30 Years Ago..

[Spawn67]

The movies of the summer of 1984!
How many of these did you see in the theater?

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/30-years-later-ranking-the-movies-of-summer-1984-20140605?page=1#blogPostHeaderPanel

[Gorn Captain]

Some decent ones, and some real stinkers on that list.
Rhinestone? Bolero? Great movies if you're feeling a bit constipated... (I tried finding a "constipated" smiley, but to my regret there isn't one...)

I saw most of these, but I find no real classics on the list. A couple of ones that I'd say are "good", but nothing that blows me away.

To me 1982 was the best year in movies ever. Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, The Thing, ET, Road Warrior. Now that was a great year...

[fallensaviour]

I'm not even kidding when I say 27...lol
What great year,thanks mom and dad.

[fallensaviour]

To me 1982 was the best year in movies ever. Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, The Thing, ET, Road Warrior. Now that was a great year...

While I'd tend to agree with you I don't think I ever watched as many at the theatre in one year as 84.

[Gorn Captain]

To my eternal shame, I actually went to see Bolero.
Was I really that bored that week?

[thunderbolt]

I didn't even know there was a Cannonball Run 2 until years later.

[Bruce Banner]

Saw a lot of those at the theatre, most notably Temple of Doom, Conan the Destroyer, Gremlins, The Last Starfighter, Ghostbusters, Red Dawn, Search for Spock, Sheena, and Buckaroo Banzai.


Also saw The Terminator, Dune and The Company of Wolves that year, but they weren't released during the summer so they're not on that list.

[TomStrong]

I saw search for Spock when I was a kid. I was 8.

[z3zep]

I saw a lot of them too. I even saw Oxford Blues (lol, I would have seen anything with Rob Lowe) Loved 16 candles, still watch it when I catch it on TV.

[Bionicfanboy66]

I still remember the reaction in the theater when the Enterprise met her demise in Search For Spock.

[Splitty]

I'm such a big whiner every time childhood movie theater subjects come up.

As children, we never ever got to see movies in the theater. The ONLY one I ever saw was Jungle Book, and only because it was some weird small mall thing, and it was babysitting me while the folks did stuff. The first real live action movie had to wait until high school.

It was torture too, hearing everybody talk about sweet movies and I had to wait about a year or two for them to be broadcast on normal TV. But my movie hunger was still ravenous, and I saw every single movie (almost) on my snowy, rabbit-eared old TV with the channel dial broken off so you had to use pliers.

My parents didn't pay too much attention apparently, because I somehow managed to see plenty of rated R movies too. Like Jaws, Grizzly, Alligator, Ghoulies, Psycho & Birds, Poltergeist. Everything to make you afraid of everyday enviroments like water, forests, fowl, those big concrete drainage pipes, the toilet, the shower, and the snowy TV.

It was awesome. So I regret nothing.

[jds1911a1]

I still remember the reaction in the theater when the Enterprise met her demise in Search For Spock.

I was speechless it was like my dog had been hit by a car
I saw most of these on cable but these I Saw in the theater
St3
Temple of doom (and to this day the bug scene in the hidden passage makes my skin crawl)
Ghostbusters (only cause our family was down the shore and it was rainy one day so Dad took us to the movies before mom went crazy)

[Earth 2 Chris]

I still remember the reaction in the theater when the Enterprise met her demise in Search For Spock.

I've told this story here before, but it bears repeating. It was completely inconceivable that they'd blow up the Enterprise...but they did. I still vividly remember sitting in our hometown theater, Roh's Opera House, next to my Dad as the carcass of the Enterprise careened into the planet's atmosphere. My jaw was on the floor, and my father, who had gotten me into Star Trek a few years earlier, quietly uttered "DAMN".


Chris