
Is it because we have so many entertainment choices today or because life and responsibilities have taken priority, why is it I take in a movie maybe once a year and then it's somewhat forgettable?
Last year I saw one of the Twilight movies "Breaking Dawn" and for the life of me, I can't remember any of it, except that Bella's eyes turned red.

The year before that I saw Avatar... or was that two years before? And I remember leaving with the feeling it was a politically charged movie against "Big Oil."
I miss the days when you could stand in a long line and strike up a conversation with a complete stranger over ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or Christmas Story. Everybody went to the movies, especially in the summer and at Christmas. I'm not even sure new movies were released at any other time.
Maybe it's because I dated much more then, and had a fuller social life, but I can remember movies from the 80s as if I have just seen them.

Some of my 1980 favorites are still my favorites:
Dead Poets Society, The Big Chill, Christmas Story, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Farris Bueller's Day off, The Shining, Fletch, Starman, Caddy Shack, Breakfast Club, Arthur, Risky Business, The Untouchables, Terms of Endearment, On Golden Pond, Return of the Jedi, Rain Man, ET, Glory, Ghostbusters, Vacation, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Top Gun, Tootsie, Karate Kid, Beetlejuice, 9 to 5, The Natural, Superman, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, Body Heat, Young Guns. Out of Africa, A Room with a View, Three Men and a Baby, Sophie's Choice, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Crocodile Dundee, Big, Cocoon, Terminator, Annie, Beaches, Best little Whorehouse in Texas, Coal Miner's Daughter, Cannonball Run, Footloose, Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, Driving Miss Daisy, Dangerous Liaisons, Jaws, Hoosiers, Inner Space, An Officer and a Gentleman, Rocky, Reds, Rambo, Racing with the Moon, Ragtime, Purple Rain, Steel Magnolias, Stripes, I even liked Grease 2!

The skeleton of a Drive-in Theatre greets visitors as they arrive in Columbia. How I wish some entrepreneur would restore it and show old movies on the big, BIG screen, complete with a sound system that hangs on the open window of your car door.

How about you? What movies to you remember best? Take the quiz below and find out...

In The Breakfast Club, Principal Vernon supposedly raided the closet of which male singer?
Ted Nugent
Barry Manilow
Steven Tyler
Mick Jagger
What brand of sportscar does Jake Ryan drive in Sixteen Candles?
Lamborgini
Aston Martin
Porsche
Ferrari
This character from Pretty in Pink says, “This is a really volcanic ensemble you’re wearing–it’s really marvelous!”
Andie
Duckie
Steff
Blane
What are the Extra-Terrestrial’s last words to Elliott?
“I’ll be back.”
“Ouch.”
“Elliott.”
“I’ll be right here.”
From the Goonies, where in the house does Mikey find the treasure map “that leads to One-Eyed Willy’s rich stuff?”
basement
bedroom
attic
backyard
In Return of the Jedi, which character do the Ewoks believe is “some sort of god?”
R2-D2
Luke
Chewbacca
C-3PO
What instrument does Rob Lowe’s character play in St. Elmo’s Fire?
guitar
saxophone
trumpet
harmonica
After encountering two MIGs, Maverick rescues his wingman who goes by what call name?
Cougar
Rabbit
Cheetah
Ice
(This was at the beginning of the movie when Maverick encounters the two MiG’s and Cougar is too shaken to land the plane.)
In Back to the Future, which character “becomes the world’s first time traveler?”
Marty McFly
Doc Brown
George McFly
Einstein, Doc Brown’s dog
True or False: Wesley kills Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride?
True
False
Tom Cruise, aka Joel Goodsen, loses his Porsche into which Great Lake in Risky Business?
Ontario
Huron
Superior
Michigan
Into what small mountain range does “Baby” and her family go on vacation?
Appalachian
Blue Ridge
Catskills
Adirondack
In When Harry Met Sally, Sally goes to New York City to get a job in what field?
Education
Business
Journalism
Law
Josh Bashkin seeks the help of what wish machine to get “Big?”
Voltron
Voltage
Zoltar
The Claw
What is the first name of the little boy that says “red rum” in The Shining?
Danny
Johnny
Davy
Stevie
In Bull Durham, Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) plays what position?
Pitcher
Catcher
First Base
Third Base
Whom does Ferris Bueller claim to be when trying to get a seat at the French restaurant?
George Windsor
Ronald Reagan
Abe Froman
The Marlboro Man
True or False: Michael Douglas kills Glenn Close at the end of Fatal Attraction.
True
False
In which country does Indiana Jones discover the Ark of the Covenant?
Israel
Greece
Egypt
Syria
Who calls Anthony Michael Hall a Neo Maxie Zoom Dweebie?
Emilio Estevez
Ally Sheedy
Molly Ringwald
Judd Nelson
“Carpe Diem” means:
Put on your clown nose and entertain kids with terminal illnesses
By all means be funny, to raise the morale of the troops
Seize the Day
Our special soup selection for the day
When a blonde hair child touched the television screen and said, “They’re here.” Who was she referring to?
Here aunt and uncle
The Muppets from Sesame Street
Dead People
The TV repairmen
What unlikely villain comes to terrorize the Ghostbusters at the end of the movie?
The Stay-Puf Marshmallow Man
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Balloon of Underdog
Mr. Greenjeans
Miss Nancy from “Romper Room”
How did Superman reverse time and bring Lois Lane back to life?
Entered the Time-Space Continuum wormhole located on Krypton
Pleaded with Doc Brown to borrow the DeLorean
Flew so quickly around the earth, it rotated backwards and time reversed
He didn’t have to… his kiss brought her back to life.
Clark Griswald and his family travel across country to visit what beloved theme park?
Opryland
Six Flags over Texas
Wally World
Beach Bend
