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movie week continues: no shirt no shoes no dice by Turtle Jones
So this was another hard one to pick out. We had to do it cause this is movie theme week. If you have any suggestions for the last two topics we will be doing this week, feel free to post them. I think we have taken care of most of them, but we might have missed some. A few were passed on to Michele and a few were too blurred to get a feeling on. Best Music Movie and Best Musical is kinda hard to split up. We still have two more days and we really want your input. If you notice, there will be a lot of posts by Michele alone when I am not around and vice versa. We will cover all the bases. But, what is up for today? Best 80's Movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High Aloha, Mr. Hand. Let’s get this out of the way. Phoebe Cates taking off her bathing suit. Judge Reinhold wanking it. We all know the scene. I know it’s your favorite. Yea, I’m talking to you. You, with the turtle shell. And the rest of you. But let’s move on to the real star of this show.
There’s a lot going on in this film, but I always get impatient for the Spicoli parts. Yea, yea, there’s the whole romance/sex thing and the fast food thing and the abortion thing and (man, I hated Damone) coming of age and all that other angsty teenage stuff that took place in nearly every single movie that came out in the 80's. And the Phoebe Cates scene. I know, I know. That all worked, really it did. It’s a good movie with a lot of subtext going on beneath the laughs. But really. I was 20 years old when this came out. Slacker, stoner, looking for nothing but a good time. I didn’t care if Stacy and Linda found happiness. I didn’t care if Brad got fired. But I cared about Spicoli. Because he made me laugh. And he was cool. Even when faced with rejection. No shirt. No shoes. No dice. Really, didn’t you ever want to be that guy? The one that doesn’t give a fuck about anything. The one that just takes life in stride. Laid back. Marches to his own beat. Maybe he lives in an alternate reality most of the time. Just doesn’t care what people think of him. That was Spicoli. Every line he had in this movie was quotable. And he delivered it all perfectly, in that cool California way. All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine. That’s a pretty cool way of life. Not necessarily the buzz (those days are long gone), but the whole philosophy behind it. He’s pretty simple. Easily pleased. Plus, I like the way he talks. Guess I just have a thing for the laid back California type. - M
You know what it is. 16 Candles Let's get this straight first. I don't give a flying fuck about how Molly Ringwald wanted Jake. All I cared about was the destruction of a wedding and the stupidity of high school. Sure, when I saw this movie, I could pretty much identify with a lot of the characters, but really, let's focus on what this movie really was about. The Donger! A man of slow wit and big dreams. Someone who knew he was being held down but only needed a pair of tits and some liquor and he was like Tojo the Japanese Emperor coming to stick Pearl Harbor. He was awaking a sleeping tiger with a keg of beer and a pair of tits. He knew it, but meh, it was only grandpa who would mind, so who cares. What a great role. This fine actor showed what chaos can do to someone who doesn't know what is going on. How someone could embrace America and hold it close. The Donger saw the decedance of America and embraced it. He not only embraced it, he got to nail a huge chick, help destroy a house, get totally fucked up on cheap beer, insult old people, dive out of trees, mess up our language, grab Jake's balls, and smash a car. The Donger was the American Dream. Confused, forgetful and always wondering where he was in the morning. Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease. God Bless the USA. God bless the Donger. -T So what are your favorite 80's movies? I mean, I know there were a lot, but once again we nailed ours down to funny movies and tried to keep them to not being the easy ones. Sure, we could go with movies that kicked ass, but this is a very broad range we are working here. In truth? If you ask us five minutes from now, they will be different. So those are ours. What are yours?
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Jeff Spicoli. He’s what made me love this movie. Well, Mr. Hand was pretty cool, too. But honestly, the rest of the characters? A bunch of whiny, petulant kids. Meh. Ok, the movie was fun as a whole. But Spicoli? He was this movie. Wouldn’t have been half as funny without him. 
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BACK TO THE FUTURE!
Posted by: Tim | August 3, 2006 10:10 PM
goonies
Posted by: the turtle | August 3, 2006 10:22 PM
lost boys
airplane
real genius
Posted by: michele | August 3, 2006 10:34 PM
He mows the lawn and does the dishes, you betcha!!
I think I have to go with Ferris Bueller's Day Off for mine.
Posted by: mrbandw | August 3, 2006 10:45 PM
whatsa happening hot stuff?
Posted by: the turtle | August 3, 2006 11:07 PM
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
one serious one - Say Anything
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 6:26 AM
1980: Airplane!
1981: Stripes
1982: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1983: Monty Python's Meaning of Life
1984: Ghost Busters
1985: Back to the Future
1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1987: The Princess Bride
1988: A Fish Called Wanda
1989: UHF
Posted by: Solonor | August 4, 2006 6:49 AM
Good idea, Solonor. And great choices, especially UHF.
Supplies!!
Posted by: Michele | August 4, 2006 7:04 AM
"supplies!"
another fine role by the Donger!
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 8:27 AM
ok ok here goes
1980 9 to 5 ahahahaha, american gigilo
81 stripes
82 officer and a gentleman (cant.help.self.gere.in.uniform.dont careifheshovesgerbilswherethe sundontshine), 48 hours
83 the outsiders, valley girl, strange brew, scarface, rumblefish, bad boys, bmx bandits
84 suburbia (close second footloose -- ya i'm fucking diverse motherfuckers), red dawn (duH,) breakin, beatstreet, KARATE KID!!!
85 breakfast club (the door's way too heavy, sir,) vision quest
86 youngblood
87 3 o'clock high, some kind of wonderful (fucking hardcore girl crush on mary stewart masterbate)
88 bloodsport
89 heathers
lookslike 83 and 84 were good fucking years movie and punkwise...i'm sure glad i was there!!!
Posted by: kali | August 4, 2006 9:03 AM
Oh, 80s movies. God love 'em.
Heathers.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Say Anything.
The Breakfast Club.
Pretty in Pink.
A Christmas Story. (1983)
A Fish Called Wanda.
Posted by: Courtney | August 4, 2006 9:22 AM
Movies I remember watching too many times slumped on my friend's beige plaid couch:
Vacation, Repo Man, Gregory's Girl, Blade Runner, The Terminator, The Road Warrior, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Posted by: Bruce Gottfred | August 4, 2006 9:29 AM
seems there is no love for The Donger on here today
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 9:49 AM
Big effin' Trouble in Little China, people!
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 9:53 AM
'nuff said
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 10:02 AM
Meh. Beat Street is the beat on the street.
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 10:18 AM
Dude.
It's not only Breakin' 2
it's also Electric Boogaloo
Electric Boogaloo, dude.
Boogaloo that's electrified
I have a hard on just from typing those words
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 10:22 AM
I see your point. But it's no Krush Groove.
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 10:40 AM
Which reminds me of another 80's classic.
Posted by: Michele | August 4, 2006 10:48 AM
well
krush groove was just cool cause it had all the early def jam guys in it
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 10:49 AM
Hey, I think the guy who's about to windmill on the cover of Breakin' 2 stole my belt. And pants.
Posted by: Dan | August 4, 2006 10:52 AM
I think the guy who's about to windmill on the cover of Breakin' 2
You know what the move is called.
Just saying.
Posted by: Michele | August 4, 2006 10:58 AM
ahahah disorderlies ahahah..
i'd kill for those purple pants right now. i shit you not.
see? you guys wouldn't hang out with me in real life. i'm pretty embarrassing....
Posted by: kali | August 4, 2006 11:10 AM
Guys, have we forgotten the mother of all '80s comedies?
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 11:20 AM
i'd kill for those purple pants right now.
the ones in breakin 2?
I have those. And they have buttons down the side so you can tear them off.
Fast Action Access Nikes
kickass....
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 11:27 AM
and he is wearing black converse
oh christ, I suck
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 11:32 AM
Dude. Favor.
Please don't pack those pants for your trip here.
kthnx.
Posted by: Michele | August 4, 2006 12:00 PM
You know what I loved most about Spicoli? He wasn't just a stoner or slacker... he actually knew shit.
"We left this England place because it was bogus. So if we don't get some cool rules, and pronto, we'll just be bogus too."
You can't get that out of a textbook.
Seriously... from the perspective of a high school nerd (me), he showed that you could actually know stuff and still be "cool."
Posted by: mikey | August 4, 2006 12:23 PM
Oh, and 16 candles? I liked that movie.
But.
I also associate it with a lot of bad memories when I was a kid. The Long Duk Dong character was a constant reminder of how other kids saw me - despite the fact that I look almost nothing like him. He was the personification of every bad asian stereotype, and everybody looked at him as the freak everybody liked to laugh at and make fun of.
Yes, I liked the movie. Yes, I've quoted the lines to make people laugh (because us asians, we all sound alike). But on some level, his character reminds me that, to this day, there are still people who see me as that geek, that nerd, that freak that people love to laugh at.
Not with. At.
Posted by: mikey | August 4, 2006 12:36 PM
it was just a character in the movie. if you really think he was laughed at look at anthony micheal halls character. look at his friends. We were all geeks back then. the movie was all about the confusion in being a teen. there was nothing vicious about that movie and really in the end, he got laid, he had the most fun.
We are not personally attacking you or anyone and we understand why you don't like it.
But remember, you weren't alone being made fun of.
Posted by: the turtle | August 4, 2006 1:02 PM
"You know what the move is called.
Just saying."
Windmilling kept me fed on the street for five years. You're all just jealous of my moves cuz y'all can't step to this.
Best Fast Times Line Ever: "Hey, I know that dude."
Posted by: Dan | August 4, 2006 1:02 PM
PACK THE PANTS!!!!!!!!
Posted by: kali | August 4, 2006 1:13 PM
PACK THE PANTS!!!!!!!!
He wishes.
Sorry, that was just a little too easy. (much like the line that should follow this comment)
Posted by: Cullen | August 4, 2006 1:24 PM
Turtle... let me first say that I was not offended by you or anything that you said. Yes, it's a funny movie. And really, I don't mind that you laugh at the movie or at Long Duk Dong himself.
It's just that... well, let's just say that some people laugh a liiiitle too hard at LDD, if you know what I mean. That's what bothers me. And sadly, sometimes, that's what this movie reminds me of. Sorry - I didn't mean to be a downer, and I didn't mean to imply that I was offended by anything you or anybody else has said about the movie. I was just offering my own personal perspective.
Perhaps I just need to order a cheese pizza, so I could learn about Cuba and have some food.
Posted by: mikey | August 4, 2006 1:30 PM
Mikey, it's all cool. We've been friends a long time. I know where you are coming from on this.
And hey, all you need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and you're fine.
Posted by: Michele | August 4, 2006 1:48 PM
And i refuse to follow up Cullen's comment. Too many ways to go there. None of which you all want to read.
Posted by: michele | August 4, 2006 2:04 PM
Get Crazy from 1983 fits in with fave 80s movie and also the previous music movie. This one is features Lee Ving, Daniel Stern, Lou Reed, Ed Begley, Jr., Malcolm McDowell, Bill Henderson and Franklyn Ajaye. Somewhere in there are Philo Cramer and Derf Scratch. Sort of a madcap comedy set around a new years eve, one last hurrah concert for the Saturn Theater which is set to closed to be replaced by a high-rise development
Posted by: johnny | August 4, 2006 2:11 PM
Cullen, you rock socks....
Between Big Trouble and Escape From New York, there was nothing John Capenter and Kurt Russell couldn't do.....
Posted by: thefinn | August 4, 2006 7:49 PM