Because I'm trying to cram in some Quality Time with Holly and Jennifer before I blow this popsicle stand, I managed to get cajoled into attending a late-nite viewing of, sigh, The Goonies last night.
Here's what Jim Ridley, my hero, says:
God only knows why this bratty, obnoxious 1985 kiddie pic has come back as one of the biggest cult movies of recent years: At the time, it was just about the worst thing Corey Feldman had ever signed his name to, let alone executive producer Steven Spielberg. An attempt to create a modern-day Little Rascals, the movie's a charmless mix of big-budget adventure, overbearing slapstick and sloppy sentiment concerning a gang of kids on the hunt for pirate loot, with a cretinous family of villains standing in their way. Maybe people have a soft spot for the crap of their youth.
I couldn't agree more, though I'm willing to hear arguments for the merit of this thing that do not have to anything do with nostalgia or water-slide fantasies. Please enlighten me. Anyone!
I say I couldn't agree more, but then, there's the notable exception of the jilted boyfriend's line, "Andi!!! You Goonie!!!!" that was passion-filled and a delightful re-envisioning of the more typical villainous utterance of, "Curses! Foiled again!" I genuinely laugh at that every time.
Oh, well, Jennifer and Holly: I do love you and perhaps you'll visit me in DC and I'll take you on a tour of Famous DC Libraries. No, I know, it's an empty threat-- it'll be shopping for clothes and make-up, as per usual.
4 comments:
YOU"RE SUCH A TROOPER!! Yes I will admit that it is a ridiculous film, but I still love it. Everyone- even you, M, has fallen for a movie at some point in their life, that is crap but gets to you anyway. As far as Jim Ridley goes- why does he even care? If you think it's so much crap, why waste your time reviewing it and talking about it?
And yes, there will be much much shopping when I visit you in DC!! Are you sure you don't want to do a little shopping right now...???
Oh-and p.s.- 'goonie' also means 'nerd'- and isn't that what our sign said?
oh- and love to you too!!
Do you want to shop for lamps? Rugs? The thrilling paint department at Home Depot, perhaps?
Ummm... I'm going to have to decline, but thanks anyway. Up for shoe shopping, perhaps?
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