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From: gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong)
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Subject: Movie Reviews (Some Spoilers)
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Date: Mon, 2-Jul-84 01:48:16 EDT
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I've seen quite a few movies in the last few weeks (school
ends, rather go see movies than work on my thesis ... you
know the story).  Here's some short reviews of recent ones:

Indiana Jones / Star Trek
Go see them and decide for yourself.  I wouldn't touch this
topic with a ten-foot pole.  I personally liked them.

Top Secret
Not worth it.  Too few laughs.  It has a few good scenes, but
much is overdone.  Tries to be another Airplane and fails.

Bachelor Party
Funniest movie I have seen in a long time.  Should be a big
summer hit.  The lead role is a Bill Murray-type role done
very well by Tom Hanks (I believe).  If you liked Animal
House and Caddyshack, then you should like this.  Go see it
instead of Top Secret.

Conan the Destroyer
I liked it.  Different from the last one in that it covers
a shorter time period and has more of an adventure feel to
it.  The last one was based mostly on revenge.  Good hack and slash
flick with a fantasy-ish kind of plot (with magic and mythology).
Good performance by Grace Jones as a fierce warrior (warriette?)
allied with Conan.  Mako returns as the wizard.

The Karate Kid
Nice, exciting story.  Has received good reviews and is deserving
of praise.  This movie has a revenge kind of theme to it and yet
manages to be touching.  Funny in parts, serious in others.
I dragged some skeptics with me to see it and they thoroughly
enjoyed it.

Suburbia
Strange movie.  I thought it was sort of a darker side of "Valley
Girl", taken a step further.  Won't win any awards, but it was
an interesting slice of culture.  Definately trying to make some
kind of statement, though it's not clear what it was.  If you are
in a really wierd mood, you might want to stop in and see it.

Ghostbusters
A hit.  Bill Murray has a role tailored for him and he carries
it off extremely well.  Great special effects.  It will have
you laughing on the floor in some parts and clinging to your
seat in others.  A "must see".

Streets of Fire
Good music.  A simple story, but a good movie.  Most of the movie
was dreary (intentional).  That aspect reminded me of Blade Runner.
Everyone in the movie acts tough.  That is a little difficult to
get used to, but it is also intentional.  Actually, it is funny to
see Rick Moranis try to be tough.  Has good action and better music.
Check it out.

(This is) Spinal Tap
A subtly funny movie.  An interesting commentary.  You have to
watch and listen closely to catch some of the hacks.  The group
is actually touring (they're playing in Boston soon).  Thumbs up.

Caged Women
A dog.  Claims to be an exciting prison kind of story (in the
Penitentiary class), but is totally bogus.  It is a foreign film
(French-Italian, I think).  The action scenes are phony.  Characters
are wooden.  Story is non-existant.  I felt robbed.

All in all a generally favorable lot.  It has been a pretty good
month (or so) for movies.

Gordon Strong
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