and with todays celebrity reality tv culture, a film ahead of its time

very funny indeed, and feelsc really real, these guys are hilarious, a great inprovised film, this could be 3 hours long, its comedy will never dull, some people mistake this for a documentary. i can see why. scene after scene of great dialogue, and situations, check out them getting lost on route to the stage, and stonehenge, amazing

possibly best teen fil ever, bringing out all the highschool people, geeks brains, and so on and great dialogue from all the guys

best war movie ever, again loved this growing up, i love oliver stone, this is his best, a personal look at vietnam(he was a grunt there) and not afraid to tell it like it is, showing what americann soldiors got up to, in a very bad light, a real meaage with this film

great adaption of the 30s show, and a great film from depalma, costner as elliot ness and a magnificent deniro as al capone, oh and connery as a irish cop by way of scotland( nothing new there) great 30s setting really showing of the time, and all round a great action thriller

scorsese does jesus christ, marvellous.
here we see the life of jesus but with a different look, based on nikos kazantzakis book, where he shows what if jesus had a choice and could not be the saviour and lead a normal life, get married and have kids, although this thought only apears towards the end of the film, the whole film deals with jesus going about his business, whilst having thoughts, and god more a burden than a sign, we see all the usual things assosiated with jesus, healing, water into wine, but its a interesting take, especially for me since im not a believer. very controversial at the time and a film you must see, great to see scorsese tackle this subject, as usual, all his trademarks are there his cutting especially and great musc from peter gabriel, dafoe although not a realistic jesus, everyone including harvey keitel as judas speak in bronx acents, which actually isnt to bad, great locations filmed in morocco i believe, and quite gruesome scenes later on at the crucifixam, this is actually in my top 5 scorsese, and just shows he can do anything, best jesus film ever

black comedy at its finest, wynona ryder stars as veronica, part of a high school pack of girls, all called heather, while enjoying the benefits, of being in this group, she also sees, the badness that follows, and wishes them dead, when jd turns up played by christian slater, he hooks up with veronica, and acidently kills one of the heathers, and they dont stop there, but when one heather dies another takes the reigns, and also killing various pupils who are not very good people. a great look at high school life in america, and social groups that form, and the madness of it al, and great wit, and marvellous performances and situations from all the cast, check out veronicas parents, and, the funeral scene, and a top jack nicholson inpression from slater, and wynona ryder, a great prospect, one of the best films of the 80s,