#80smoviesrock
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There can be only one. Fine, there are 2.
Dirty Dancing
I had SO much fun forcing our Australian friend Alex to watch this movie when she was over here a few months back. We had an 80's movie fest, but the other one we watched is an F and we're not there yet.
Alex was surprised at the number of references to this film she had previously heard but didn't recognise - 'Nobody puts Baby in the corner' and 'I carried a watermelon', to name a couple. I think I had a copy of this on VHS that I just watched again and again...
Why do I like it? I'm not sure really, at the time I would have told you it was because Patrick Swayze was SO HOT, but now I look back and I think it was a genius combination of sound track, dancing, THAT LIFT. It also questions some class stereotypes and deals with an unwanted pregnancy without just saying 'That Penny, what a slut' (unlike Rizzo's character in Grease). I love the relationship between Baby and her Dad too. It was awesome then and I still think it's awesome now.
Favourite Quote - 'Nobody puts Baby in the corner'. Obviously.
Die Hard
Probably why Bruce Willis is even famous. He runs round in a vest, it's so much fun. It's the first film I remember seeing Alan Rickman in, and he was/is a hotty. It's also definitely a Christmas movie!
I realise now that in B I missed both Bladrunner ('Home again, home again, jiggity jig') and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ('Bogus'). So if you need something to so, watch those!
There can be only one. Fine, there are 2.
Dirty Dancing
I had SO much fun forcing our Australian friend Alex to watch this movie when she was over here a few months back. We had an 80's movie fest, but the other one we watched is an F and we're not there yet.
Alex was surprised at the number of references to this film she had previously heard but didn't recognise - 'Nobody puts Baby in the corner' and 'I carried a watermelon', to name a couple. I think I had a copy of this on VHS that I just watched again and again...
Why do I like it? I'm not sure really, at the time I would have told you it was because Patrick Swayze was SO HOT, but now I look back and I think it was a genius combination of sound track, dancing, THAT LIFT. It also questions some class stereotypes and deals with an unwanted pregnancy without just saying 'That Penny, what a slut' (unlike Rizzo's character in Grease). I love the relationship between Baby and her Dad too. It was awesome then and I still think it's awesome now.
Favourite Quote - 'Nobody puts Baby in the corner'. Obviously.
Die Hard
Probably why Bruce Willis is even famous. He runs round in a vest, it's so much fun. It's the first film I remember seeing Alan Rickman in, and he was/is a hotty. It's also definitely a Christmas movie!
I realise now that in B I missed both Bladrunner ('Home again, home again, jiggity jig') and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ('Bogus'). So if you need something to so, watch those!
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