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| 779.1 | seems bathroom-joke-intensive | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Mar 07 1995 13:07 | 7 |
| Haven't seen it, but since they're hoping trailer items like "squatting
dog" and tomahawk-in-the-groin are going to send us crushing into the
theater, I know it's the wrong flick for me.
Tell your b-i-l that Wendt has a new TV show.
Leslie
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| 779.2 | | SWAM2::SMITH_MA | | Wed Mar 08 1995 11:23 | 4 |
| I probably won't rush out to see this one but I am curious about the
chemistry between Chase and Fawcett. Probably wait for cable, though.
MJ
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| 779.3 | | WDFFS2::SHOOK | the river is mine | Thu Mar 09 1995 03:33 | 3 |
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the newspaper ads in the detroit paper don't even have farrah fawcett's
name on them, just chevy and the kid. very unusual...
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| 779.4 | Don't let trailer stop you | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group | Mon Mar 13 1995 20:13 | 14 |
| This had one of the most misleading trailers in recent memory; it would really
make a good example for a thesis on montage.
It was actually better than I expected, with Chevy Chase actually doing more
than pratfalls and showing a nice relationship with the J.T. Thomas character
(though I could have done without the Mafia goon subplot).
Don't let the apparent American Indian stereotyping in the trailer put you off
too much; another example of the misleading trailer. I'd say the racist/ethnic
problems are worse against Italians here. (The Amerind stuff is turned neatly
on its head in the actual movie.)
I still think The Secret of Roan Inish is the best kid's movie out there
right now, but you could certainly do worse than this.
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| 779.5 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Tue Mar 14 1995 14:25 | 11 |
| Well after having entered .1 I was informed by my daughter (age 10)
that the trailer *is* misleading; she went to see it on an overnight
with a bunch of kids. The two items I pointed out (tomahawk and the
"squatting dog" comment) apparently were the two lowest points in the
film. Alex wants to take me to see it! (Okay, okay, "uncle"!)
The group is at the age where they *had* to sit in the FRONT ROW away
from the chaperones (natch) and Alex says most of them were *swooning*
over Jonathan Taylor Thomas :-}
Leslie
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| 779.6 | ***/***** | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Fri Mar 17 1995 12:39 | 20 |
| Saw it last night with Alex (& sat in the front row to get the full
10-year-old POV!). I fully agree with the comment that the trailer
is NOT a good representation of the movie. While it's not the greatest
flick of the year, it has many wonderful moments--sad and sweet as well
as funny. Jonathan Taylor Thomas is a very good young actor; his big
disappointment scene really tore me up. I like Chevy Chase; I don't
think this was his finest oeuvre by any means, but his campfire story I
found *hilarious*. I'm not a big fan of Farrah Fawcett (and didn't like
her character here) also I thought she looked *horrible*, face all leathery
and drawn, and extremely silly hair! Wendt had the most "normal" role,
excepting Fawcett's (which was Mom-who-caves-in-to-son's-whines) and
was fine in it... but I don't think much writing time or talent was
expended on his character (the other two dads in the Indian Guides were
well drawn and very funny).
Agree on the ethnic stereotyping--I don't know why they had to be
*Italian* dunderhead hit-men. The Native American stuff was fine--and
funny, when Ben met Jack's N.A. client.
Leslie
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