Top Movies of the 80's elimination thread! Big Trouble in Little China and Die Hard tied for first place! Sudden death?

[Michael-5]

SvennoJ said:

Chris Hu said:
+Grave of the Fireflies
-Return to Oz

I've been looking on and off for Grave of the fireflies for years. It's either 'temporarily' out of stock and never returns, region 2, only ships to the usa or over CDN 60 used. Most frustrating movie to get a hold of.

All the better when I finally do get a hold of it. How does it compare to Barefoot Gen?

Never seen Barefoot Gen, but the premise looks the same. However GotF is probably a lot sader because it focus's on the life of a 5 or 6 year old child who lost his parents and no body has the resources to take care of, nor wants to. He is rejected and homeless with his little sister who is probably 3, and tries to take care of himself. Real heartbreaking.