Summer of '86 I was going on 5 and had that Transformers poster face-down on my wall because the other side of the poster was for My Little Pony: The Movie! That was a pretty awesome poster.
I would not watch a single one of those movies if it came on while I had insomnia. Somehow all the self-deluded defenses of Top Gun, Running Scared, and Big Trouble in Little China make them even worse than the acknowledged turkeys on the list.
Oddly, I have seen very few of those movies, perhaps because of spending my summers away at camp.I have, however, seen the brilliantly awful The Manhattan Project more times that I care to think about. So, so deliciously cheesy.
Issac, do you really think Aliens sucked? I think that's a legitimately excellent movie.
I remember going to see One Crazy Summer in the theatre, because it was one of the first times I'd seen a movie without my parents (I think Top Gun was THE first) and because I went to see it with the son of my parents' best friends, on whom I had a major crush that lasted from seventh grade until well into university.
I like Big Trouble in Little China, but I'm a big Carpenter/Russell fan and this one is just great fun.
After reading the commentary on My Beautiful Laundrette, I'm afraid to rewatch because I liked it so much so many years ago. I became a huge Stephen Frears fan, and I was amazed that Daniel Day-Lewis was the same guy in that and in A Room With a View.
Like Marsha, I was away at camp that summer. As a CIT, we were given two days off over the eight weeks of camp: the official CIT Day Off, which was an overnight trip to go rafting (less eventful than the one in The Burning), and Intersession day, when, if you had access to a car, you could skip into town while the camp administration dealt with the influx of 2nd session campers.
On the evening of our CIT Day Off, most of us saw F13Pt6 and enjoyed the hell out of it, as you'd expect a bunch of 15-16 year olds fresh from overnight camp to do. It was a silly, ridiculous trifle -- and it's still one of the best in the series! -- but it was our silly, ridiculous trifle, and the in-jokes lasted the rest of the summer.
Ahh, but Intersession Day....Three fellow CITs and I borrowed an older friend's car and headed into town to catch a matinee of Aliens. We walked out into the North Georgia daylight 2 and a half hours later completely. blown. away. Yes, we were starved for entertainment. Yes, we had experienced almost zero pre-release hype, just what we all knew about the creature and Ripley from having seen the original. But dammit, Jim Cameron tore the roof off the sucker with that movie.
My first reaction to this is "where the fuck is that febreeze ad and how do I turn it off?!" My second reaction is that there are three on that list that I would probably stop to watch if I was flipping channels and they were on: Aliens, One Crazy Summer, and Big Trouble (which I did stop to watch the other day, until the w made me change it). Three more I might change back to if nothing else was on: Labyrinth (particularly if the w was around, it's one of her favorites), Running Scared, and the Manhattan Project. It seems 1986 was not a great summer for movies.
Which makes me realize that of all the non-animated films on The House Next Door's list, the only one I've never seen is Labyrinth. How did that happen?
Why isn't Running Scared streaming on Netflix????
ReplyDeleteSummer of '86 I was going on 5 and had that Transformers poster face-down on my wall because the other side of the poster was for My Little Pony: The Movie! That was a pretty awesome poster.
ReplyDeleteI would not watch a single one of those movies if it came on while I had insomnia. Somehow all the self-deluded defenses of Top Gun, Running Scared, and Big Trouble in Little China make them even worse than the acknowledged turkeys on the list.
ReplyDeleteOddly, I have seen very few of those movies, perhaps because of spending my summers away at camp.I have, however, seen the brilliantly awful The Manhattan Project more times that I care to think about. So, so deliciously cheesy.
ReplyDeleteIssac, do you really think Aliens sucked? I think that's a legitimately excellent movie.
Just wait until they recap Back To School. Triple Lindys for everyone!
ReplyDelete(And I like One Crazy Summer. A lot.)
I remember going to see One Crazy Summer in the theatre, because it was one of the first times I'd seen a movie without my parents (I think Top Gun was THE first) and because I went to see it with the son of my parents' best friends, on whom I had a major crush that lasted from seventh grade until well into university.
ReplyDeleteUgg, was that boy you?
ReplyDeleteMe? No! But I used to beat him up. "Why you so fat, why you so fat"
God I do love me some Bobcat.
I think we have talked about it before on this blog, but I love Running Scared.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I missed that one. I mean I literally missed it in 1986, and then I missed it on the list too.
ReplyDeleteI like Big Trouble in Little China, but I'm a big Carpenter/Russell fan and this one is just great fun.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the commentary on My Beautiful Laundrette, I'm afraid to rewatch because I liked it so much so many years ago. I became a huge Stephen Frears fan, and I was amazed that Daniel Day-Lewis was the same guy in that and in A Room With a View.
Like Marsha, I was away at camp that summer. As a CIT, we were given two days off over the eight weeks of camp: the official CIT Day Off, which was an overnight trip to go rafting (less eventful than the one in The Burning), and Intersession day, when, if you had access to a car, you could skip into town while the camp administration dealt with the influx of 2nd session campers.
ReplyDeleteOn the evening of our CIT Day Off, most of us saw F13Pt6 and enjoyed the hell out of it, as you'd expect a bunch of 15-16 year olds fresh from overnight camp to do. It was a silly, ridiculous trifle -- and it's still one of the best in the series! -- but it was our silly, ridiculous trifle, and the in-jokes lasted the rest of the summer.
Ahh, but Intersession Day....Three fellow CITs and I borrowed an older friend's car and headed into town to catch a matinee of Aliens. We walked out into the North Georgia daylight 2 and a half hours later completely. blown. away. Yes, we were starved for entertainment. Yes, we had experienced almost zero pre-release hype, just what we all knew about the creature and Ripley from having seen the original. But dammit, Jim Cameron tore the roof off the sucker with that movie.
My first reaction to this is "where the fuck is that febreeze ad and how do I turn it off?!"
ReplyDeleteMy second reaction is that there are three on that list that I would probably stop to watch if I was flipping channels and they were on: Aliens, One Crazy Summer, and Big Trouble (which I did stop to watch the other day, until the w made me change it). Three more I might change back to if nothing else was on: Labyrinth (particularly if the w was around, it's one of her favorites), Running Scared, and the Manhattan Project. It seems 1986 was not a great summer for movies.
Which makes me realize that of all the non-animated films on The House Next Door's list, the only one I've never seen is Labyrinth. How did that happen?
ReplyDelete