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Back to the Future
The Lost Boys
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Footloose
Gremlins
Labyrinth
Teen Witch
Batteries Not Included
Short Circuit
The Karate Kid
Nightmare on Elm St
Never watched Heathers, but isn’t that like a quintessential 80s teen flick?
Once Bitten - Jim Carrey and vampires (it's totally out there but good)
The Kings of Summer
The History Boys
The Dead Poet's Society
There's gotta be like a lot more. Didn't Stephen King start this trend with Stand By Me? There's been heaps since then.
Courteney gets my vote.
Which landmarks pose any threat? Which landmarks aid in humans' survival? Those ones.
Also the 'quintessential summer' teen movies - like The Way Way Back and Kings of Summer, etc.
I don't feel like this happens much where the lead is female. She almost always chooses the leading man.
Batman. I don't even know if I like Batman for Batman - I like the villains more than the hero.
The map has been intercepted! Don't trust anyone!
Ron Swanson of Parks and Recreation - my opinion is he's amazing.
Yes! But they still to this day do it.
I doubt this will help you now, but still all true:
He's almost always a rage-aholic. And this rage is a benefit to him in some way.
There is usually a gorgeous, intelligent, talented woman that eventually falls for him because he wins her over with a sad story - often about his family.
Even when he's rich, the villain is usually someone classed as an uptight 'elite snob' while he is seen as the underdog/average man because he acts like a slob - so snob vs slob.
The story arc always centres around him learning a valuable and yet common sense lesson.
The people who start out hating him turn out to love him. Or they always love him - he often has a huge support team, whereas the villain is seen as unlikable even by those who should like him.
He can do and get away with things no normal person ever could, but this is never brought into question ever.
You'll probably never see him in a classy outfit. He lives for 3/4 shorts and baggy shirts, even if he's playing a bigillionaire.
He's not above fart and pee jokes - the likes of baby teenage humour is his specialty.
The only parts of his films that work are the parts that are serious, and aim for the heart - ones that really make you feel something.
These are pretty damn bad, but there are things to like in some of them. I guess it just depends on how entirely horrible they are.
The 4400. The show it became sucked, but the mini-series it started out as really gets you in the heart and in the guts.
Also, honorable mention to Stephen King's It. Not perfect but pretty damn good.
This is so tough. I guess, I really like David from Pleasantville. I want someone with a positive attitude who works towards a positive change. That's so rare these days - people who are happy and hopeful in fantasy movies. I just want someone who actually smiles and laughs and doesn't hate or feel burdened by everything.
Promise. Now, to build a bunker...
It's true. And that's why it made sense not to tell him. I don't think Clark missed out - the fortress is kind of like his grandpa lol.
True. But seeing where Remini is, fighting to end it, it gives me hope. Moss could be there too, one day soon.
Does Piper Halliwell from Charmed count? She could literally freeze time, but then her power advanced into...exploding things? They reportedly link these powers by calling them all 'molecular control' powers, but I think it's kind of a cop out. She also has other powers that didn't relate to time at all like spell casting and 'the power of three'.
All the Roald Dahl ones pretty much. So The Witches has to be here as well. But most orphan driven narratives belong here too, like Annie, Oliver Twist and Unfortunate Series of Events. I'm sure The Rescuers and loads of other animated films belong here as well.
This is really personal preference, but I would include these:
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
E.T The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ghost (1990)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Jumanji (1995)
Matilda (1996)
The Craft (1996)
Pleasantville (1998)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Mummy (1999)
LotR: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
Underworld (2003)
Hellboy (2004)
The Chronicle of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
I picked movies that I feel are a good sampling of the kind of fantasy that has existed over time and kind of shows the potential of what is meant by fantasy. I left out superhero movies - there are so many. And some of these are not pure 'fantasy' so I'm not sure if they even belong here. Is ET okay or is it strictly SF? Is Underworld horror/action? Idk you decide.