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 Ivan Reitman Released June 26, 1981 Written by Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg, & Harold Ramis Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun." We are back with another Bill Murray movie. Didn't take too long to find another one because Bill was one of the staples of the 80s, especially for 80s comedies. You know who else is an 80s comedian staple? John Candy! Which we find him in this film as well. Alright, let's get right down to it.  A-tten-tion! The first thing that should be talked about is the genre that is military movies. This has been popular over many decades because there is always a new war or a new type of military to showcase. Also, Americans tend to be drawn to violence, so military movies are a given in the U.S. What's different about this one, though, is that it is making fun of the U.S. Army. Often, when you see military movies, they...

Directed by Steven Spielberg Released June 12, 1981 Story by George Lucas & Philip Kaufman Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "In 1936, archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers." One of the first things that I find really interesting about this movie is the title. I didn't realize this until I went on IMDB to get some info, but this movie is only called Raiders of the Lost Ark . If you Google it or look on IMDB that is all it says (even though the movie posters say Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark). I find this really interesting because the other four movies have Indiana Jones in the title. I wonder why the first movie in this franchise wanted to be known only by the Raiders of the Lost Ark? You would think as the first movie of a franchise that they would want the character's...