Who agrees that this was an excellent movie
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dophin26 — 14 years ago(February 24, 2012 11:41 AM)
I was a teen and loved this movie. At a time when people were still on edge about a possible war with the Russians (albeit a nuclear one), this was a movie that came out with decent timing, a cast full of up-and-coming actors, and the sort of 80s David vs. Goliath mentality that made so many films of that era fun to watch.
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Xeokym — 13 years ago(April 03, 2012 10:17 PM)
Let's see, I was 16 in 1984. When I first saw it, it certainly wasn't the best movie I'd ever seen, but I liked it. Even then I found the plot to be a tad difficult to buy into, but like some other posters already mentioned, in an era when we felt like at any moment it could literally be raining nuclear missiles, it made one feel (for a helpless teenager) empowered. Like, "hey I could do that!"
Whenever it's playing on TV, I usually watch part if not all of it. The on-screen TV guide thing gives it 1 starLOLI mean, yeah it's cheesy. But in a good 80s kinda way. Probably most of the people bashing it are too young to remember 1984. If I was only 20 now, I'd probably be saying the same thing - "I don't get it. It's an awful movie." In this day & age it must seem like a very silly movie.
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bornskeptic — 13 years ago(April 30, 2012 02:47 PM)
It is far from an excellent movie.
To echo a lot of already posted commentsit's cheesy, poorly acted, unbelievable to an extreme, downright bloodthirsty at times.but i still Love it !
I was just out of college when this came out and i thought it was pretty silly then too. But i have seen the thing no less than 30 times and i will again.
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gabby_bm — 13 years ago(August 12, 2012 12:06 AM)
I find it frightening that there are people who mock this and don't see the value in the messages within. Apparently they think the human race has evolved so much in the last 200 years that our country (or any country) is no longer under threat of an invasion by a foreign country.
because obviously countries don't do that kind of thing anymore, right?
Watch this movie and "Machete" back-to-back and you will no longer be a doubter.
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Nikolaevna_Romanov — 13 years ago(August 14, 2012 03:25 AM)
I've always enjoyed the way they portrayed the invasion. The scene where the teens hide from a passing Huey at the petrol station always has that striking feel of realism.
If only the remake followed the same style, but having seen the trailer, it looks more like a popcorn action flick. -
R011DaveAAA — 13 years ago(August 25, 2012 11:55 AM)
Apparently they think the human race has evolved so much in the last 200 years that our country (or any country) is no longer under threat of an invasion by a foreign country.
The US is safe not because of any evolution in humanity, but simply because neither of the United States' neighbours have ever been capable of an invasion on their own and because an invasion from overseas has simply not been possible sine before the middle of the nineteenth century. You'd need to scrap most of the US navy and a great deal of the Army and Air Force for it to be at all feasible. Nothing at all like that is being contemplated. -
na_na-1 — 11 years ago(May 03, 2014 10:00 PM)
What most people miss in this movie is that Washington D.C. and several other cities were wiped out by nuclear strikes and also the Chinese were our allies but over half of them were wiped out by nukes. Paratroopers were dropped from fake commercial airliners to seize key positions. Cubans in Mexico defeated opposition and came up from there. I see so many actual movie reviewers and critics who have missed this important bit of information that is given by LTC Tanner in the movie.
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Heero14 — 13 years ago(November 24, 2012 04:57 PM)
I just watched this movie and it surprised me. I watched the trailer before watching it and I thought the trailer was really silly, but the movie is nothing like the trailer. There's actually some good scenes with good dialogues and acting in there.
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Crimsonheadz — 13 years ago(August 20, 2012 01:46 PM)
It helps to watch and view the movie as a fantasy film and NOT a literal, political film that both the left and right try to use to adore/discredit the film.
I view as a fantasy film and an entertaining, dirty, grungy one at that.
The remake on the other hand looks to be a politically correct, pussy footing, glossy model of a film with no substance.
It looks pretty, all the characters look hot and not dirty or grungy looking at all in hope I suppose of gaining that key teenage demographic.
Unfortunately the people behind the remake forgot what the hell they were remaking in the first place.
A fantasy war film, not a film where we look at hot people in a poor attempt to be like Michael Bay's glossy looking films. -
jinmbean — 13 years ago(October 02, 2012 01:53 AM)
I was six when this movie came out and I can't really remember when I first viewed it. It could have been in the theaters or shortly thereafter at home on VHS or HBO. I grew up with this movie and I can honestly say gets better each and everytime I watch it. Yeah there is flaws in it, but they are redeemed by two scenes. Thomas Howell going out yelling Wolverines and Harry Dean Stanton yelling "Boys, avenge me! Avenge me!!!!!" Those two scenes are iconic of 80's cinema.
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shiloh2000 — 13 years ago(October 29, 2012 04:30 PM)
LOL. This was an absolutely terrible movie. Totally implausable, and downright laughable in many parts. Even the combat scenes are laughably low budget and unrealistic. And, of course, the paranoid politics behind it make it even more ridiculous. It's an NRA fantasy come to life ("yup, we fought off them thar commies thanks to are right ta beer arms!") In fact, it's nearly as silly as the remake (which is laughable beyond belief! North Koreans? Heck, they'd line up a MacDonalds and Walmart before they ever got to shooting at us.)
But that being said, I have to say I enjoy watching it. The cast is good, and if you are willing to suspend absolutely any and all disbelief, it's entertaining. And always good for a laugh. -
Mary_Jane_Abba-Zaba — 13 years ago(November 13, 2012 01:07 PM)
I saw this movie years ago. Tried to watch it again a couple months ago. I had to shut it off after about 20 minutes in. Good god, I did not remember it being this bad. This movie could pass as a bad comedy, nothing else. To each their own..