I hereby declare the 1980s as the absolute worst decade for music and movies.

I love the 80's.

I don't have a favourite decade for anything, but a good number of movies that I love are from the 80s. I completely disagree that they are boring.

Synth pop is great, the keytar is awesome, and no naysayer will ever convince me otherwise.

Although I wrote favorably about the 80s, I now remember something I quoted from Wikipedia on another thread that may support your position about movies. It was abut Michael Cimino and Heaven's Gate (1980):

"(Heaven's Gate) had a wider effect on the American film industry. During the 1970s, relatively young directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, George Lucas, William Friedkin, and Steven Spielberg had been given large budgets with very little studio control (see New Hollywood). The studios evolved away from the director-driven film and eventually led to the new paradigm of the high concept feature, epitomized by Jaws and Star Wars...As the new high-concept paradigm of filmmaking became more entrenched, studio control of budgets and productions became tighter, ending the free-wheeling excesses that had begotten Heaven's Gate."

The music of the 1980s was fun. I think it was a continuation of the disco phase from the 1970s and a counter reaction to the serious music of the late 60s and early 70s. As for movies it was mixed. I have trouble condemning one decade completely when it comes to movies.

Michael Jackson was THE 1980s.

Probably right. Second only to the 1950s. And both decades dominated by Republican administrations. Tell you anything about the mood of the country during those times?

Who thought synthesizers in music was going to be a good idea?

The 80’s:

The Shining and John Carpenter’s The Thing are among the best horror films made. Also the entire slasher genre peaked in the early 80’s. The original Woman in Black scares me to this day.

Conan the Barbarian and Excalibur are amazing entries in the fantasy category.

War films? Come and See is the most amazing war film I’ve ever seen. Full Metal Jacket, Das Boot and Platoon rank at the top as well.

Don’t like synth tracks? The synth track rules The Terminator. And I can’t imagine the movie without it.

Red Dawn is a truly 80’s movie and one of my favorites.

Raiders of the Lost Ark!

I also love all the Italian B grade films from the 80’s. When I have time I’ll have to post 80’s music. It’s my favorite era.

I don't know. There was a lot of truly bad stuff and a lot of great stuff, but almost all of it was memorable, if not outright iconic. It's the very reason 80s nostalgia hasn't disappeared from film and TV, but is actually almost increasing in popularity. In contrast, there's a lot of gems from, say, the 90s, and also a lot of blah, hence it not being as popular.