Year of the Day:1985

Saturday's temperature was 1984, and I was sad that I didn't get to cover my birth year. But, perhaps another weekday will provide that opportunity. Or maybe I should blog on weekends?

1985 had plenty to work with for today:

Back to the Future
This is a total crowd pleaser. How can you not love the Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd duo? It also provided Universal Studios material for one of their top 5 rides--even now, the outdated ride is fantastic. I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that at any given hour of the day one of the Back to the Future films is playing. In the rare occasion that none are on, Teen Wolf is then playing. The fact that Huey Lewis and the News have two songs on the soundtrack is a major bonus for the film.
Couldn't embed, but check out this funny scene montage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0dI0GnOYc)

Lines to quote:
-"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?"
-"Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985?" "Ronald Reagan." "Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who's the VICE-president? Jerry Lewis?"
-"There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?"
-"Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine."

Teen Wolf
I don't know why this always seems to be on cable television. I wonder if Michael J. Fox had the same following as Robert Pattinson for being a mythological creature of the night. Er, I guess both movies fudged the whole night requirement... In any event, despite the fact that the movie and the concept are both completely ludicrous, I often get sucked into Teen Wolf when I do stumble upon it while channel surfing. Certain things stick out, like how easy the baby faced Fox can get a keg when he gets his wolf eyes on:


Also, the scene where he "comes out" is priceless. As, MJ looks more like a 5 foot 5 Chewbacca than a teen wolf. To modify a line from Forrest Gump: "He may be the hairiest sonofabitch alive... but he sure is fast!!!"


Okay, so I'm not even sure if you want to get caught quoting Teen Wolf, but here you go:
-"I'm not a fag. I'm... a werewolf."
-"Listen son. You're going to be able to do a lot of things the other guys aren't." "Oh yeah, like chase cars, and bite the mailman?"


The Goonies
I recently realized that Josh Brolin is in this movie. I would put him on the same level as Johnny Depp when it comes to knowing how to pick a good script--even as a teenager when he was in this movie. Every time I say: "heyyyy youuuuu guyyyyyys" (see below) it brings the house down. It always reminds me that I will choose to quote movies over arranging words on my own when given the chance.


Heyy youuuu guyyys


Lines to quote:
-"Heh, if you hit the wrong note, we'll all "B flat!""
-"Does Brand wear braces?"
-"How long have you guys been standing there?" "Long enough, Mikey. Long enough."



The Breakfast Club
In light of John Hughes's recent death, there has been a lot of coverage of this movie. I'm not going to offer more redundant commentary, but I think we can all relate to this movie, even if it completely over generalizes the high school population. Movies like to break adolescence into the 4 neat categories that Hughes makes here, but we all know there are far more shades of grey in between. At least he showed each social group honestly, with their own problems and all with their own deep insecurities.
Again, embedding prevented, but this clip captures the essence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8qb9TRqZsM

Lines to quote:
-"Eat my shorts."
-"Remember how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn't I be OUTSTANDING in that capacity?"
-"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
-"What do you need a fake ID for?" "So I can vote."
-"Could you describe the ruckus, sir?"
-"I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends!"
-"It was a flare gun."