Foot wounds...

I just watched The Monster Squad, a not quite classic of my generation, but one that I fondly remembered if only for the 'Kick him in the nards!" - "Wolfmen don't have nards!" - KICK - "Wolfmen have nards" line. The movie was written by Shane Black and director Fred Dekker, which came as a suprise, since I am at least a half-hearted fan of Mr. Black. As much as there was some good stuff and humorous moments in the film, I was totally flabbergasted by the questionable nature of the kids movie, such as the overt sexual themes, rampant swearing, and disregarded "marriage counseling" sideplot. As much as I'd like to blame these things on Dekker (who I don't know), I think these parts were probably written by Black, given that he wrote Lethal Weapon that same year. It's sad really, because it could have been a pretty classic movie for the kids had it not shot itself in the foot. Repeatedly.

I also watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and Breakfast at Tiffany's, both for the first time. So while we're on the subject of movies that I didn't like, allow me to pounce on these two. Actually, I did like Baby Jane, although a plot twist in the finale sucked, and may have ruined the movie for me. But I was far more displeased with Tiffany's. Most people like to point to Mickey Rooney as the film's Achille's Heel, but I really think he's just the most noticeable part of the problem. Let's be frank, were Audrey Hepburn not as cute and watchable as she was, the movie would be an utter waste of time. I can't care about any of the people in this movie. I don't like them. I found the ending happy only in that these people wouldn't bother anybody else for the rest of their lives. It's two hours of watching people I don't like pretending to be important so that they can marry other people I don't like, in a plot that is pretty much spelled out for you during the first ten minutes. So, Hepburn aside, what is there to like about the movie? Anybody?

Comments

[Adam Fiedler]

Yea, but now we have that awesome "deep blue something" song!
Now, you wanna talk subversive mind effing, check out anything with Adam Rifkin's name on it (i.e. The Chase, Small Soldiers) and tell me that man doesn't see the world from an up right and locked position!
Love,
Prometheus Jones

[John S.]

Actually, I love Small Soldiers.

And I used to love the Deep Blue Somthing song, although that may have changed now that I know there's no reason "kind of like it."

[Kids Insoles]

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