The 80s - 1985 - The Last Great Year In Film For Younger Audiences

**Barrybgb** · 03-12-2015, 03:32 PM

A great article that says it all.

From 'The Goonies' to 'The Breakfast Club,' How Youth-Oriented Film Peaked in 1985 — The Atlantic

**Melis** · 03-12-2015, 05:12 PM

Cool. I'll read it later.

**Barrybgb** · 03-13-2015, 10:21 AM

It's great. I couldn't of said it better myself!

**Barrybgb** · 03-14-2015, 04:11 PM

**Melis** · 03-14-2015, 05:06 PM

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1980s: a decade that saw an extraordinary crop of pictures whose like hasn't been seen since

Stitch that on a sampler

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What these films had in common was that they were mainly based on original ideas, they were fairly cheap to make, and—despite many being rated PG—they had an edginess that rarely appears in children’s movies today.

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Back to the Future—an original script by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Zemeckis, and executive-produced by Steven Spielberg—still hasn't lost its luster in 2015, despite a time-travel plot that sees Marty McFly forced to date his own mother.

He's right, though. This movie will never lose its luster.

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Another factor in the decline of youth films was that visionaries like Zemeckis, Spielberg, Richard Donner, and John Hughes simply aged out of the genre.

Sad, but true.

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The kinds of films that made 1985 so special probably won’t be revived any time soon, since studios have superhero movies scheduled through the end of the decade.

God forbid we go a year without a superhero movie.

**Barrybgb** · 03-15-2015, 10:36 AM

All great stuff you highlighted, Melis. It just says it loud and clear and I agree and love everything about it.

**Melis** · 03-15-2015, 11:35 AM

Yep, glad someone said it.

I didn't read the comments. I wonder if they agree with him.

**Barrybgb** · 03-16-2015, 11:32 AM

I never read comments. Lol.

**Melis** · 03-16-2015, 01:43 PM

Sometimes they can make you mad. Lots of trolls.

**Barrybgb** · 03-17-2015, 10:14 AM

Yep.

Now I want to watch all of these movies.

**Melis** · 03-17-2015, 01:06 PM

I do too.

**Barrybgb** · 03-18-2015, 09:38 AM

I love how the article says those days are over unless a filmmaker comes along with the vision and the nostalgia or something like that.

**Melis** · 03-18-2015, 10:02 AM

Well, I guess that's not going to happen. I don't think there has been anyone like that.

**Barrybgb** · 03-19-2015, 10:14 AM

Nope. Most of the vision people have now is what the status quo tells them to have.

**Melis** · 03-19-2015, 05:31 PM

That's sad.

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