Master Index of Archived Threads


WSo8M: (1) The Breakfast Club v. (12) Trading Places

Who's sweeter?

(1) The Breakfast Club	15 votes
(12) Trading Places	16 votes

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 24 2008 08:25 AM

Samantha Baker Division: Sweet 16 baby! Giving ya thru Friday to vote (1) The Breakfast Club (12) Trading Places

soupcan Nov 24 2008 08:55 AM

Trading Places.

Valadius Nov 24 2008 09:21 AM

Breakfast Club.

Centerfield Nov 24 2008 09:23 AM

Jamie Lee's yabbos.

Vic Sage Nov 24 2008 09:46 AM

wow. tough one. As prodigious as JLC's naked attributes are (the TiTTS vote "yea, verily, yea!"), and as much as i find TRADING PLACES a generally entertaining movie, i gotta give John Hughes his due.

themetfairy Nov 24 2008 09:51 AM

Trading Places - it's still funny after all these years.

metirish Nov 24 2008 02:31 PM

themetfairy wrote: Trading Places - it's still funny after all these years. It was on the other night and after all these years it wasn't as funny as I remembered.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 24 2008 02:38 PM

Didn't like Breakfast Club and I don't think I saw Trading Places. (If I did it was entirely forgettable, because I've entirely forgotten it.) I'll have to pass on this poll.

G-Fafif Nov 24 2008 04:07 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 26 2008 02:23 PM

Trading Places has a handful of moments that still hold up (the Duke brothers' explanation of the commodities market to Billy Ray Valentine; their insistence that they can't be thrown off the board). Rewatched it a few years ago and was dismayed to see how for the most part it wasn't as great as I remembered. I've probably seen the competition more often and have never liked myself for sitting through it. 1983, hence, remains a good year for the Murphys: Eddie, Dale and (presumably) Bob.

MFS62 Nov 24 2008 06:38 PM

Since I only saw one of them, and I didn't like it very much, I'll pass. Later

Fman99 Nov 24 2008 07:54 PM

And she stepped on the ball!

Elster88 Nov 24 2008 08:45 PM

metirish wrote: ="themetfairy"]Trading Places - it's still funny after all these years. It was on the other night and after all these years it wasn't as funny as I remembered. True.

soupcan Nov 24 2008 09:15 PM

Breakfast Club over Trading Places? I'm starting to think this whole forum is gay, not as cool as I once thought, completely doesn't get me and wants me to leave. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

Vic Sage Nov 25 2008 08:42 AM

Now you know how i felt when not only ROAD WARRIOR but BLADE RUNNER went down, and RAGING BULL (voted in many a poll as "the best film of the 80s") didn't even make the tourney... ... but i'm not bitter.

Edgy DC Nov 25 2008 08:52 AM

="soupcan"]Breakfast Club over Trading Places? I'm starting to think this whole forum is gay, not as cool as I once thought, completely doesn't get me and wants me to leave. Not that there's anything wrong with that.... Hasn't won yet.

TheOldMole Nov 25 2008 09:27 AM

Breakfast Club is a formula movie. Trading Places has some quirky fun in it.

TheOldMole Nov 25 2008 09:28 AM

Ah...and my vote puts it in the lead.

sharpie Nov 25 2008 10:43 AM

But then some mopey teenager must've logged on to tie it once again.

TransMonk Nov 25 2008 10:56 AM

sharpie wrote: But then some mopey teenager must've logged on to tie it once again. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?

Iubitul Nov 25 2008 01:31 PM

I'm neither mopey, nor a teenager, but the Breakfast club it is. Trading Places just isn't was funny as I thought it was.

Edgy DC Nov 25 2008 02:07 PM

I voted TP, but that's the sort of reflection what we need. Bully for you, tielbreaker man.

Iubitul Nov 26 2008 11:43 AM

To me, the most memorable thing now about TP are the shots of the WTC. that's not the mark of a great movie. As Ralph said, I have to give John Hughes his due.

Edgy DC Nov 26 2008 07:55 PM

Yeah, but whatever's good about John Hughes doesn't come through in that movie for me. Heavy subjects handled with a cartoonish style embarass me. That goes for you too Spike Lee. It can be a real cop-out.

Rockin' Doc Nov 26 2008 09:10 PM

I enjoyed both at the time of their release, but in a close call I gave the nod to Trading Places.

Kong76 Nov 27 2008 05:20 AM

Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail! You got a receipt? Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad. In Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucks.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 30 2008 01:28 PM

TP wipes BC 16-15!!! I would not have guessed this to be a Top-8 film.

soupcan Nov 30 2008 05:21 PM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]TP wipes BC 16-15!!! Whew! My faith. Restored.

Kong76 Nov 30 2008 05:31 PM

I broke that tie.