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What do you like better? Better Off Dead or 16 Candles?



Just read this cool piece and thought I'd share it with other fans of Better Off Dead and 80's movies. It's a blog site, but it's still pretty cool.

http://www.spencemovies.com/2012/02/21/movie-faceoff-dead-vs-16-candles/

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Better Off Dead by a landslide!! It's just more funny, especially with the paper boy (two dollars!) I even like it better than The Breakfast Club.

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Better Off Dead by far for myself

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Better Off Dead.

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What a coincidence.

I rewatched "Better Off Dead" tonight and I watched "Sixteen Candles" for the first time last night.

Anyway, I definitely prefer the former title.

I can't believe that John Hughes could have made a film as poor as terribly contrived and obnoxiously unfunny as "Candles."

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I have to agree that Better Off Dead is WAY funnier and now more of a classic than 16 Candles. The better question though is which is better- Better Off Dead or One Crazy Summer? I love them both so much and always have to watch them together myself...

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I've always loved Sixteen Candles and Better Off Dead. Growing up, I think I watched Sixteen Candles a bit more, though. I recently watched Better Off Dead again and thought it was still hilarious. Both movies are great, and their plot-lines are pretty different, so I feel like you can't really compare them to each other.


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Better Off Dead for sure. It's Cusack's movie and he has a lot more screen time 😁

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