I think it must be classic 80s chick flick today on TV1; what else could explain Footloose followed by Flashdance?
I've never seen Flashdance before, I know, it's shocking, deprived childhood I tell you! I never did get that beer ad for me it was just a weird guy dancing to the "Flashdance song". Now though I have seen the movie and can appreciate it really was a great commercial.
However, I'm going to disappoint at least 80% of my friends by saying that Flashdance didn't do much for me, I guess because it's the type of movie you really have to grow up with, a film of it's era. Along with greats such as The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, When Harry Met Sally, Nine to Five, Beaches, An Officer and a Gentleman... all these and many more, I missed out on the first time 'round and some of them, I have to say, lose their gloss in watching them retrospectively. I don't think I've ever even seen the whole of Thelma and Louise (but recognise it enough to get the reference to it in The Simpsons.)
When I moved out of home I became a tv, music, pop culture junkie. I felt I needed to "catch up". I soon realised however, that it was a near impossible task. I knew so little of the movies, tv shows and music my friends spoke of, to this day I'll sometimes hear a pop culture reference and struggle to make it "fit".
I love the pop culture of my childhood; I still immerse myself in it as much as possible, I just wish I'd been able to live it as I experienced it.
That said; I will never tire of watching Grease, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias or Ghost, (nor the classic Pillow Talk (Doris Day, Rock Hudson) which I stumbled upon one Midday movie.)
I too lived a movie sheltered childhood. Of all the movies you named in your blog I have only seen Grease and Dirty Dancing. I regularly hear "What? you've never seen *insert old movie name here*?" and then everyone in the room looks at me like I just crawled out of a cave....
ReplyDeleteStarfish; it's horrible to feel like you've missed out on a part of child hood that "everyone else" takes for granted. I've loved every moment of reliving mine by watching the movies and listening to the music of the 80s whenever possible. You should give it a go!
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