Top 5 movies you had on VHS as a kid, but not ones bought from the store with the case and everything, ones that you taped off of TV and then wrote with a pen on it what the movie was:
1. Saturday Night Live 15th anniversary
2. Spies Like Us
3. Jewel of the Nile
4. There is no 4 or 5
1. Beverly Hills Cop II I watched it everyday one summer when I would come in for lunch. Loved me some Axel Foley, Taggart and Rosewood. Plus great villain with Jurgen Prochnow as Maxwell Dent and additional antagonist in Chief Lutz. Brigette Nielsen before she was super gross. "Shakedown" by Bob Seger seemingly constantly playing. So great. Was a really good summer.
2.
The Secret of my Success I loved Micheal J. Fox in every role I saw him in as a child, but as a plucky Midwestern boy with big city dreams
. I could relate. Pretty much how I saw my life shaking out at the time. Biggest crush on Helen Slater as Christy Wills too. Dream girl at the time, and Margret Whitton as the aunt he bangs was very hot as well. And holy crap, wikipedia says he was a KSU grad in the film. I remembered he was from Kansas. A latent goEMAW connection if ever there was one.
I watched the ever-loving eff out of this film and still love it to this day. Such a fun and uplifitng soundtrack to boot. It's like you're right there sharing in Brantley's achievements.
3.
Gremlins I wanted a Mogwai so rough ridin' bad it nearly caused me physical pain. I would have literally slit another kid's throat to have my own Gizmo, so great was my need. Would have also settled for the live-action
Snuggle bear.
4.
Revenge of the Nerds At the time, I thought this was the funniest thing I would ever see in my entire life. I was also a bit of a smarty myself, so I appreciated the intellectuals' triumph.
5.
Return of Godzilla Couldn't get enough of this for some reason for a time.
