Director: Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, War of the Worlds)
Stars: Henry Thomas (Gangs of New York, Suicide Kings [which was pretty good, but I haven't seen anything else he's been in. Although I can only assume Pycho 4: The Beginning was terrible)
Drew Barrymore (Donnie Darko, Fever Pitch)
YesNoSoso: 2
My parents always say I was the only kid in the country that didn't like E.T. Combine that fact with my anger at Speilberg for essentially inventing the summer blockbuster and I had little incentive to re-watch this. I'm upset I stalled. E.T. is, for lack (or laziness) of a better word, a really fun movie. The bike racing scenes were exciting and inspired a boyish nostalgia, I can only imagine how enjoyable they are for boys (and some girls) of bike-riding age. Regardless of my disdain for money-above-all-else culture Spielberg has inspired in Hollywood, I would be remiss not to mention/realize that he accomplished it with extraordinarily good movies. My only beef is the obvious CGI he added in the remastered version. Luckily I was able to look past that and appreciate E.T. for the lovable animatronic Muppet he undoubtedly was in my childhood.
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Showing posts with label 1982. Show all posts
9/19/08
Diner (1982)
Director: Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Envy)
Stars: Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon, Police Academy)
Tim Daly (Superman: the Animated Series, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde)
YesNoSoso: 2
If I didn't know about Diner and you told me there was a movie directed by Barry Levinson that stars Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly, Paul Reiser and Daniel Stern I would probably kick you in the balls for informing me that such obvious proof of Satan exists. But this movie is quite good. Its funny and charming. Suprisingly this is due, in part, to the cast's performances. Its not that I don't like these people, I just don't generally like the cookie cutter bullshit they make. Every part in Diner is cast perfectly. Its like the origin of all these actors and every other movie they do is their character in Diner trying to act in another vehicle, with disasterous results.
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Stars: Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon, Police Academy)
Tim Daly (Superman: the Animated Series, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde)
YesNoSoso: 2
If I didn't know about Diner and you told me there was a movie directed by Barry Levinson that stars Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly, Paul Reiser and Daniel Stern I would probably kick you in the balls for informing me that such obvious proof of Satan exists. But this movie is quite good. Its funny and charming. Suprisingly this is due, in part, to the cast's performances. Its not that I don't like these people, I just don't generally like the cookie cutter bullshit they make. Every part in Diner is cast perfectly. Its like the origin of all these actors and every other movie they do is their character in Diner trying to act in another vehicle, with disasterous results.
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