The Films of 1984

This is my favorite of all the John Hughes films, just ahead of Ferris Bueller. I've seen it like 30 times and it's funny every time I see it. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall are great.

One of the best action comedies ever made. It's all Eddie Murphy from the get go. Brazen, cocky, and funny , he deilvers as Detroit detective Axel Foley off to Beverly Hills to solve his friend's murder. There is actually more comedy than action in this movie, but you won't mind. You get to see Murphy when he was young and on the cusp of becoming a major star. Still holds up pretty good too.

Axel: "Gimme the keys! I'm gonna follow them!"
Jenny: "Have you ever driven a Mercedes before?"
Axel: "No, but a car is a car! I drive my car every day!"
Jenny: "I'm driving. I've seen your car."
Axel: "Oh shit, that's cold."

Exciting and humorous adventure flick with romance novelist Joan Wilder (wonderfully played by Kathleen Turner) traveling from New York to Colombia, South America to track down her missing sister. Along the way she runs into American adventurer Jack Colton (one of Michael Douglas' best roles) and the two are off on a sensational adventure. With kidnappers and corrupt policemen in hot pursuit. Throw in pint sized Danny Devito as Ralph, one of the kidnappers with some rousing action scenes and Stone is a winner. Wonderful dialogue is a plus. Followed a year later by The Jewel of the Nile, which is a solid enough sequel.

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Jack Colton: Wait a minute, he's after you. Who the hell are you?
Joan Wilder: Well, I'm a romance novelist.
Jack Colton: You're what? What are you doing here?
Joan Wilder: I told you, my sister's life depends on me.
Jack Colton: Ah, don't give me that shit. I thought you were donating a kidney or something

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Jack Colton: What did you do, wake up this morning and say, "Today, I'm going to ruin a man's life"?

Just watched this sci-fi classic for the first time in years and it's still great. I saw it on HDNet Movies and it looks pretty good for a 23 year old movie. Of course, you know the story by now, a cyborg is sent from the future to present day LA to kill Sarah Connor. One lone soldier is also sent back to stop it. Schwarzenegger is positively awesome as the killer cyborg. He doesn't have much dialogue but he has a commanding presence. Linda Hamilton is good as Sarah Connor and Michael Biehn kicks ass in his role as Reese, the soldier sent to protect her. Some of the makeup effects may look a little shoddy when compared to the CG films of today. But the action scenes still work. The wholesale slaughter at the police station by Arnie is slam bang in your face action, perfectly directed by James Cameron. 7 years later, the sequel put a nice new gloss on the story and wowed me again.

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Sarah Connor: You're terminated, fucker.