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Monday, 9 March 2009

My top 10 Movies of the 80's

10: Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988

Eddie Valiant: You crazy rabbit! I'm out there risking my neck for you, and what are you doing? Singing and dancing! 
Roger Rabbit: But I'm a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh. 
Eddie Valiant: Sit down! 
Roger Rabbit: You don't understand. Those people needed to laugh. 
Eddie Valiant: Then when they're done laughing, they'll call the cops. That guy Angelo would rat on you for a nickel. 
Roger Rabbit: Not Angelo. He'd never turn me in. 
Eddie Valiant: Why? Because you made him laugh? 
Roger Rabbit: That's right! A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it's the only weapon we have.


9: honey! I Shrunk the Kids! 1989



[Wayne shows Diane the shrunken couch

Diane: [excited] Are you saying... it works? The machine works? 
[
Wayne nods
Diane: Do the kids know? 
Wayne: Well, yeah, the kids know. 
Diane: That's great! 
Wayne: No, it's not great. 
Diane: Why? 
Wayne: I shrunk the kids. 
Diane: ...What? 
Wayne: And the Thompson kids too. They're about this big. 
Diane: *What*? 
Wayne: They're in the backyard. I threw them out with the trash. 
[
just as Diane grabs hold of Wayne, the doorbell rings. Wayne opens the door to two police officers
Female Cop: Hi. Um, you reported two missing children? 
Wayne: Oh, there must be some mistake. Our children are in the backyard. Right, honey? 

[Diane faints


8: BIG 1988



Susan: I'm not so sure we should do this. 
Josh: Do what? 
Susan: Well, I like you, and I want to spend the night with you. 
Josh: Do you mean sleep over? 
Susan: Well, yeah. 
Josh: OK... but I get to be on top.

Josh: It's a glow-in-the-dark compass ring. So you don't get lost.


7: Little Shop Of Horrors 1986

Audrey II: Does this look "inanimate" to you, punk? If I can move and I can talk, who's to say I can't do anything I want? 

Audrey II: [singing] If you wanna be profound, if you really gotta justify, take a breath and look around, a lot of folks deserve to die!

Audrey II: [singing] I'm just a mean green mother from outer space and I'm bad! 


6: Say Anything 1989


Lloyd Dobler: [leaving the last of a series of messages on Diane's answering machine] "Maybe I didn't really know you. Maybe you were just a mirage. Maybe the world is full of food and sex and spectacle and we're all just hurling towards an apocalypse, in which case it's not your fault. I'm been thinking about all these things and... you're probably standing there monitoring. And one more thing - about the letter. Nuke it. Flame it. Destroy it. - It hurts me to know it's out there. Later." 


5: Back to the Future 1985


























[
Dr. Emmett Brown is doubting Marty McFly's story about that he is from the future
Dr. Emmett Brown: Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985? 
Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan. 
Dr. Emmett Brown: Ronald Reagan? The actor? 
[
chuckles in disbelief
Dr. Emmett Brown: Then who's VICE-President? Jerry Lewis? 
[
rushing out and down a hill toward his laboratory
Dr. Emmett Brown: I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady! 
Marty McFly: [following Doc] Whoa! Wait! Doc! 
Dr. Emmett Brown: And Jack Benny is Secretary of the Treasury. 
Marty McFly: [outside the lab door] Doc, you gotta listen to me. 
Dr. Emmett Brown: [opens the door to the lab] I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy! 
[
closes the door leaving Marty outside
Marty McFly: No, wait! Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise - the bruise on your head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story. You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock, and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... 
[
somberly
Marty McFly: Which... is what makes time travel possible. 
[
Doc opens the door and looks at Marty with a stunned look on his face]


4: Weird Science 1985























the woman that Gary and Wyatt created is looking for a name
Garry: How about Lisa? 
Lisa: Why Lisa? 
Garry: Why not? 
Wyatt: He used to like a girl named Lisa. 
Lisa: [smiles] Oh yeah? Old girlfriend? 
Wyatt: She kicked him in the nuts. 
Garry: [annoyed] Will you shut the hell up? 
Wyatt: [sympathetically] Look Gary, it wasn't your fault. All you said was hello to her. 
Garry: [annoyed] Look Wyatt, shut up! 
[
Wyatt puts up his hands defensively, indicating that he will shut up. He looks slightly hurt by Gary's treatment of him as he was only trying to help


3: Karate Kid 1984

























Miyagi: First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on... 

Daniel: Hey, why do I have to...? 
Miyagi: Ah ah! Remember deal! No questions! 
Daniel: Yeah, but... 
Miyagi: Hai! 
[
makes circular gestures with each hand
Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important. 
[
walks away, still making circular motions with hands
Miyagi: Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off. 


2: beetle juice 1988














[last lines
[
in the waiting room, Betelgeuse is sitting next to a witch doctor, who is next in line
Betelgeuse: Pardon me. Did you do that? 
[
points to explorer with shrunken head
Betelgeuse: That's very nice work. Let me ask you something. How do you get them so sma... Hey, there goes Elvis! Yo, King! 
[
as the doctor looks away, Betelgeuse switches numbers
Betelgeuse: Well, looks like I'm next. Good thing, too. I gotta do a photo shoot for GQ in about an hour and a half. Yeah, they've been after me for months. Doin' some underwear deal. I don't know what... 
[
the witch doctor sprinkles some powder on Betelgeuse's head; it starts shrinking
Betelgeuse: [voice getting higher as head gets smaller] Whoa, hey! What are you doing? Hey, stop it! Hey, you're messing up my hair! C'mon! Whoa! Whoa! Stop it! *Whoa!*... Hey, this might be a good look for me. 


1: Breakfast Club 1985



























Brian
Johnson:

Dear Mr. Vernon: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But, we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found out is that each one of us is: a brain . . .

Andrew Clark:

And an athlete . . .


Allison Reynolds:

 And a basket case . . .


Claire Standish: 

A princess . . .


John Bender:

And a criminal...

Brian Johnson:

Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.

2 comments:

  1. i love the movies you picked, heck i loved the 80s so maybe thats why but thanks for this great bit of nostalgia.

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  2. Where is The Goonies?

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