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Tag: 1986

  • The Karate Kid Part II

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    Movies don’t get much more 80s than this: a silly and simple story, a Peter Cetera power ballad, and it’s a sequel. It’s fun to watch though. The setting for this one was Okinawa, and to me it does look like they actually shot it there — and all the extras do seem to be…

  • The Delta Force

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    This is such a weird movie. You go in expecting a typical Cannon actioner, but then not only is it quite long, you can tell that director Menahem Golan was actually trying to say something here, and although I wouldn’t go so far as saying it goes into drama territory, it does take quite a…

  • Crocodile Dundee

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    Just like The Golden Child, this is a comedy from back then that I’m sure I watched quite a few times. Sure, it’s a silly film, but I found it to have aged decently (except for the homophobic humor, which you do see pop up uncomfortably in a lot of 80s movies) and had a…

  • The Golden Child

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    This movie was never considered an Eddie Murphy classic, but I’m pretty sure I loved it a lot when I was a kid — re-watching it, I was surprised by how many of the lines sounded so familiar, which probably means I watched it quite a few times back then. But it’s not really a…

  • Labyrinth

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    I’m having a hard time deciding how I want to describe watching this movie. I can’t say that I super loved it, but I still think it’s a classic film and it brought back nostalgic feels for just how big Jim Henson’s creations were back in those days — and I’d forgotten that he actually…

  • Peggy Sue Got Married

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    It’s not an amazing movie or anything, but it was still fun to watch. It feels magical and innocent, like a lot of mid-80s movies do, and yes, Nicolas Cage is weird even back then — and it’s sort of funny to think that he was playing heartthrob (although with a weirdo bent) roles back…

  • Running Scared

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    I had a hard time watching this. It’s not necessarily a bad movie, but I just wasn’t into it, and it took me quite a few sessions to get through it — and I admittedly watched most of it in the background while doing something else. It did feel like a deep cut when I…

  • Heartbreak Ridge

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    I watched this one over a month ago but forgot to include it here. It’s good in the way that army training movies tend to be (it’s an easy conceit to build something around), and it doesn’t break any new grounds or anything, and other movies have done it better (ahem, Full Metal Jacket), but…