The 80s was the rise of the blockbuster Carrying on from the success 1970s, the 80s was a decade of memorable blockbusters, unforgettable trilogies and chest bursting horrors that saw a surge in the global box office. One of the biggest successes was Steven Spielberg’s ET, a tale of friendship between a young boy and a homesick alien. From flying bikes to ET’s glowing finger, Spielberg once again created an unforgettable movie. We also had Tim Burton’s gothic-noir vision of Gotham City in Batman. Despite receiving 50,000 protests against his casting, Michael Keaton proved to be a brilliant Dark Knight and has been a fan favourite ever since. The 80s also saw the launch of several successful trilogies but none more iconic than Spielberg’s adventures of the whip-cracking professor of archaeology, Indiana Jones. With Harrison Ford donning the Fedora and continuing his success from Star Wars. There were action movies a plenty during the decade with the likes of Bruce Willis’ John McClane in the first Die Hard; Arnold Schwarzenegger made his mark in Conan, Terminator, and Predator; and Sylvester Stallone in First Blood. And no one can forget Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer in Tony Scott’s classic, Top Gun. Sci-fi continued its ascension from cult phenomenon to mainstream crowd pleaser with Aliens, John Carpenter’s iconic remake of The Thing and Ridley Scott’s future-noir, Blade Runner. The 1980s also gave us the Brat Pack, a team of young actors who worked together on a number of seminal teen movies including John Hughes’ outstanding The Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire and Sixteen Candles. Regarded as some of the most influential films of their time, they introduced the world to the likes of Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Robert Downey Jr. The term ‘cult movie’ also found its home in the 80s. Rob Reiner’s endlessly quotable Rockumentary, This is Spinal Tap gave birth to the best ‘fake’ rock band the world has ever seen. Reiner followed up with fantasy-comedy; The Princess Bride featuring one of the funniest wedding scenes in film history. And in the UK we have Withnail and I, which has had drama students demanding the finest wines available to humanity ever since. #hmvdecades
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:31:25 +0000
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