I just read this interesting article called "The Sacred Four" I'm just a little pissed they didnt include Princess Bride in there but I guess it didnt really fit in with the other movies...

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/968/

9/24/2006 9:12:06 PM

i never saw dark crystal

9/24/2006 11:08:48 PM

The only one of those I've seen without falling asleep is Neverending Story.

9/24/2006 11:32:39 PM

wow, i'm dubious of any "sacred four" 80s movies list that doesn't include the karate kid.

mine:

back to the future
the karate kid
teen wolf
return of the jedi

9/25/2006 12:08:11 AM

^agreed.
I wonder if this guy was an 80's "kid".

9/25/2006 9:32:16 AM

I think they really meant "Four 80s movies I want to make fun of"

Dark Crystal shouldn't bump movies like E.T. off the list. I saw them all when I was a kid except for Legend. I saw that in the past few years though.


[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 10:31 AM. Reason : -]

9/25/2006 10:03:45 AM

i loved all those movies except for legend...ive never heard of that movie.

9/25/2006 11:22:42 AM

Tim Curry is absolutely horrifying in "Legend"

i recommend it

9/25/2006 1:03:20 PM

what the hell is "legend" and "dark crystal"? Never heard of'em.

Hmmm, I've never seen "karate kid" go figure

(born 1980)

9/25/2006 1:09:02 PM

wow




just wow

9/25/2006 2:37:58 PM

I have watched in entirety a single one of the sacred four that they have listed.

9/25/2006 6:10:29 PM

yeah those were big except i also do not know what legend is.

9/25/2006 11:17:11 PM

I remember watching Legend but I can't remember a damn thing about it.

9/25/2006 11:19:32 PM

unicorns and big devil dude....


I saw all of them. Great kids 80's movies, but not defining.

9/26/2006 12:35:23 AM

What about the Goonies?

9/26/2006 9:55:41 AM

fitty dolla bill!

fitty dolla bill!

9/26/2006 10:32:14 AM

Quote :

"I have watched in entirety a single one of the sacred four that they have listed."

Which one?

9/26/2006 1:08:35 PM

I love these movies, I guess it's cause I was a girl.... and majorly into fantasy and stuff

9/26/2006 8:04:05 PM

i couldnt agree more with the 4 picks on this page.

9/27/2006 3:35:07 PM

Best part of Legend is the song at the end credits. Hilarious shit. The lyrics are like:

"Oh love is pure and saves the world
for goodness sake."

The goodness sake part kills me every time.

9/27/2006 3:39:10 PM

Dude the 80's had some SWEET kids movies. Stuff that was dark, but not a complete gore / cheese fest. There's absolutely no modern day comparison.

9/28/2006 6:06:10 PM

that guy is just a "total geek from the 80s".
my for indispensible 80s movies:
Back to the Future (easily #1)
Big
The Princess Bride
The Karate Kid

honorable mention to The Breakfast Club, but i was too young for that one when it came out. and HM to Goonies too

9/28/2006 6:24:27 PM

Legend rocks. The opening music was stuck in my mind for years until I finally got the movie (on VHS, lol) and the soundtrack.

9/29/2006 1:27:33 AM

^ Thanks for making sure I caught that one.

9/29/2006 2:11:44 AM

the goonies is on On Demand Cinemax

i forgot how funny one of the early coversations between Mikey's mom and Chunk was

"what is that?"

"oh shit what"

9/29/2006 8:26:45 AM

while i've probably seen parts of all those movies I can't say I really remember the point/plot

9/29/2006 10:48:17 AM

when did John Candy's the great outdoors hit? I remember watching that and Christmas Vacation a lot as a kid.

9/29/2006 11:58:00 AM

^^ Existential post-modern fiction's like that apparently.

9/29/2006 1:22:12 PM

these are definitely a couple good flicks remembered as a kid who happened to be born in February, 1980

Quote :

"back to the future the karate kid "

9/29/2006 3:42:02 PM

Yeah, it's so tough to pick a favorite.

Why try in the first place?

9/29/2006 4:14:22 PM

Only heard of one of those movies, and that's because of a Family Guy parody.

9/29/2006 8:04:13 PM

dark crystal

Legend (think unicorns jumping into stuff)

10/29/2006 11:23:18 AM

what about willow?............thats like 80s

10/30/2006 5:16:47 PM

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Top Gun
Back to the Future

Honorable Mentions: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Spaceballs, Major League & Better Off Dead

10/30/2006 8:32:22 PM

^ word

11/13/2006 2:29:20 PM

those four are good enough for me

btw, I think jennifer connelly in the labyrinth set my standard for what I think is beautiful

11/13/2006 3:26:16 PM

<----here

11/13/2006 3:44:19 PM

Quote :

"what the hell is "legend" and "dark crystal"? Never heard of'em. Hmmm, I've never seen "karate kid" go figure (born 1980)"

Okay I'm a moron. Of course I remember Legend. But not dark crystal

11/14/2006 1:47:12 PM

Dark Crystal freaked me out when I was a kid.


and Legend... my co-worker and I were discussing the factt hat for some strange reason, that movie was damn sexy.

11/14/2006 2:09:31 PM

even though i am a big fan of pretty much anything and everything jim henson dreamed up, i have just never really liked "the dark crystal". when i was little i was scared of the skeksies, and when i got older, i tried watching it again and it made me sleepy.

does anybody remember "the last unicorn"? it was one of my favorites as a kid, but i watched it years later and realized that it's kind of retarded. especially the soundtrack by america.
the book was good, though.

and while i'm here, "the karate kid" was easily one of the best movies of the 80's. cobra kai! strike first! strike hard! no mercy!

12/12/2006 5:58:41 PM

holy crap its becca.


Anywho, i was always a bit distrubed by the amount of david bowie's crotch in Labyrinth. Seriously, cod peice + midget sidekick = NO!

12/12/2006 7:22:19 PM

hahaha i don't remember noticing his package so much the first time i saw the movie. but we watched it in art class in high school and that time it was much harder to miss.

holy crap, it is cain

12/12/2006 10:43:10 PM

I haven't seen any of those four movies. They look pretty geeky.

12/13/2006 12:06:45 AM

Jarreth. oh Jarreth you Goblin King you.

12/13/2006 9:27:37 AM

What about "Flight of the Navigator"

Sarah Jessica Parker '86

12/24/2006 6:29:35 PM