I'm sitting at the computer staring at this blank page of my blog post when I hear dialogue from the movie "Weird Science" coming from the living room and I'm smiling...grinning from ear to ear.
Why?
Because I love that movie. I love 80's movies. When something makes me grin...I guess that becomes my positive for today.
I adore 80's movies for lots of reasons, but I don't think it's just because I grew up in that decade. I started 1980 as an 8th grader and ended the decade in my early 20's and married. So, when I say I grew up in the 80's...I really did.
So, back to this movie thing. There are movies that I vividly remember sitting in the movie theater watching...Stripes, Ghostbusters, An Officer and a Gentleman, Sixteen Candles, Karate Kid, Flashdance, The Breakfast Club, The Lost Boys, Top Gun, About Last Night, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mannequin and Beverly Hills Cop.
These movies (and countless others) evoke feelings and memories in me that reoccur every time I watch it - even now...30+ years later. These movies became "classics", my kids watch them now and love them just as I did. Some of the themes, plots and/or characters still resonate
with this generation today.
80's movies have even infiltrated my work...last year during lunch, a few teachers started brainstorming all of the 80s movies we had ever seen. The list was crazy long - and one teacher took it upon himself to bracket 64 movies (think March Madness NCAA tournament) and has been watching these movies in 'match ups' - so that eventually there will be a tournament winner. (pssst...I picked Caddyshack to win it all!)
Today I wish you a good, classic 80s movie to watch.
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