Le Sabot Post-Moderne: 'They Made this on Purpose?' Movies of the 80's

décembre 03, 2005

'They Made this on Purpose?' Movies of the 80's

While watching an old 80's movie, how often have you thought to yourself, "They made this on purpose?" That's one of my favorite things about that decade -- the sheer gooniness of some of the films. Here's a preliminary Top 10 of Seemingly Accidental 80's Movies:

1. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
2. Surf Nazis Must Die
3. Class of Nuke 'Em High
4. Howard the Duck
5. Condorman
6. Any movie where Chuck Norris talks to himself
7. Stallone: Cobra
8. Morons From Outer Space
9. Adventures in Babysitting
10. Real Genius

What movies would make your list?

UPDATE: Now you can see the trailer for the classic Surf Nazis Must Die. Don't mess with Leroy's Mama.

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Comments

I'd add any movie involving sentient motor vehicles, especially the (so-called) comedies.

But, dude -- Real Genius? That movie was genius!
And so dang quotable.

Posted by: Jared at décembre 3, 2005 12:30 AM

"3. Class of Nuke 'Em High"

I haven't seen this movie. But last night I dreamed it was re-released on dvd under a different name, and then I realized I saw it years ago.

Blog-post inspired dreams about lame 80s movies. Scary.

Posted by: TulipGirl at décembre 3, 2005 09:44 AM

Yeah, I'm with Jared - Real Genius is an 80s classic and utterly quotable:

"Self-realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, when he said, "I drank what?"

Posted by: Matthew at décembre 3, 2005 10:14 AM

TulipGirl-

That is pretty freaky. I'm sleeping on the couch for awhile. . . ;)

Matthew and Jared-

I didn't say these were -bad- movies... I actually love most of them. They're just goony in a way that was very much a product of their time. If you were to just hear them described you'd likely think, "Huh?" But some of them turned out great. . .

Posted by: Discoshaman at décembre 3, 2005 11:08 AM

Buckaroo Bonzai

Posted by: Paul Baxter at décembre 3, 2005 11:59 AM

Paul-

GREAT nom. I loved that movie. It was awful. . .

Posted by: Discoshaman at décembre 3, 2005 01:25 PM

I'd say Red Dawn, but that would be Disco-baiting and I couldn't do that.

Posted by: The Liberal Media at décembre 5, 2005 05:36 PM