LoC 66 Top 50 80s Movies

[Johnny Unusual]

The 'Burbs

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/6pw4N/0/198.38" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/6pw4N/0/198.38</a>

I remember being really scared of that scene when I was a kid.

[Johnny Unusual]

Hairspray

Who here is a checkerboard chick?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RIIo3jnkgr0" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/RIIo3jnkgr0</a>

No one loves the outsider like Waters.

[RoninFox]

Got a kick out of seeing Last Unicorn up there. That holds the distinction of being the one movie I riffed that I actually liked more after riffing than before. All other movies I either feel the exact same way about or I get sick of them after riffing, but watching that movie over and over really helped me appreciate the animation (and I normally hate Rankin/Bass hand drawn style). It also helped that I read the novel for the first time while working on it, and was pleasantly surprised at how good (and full of satire) it was.

Have a taco, everyone!

[Johnny Unusual]

When Harry Met Sally

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/KRAp/0/132.99" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/KRAp/0/132.99</a>

[Johnny Unusual]

The Last Unicorn

With music by America...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/fEIXUNKA9NY" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/fEIXUNKA9NY</a>

[Smoky]

Cool! Thanks for the list. The burbs made it, yes! Never heard of that Fitscaraldo movie.

I agree with you on not breaking up the ties into arbitrarily different spots, by the way.

Oh, and did you know you can publically host images on sites like Photobucket, to avoid the hotlinking.

[Relaxing Dragon]

Even easier/quicker than Photobucket is imgur, too. If it's good enough for Reddit, it's good enough for us.

Meanwhile, I really should get around to watching The Burbs. It's been creeping it's way up my Netflix queue for over a year now, but never seems to gain any ground. It's like I keep going out of my way to avoid exploring Hanks' comedic side.

[Johnny Unusual]

I agree with you on not breaking up the ties into arbitrarily different spots, by the way.

It's not arbitrary at all.  If anything it's very, very orderly.

[Johnny Unusual]

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/ViHAC/0/117.79" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/ViHAC/0/117.79</a>

[Darth Geek]

Great movie clip #1

Fitzcarraldo

I really need to try this at a party sometime.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/A55CqJaeYKc" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/A55CqJaeYKc</a>

I like to imagine that's a young Doc Brown, before he hit his head on the toilet seat.

[Johnny Unusual]

Beverly Hills Cop

Proof that Eddie Murphy used to be amazing and brilliant.

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/Nyt6Y/0/116.18" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/Nyt6Y/0/116.18</a>

[Darth Geek]

Only complaint I have is that the parody trailer for Hairspray is actually a parody trailer of the remake and not the original film.

But other than that nit-pick, great job so far.

Thanks. Yeah, I suspected as much, but not having seen either of them wasn't sure. And pretty much everything I found was a parody of the new one.

[Johnny Unusual]

Only complaint I have is that the parody trailer for Hairspray is actually a parody trailer of the remake and not the original film.

But other than that nit-pick, great job so far.

Thanks. Yeah, I suspected as much, but not having seen either of them wasn't sure. And pretty much everything I found was a parody of the new one.

I haven't seen the remake, but Hairspray is a really good movie.  Despite the grossout factors in a lot of his early movies, I think that John Waters loves his weird outcast characters and there is a joy for not only seeing Ricki Lake's character coming out on top, but also her loving parents supporting her throughout (if only Divine and Jerry Stiller were MY parents...)

[Johnny Unusual]

Paris, Texas

I had an experienced not far removed from this recently.  Though I think I have more sympathy for the fictional crazy guy then the real one.

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/HKi6/0/115.03" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/HKi6/0/115.03</a>

[Johnny Unusual]

Pretty in Pink

<a href="http://movieclips.com/e/s6UxP/0/52.92" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://movieclips.com/e/s6UxP/0/52.92</a>