Movies You Thought Were Good When You Were Young That Actually KICKED ASS

[XemaSab]

Goonies.

Ghostbusters.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

(Yeah, I had good taste. It's a fact).

[Danger Mouse]

1. Gremlins.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I was a total Ghostbusters fanatic as a kid.

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

3. Today I was at the paint store trying to tell the clerk the shade of yellow

I wanted for the kitchen.

This dude walked in wearing a Berkeley shirt. I told the clerk I wanted "UC Berkeley gold."

My mom (a Cal Berkeley grad) asked the guy "Did you go to Berkeley?"

Dude said no.

I said to the guy "If someone asks if you went to Berkeley, YOU SAY YES."

I don't think he got it. :P

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Hahaha, nice!

[bridgit]

4. Guess I just missed those trollies = Dark Passage, for one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHFZsNK2FxU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFp-TfOnGFA&feature=related and yeah, I like the old B&W's

[InternalDialogue]

11. Man, movie trailers have changed dramatically over the years!

I'm not a huge movie fan now (not movies in theaters, at least) but I still remember the trailers I have seen in my years. Just the manner in which they're presented and what the filmmakers think will sell a picture are completely different than they were fifty (or more) years ago.

Seems like today they almost tell the whole story -- or at least a big chunk of it. From the Dark Passage trailer, you'd know nothing of the plot, but you were being sold on it being a Bogart-Bacall romance and that was enough.

Very interesting. Thanks for the links.

:hi:

[bridgit]

25. Oh, most welcome, I love the old trailers, they're like little movies with titles...

their own lighting, sometimes a little screenplay w/characters & stuff. Nowadays, they're CGI snips from the movie all snapped together mostly not even in synopsis form :( You can nearly smell the warm, melted, real buttered popcorn in the old ones :)

http://www.movietrailertrash.com/homesweettrailer.html :popcorn: :hi:

[Jamastiene]

6. Yes you do/did have good taste.

You named the one I was going to name; Goonies. Gremlins is another great one.

[jobycom]

7. The Thing--John Carpenter's

[Lethe]

24. yes sir

that movie is awesome

[ACTION BASTARD]

39. Scared the fuck outta me. Brilliant movie.

[Shell Beau]

8. Goonies was my pick! Stand By Me and The Sandlot are also up there.

My husband would say Back To the Future.

[coyotespaw]

9. There can be only one...

Highlander. It won the academy award.

[rcrush]

10. They Live.

Duh.

[sasquatch]

29. Greatest fight scene ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg
B-)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

...with the late Patrick McGoohan, finally released on DVD in November 2008. I always thought it was his greatest role, and it was definitely the best live action movie ever produced by Disney.

[Broken_Hero]

13. hmm,

Conan the Barbarian, Superman The Movie, Short Circuit, Red Dawn, The Barbarian Brothers, Kelly's Heroes, The Dirty Dozen, Mister Roberts....

[NewJeffCT]

14. I used to like Conan

but, when I watched it recently, it seems kind of cheesy. Still love the theme, though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2mRG5mzg

[Ramsey]

15. Logan's Run

Although the special effects don't age well.

Also: Star Wars and Labyrinth

[Crazy Dave]

18. Yeah...the first Star Wars

And I would volunteer myself to be in a society like Logan's Run or Soylent Green where once you've outlived your usefulness to society you can be vaporized or turned into food.

[bookworm65t]

16. Poltergeist

Now they are going to do a re-make. :wtf:

[nytemare]

21. That movie is still good.

I watched it on DVD about a month ago. Held the test of time.

[bookworm65t]

37. the remake wil linsult Heather O'Rouke's memory

x(

Wht the hell are they thinking?

[AlCzervik]

17. Alien, Blazing saddles, The Jerk.

all are still great and have held up just fine.

[rebel with a cause]

19. 1)To Kill a Mockingbird when I was seventeen.

2) Logan's Run, when I was a little older but still young.(was 31 and would have been vaporized in that world)
3) The Quiet Man released when I was just seven.
4) The Shepherd of the Hills was released when I was -3, but it was one of my mother's favorite movies and I use to watch it on tv with her. It is hokey but still appeals to me for some reason or other. Her other favorite movie was How Green was My Valley but although I think it is a good movie, that one wears on my nerves for some reason.

[Runcible Spoon]

20. The Neverending Story

They just don't do kids' fantasy like that anymore. No condescension, no saccharine sentimentality, no preachy morality. Just a fantastic movie with a very simple and timeless message.

[XemaSab]

22. It's not condescending or saccharine unless you've read the book

The movie is only the first third of the book.

[Runcible Spoon]

26. they made sequels and they sucked.

[Lethe]

23. Ghostbusters is great

i mean, there's no way that they could have made Ghostbusters in any decade except the 1980's. It great, it's cheesy, funny, and entertaining.

Bill Murray has one hilarious line after the other.

"You don't generally see that kind of behavior in a major appliance." LOL

[XemaSab]

30. Ray

If someone asks if you're a God YOU SAY YES! :o

[priller]

27. Planet of the Apes -- The original

Okay, Charleton Heston is a bit insufferable, but the whole movie is so damn entertaining. The makeup and costumes were amazingly effective. And I still think it's one of the best endings ever. It still gets to me every time I see it.

The Outlaw Josey Wales is another one of my all-time faves. When I was young I just thought it was another Clint movie. But now I see what a great all around film it is.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

28. The Right Stuff.

Loved the movie as a kid because of the whole astronaut factor, but looking at it as an adult, it is just a great piece of art.

[Initech]

31. The Terminator - first R-rated movie I ever saw.

[Radical Activist]

32. Breaking Away. Tron.

They kicked ass then. They kick ass now. I don't care what anybody else says about them.

[Hippo_Tron]

33. Not a movie, but the cartoon Rocko's Modern Life

[GaYellowDawg]

34. The Empire Strikes Back. The Breakfast Club.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Amadeus.

Back to the Future.

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[DFW]

35. The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. If you are including television shows, then The Wonder Years.

I'm still amazed that show was on more or less in the same era as "Alf."

[PassingFair]

38. Anything by Alfred Hitchcock.

When I see them in color, on my larger
screen TV, they are GREAT!!!

I saw them on a small black & white when
I was a kid.

He wasn't called "The Master of Suspense"
for nothing!

Just saw "North by Northwest" this weekend,
and now I want to search out more.

[ACTION BASTARD]

40. Aliens---> Space MARINES! That is all.

Drunken Master 2----> Jackie Chan's finest opus.

Hardboiled --->Chow Yun Fat before Hollywood found him was a GOD!

Scarface ---> A gangster epic.

Predator ----> Special forces in the jungle...with a TWIST!

Starship Troopers ----> Would you like to learn more? Then see it citizen!

Seven Samurai ----> Required viewing for everyone born with a penis. Your not a man until you've seen Seven Samurai.

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior ---> Tony Jaa will put an end to this wire-fu bullshit!

[Drunken Irishman]

41. MONSTER FUCKING SQAUD!

Wolfman's Got Nards!

[triguy46]

42. "Hombre" with Paul Newman, written by Elmore Leonard. Literally ass kicking.