Is *Flashdance* As Bad Ad '80s Movies Got?

[Plaid Adder]

Poll question: Is *Flashdance* As Bad Ad '80s Movies Got?

[Debi]

1. And I still have the leg warmers..

And cut-off sweatshirt!!:cry:

[camero]

2. Any 80s movie with Patrick Swayze in it

All were equally bad. He didn't get good until Ghost IMHO.

[OKNancy]

3. It was just about one of the best movies ever!

LOL for me anyway. You can't imagine the boost in business I got for my dance studio.

[On the Road]

4. Depsite the Corn

I liked Flashdance. Or maybe it was just Jennifer Beals.

[Plaid Adder]

6. I remember liking it at the time.

But we rented it a couple weeks ago...and boy, did it SUCK!

What shocked me was the sheer plotlessness of it. And the lack of dialogue. And how bad the dialogue was when it happened.

I agree that Jennifer Beals does often look tasty. But that scene where she's trying to eat the lobster erotically is just laugh-out-loud funny.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[ixion]

5. Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Blind Date, the list goes on and on

and the whole comedy/drama genre for that matter. They were all much more paninful to watch than Flashdance, IMHO.


Actually, as far as bad 80's movies go, Flashdance wasn't as painful as say, 'Blind Date' and 'Mannequin'.

[Plaid Adder]

7. I actually enjoyed 'Blind Date.'

Mannequin, on the other hand...WHY?

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[cprise]

10. Electric Dreams!

A guy spills champaign on his PC and it falls in love with him!

:)

[otohara]

16. Never Understood "Ghost" Frenzy

stupid ass movie...

[absyntheNsugar]

24. Ghost was HORRIBLE

Made me wanna go postal

[Plaid Adder]

17. OK, here's what I hate most about *Ghost.*

Yuppies get to heaven, despite having done nothing to deserve it. Everyone scruffy or non-white goes to hell. Whee.

And, of course, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, who both stink separately, and together are even worse.

I think the Demi Moore/Gary Oldman *Scarlet Letter* _may_ be the worst movie ever made. Maybe.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. And the plot

Why doesn't Patrick want Demi to get killed? They could be together then. :eyes:

[Wickerman]

8. Have you forgotten Xanadu?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0081777/

Staying Alive ?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0086361/

Over the Top ?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0093692/

edit - odd the pics show up on preview :shrug:

[CO Liberal]

14. Didn't "Ishtar" Come Out in the '80s???

:shrug:

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. Red Dawn - The Ultimate Freeper Movie!

Actually the movie wasn't that bad, if viewed in the proper context. Problem is the Freeps took it as some literal prophecy of the coming Commie takeover. They never dreamed the REAL enemy would come from within their own ranks.

And BTW, Patrick Swayze DID star in it :evilgrin:

[BOHICA06]

11. Beastmaster.....nt

[walkon]

12. She Devil

and
Howard the Duck

[jmowreader]

21. Hey! I LIKED Howard the Duck!

Now, "Cool World" and "Cocktail," those movies sucked ass.

Howard the Duck, as cheesy as it was, was fuckin' Kubrick compared to Cocktail.

Come to think of it, Tom Cruise's movie was really bad.

[webtrainer]

13. Jennifer is still very comely . . .

saw her on the Daily Show on Monday . . . she's in the 'L' Word on Showtime

[Fenris]

15. Did we see "Roadhouse"? "Urban Cowboy"? "Overboard"?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

18. Porkys.....

oh, the nightmare.

[DS1]

19. *ahem* MegaForce

<-- Barry Bostwick

[MisterP]

25. Barry Bostwick

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[EstimatedProphet]

20. Footloose

also Xanadu
And...Solarbabies! Yuck!

[regnaD kciN]

22. Bolero

Besides, how can Flashdance be the worst film of a decade that included three Rambos and at least two Rockys?

:puke:

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Pretty In Pink...

...and I loved it then...:eyes:

[JCMach1]

27. Breakin' II Electric Boogaloo

yikes

[Fleshdancer]

29. I'm with you on that one

that was beyond bad. Even Howard the Duck was better than that movie.

On second thought...was Lambada, The Dance of Love an 80's movie or early 90's??? If it was in the 80's than it was worse than Breakin II.

[Zomby Woof]

28. Under The Cherry Moon

As self-indulgent and boring as a pretentious 80's movie ever got.

And "E.T." sucked a big one too.

[benburch]

30. Lair of The White Worm

MUCH MUCH MUCH worse.

Did I remember to say MUCH worse?

It was Much worse!

[Ricdude]

31. Stewardess School? One Crazy Summer? Spring Break? n/t

[VOX]

32. Breakfast Club

Makes me lose my lunch!