The Best of the 80's

This is the best made of any of the StarWars movies. It has the best story and yes...the best dialogue.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is literly the best adventure film ever made. I just wish their were a lot more Indiana Jones movies. During all the time they took finding a script they liked for a part 4, they could've made 7 more sequels lol.

This is a movie I can't help giving an extremely high rating, even if I could always barely understand it lol. It's visually stunning, hard to look away from and truly original.

It's a masterpiece with wonderful acting. Rutger Hauer was totally totally screwed out of a nomination. Hell he should've won. Edward James Olmos also manages to give a complexed performance for a guy that barely has any lines in the movie. While a young Daryl Hannah also does some of her best work. Possibly Sean Young should've also of gotten a nomination here as well.

Harrison Ford is good in the lead but he's a little outshadowed here. Everyone else is a little more interesting even if you have the sub-plot of "is he a replicant ?".

They've been remaking a lot of 80's movies of late and this is one movie that should never ever....ever be remade. It's a smart touching and fun movie about time travel where a teenager (Michael J. Fox) is stuck in the 50's.

He meets his parents and teaches his father to stand up for himself against a bully named Biff and to follow his dreams. That's another way to look at the movie anyway lol.

The Untouchables is no doubt Brian DePalma's best movie. It stars Kevin Costner as Elliot Ness who wants to bring down Al Capone (Robert De Niro).

He forms a friendship and partnership with an old officer well played by Sean Connery. He also gets help from a young cop played by Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith as I think a Lawyer.

The movie makes a good mob film due to De Niro's ruthlessness as Capone. He even gets to say "are you talking to me". It also offers some gripping scenes such as a baby carriage rolling down the stairs during a shoot-out.

In this Batman film he's taken seriously and you don't get shots of his butt in the Bat costume. Joel Schumacher was obsessed with shots of Batman's butt for some reason lol. The movie is perfectly dark and sometimes comical. It doesn't over-due the campiness like Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

While the under-rated Michael Keaton gives us a fine Bruce Wayne that's still haunted by the death of his parents. It's also brilliant how their murder is linked to the Joker. The "You Made Me and I made You" stuff between the Joker and Batman is well done.

When you think about it though the script is still thin though. I mean yes the Joker is perfectly evil here but what's his real game plan ? It works that he's really not as happy as his difigurement makes him look. So he wants to disfigure other people as well. But other than that his obsession with Vicky Vale doesn't work that well. What does he want from her ? Disfigure her like he did his ex-girlfriend ? Or just dance with her on the top floor of an abandoned church ? lol.

I always had such a ball watching this movie that I never thought of such things. Jack Nicholson is so good as the Joker that I never thought about how the movie doesn't have a solid plot.

I do still think that Roger Ebert's review was unfair though. He even picked on it saying that Keaton and Basinger have no chemestry. I think they work fine together but in a Batman film who cares about their romance ? The film still delivers and what really mattered is that Keaton and Nicholson played off of each other great. Besides, Batman Begins may be a good movie but Batman just handing a kid part of his costume bugged me as much as Alfred letting Vicky Vale into the Batcave.

It may not be the film version of Stephen King's book that he wanted. However, it's still a horror classic. It's totally creepy and it's awesome to see Jack Nicholson lose his mind.

3 witches (Cher, Michelle Pfiffer and Susan Sarandon) think they created the perfect man. But instead they got the Devil (Jack Nicholson).

It's fresh and fun despite 2 gross scenes with people puking up cherries. The performances are all lively as well, especially Jack of course.

It's a well made teen drama about teenagers that get to know each other in detention. It's smarter and better acted than a lot of the teen dramas of the 80's but also the 90's and 00's as well.

It's more original than most teen dramas since it's not about the prom with all the drama being about who they're gonna take to it.

I can watch this over and over and over again. It doesn't matter if it's Halloween or not. But yeah it's good for Halloween too.













I love this movie, it still manages feel fresh and funny no matter how many times I've seen it.

Top Gun is the macho chick flick of the 80's, I can't think of any other way to describe it. It's macho enough for guys with enough romance for women. It also has a great soundtrack if you're into 80's music. Plus Tom was cool then and not as annoying and show offy than he is now. Which is scary since he had an ego then too, it just somw how grew much bigger now.

Look for the dvd version that's more like the book. The theatical version is a classic as well. But the version that's like the book is more solid. It leaves less loose ends and is more true the book.

No matter what version you watch though, it's cool seeing all these well known actors so young.

I don't know why some critics like Roger Ebert found this follow up to the Hustler to be disappointing. To me, this is a flawless film with Newman in top form. He was only nominated for the Hustler, he actually won an Oscar for the Color of Money.

Tom Cruise isn't bad here either as a hot shot who Newman takes under his wing. While Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is also excellent as Cruise's girlfriend. I love this movie and I don't even like pool. The Color of Money is a very under-rated movie. To me it's even one of Martin Scorsese's best. It's worth checking out.

No, Willow totally did not suck lol. Hell, as a kid it was one of my best times at the movies. Probably seen it like 3 times.






Willow is one of the best fantasy films of the 80's. It was ripped apart from critics who expected more from George Lucas and Ron Howard.

I can see why people would be disapointed by StarWars Episode 1. It was slow with too much bad dialogue. Willow at least delivers a great fantasy that's always entertaining. I was never bored watching it, which I can't say about Episode 1. So in no way is Willow a let down. It's also one of Val Kilmer's most memorable performances.

I think I saw Beetlejuice a few times at the theater as well. I loved it as a kid and love it now.

I really like this one bus mostly due to the chemestry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery as father and son. The late River Phoenix made a great young Indiana in the beginning as well.

It also offers some fine action and a good plot with Indiana trying to find the Holy Grail. Nazis are back and after the Grail as well. I just wish they made a 4th film before Sean Connery retired. Him and Ford together again would've been great.

A Australian crocodile hunter (Paul Hogan) is brought to NYC by a reporter. Will he adapt to the big city and fit in ?

The answer is who cares, since the plot is a little lame. But this movie is still funny and full of charm. Paul Hogan is great in the role and is very likable. This one is the best of the 3 films bu far though. It has more memorable lines and I love the ending. The musical score is pretty good too.

Murtaugh, a cop feeling his age, is stuck with a new partner. His name is Riggs (Mel Gibson) and he has a bit of a death wish after losing his wife. Murtough loses his cool when Riggs actually jumps off the building with a suicidal man.

They of course eventually bond and when Murtaugh''s daughter is kidnapped, Riggs just might be his only hope in getting her back. The movie is fun with a good action. However, it just gets a little silly when the police just sit back and let Riggs have a 1 on 1 fight on Murtaugh's front lawn. I can watch it over and over again, but for some reason I love the 2nd one even more.

I love this one, the action is great and Gibson and Glover's chemestry is even better than it was in the first.

Joe Pesci is funny in his first appearance in a Lethal Weapon film as well. He wasn't that needed in the 3rd and 4th films though. I also thought the Russian woman was adorable. I can watch this one again and again without getting tired of it.

Mad Max movies kick ass and this one kicks the most. It has the best action and the best story.

Max is left dead in the desert after he refuses to kill someone in a fight to the death match. He's found by a young tribe that have mistaken him for a pilot that they believe will fly them some where safe.

The movie is the strangest and is even a little whacky. It's still a lot of fun though with some great action. It also has the best look of the 3 films.

Die Hard is the film that made Bruce Willis an action star. This first film of the series is the best due to being the smartest and the best acted. It's also the only action film that manages to make me shed a few tears. No scene ever gets to me like the one where Reginald VelJohnson fires his gun.

Richard Dreyfus and Bette Midler star as a rich couple that take in a homeless man (Nick Nolte). Dreyfuss invites him to stay as long as he wants and Midler is a snob that doesn't want him there.

I'd say that the heart of the movie is Richard Dreyfuss and Nick Nolte. They're pretty fun together. The scene where Nolte gets Dreyfuss to spend the night with the homeless is hilarious. I also love how Nolte trains the dog.

Better Midler is a little annoying at first but is a little likable as the movie goes on. The sexually confused son is annoying through-out though.

A true classic that mixes animation with live action better than any other movie has. Plus it also has a clever detective story, a cool villain and of course it's great fun seeing Disney and Looney Toon Characters together.

It's not really my favorite movie but it's still bound to freak you if you watch it in the dark in surround sound.

Sherlock Holmes meets Watson at college. Soon after they meet, they are working together to solve a mystery. This is a charming movie with a good story. It almost even plays like a Harry Potter movie "without the magic" eventhough it was made years before a Potter book was even written.

It's a true family classic that's incredibly well made and it has a fantastic and unforgettable musical score by John Williams.

A sequel that's surprisingly just as good as the original.

Try not to get teared up during this movie, I dare you lol. However, this is no movie for kids just because monkeys are in it. It's a smart and touching movie about putting a stop to running fatal tests on monkeys.

Steve Martin and John Candy are very funny through-out this movie. However, it's the touching ending that is stapled on, that is why I love this movie.

I always liked this movie, not because I'm a Pee Wee Herman fan but because I'm a Tim Burton fan. Without him, the 2nd film Big Top Pee Wee fell flat and was lame. Pee-wee's Big Adventure is fun with a lot of energy. Burton's direction and Danny Elfman's score are 2 good reason to check out the movie.