Movie review thread...
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The Goonies - excellent Kids movie, originally 1985, definately stood the test of time<br />
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Ha ha. Watched The Goonies this weekend as well. One of the HD cable channels was showing it as a 25th year special. I caught it as it started, and watched through. Probably the first time I have seen it in over 15 years. Was still a fun watch. -
[quote name='rustycruiser']Ha ha. Watched The Goonies this weekend as well. One of the HD cable channels was showing it as a 25th year special. I caught it as it started, and watched through. Probably the first time I have seen it in over 15 years. Was still a fun watch.[/QUOTE]<br />
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The best thing about The Goonies is the kids get to be kids. Like it or not 12-13 year olds swear and make jokes about sex they haven't had yet. Kids make fun of the fat kid, PC be damned. -
Watched John Travolta and Robin Williams in Old Dogs on the weekend . Just drifted a bit at times but the funny bits were really funny . Very watchable 7/10.
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[quote name='Razbra']The best thing about The Goonies is the kids get to be kids. Like it or not 12-13 year olds swear and make jokes about sex they haven't had yet. Kids make fun of the fat kid, PC be damned.[/QUOTE]<br />
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That is one of the movies my sixteen year old autistic son watches . He has seen it at least 30 times and still loves it as much as he did the first time . -
[quote name='Cactus Jack']That is one of the movies my sixteen year old autistic son watches . He has seen it at least 30 times and still loves it as much as he did the first time .[/QUOTE]<br />
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Its a bit of shame there aren't any other movies like it. Stand By Me maybe. My daughter(9) loves both. And mate Im 31 and still loving it so I guess you can used to a lot more viewings <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
He also loves The Princess Bride . As do i and everyone in our family for that matter . An absolutely brilliant movie for kids and adults if you are looking for something else .
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[quote name='Cactus Jack']He also loves The Princess Bride . As do i and everyone in our family for that matter . An absolutely brilliant movie for kids and adults if you are looking for something else .[/QUOTE]<br />
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The director of the film gave me tickets to the premiere. I was working a summer as a courier for Federal Express, and had the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto on my beat. Every day during the Toronto International Film Festival I had to deliver & pickup silly novelty joke items and scripts to "Meat-Head," and he was kind enough to give me the passes, and in fact was a really, really nice guy. I'll never forget the red carpet at the Ryerson Theatre, with Andre the Giant unfurling himself from the limousine. I don't know whether it was a publicity stunt, but Reiner told me they had to remove a seat from the limo to squeeze Andre in. I also got to meet the writer, William Goldman, who also scripted Butch Cassidy, Marathon Man and All the President's Men. Another really good guy with his feet on the ground, even teased me about my kiwi accent. -
[quote name='Cactus Jack']He also loves The Princess Bride . As do i and everyone in our family for that matter . An absolutely brilliant movie for kids and adults if you are looking for something else .[/QUOTE]<br />
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I love that movie. Your son has impeccable taste so far! Funny though as my daughter doesn't (like it). She doesn't quite get the subtle humour yet I think. I have it safely tucked away with the other movies of my youth so she'll learn to appreciate it...<br />
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Though to be honest I think I'll really have to wait until Raz jr is a bit older(almost 3yo) to really relive my childhood through film. The obvious Star Wars and not so obvious ThunderCats DVDs don't really float my girls boat. -
Willow is another cool one from around that time in the same genre. <br />
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Willow I've always rated as a piece o' crap, and the scenes at Milford Sound always made me cringe, but that's probably just me.<br />
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I saw a new SciFi-ish release called [B]"Splice"[/B] the other day. If not exactly sci-fi -- it actually seemed quite contemporary, and not at all futuristic -- perhaps more in a genre of "Unethical Genetics." Kinda creepy-horror. Stars Adrian Brody & Sarah Polley. <br />
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Lotsa critics like it --<br />
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74% Fresh: [URL]http://beta.rottentomatoes.com/m/1208173-splice/[/URL]<br />
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-- but me, peh, mildly entertained, give it a 6.5/10.<br />
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I will say however that it delivered the biggest - by far the biggest, and quite possibly inadvertent - thigh-slapping belly-laugh that I've seen in a movie in, welll, maybe ever.<br />
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It involves a sex scene in a barn, where a husband is caught in an, ahem, compromising situation with, ummm, a "female" that isn't his wife, and shocked wife catches him in the act with his smoking gun and pants around his ankles, so to speak.<br />
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Hilarity ensues when said-male then has to catch-up and explain himself to wifey.<br />
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It might have been a male thing, but the theatre was filled with guys absolutely crying with side-splitting gales of laughter. I had tears streaming down my face, and it was such a distraction that men were still laughing at the scene 5 minutes afterwards and I suspect few people in attendance even heard the dialogue during that span. Absolutely, utterly, and probably unintentionally, perversely hilarious. -
For all you Nic Cage fans:<br />
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[url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/great-job-internet-the-internet-was-built-for-cage,42121/[/url] -
[quote name='red terror']Willow I've always rated as a piece o' crap, and the scenes at Milford Sound always made me cringe, but that's probably just me.[/QUOTE]<br />
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It's a movie of my youth so while you are right in that it is no great shakes, as a kids adventure movie that isn't all "cutesy" and over protective parent friendly, I reckon its all good. -
[quote name='Razbra']It's a movie of my youth so while you are right in that it is no great shakes, as a kids adventure movie that isn't all "cutesy" and over protective parent friendly, I reckon its all good.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Speaking of "over protective parent friendly," one thing I approve is that [B]Billy Barty[/B]'s in it, 55 years after his risque turn "Pettin in the Park" (Gold Diggers of 1933).<br />
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[quote name='red terror']Speaking of "over protective parent friendly," one thing I approve is that [B]Billy Barty[/B]'s in it, 55 years after his risque turn "Pettin in the Park" (Gold Diggers of 1933).<br />
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(What in the hell were Warner Bros. and Busby Berkeley thinking? Pre-Hayes decency Code... love it!)[/QUOTE]<br />
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Foul Play is about the most memorable movie he's in, for me. When Goldie Hawn was hot and Chevy Chase was still funny. -
TR Jnr got me to take him to Shrek 12 on Saturday...<br />
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It was better than the last one...TR Jnr thought it was great. -
Nephew and niece dragged me to see the new version of "Karate Kid," starring Will Smith's kid and Jackie Chan playing Arnold from Happy Days. Better than I expected... if you find 11 and 12-year-olds fighting like Bruce-Lee-meets-The-Matrix. Should have been called "The Kung-Fu" Kid. The small-fry give it two big thumbs up. I give it 6/10, maybe as high as 6.5.
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[quote name='Tim']For all you Nic Cage fans:<br />
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[url]http://www.avclub.com/articles/great-job-internet-the-internet-was-built-for-cage,42121/[/url][/QUOTE]<br />
that would only be a good thing if it would add EVERY copy of every film past, present or future ever made with Nic Cage to your basket so you could conduct a not very controlled explosion on them... -
Hot Tub Time Machine: Four guys spill a V type drink in a spa pool and wind up back in the 80s. Quite a funny comedy, although I expect if you've seen the ad for it most of the funnies would be in there. Has John Cusack going back to his 80s comedy roots. Probably 7/10 if you haven't seen the add and aren't expecting much, probably loses a point or two if you have and are!
