Watched it recently as well and felt the same thing. The writing was awful.Watched The Goonies over the weekend with the kids. The kids liked it, but as a grown-up...oof... Did NOT hold up for me. It's like a 13 yo wrote it one afternoon, and Spielberg filmed it over the weekend. The acting is atrocious. The teenage romance stuff is forced and out of place. The adventuring is still fun and some of the gags still land. But overall, it was a rough watch, even for an 80s movie.
Annual viewing of Dazed and Confused was over the weekend.
It still holds.
Thoughts:
- Mitch and crew should have taken the deal offered by the seniors and just showed up after the bell rang. Of course that would eliminate a dramatic plot point.
- The girls had it much worse what they had to go through. Ick.
- Was Wooderson a senior with Pink's class were going through the same ritual?
By coincidence I am working my way through Rob Lowe's "Literally!" podcast which I find very entertaining. I just happened to listen to the McConaughey episode yesterday that was actually from 2021. Interesting tidbits:
- It was supposed to be a 1 day/3 line role but he gelled with the cast and they kept extending his part and it turned out to be 3 weeks. It was London/Pink that suggested that it be his car they rolled in to pick up the Aerosmith tickets.
- He talked about the Moon Tower party scene in which Linklater sought ideas from the cast as to what their characters would be doing at the event. One of the actors thought he should be just out in the corner playing songs to his girlfriend. Linklater thought that was ok, but because of the lighting said it would have be more where the action was. The actor stood firm and said it should be more on the periphery.
Essentially, he wrote himself out of the movie. Didn't call out his name specifically. Had to be Pickford. Not a wise career move. McConaughey said it was a lesson he took to heart.
I needed a hockey fix so I watched Slap Shot for thee upteenth time. Drop the puck already
I’m a certified hockey nut. I can watch mites up to the pros. I’ve been coaching the game for 30 years now and don’t plan on quitting anytime soonI went to the Rookie Faceoff VGK-Anaheim game last Friday night, just to get a hockey fix and see some of the young prospects play some hockey. One would think there are better things to do on a Friday night? But I deemed it a great use of my time.