Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbscc!rsu From: rsu@cbscc.UUCP (Rick Urban) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: "Splash" - see it Message-ID: <2181@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 08:41:19 EST Article-I.D.: cbscc.2181 Posted: Wed Apr 4 08:41:19 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 00:38:26 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories , Columbus Lines: 21 Although I wouldn't go as far as the person who said "MOVIE STINKS", I must say that this movie was a big disappointment for me. I don't know what I expected, but the movie on the whole seemed rather flat and uninteresting. The big plusses were Darryl Hannah as the mermaid, who was very sweet and charming, and John Candy, who is always hilarious (by the way, wouldn't he make a great Ignatius Reilly in a film version of "Confederacy of Dunces"). The big minuses are the *script*, Tom Hanks (seemed to be doing third-rate Bill Murray, who I think is second-rate to begin with) and Eugene Levy, who was particularly awful! The film didn't seem to capture the whimsy the over-zealous critics claimed it did, and contrary to what I've read, Ron Howard's direction was strictly "TV": close-ups and medium shots, mostly, very static. In addition, I thought the scenes when Hannah was exposed and captured to be rather disturb- ing (mean and sad), especially the bit where Levy sprays her with water in an obvious parody of the assassination attempt on Reagan that was shown on TV ad nauseum. All in all, it could have been a lot better. ---Rick Urban AT&T Network Systems Columbus, Ohio