The 80’s are dead. Long live the 80’s!

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Indiana Jones

Just watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. What a film! You know, that theme tune is one of the few bits of music that brings a smile to my face. Is it because it is a great piece of classical movie music or is it because Harrison Ford was extrememly cool and sexy in the film? Neither. I think it reminds me of happy times as a child. I was 11 when the film was released (1981) and I must have been about 12 or 13 by the time it came out on video. Those were the days when there was at least a year’s wait from cinema to video. It was actually one of the first videos we saw together as a family. The first was a cartoon version of Black Beauty and the second was Heidi. I think Indy was the third. We watched it all together then rewound it, then fast forwarded to the scene where the swordsman is showing off his skill, swirling his sabre in a skillful way. Indy just draws his gun and shoots him. All four of us just thought this was great and we had to see it again. In the years that followed Helen and I watched that film countless times. I can practically speak the script. Nick was amazed how much of it I knew.

The new Indy film is released here on the 22nd May. I’ve told my dear husband that I expect the full Odeon gallery works complete with glass of sauvignon blanc and nachos and popcorn (not all in the same glass). In return I’ve got to go and see Iron Man with him. That is no great hardship as Robert Downey Jr is in it and he was a top 80’s brat pack member. Remember Wierd Science, Back to School, The Pick-up Artist, Less than Zero, Chances Are, Soap Dish etc. Then there was Air America in 1990 with Mel Gibson. All films typical of the 80’s when I was growing up.

Robert Downey Jr.

The 80’s seem to be very fashionable at the moment. Strange since they are 20 years ago. But then is it so strange? In the 80’s the 60’s were cool. La Bamba was the film of the moment and the music of Buddy Holly and the Beach Boys were what we were listening to. I’m really not looking forward to the 2010’s if the music of the 90’s is going to be in fashion. It was mostly crap! Maybe those younger than me will beg to differ…