Movie Debate #128: The Burbs

[Reed Rothchild | 9,604]

[JamesRobot | 5,842]

10.  The only thing that could make the movie better would be to add another Corey.

[FireHazard51 | 2,055]

7, good movie but not exactly something you need to watch.  

[wongojack | 229]

I mean, I watched it, and I remember watching it.  It gets a few laughs and could maybe be confused with Money Pit. 5/10

 

This was at a time when Tom Hanks was put into movies to act kinda spazzy but soft and warm at the same time (or maybe I'm thinking of Money Pit).  From memory, he delivers a "typical" performance for that era of his career, but this is not one that would have gotten him any Oscar buzz.

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by wongojack

[FireHazard51 | 2,055]

Reed, have you done a poll about Nothing But Trouble yet?

[Reed Rothchild | 9,604]

1 hour ago, FireHazard51 said:

Reed, have you done a poll about Nothing But Trouble yet?

No.  I can't imagine a ton of people here have seen it, especially in the last 30 years.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,604]

I will say that Nothing But Trouble is one of the very few movies I watched with my sister and dad when we rented it, and then watched it again the next morning.  I never do that: I hate watching movies after such short breaks.  For whatever reason I did it with that one.

[Sumez | 2,996]

Never heard of it

[Reed Rothchild | 9,604]

4 minutes ago, Sumez said:

Never heard of it

Joe Motherfucking Dante

[Sumez | 2,996]

I love Joe Dante. It's from the 80s and has Tom Hanks in it, so it was probably called something else here.

[Tulpa | 3,547]

23 minutes ago, Sumez said:

I love Joe Dante. It's from the 80s and has Tom Hanks in it, so it was probably called something else here.

Any of these ring a bell?

• Argentina
  • S.O.S. vecinos al ataque
• Australia
  • The 'Burbs
• Austria
  • Meine teuflischen Nachbarn
• Brazil
  • Meus Vizinhos são um Terror
• Bulgaria
  • Краен квартал(Bulgarian)
• Canada
  • The 'Burbs(English)
• Canada
  • Les banlieusards(French)
• Denmark
  • Nabokrigen
• Ecuador
  • S.O.S. vecinos al ataque
• Finland
  • Piru naapurissa
• Finland
  • Piru naapurissa(video box title)
• France
  • Les banlieusards
• Germany
  • Meine teuflischen Nachbarn
• Greece
  • Mia geitonia apithani(transliterated title)
• Greece
  • Μια γειτονιά απίθανη
• Hungary
  • Ami sok, az sokk
• Italy
  • L'erba del vicino
• Japan
  • メイフィールドの怪人たち(Japanese)
• Lithuania
  • Kaimynai
• Mexico
  • S.O.S., vecinos al ataque
• Norway
  • Nabohysteri
• Peru
  • S.O.S. vecinos al ataque
• Poland
  • Na przedmieściach
• Portugal
  • Vizinhos ao Ataque
• Serbia
  • Комшије из пакла
• Soviet Union
  • Предместье(Russian)
• Soviet Union
  • Провинциалы(Russian, Alternative Title)
• Spain
  • No matarás... al vecino
• Sweden
  • En djävul till granne
• Taiwan
  • 地獄來的芳鄰
• Turkey
  • Meraklı komşular(Turkish)
• Ukraine
  • Передмістя
• United Kingdom
  • The 'Burbs
• United States
  • The 'Burbs
• United States
  • Life in the Burbs(Working Title)
• West Germany
  • Meine teuflischen Nachbarn

[FireHazard51 | 2,055]

8 hours ago, Sumez said:

Never heard of it

I would say it's cult classic in that it's a good movie that goes under people's radars.  Absolutely caulk full of great actors.  

[guitarzombie | 928]

...PRETZELS?

[mbd39 | 2,031]

A 6 seems right. Middle of the road 80s comedy that I have some nostalgia for.

 

[CT | 100]

Great! I love 80's comedies

[JamesRobot | 5,842]

5 hours ago, guitarzombie said:

...PRETZELS?

Sardine?

[Jfreakofkorn | 282]

Gave it a 5 as its good but there are others out there also 

Trust me , if there isnt anything on , would give it a go again 

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Besides that , have the film . So i can slap it in anytime . As i try to collect 70s to 80s film 

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Betterbthan the stuff they have on the tube or tv nowadays , imo 

[Gentlegamer | 174]

I'm going to kill everybody now

Satan is good, Satan is a pal

[Murray | 2,450]

[Nugfish | 653]

Recently rewatched this with my 11 year old daughter - I gave it an 8. We both liked it.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,604]

19 minutes ago, Murray said:

Classic

[G-type | 2,554]

Major nostalgia blinders on for this one. It's extremely overrated!

The Burbs is like To Kill a Mockingbird, but if all the townspeople had been right all along about the Radley house.

[JamesRobot | 5,842]

I've watched it twice this year.  Hanks' best flick with Big a close second.  Fuck all that Oscar fodder.  The best movies are never nominated anyway.  Just a bunch of pretentious gladhanding.

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

18 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

No.  I can't imagine a ton of people here have seen it, especially in the last 30 years.

The Burbs and Nothing But Trouble were two movies that I always found somewhat disturbing as a kid and, for whatever reason, I also always associate them. Maybe they ran back to back a lot or something. Regardless, I never found either of them particularly enjoyable. I'm pretty sure The Burbs is actually decent, but I'm also pretty sure NBT is awful. Maybe someday I'll watch them as an adult, but definitely not any time soon.

[guitarzombie | 928]

3 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

Sardine?

I saw the movie like 20 years ago once and all this time in my memory I kept thinking it was pretzels haha.  I have a memory of how its said, so now I've got to watch it to make sure i'm not totally crazy ahaha.