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Footloose (1984)

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:25 pm
by Bluegum LaBloat
For forty years this stone classic has been inspiring legions of people to dance in a town that prohibits dancing.



You know this one.



Ever angry danced? Of course you have.



What did David do? What did David do? What did David do? David danced before the Lord with all his might.


Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:49 pm
by Bluegum LaBloat
Bacon chose this role over the Arnie role in John Carpenter's Christine. Now that's an alt-history artifact I'd give up the right to dance to see.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:40 am
by seby
So good.

Also the track played every speed skating session at my local ice rink in the 80s, so not crap times infinity.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:35 am
by jfv
It's been a LONG time since I've seen the movie and I'm not really clamoring to watch it again. Out of fairness, no vote.

I can't stand the song. Not sure if it's because it sucks, or because I've heard it so many times.

It'd be interesting to see this in a dome with Dirty Dancing.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:57 am
by Gramsci
seby wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:40 am So good.

Also the track played every speed skating session at my local ice rink in the 80s, so not crap times infinity.
We had the same childhood.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 8:52 am
by handsbloodyhands
Very crap. Terrible music and acting. Singer and Penn are blocks of wood. Boring story. I hate that scene with cooks, arcade players and other randoms being set free by a boombox.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:49 am
by Krev
This movie is pretty awful. However, that tune with Kenny Loggins attempting the Maiden gallop is hilarious.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:22 am
by Dave N.
Crap, it’s crap. Kick off your Sunday crap.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 12:38 pm
by iembalm
Bluegum LaBloat wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:49 pm Bacon chose this role over the Arnie role in John Carpenter's Christine. Now that's an alt-history artifact I'd give up the right to dance to see.
Wouldn't have been better than Keith Gordon, but different, sure.

Re: Footloose (1984)

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 12:51 pm
by enframed
Was terrible then and it's terrible now. Everything about it. Very much a product of its time. Reagan was president. MTV and the PMRC had just gotten started.