Vince's Mutterings » childhood http://marsters.co.uk Ramblings about anything and everything Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:57:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= What is your decade? http://marsters.co.uk/what-is-your-decade/ http://marsters.co.uk/what-is-your-decade/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:50:27 +0000 Vince Marsters http://marsters.co.uk/what-is-your-decade/ Continue reading »]]> When I was growing up I always said I would never ‘get old’ and would be in to the latest gizmos, gadgets, music and films. However as time went by I have stayed firmly an 80′s man. It was the main decade I grew up in and in my opinion was the decade of the best music and some of the best films. It was the era the terchnology started to make its presence felt, but not to the extent now that it is possible to create music or film without a humans touch.

As many who know me will be aware I am a big film fan, and have been collecting films first on video and now DVD for years (I bought my first DVD player in 1998). Luckily many of the movies from my youth are now available on DVD at very cheap prices (£2-£5 per movies), with the movie series also available in box sets. This has allowed me to get movies like Back To The Future trilogy, Gremlins box set and the Lethal Weapon series cheapily to replace the VHS videos I gave away a year ago (when I decided not to replace my worn out video player). Unfortunately there are still some movies and TV shows that I would like to buy which have not (and in some cases are not) been released in the UK – Doogie Howser MD, Home Improvement etc.

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Since buying the Gremlins box set a couple of weeks ago I have watched both movies a number of times. They are classic movies with some very ‘un-american’ humour. Parts like the liquidized gremlin, out of control stairlifts, talking gremlins, ‘the Peltzer Pet’ and gizmo on a mission with his black arm band and red bandana have me laughing everytime. This, like many 80′s movies should be required viewing (although I know many of the established movie critics will probably disagree with me)

My favourite movies from the 80′s are

  • Back To The Future Trilogy
  • Gremlins 1 and 2
  • The Breakfast Club
  • National Lampoons Vacation Series
  • Lethal Weapon Series
  • Stand By Me
  • Running on Empty

Most of these movies also spawned some of the best music from the 80′s – most being rock ballads. Songs like Power of Love by Heuy Lewis and the News and Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds remain firmly in my mind as classics and are guaranteed to be on my MP3 player all the time.

I wonder what decade everyone else remembers as the best, and what your top movies are?

I am also looking for movie reviewers for a new web site I am creating. The criteria for a reviewer is just an interest in movies. I am after your feelings about the movie and what you liked and disliked about it. If you are interested then let me know.

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