The man is insane!

right i'll hold him down you kick his head in

Guess he don't like the cornbread, either.

Damn, what an evil poll.

Torn between Ferris, Ghostbusters, and BTTF.... but due to very strong pangs of welcome
nostalgia, I plumped for those lovable paranormal investigators and eliminators.

So many comedy gold moments:

"You only have 75 more to go..."
"Listen.... you smell something?"
"That's okay, the table broke the fall"
"What about the Twinkie?"
"Oh my God....look at all the junk food..."

Just an out-and-out comedy classic, it was so good I had to see it at the flicks a second time!

And Sigourney Weaver in Gatekeeper mode.... ggrgrgrgrowwrr!


Edit: - PS - didn't Gremlins warrant a position in the poll? I bloody loved that film... possibly a little too much, now i think about it.

Back To The Future, great film. Also I met my best mate for the first time eeing that film. 20 years. How time flies.

I say we take off and nuke him from orbit... It's the only way to be sure!

or just push him off a cliff, either works for me

Ghostbusters, Labyrinth ( i hope thats the 80`s, gotta love bowie), erm.....back to the future, empire strikes back, return of the jedi and ET, hmmmmm i cant think of any more at the minute.

I really don't know how someone can say that it's shite... It's one of the greatest movies ever made and one of the greatest sequel's ever made!

But this is a multi-million dollar forum! We can't make that sort of decision, we're just grunts. No offence.

None taken.... Downsy... do you copy? Prepare for immediate evac on my order.
I say we take off and nuke the entire forum from orbit... It's the only way to be sure!

he probably voted for dirty dancing, so i wouldn't worry

I don't know which is the worse species. You don't see them voting for Dirty Dancing... I say we waste this rat son of a bitch right now!

Oi! You play nice and don't be mean to whitey...Anyway Aliens was filmed in the 80s, and was not an 80s film as he so rightly pointed out. So it isn't even in the running for this poll.
Now be nice, children *points finger at Svein and Celticstar*

Gremlins, wow, i forgot about that, hehe

How about stuff like Bachelor Party or Stripes. They don't make em like that any more (Apart from Eurotrip and Harry and Kumar).

Besided I reckon the best movie of the 80's wasn't made in the 80's
Yes kids i'm going with Donnie Darko.

I'm dissappointed Tron isn't on that list

Seesh! You people are fussy!

Widow I think you should rename the thread "Which is your favourite out of the films that I'VE chosen?" with a subtitle "If you don't like the films I'VE chosen then start your own damn thread!"


Anyway, I'm having enough trouble choosing from the ones there - let alone adding more to the list.

Ghostbusters, no Ferris, no Back to the Future, no Ghostbusters, no definately Ferris, no no definately Ghostbusters......

Too hard!!!

I think in a pinch I'd have to say Ghostbusters.

Cheers
AC

Tron! Dammit! Forgot it!
What a great film that is...always turns up on TV every 6 months or so.

And what about the ol' classic Adventures in Babysitting (or a night on the town if your from across the pond)

Nobody leaves till they sing the blues

-m0r

Made in the 80's, set in the 80's, not on the list:

Paris, Texas.

Thank fuck for that.

Or Big... great Tom Hanks movie...

And technically parts of The Princess Bride were set in the 80s!

Oh dear, I appear to have upset a few people. Terminal intensity, guys.

Aliens is shit.

ah sod it, come here and have a big hug

bugger i couldn't read the small print

Tis, innit.

One man's shit is another man's fried gold.

Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Indeed.

You know I never thought about selling my own shit before...

ahem other 80's films not deemed worthy of mention include

Akira
Field Of Dreams
Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Terminator
Robocop
Star Trek - The Wrath Of Khan
Spinal Tap
Glory
Near Dark
The Evil Dead
Die Hard

mmm

Uhh I think you missed one... Where is The Lost Boys?

And did you know some films were made in Australia in the 80s that were set in the 80s? And some in Paraguay too. And what about those Icelandic 80's films?
Why aren't they on the list?

I mean really Widow, why didn't you get a list of every film ever made in the 80s which may or may not have some portion of it actually set in the 80s and list it on this poll? Clearly you were just being lazy.



hmmmm can you tell that when I'm sick my levels of tolerance get substantially lower?

Cheers
AC

quite as hard decision between ghostbusters and back to the future,i went for BTTF though

Close one between Bueller & BTTF. The latter wins.... just. ...more action & has a better sound track.


Edit: Hang on! .....where's 'Stand By Me'?!

Or Beverley Hills Cop 1 and 2 for that matter.

What film could contest Dirty Dancing, surely the best film of our time?

I must say that im rather surprised that The Breakfast Club isn't on there...

Just bought Labyrinth......

Now that and Dark Crystal should be on the list

-m0r

Good call.
This poll's rubbish!!

We better get inside, they mostly come at night, mostly...

Get stuffed.

I went for Airplane but can i change to ET? It's the eyes... and those fingers... awww.

on the whole thogh the 8os was a cultural wilderness that is best left where it is...in the past. A recent programme with Baldrick out of Blackadder concluded that the plague and fire of london made that the worst bit of history but believe me the 80s really take the biscuit and fit it out in shoulderpads.