10 Best and 5 Worst Movies of My Birth Year of 1982
Here are my Top 10 films from my birth year of 1982:
10. Class of 1984--Probably my favorite dystopian high school film although Class of 1999 is awesome too. 9. The Secret of Nimh--Arguably Don Bluth's best animated film to date. 8. Pink Floyd: The Wall--One of the greatest music video movies of all-time! 7. Fast Times at Ridgemont High--To quote Spicoli, "Awesome, Totally Awesome!" 6. The Last American Virgin--Probably one of the most underrated teenage sex comedies of all-time. 5. First Blood--The first and best Rambo movie of all-time although I love Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo as well. 4. 48 Hrs.--Eddie Murphy had the best on-screen film debut of all-time in the film that started the buddy cop genre. Nick Nolte is great in it too. 3. The Thing--One of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter's best movies ever and the special effects and story still hold up today. 2. Creepshow--By far the best horror anthology film of all-time. Stephen King and George Romero go together like peanut butter and jelly. 1. Poltergeist--THE Best Speilberg film of 1982 and one of the greatest horror films of all-time. Oh and Tobe Hooper directed this movie too.
Honorable Mentions: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Rocky III, Conan the Barbarian, Gandhi, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Richard Pryor: Live at the Sunset Strip, and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
Here are my WORST 5 of that year:
5. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial--I'm going to get a lot of negative comments over this, but this movie is BOOORRRINNNNGGGGG!!!! One of (if not) the most overrated and overphrased movies of all-time. 4. The Toy--Why Richard Pryor? WHYYY????!!!!!!! 3. Annie--I'm sorry but the main character gets on my nerves! 2. Grease 2--The reason why the original worked is because of the great songs and chemistry between two leads. This one doesn't have any of those! 1. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--The Worst Big Borefest of 1982!