Take Me Back to the 80's

Directed by Rick Rosenthal Released October 30, 1981 Written by John Carpenter & Debra Hill Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "While Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her." In celebration of Halloween this week, I decided to break the order of my movies and go with a festive 80s movie. Now you might be wondering, why I am starting with Halloween II instead of the original Halloween?  Well the original was actually made in 1978, so I couldn't put it in this blog. Therefore, I went straight to the sequel for this week's blog. So for those of you who didn't see the original, you might be a little confused on this movie. What I loved about this sequel is that it really does start right where the first movie ended. Not just moving on in hopes that you remembered what happened in the first, but it actually takes the last five or so minutes...

Directed by Steven Spielberg Released February 7, 1986 Screenplay written by Menno Meyjes Novel written by Alice Walker Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "A black Southern women struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades." I bet many of you are surprised to see this movie on the blog. It is not the same style and genre as a lot of the movies on this blog, but you know what it does have in common with those movies? This movie was made in the 80s, therefore I am going to talk about it! Now, not only does this movie portray a very hard part of history, but it also covers a lot of dark and disturbing subject matter. With that said, it is important for the creators of the movie to do their research on the history of this time period. Everything from the sets, to costumes, music, and most importantly the language. This is the part that stuck out to me the most in this movie, the way the characters all t...

Directed by Martha Coolidge Released August 7, 1985 Screenplay written by Neal Isreal & Pat Proft Story written by Neal Isreal, Pat Proft, & PJ Torokvei Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans." We are back again with another science based 80s movie, for the second week in a row. No I did not plan this. This movie, I originally didn't think I was going to like. When I say that, it is because the first time I watched the movie, I wasn't in the best environment. The first time I saw this movie, I was a junior in high school in physics class. To put it nicely, I absolutely hated that class and physics in general. So, going into this movie, I had the bad memories of physics come back to me. But after watching the movie again, it actually...