So its the middle of 2017 but what films are hitting a 30 year anniversary ?
1987
THE PREDATOR
Fucking classic 80s movie Arnie in his prime and a smart scifi action flick a rare one at that with a team of elite soldiers getting sent into the jungle on a rescue mission only to get fucked up by an alien hunter. fucking great movie musta watched this as a kid dozens of times an if you watched this in the 80s or early 90s you watched this shit on vhs old school no fucking pause dvd or 4k bitch this was old school the copy i first seen was an old school pirate screener it was so low quality and dark but as a kid who fucking cares lol it made it better the jungle was darker and more scary. If you aint seen this movie yet go fucking ram your face into a wall this is a classic. As a kid id rate this like at 9.
Even today its still awesome to watch the effects so odd maybe not poor just odd as its older and not what you see today effects wise but such a good movie fun action and simple nothing to fancy and no one fucking up and dropping the ball acting wise its just so much better than an version you see today within the franchise the movie even has the sort of ALIENS(1986) feel with the movie in phases and
THE LOST BOYS
Great fun movie i like to watch come halloween every year i didnt see this till i was maybe eleven so this didnt have as much of an impact movie wise to me its fun and of the times and a must watch its the kinda movie you can stick on with a younger teen audience as its not ubber violent or sexed up but its a fun watch. this would have got a solid 7 back when i was a kid.
LETHAL WEAPON
Classic action movie its the start of the buddy buddy action films that we see now this was just awesome back in the day and still a good watch its kinda dated in parts and simple but still one of my favorites to watch every christmas time as its set in late december and ends christmas day. This is back when Mel sugar tits Gibson was just taking over holloywood and was awesome this gets an easy 9 back in the day.
HELLRAISER
Never seen it as i was well a fucking kid lol never had any thoughts on it as it just looked daft or a cult favorite for horror fans so maybe this one passed me by but a movie about a rubix cube that opens a portal to hell bla bla bla im sure it was fun but hey if your old as fuck maybe you seen this back in the day and enjoyed.
ROBOCOP
Fucking awesome so violent no clue why i was allowed to see this fucking movie back in the day its just so much fun a cop gets killed and then comes back as part machine think Iron Man but less cgi and more a real moving robot man whos a cop. This was fun and watched more than a times id give it7 as a kid.
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
Robin Williams in his prime cinema wise just sorta morphing from silly and comedy to more thriller style movies. Set in the Vietnam he plays a radio dj who plays music its got some fun scenes and some more realistic moments good movie not one people could watch over and over this would get maybe a 6
Haha fuck you this is junk think of a movie you watch thats junk but fun this is that but more junk haha. Its a typical 80s lets make a sequel movie but more shit they take of course the story and characters from JAWS(1975) and keeps it going with JAWS 2(1978) then a few years later they use the kids of Brody the hero and lead from the last two movies and make a terrible bullshit movie called JAWS 3-D(1983) this movie was pure bullshit not just the movie but the fact it wasnt in 3-d haha you would be sued if you made this today any ways this shit sequel brings it back to the wife of Brody and her story no one cares shes old ugly and the only reason to watch this as a kid was cause we had 4 fucking channels on tv haha so films were limited and this pile of shite gets a 5.
DIRTY DANCING
This is a good movie hate to admit it its a good movie its got nice acting its one of those watchable movies on tv you spot on a lazy sunday and sit and chill and watch it the movie plays out and then you get this cool song and dance ending as a kid or young teen noooooo one cares but as i get older i dont mind this movie this woulda got a 4 back then but maybe more now.
SUPERMAN IV THE QUEST FOR PEACE
This movie should have been an abortion its fucking so bad. Its cheap and dated and just so poor its sequel for the sake of making cash its a cheap money grab an the actors shoulda been just shamed Game Of Thrones styles lol. I should really review it for fun its that fucking bad as a kid though i loved it ahha it was great fun and i would have said yeh 8.
I mean look at the fucking picture hes in space ?? with a human hes Superman but shes nobody shes a blond skirt they picked for the role shes human and hes taking her off into fucking space at the end haha come you cunts she would die going into orbit lol and the bad guy becomes a super man in like minutes with a full outfit haha and when he runs around trashing the place and Superman keeps up he fixes shit by using laser eyes and putting it up in reverse hahaa so stupid and the fights and movie is so cheap honest it looks like a parody the out fit he wears as superman is the same one from like nine years earlier and it looks like the same one all wshed out faded blue and cheap as fuck he looks like pure shit and just skinny not buff or super at all the movie is utter shit when you see it now its like cancer for the eyes lol these days id say its the worst super hero movie ever and in the top 5 of worst movies of all time lol utter shite.
PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
Classic to be watched every year around thanks giving christmas or new years its one of those classic feel good movies but done more fun comedy style so its much more of an enjoyable watch. This gets an 8 fucking Steve Martin in his prime with John UNCLE BUCK(1989) Candy so much fun.
This was just awesome as a kid im that 80s kid who grew up watching the Heman cartoon and running around with a plastic toy sword that i would sing around like a madman and stuff it down the back of my shirt like fucking BLADE(1998) i had the toys and when i got to the cinema to see this i think my head exploded SCANNERS(1981) style i sat down and watched this movie loving it and by the time i was like 10 could play the entire movie out in my head line for line. As a kid this got an easy 8 or 9 lol.
NEAR DARK
This i seen in my teens a fun vampire flick its kinda a mix of THE LOST BOYS and JOHN CARPENTERS VAMPIRES(1998) style wise and story i wouldnt lose my mind over it and not seen it in year but it was a fun watch and by fun i mean muhh. Its basically the cast of ALIENS(1986) in here but if your a fan of Wild Bill Paxton go watch this.
THE RUNNING MAN
Such a fun flick its one of those junkie action flicks... nothing to do with drugs i mean like junk food bitches this is one of those movies you stick it on the hard drive and watch it any day or night for fun and just watch it its fun and silly an fucking Maria fuck me hard Conchita Alonso sat looking like this is never a bad thing lol.
THE UNTOUCHABLES
Great movie. Award winning movie this is one of those movies because its not set in the 80s its almost timeless in ways if your not familiar with the cast then this is just a timeless movies its only if you know the actors and can spot that they are much younger thats the only give away for this movie just being immortal and timeless.
Great flick good story based on a true story back in the 1930s when Al Capone ran Chicago and one cop went after him. The cast are fantastic and nothing about the movie really sucks or is poor but its not a fast passes movie this is like a marathon run its not a sprint its good old fashioned story telling that you sit down and can enjoy while eating some food chilling at night.
This is one of those movies highly over rated and some how set a style and feel back then of this fast passed slick wall street money making movie but its kinda just ok its a good watch but the giant ass phones and 80s shitty wardrobe just looks so dated its like when a movie sets a feel and tone then everyone copies it but it looks dated fast as the style is a real set time and place this gets a 6 from me.
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
Great family movie its like a classic you find on a sunday after noon at five that the kids can sit and watch while eating but its not to silly or boring that adults cant sit and enjoy to. Old school cast Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy as the older leads and most people wont have a clue who they are but they were in COCOON(1985)
The story is that some alien tiny machines think Transformers but han sized lol come to earth and start hanging out in an old run down dinner. As time goes by the effects are not the worst. Its fun and got a few sort of stories going on while things happen while the main plot happens and is a very enjoyable movie to sit and watch i sorta feels like its a Spielberg movie. As a kid i would have gave this
THREE MEN AND A BABY
This is fun its silly and and just classic movie making dig this they took 3 men who are huge at the time Tom Magnum PI Selleck added to the mix Ted Cheers big ears Danson and Steve Police Academy 19 Guttenberg three guys who are just on top of the world in movies an tv in the 80s these guys are easily some of the most famous faces in America at the the time and they bundle them together with a fun story of a baby getting dumped with them. This was a fun 80s flick and if you catch it on some day watch it.
Its more famous in my day for the rumors that a ghost was filmed on set in the background in one scene its not true of course ghost can only be seen in night vision movies no im kidding it was just a card board cut out of Ted Dansons character left in the back ground.
SPACEBALLS
Funnnnnnny fucking movie so goofy and just a lol of a time. Its a spoof of STAR WARS(1977) and made by legend Mel Brooks. Its got Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet haha just a fun movie this again is a movie for all the family and has no like adult tones to it its just pure fun. This would have got a 9 back when i was a kid.
INNERSPACE
Such a fun movie its a mix of scifi and comedy it starts with kinda what would feel like CAPTAIN AMERICA(2011) but its with Dennis Quaid who gets shrunk down to the size of a pin head and then during a science experiment bad guys fuck things up and then poor Dennis Quaid gets injected into Martin Short and then the comedy starts. Good fun film with zero defects.
HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS
Stupid fun movie as a kid ts great fun its a fucking bigfoot movie these things are real lol but these days its kinda daft its a made for the kids type deal fun if you are 7 i guess but i dont think this has been seen on tv in decades its just that sort of poor.
Great fun movie written by legend Shane Black the guy who gave us LETHAL WEAPON. THE LAST BOY SCOUT(1991) THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT(1996) KISS KISS BANG BANG(2005) and he was even brought in on PREDATOR to help write and fix it but they for some reason couldnt get him as a writer so got him as one of the actors to kill off first and use him for the writing. The movie has Dracula back and trying to create his own fucking avengers with monsters and of course kids foil his plan scooby do style lol.
Baby Christian Bale is a rich kid in Shanghai when the Japanese take over during world war II. The movie is kinda like if young Bruce Wayne was on his adventures from BATMAN BEGINS(2005) and sent to prison well this is that only hes a different rich kid and ends up in a concentration camp with John Malkovich.
OVERBOARD
Classic comedy here Kurt Russell teams up in true 80s buddy cop style with his own fucking girlfriend/wife Goldie Hawn. Hawn plays a rich bitch who gets knocked overboard and Russel plays a carpenter she refuses to pay after he does work on her boat he then takes advantage of her when she wakes up with amnesia.
Fun movie even today and still holds up as its a family movie you catch on tv on a random sunday afternoon its got no big style or cgi effects to date it its just a rewatchable movie for everyone to enjoy.
MANNEQUIN
Goofy 80s comedy where a mannequin in a shop window comes to life and then Andrew McCarthy falls in love with it. Andrew McCarthy is the guy from ST ELMOS FIRE(1985) << nothing to do with a sesame street character by the way he gets teamed up with 80s dime piece Kim Cattrall shes the blonde from Sex And The City.
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
This just so much fun we have the legendary Jack no fucks given Nicholson with another 80s dime piece Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan im overrated Sarandon and the McDonalds burger of actresses Cher...shes more plastic than real meat.
Dont get it twisted id fucking wreck her back then probably like fucking a fleshlight but hey. Any ways great funny movie Jack plays the devil come to earth in a fun comedy style the girls are of course witches he seeks out its silly and just one of those movies you dont mind watching nothing about it is to dull or boring its just a well made dark off beat comedy.
OVER THE TOP
Stallone back in the day in his prime can make anything an fucked go to see it he really was king of the box office and probably the biggest action star ever. Here he plays Lincoln Hawk... lols a part time truck driver who also arm wrestles on the side. We start with Hawk going to pick up his kid whos not seen him in years see Stallone can be a dead beat dad and still have the audience love him lol so he picks up his kid and the go on a road trip.
Its nothing special story wise kid meets his dad they get to know each other and on the way the kids rich granfather whos an asshole send goons after him to kidnap him ? but of course Sly kicks ass keeps the kid and then at the end kinda like the build up of ROCKY II(1978) but with an arm wrestling competition in Vegas at the end. Good movie to watch its typical 80s but still a fun watch. The end while good and fun is silly as Sly looks like hes jacked but probably giving away a small Mexican family in weight to the main bad guy lol. As a kid i loved it it Sly arm wrestles an beats everyone whats not to love the kid to me was bugging then and even now in parts these days he looks like an extra on JOHN CARPENTERS VAMPIRES(1998)
HOUSE II THE SECOND STORY
Ending our 80s movie run with this classic a sequel to HOUSE(1985) a dark horror rated R that has a writer movie into with zombies and all sorts of shit as a kid i started watching this and then when he finally smashes the mirror and goes into what i think was hell my grandmother turned the fucker off and i was sent to bed probably best i was like fucking 8.
Any ways the movie is of course the sequel and its made more of a fun lighter comedy its like a pg i think and gives it a much more fun vibe with with our stars no fucking clue who they are lol digging up an old family member as you do to look for old Aztec gold and treasures and then of course the corpse of the great great grandfather comes back to life as a sort of fun zombie. Not seen this movie in decades now but it was so much fun as a kid to watch. As a sequel it has nothing to do with the original maybes its ment to be the same house but i dont think they link it or say it is but if you catch in on the horror channel some night watch it.
With all these older flicks one thing about them is time and with that comes bad effects old school stuff that tends to make it look old dated or bad and with modern shit like Rotten Tomatoes an Imdb dont use these ratings for a reason to watch or not watch an old movie firstly these movies are made a fucking decade before some super geek invented the internet they are made 15 years before rotten tomatoes and even then its only a select few who get to rate shit so rating movies years down the line is not the same you cant compare a movie like PREDATOR to fucking AVENGERS(2012) PREDATOR had no cgi it didnt exist then they had to put a real guy in a real suit and do it for real they had no cgi plus the budget for the cgi in AVENGERS(2012) was 6 times the budget of the PREDATOR so you cant just go well its not as good as a movie made 25 years later they should be fucking better. Also dont ever use Imdb ratings its a well known fact people have fucked with these stats and ratings by going on reddit and posting hey go rate movie ? X and give it 5 stars and give movie B 1 star and this drags a classic and award winning movie down and can push up a shit modern movie in many cases people doing the ratings have never seen some of the movies they just dont like a star or what ever. So dont use these things go fucking watch it yourself and then pick if you like it.
See you next year for the 30 year anniversary of 1988 movies lol
Spoilers we will be talking DIE HARD.
Spoilers we will be talking DIE HARD.
