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FLICKS,
by Michael Matlock.
RAMBO
CLIPS, &
FIRST BLOOD PART II
Orion Pictures
Questionable flick in review
A special report
At first, the slight impression that
I got from the pre-releate publicity
on this flick was that of a noble ges-
ture. To enter Vietnam and try to find
evidence of any remaining P.O.W.'s
and bring them back. But it seems
the gesture got blown out of propor
tion and has gotten out of hand
When it came out, its success and
ultimate overtly pro-American and
anti-Russian hype had become
more and more evident in everyday
1de. RAMBO-MANIA swept the
country, in supermarkets, laun-
dromats and bathrooms. I went to
see it. It came across as an over-am-
bitious, American Superman type
story, a guy who is outnumbered
in most situations by 10 to 1, or
more, kills almost every one of the
onomy he encounters, is immune to
bullets, mortar fire, electric shock
being soaked in pig piss (and some-
how gets a little cut on his right hand)
and more. It's a totally unbelievable
flick that is being protested against
by many Viet-vets for its glorification
of war and how it might lure a young
American into getting fired up about
Death and Giery and the American
way. War ain't Glory.
President Reagan endorses this
fick in certain limited proportions
and understandably so. It prepares
our minds conviently for another po
tential Vietnam in South America.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Universal Studios
Mix one admirable, wacked-out
scientist, one super-nuclear, time-
warping DeLorean and a guitar jam
ming skater kid named Marty McFly,
put them in a pot and what do you
have? Yup, Back to the Future stew.
When I first heard about this movie I
was rather skeptical. After a bunch
of other dumb flicks, where guys do
the time warp and have spaz at-
tacks, the idea seemed stale. But
ho! What a surprize. I wasn't.sitting
in the theatre for five minutes
chomping down an economy size
cup of popcorn and staring all gog
gle-eyed at the screen, before I
could tell I was in for something
great. It's one of those rare films that
is instantly off and running, that
makes you oblivious to everything
except the hunger for more. Marty
McFly, perfectly played by Michael
J. Fox, is a kid overabundant in
energy yet short on confidence (your
average guy) who is ousted back to
1955 where he meets and also
changes his parents. He has less
than a week to got them together
and get back to the future before
he becomes a shadow.
SNIPS
There are skating appearances by
Bob Schmeltzer and Per Welinder,
who do stunt work, although Fox
does a heap of skating hisself (in-
cluding jumping over a three foot
high bush). All the action throughout
this movie is quick but it's also
clearly perceptible, unlike some
films where things happen too
quickly and you can't tell what the
hell is happening
Bob Zemekis (Romancing the
Stone), both writer and director of
B.TT.F., has skilfully brought to life
the most enjoyable time-travel flick
to date. Although the big man Spiel-
berg produced this, his contributions
were primarily to get Zemekis to
make the movie after being was re-
jected by just about every studio in
Hollywood and also to replace Eric
Stoltz (Mask), who was too intense
for the comic/romantic role, with
Michael J. Fox (but not until 5 weeks
and $4 million were wasted). Thank
you Mr. Speilberg, and thank you
also Mr. Larry Paull (Bladerunner)
for the design work and stylism that
gives this film the quality of a grade-
A comic book gone big screen.
The easiest thing to say about this
movie is that it works. It is immensely
surprising and absolutely unpredict
able. But best of all, it is different, not
something we've seen a million time
Zemeks took a chance and it hella
paid off. This will be difficult to top.
but I crave to see him try. C'mon
Bob, how's about The Adventure's
of Marty McFly- Part 27
THE GOONIES
Warner Bros.
The people who enjoy this film
are those same people that go out
and buy Captain Crunch cereal by
the crate. Richard Donner, the man
who laid Superman and Ladyhawk
on us, directed this but king-fish Ste-
ven Spielberg is the prime motivat-
ing factor behind it, the man with the
ideas. The Goonies tells the story of
a group of seven repugnantly cute
kids that are out to stop evil investors
from turning their town into a giant
parking lot. Throw in one treasure
map, a few greedy villians, a mon-
galoid monster that looks remarka
bly like Jason from Friday the 13th
and you've got your generic kids-
after-a-treasure-chest tale, com-
plete with a genuine pirate ship.
Spielberg seems to have dragged
his old and used toy box out of his
closet, set it in the middle of his room
and scrambled though it looking for
things to make a movie out of. A ittle
Indiana Jones here, a little E.T. there
and maybe even a little touch of the
Jaws community. Put them together
and what do they spell? The
Goonies. Save your money and go
see Back to the Future again.
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