There is a cause we maintain coming again to all the things ’80s. It wasn’t only a decade, it was a “blockbuster” decade. Actually.
Earlier than the mid-’70s, summer time films weren’t actually a factor. Studios hadn’t but found out what a blockbuster season seemed like. Then Jaws (buuuh-dum… buuuh-dum…) hit in ’75 and Spielberg (king of the blockbusters) helped crack the code, and George Lucas’ Star Wars despatched the summer time film season into hyperspace in ’77.
And if you concentrate on it, quite a lot of your favourite ’80s films (Stand By Me, The Goonies) happen throughout summer time… not precisely a coincidence.
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After which got here house video. ’80s youngsters who have been used to ready for his or her favourite films to indicate up on TV (that was a particular occasion!) might all of the sudden lease — and even purchase — their favourite films, now in a position to watch their favourite scenes, pause to make popcorn, and even gander at a very salacious second frozen in time (*cough* Quick Occasions at Ridgemont Excessive *cough*).
We had approach an excessive amount of enjoyable pulling collectively our music quiz, “Can You Identify These ’80s Music Movies From One Body?”, that it solely made sense to present Nineteen Eighties films the identical therapy. Did you guess the picture on the high of this text? In case you’re questioning — it’s E.T. the Additional-Terrestrial. Let’s see the way you do with the remainder.
QUIZ: Can You Determine These Superior ’80s Motion pictures From Only a Single Freeze-Body?
From a stranded alien making an attempt to cellphone house to a bunch of youngsters on a treasure hunt, see what number of of those iconic ’80s blockbusters you’ll be able to acknowledge from a single freeze body.
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Prepared for Spherical Two? Guess These Nineteen Eighties Music Movies From One Freeze Body
How properly do you actually bear in mind the music movies that outlined the ’80s? We’ve grabbed a single freeze-frame from 11 of the last decade’s most iconic movies. Scroll slowly and see what number of you’ll be able to title earlier than peeking on the solutions.
Gallery Credit score: Stephen Lenz
