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  • Full Metal Jacket

    21 80.77%
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    15 57.69%
  • Weird Science

    14 53.85%
  • Big

    12 46.15%
  • The Land Before Time

    8 30.77%
  • Police Story

    6 23.08%
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Thread: The Great Movie Tournament - 1980s: Round 2 - Group 8 of 32

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    Default The Great Movie Tournament - 1980s: Round 2 - Group 8 of 32

    During the second round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for up to four films you would like to move onto the next round. The top four films will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given film receives will determine its standing going forward.

    The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

    The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):


    Full Metal Jacket (1987)
    Directed by Stanley Kubrick

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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    Directed by John Hughes

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    Weird Science (1985)
    Directed by John Hughes

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    Big (1988)
    Directed by Penny Marshall

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    The Land Before Time (1988)
    Directed by Don Bluth

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    Police Story (1985)
    Directed by Jackie Chan

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    Big is such a weird movie. Can you imagine if it had a been a little girl that made the wish and then as an adult has sex and then turns back to a little girl at the end? Yeah, that story probably wouldn't fly these days.

    FMJ, the one Kubrick film I don't like.

    I really should have seen Police Story by now but have not.

    Sorry but Ferris really is quite an asshole when looking at the film through the lens of being an adult with responsibilities. He manipulates and bullies people, treats his friend like trash, never once asks his GF what she would like to do, lays out of school, hacks the school computer and it was left out of the final film but he stole money from his father to fund his little day excursion.

    As a kid, I thought Ferris was pretty cool but as an adult, he's bordering on being a sociopath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Big is such a weird movie. Can you imagine if it had a been a little girl that made the wish and then as an adult has sex and then turns back to a little girl at the end? Yeah, that story probably wouldn't fly these days.

    FMJ, the one Kubrick film I don't like.

    I really should have seen Police Story by now but have not.

    Sorry but Ferris really is quite an asshole when looking at the film through the lens of being an adult with responsibilities. He manipulates and bullies people, treats his friend like trash, never once asks his GF what she would like to do, lays out of school, hacks the school computer and it was left out of the final film but he stole money from his father to fund his little day excursion.

    As a kid, I thought Ferris was pretty cool but as an adult, he's bordering on being a sociopath.
    And I just remembered that they did do a remake of Big called Little with a girl but I haven't seen it so I don't know if the sexual stuff is there or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Big is such a weird movie. Can you imagine if it had a been a little girl that made the wish and then as an adult has sex and then turns back to a little girl at the end? Yeah, that story probably wouldn't fly these days.
    It flew in 1997. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167945/?ref_=tt_sims_tt

    I have this on DVD. It's...quite the movie.

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    I messed my votes up!!! Weird Science, Ferris, Full Metal and Big... mae can you fix it? I only hit two of them by mistake
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    Yes, added votes to Weird Science and FMJ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Sorry but Ferris really is quite an asshole when looking at the film through the lens of being an adult with responsibilities. He manipulates and bullies people, treats his friend like trash, never once asks his GF what she would like to do, lays out of school, hacks the school computer and it was left out of the final film but he stole money from his father to fund his little day excursion.

    As a kid, I thought Ferris was pretty cool but as an adult, he's bordering on being a sociopath.
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    Looks like goodbye for Land Before Time. Sigh, Don Bluth never gets his due.
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    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    Big is such a weird movie. Can you imagine if it had a been a little girl that made the wish and then as an adult has sex and then turns back to a little girl at the end? Yeah, that story probably wouldn't fly these days.
    It flew in 1997. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167945/?ref_=tt_sims_tt

    I have this on DVD. It's...quite the movie.
    I bet so!

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    The poll has closed. The following four titles are moving on to the next round:
    1. Full Metal Jacket (80.77%)
    2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (57.69%)
    3. Weird Science (53.85%)
    4. Big (46.15%)

    And the following two titles have been eliminated:
    1. The Land Before Time (30.77%)
    2. Police Story (23.08%)

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