Let's get at it.
First, the honorable mentions -- the ones that I love but just didn't quite make the list.
CLUE
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: To make a long story short....too late.
GET ON THE BUS
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: A powerful 90 minute sociology lesson. Spike Lee's best.
THE SANDLOT
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Comparable to backyard baseball games in my neighborhood.
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Now for the Top 10...
10. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: My parents hated Pee-Wee Herman.
9. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Ridiculous story. I want to hang out with Dinger.
8. POISON IVY
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: My rainy day, go-to movie.
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7. SUMMER SCHOOL
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Much of my inspiration for working in education. Seriously.
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6. A CHRISTMAS STORY
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Capable of bringing out Christmas spirit in a rock.
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5. THE GOONIES
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Every kid's dream come true. Action-packed fun.
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4. BACK TO THE FUTURE
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Time travel? Whatever. Skateboard and Walkman? Awesome!
3. HIGH FIDELITY
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Story of my life. Kind of. A little bit.
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2. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: The coolest kid in the history of cool kids.
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- Ferris Bueller's Bedroom
- Ferris Bueller Curiosities
- Ferris Bueller References in Honda Ad
- More Ferris Bueller References
- A Reason to Watch the Super Bowl
- Yahoo!'s Ferris Bueller Failure
- Teen Beat: September 1986
- Bunny Cakes and Baseball
1. THE KARATE KID
Appeal in 12 Words or Less: Underdog gets the girl...and kicks the bully in the face.
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- The Esposito with a Side of Beans
- Freddy Got Faced
- Karate Kid Curiosities
- Karate Kid: Action Figures
- Karate Kid: Animated Series
- Karate Kid: "Autograph"
- Karate Kid: Books
- Karate Kid: Deleted Scenes
- Karate Kid Part II: Souvenir Magazine
- The A-Team / The Karate Kid
- The A-Team / The Karate Kid: Wrapping Up
- Bunny Cakes and Baseball
- Broken Faucets
- Unplayable Moves and Other Treasures
Take a look at some of the other Top Ten lists coming from the League: UnderScoopFire! has never seen some of my top favorites! Also, a new blog, Green Plastic Squirt Gun, is on the scene this week...
13 comments:
I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan and have seen two of the movies on here for only that reason...Get On The Bus features a pretty obscure MJ song at the beginning...and Dream a Little Dream has the bizarre multiple MJ references. cool list.
The MJ song from Get On the Bus is great. Took me a while to track it down but was glad when I finally found it. Might have to watch that one tonight.
OMFG, not only am I in awe of how fast you put this together but ANYONE that has the Poison Ivy movie WITHOUT Drew Barrymore as one of their top 10....wow, just wow. Tim, I am in love with this list (even if you left Clue off and kept Dream a Little Dream on).
Just amazing. What a great list.
Pax
Pax -- Nothing impressive. I was able to do it quickly simply because my favorite movies haven't changed in years.
And, for the record, the Drew Berrymore Poison Ivy's got nothing on the Nancy McKeon Poison Ivy...or something like that.
I need to see Dream a Little Dream again. It's one of the Corey-Corey flicks I don't own...
Shawn -- It really is a terrible movie. I honestly can't quite put my finger on what it is about Dream a Little Dream that I like so much.
Dream a Little Dream's appeal is simple: Meredith Salenger was hot and Corey Feldman was hot. And if you were one who didn't find Corey Feldman attractive, you had Corey Haim as your backup. So that's three hot young people, some adorable old people, and an epic Michael Jackson dance scene. What's not to like?
Excellent list! I definitely agree with quite a few on there! Too bad Clue was just an honorable mention - One of my favorites of all time!
b311scram -- thanks. I hated to leave Clue with the honorable mention as its definitely one of my favorites as well. Just too many others to squeeze in to the 10. So many great lines in that movie...
That's a great list. I had to leave off FBDO off mine, but it's definately in my top 20.
I honestly never thought I'd meet anyone outside of 1988 who would list Summer School in their top 10. I loved that movie!
Brian -- Completely serious when I say this movie was a huge influence on me pursuing a career in education.
Great list. There's some movies on there that totally brought me back…Summer School and Dream A Little Dream, for example. These were movies that were shown over and over on cable channels in the '80s and my brother and I would watch them endlessly during our summer vacations. Man, bummer I forgot to put Back To The Future on my Top 10. Oh well. It would've taken me forever to do it if I really had to think about it. Thanks for sharing, dood!
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