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A Split Decision film reviews by Draeger Martinez Summer Movie Roundup Selecting from among this summer's movies re¬ sembled choosing rides at a theme park. The ads for each one promised thrills, chills and spills like you've never experienced. It took effort to find real films amid the fluff, but it could be done. To wit: "Apollo 13" This film brought Ron Howard into the top circle of American directors, much as "Schindler's List" did for Steven Spielberg. Packed with talent like Tom Hanks, Ed Harris and Gary Sinise, using great pacing and dialogue bring this true rescue story to vivid life. I'd give "Apollo 13" *** 1/2 of four stars, for its quality of characterization, plot and other elements of a movie with substance. "Friday" Ice Cube and Chris Tucker star in a slice-of-life movie, South Central L.A.-style. Unlike numerous other films set in "the hood," "Friday" makes the point repeatedly that violence is scary, has lasting consequences and that settling arguments with guns doesn't make one mature. Also, the main characters seemed fleshed-out, with funny and often insightful dialogue. *** 'Indian in the Cupboard" A simple yet compelling premise: one young boy is given a cup¬ board and a key that together work magic on his toys and action figures, bring them to miraculous life. Though patently intended for children, adults could find in this film worthwhile exploration of loyalty, respon¬ sibility and childhood's sense of wonder. *** "Something to Talk About" Some critics have panned this charming Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid vehicle, but I liked it. The script by Callie Khouri ("Thelma and Louise") crackled with witty banter, and I enjoyed the use of the family's horse-breeding business; it was just enough to stay interesting. And Kyra Sedgwick stole the show as Julia Roberts' loving sister who takes no guff frjonrnobody. ••• 1/2 The summer's just about over, and when you talk summer movies, you're talking about the fun stuff: eye-popping special effects, long fight or chase scenes, and wise-cracking dialogue to re¬ peat to friends later. You know, everything that makes you say, "Damn! That was a cool movie!" Here's a partial rundown: "Apollo 13" Did this movie rock! They used hours of actual zero-gravity footage to make it realistic, such as when' the astronauts leaned out to slurp floating globs of Tang or something. And when the huge - rocket boosted them into the upper atmosphere, you felt like it was coming right at you'. For these and other reasons, "Apollo 13" earns <&<&<& 1/2 of four ice cubes; enough said. "Batman Forexer" Can't escape mentioning the biggest hit of the summer. While perhaps not as artistic as the first two Batman flicks, this one scored highly for fi¬ nally introducing Robin, played by Chris 0' Donnell, and the madcap antics of jim Carrey's portrayal of the Riddler. The necessary love interest fell kinda flat (Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman's a hard act to follow), but this Bat-film wins <&>&><& \/z as welll. "Desperado" A late entry, this one picks up right where Robert Rodriguez's indie hit "El Mariachi" left off. Antonio Banderas ignttes the screen as a vigi¬ lante as lucky as James Bond, but with long hair, a fierce tan and many really big guns. While bloody, the acrobatics and gutsy cnoice of shots compel me to award <0><0><&<0> \ "Judge Dredd" Sylvester Stallone with Rob Schneider in the future... I thought I had already seen "Demolition Man." And where are Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock? Still, "Dredd" had great hover-motor¬ cycle chases and those wonder-guns that fire 20 different kinds of ammo by voice command. But it took a whole bunch of libenties with a well- established comic-book character, so "Dredd" only snags <&<& 1/2. "Lord of Illusions" Give Barker writes chilling books, but this film, which he wrote and directed, took forever to warm up and the effects weren't amazing, just gross. So I'm giving "Lord" one lousy & . "Waterworld" While their plenty of neat stunts and props, I'd have to say that I saw just about $75 million worth of cool stuff in this movie, counting ef¬ fects, salaries, the works. Where the other $ 100+ million went, I have no idea. Besides, the core concept was already done better, cheaper and 15 years ago in "The Road Warrior." "Waterworld" has to settle for <&<& 1/2. © 1986 Fy MA1T &fcD-ttNtrJ<5 HELL FOR BEGINNERS A BRIEF lATROOOOir*) TO TO? CftPTooO R* Meo*<W & A R6H£plAu (^ ^ -^ m ^^ ^ ^ ^^ WHO: STAB. OP THIS CAfctOOiO. PlSTili&UlSttlilG FEftTUftEj; T«oo &eoT6SQoe £a*s, SvU>9 6M6S. CO«it«WT TW ITXH<1&. EWoTiwAL STATE.: ft.rrtft. OtPftttStp aJOAMAc. 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Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
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A Split Decision
film reviews by Draeger Martinez
Summer Movie Roundup
Selecting from among this summer's movies re¬
sembled choosing rides at a theme park. The ads for
each one promised thrills, chills and spills like you've
never experienced. It took effort to find real films amid
the fluff, but it could be done. To wit:
"Apollo 13"
This film brought Ron Howard into the top circle
of American directors, much as "Schindler's List" did
for Steven Spielberg. Packed with talent like Tom
Hanks, Ed Harris and Gary Sinise, using great pacing
and dialogue bring this true rescue story to vivid life.
I'd give "Apollo 13" *** 1/2 of four stars, for its
quality of characterization, plot and other elements of
a movie with substance.
"Friday"
Ice Cube and Chris Tucker star in a slice-of-life
movie, South Central L.A.-style. Unlike numerous other films set in
"the hood," "Friday" makes the point repeatedly that violence is scary,
has lasting consequences and that settling arguments with guns doesn't
make one mature. Also, the main characters seemed fleshed-out, with
funny and often insightful dialogue. ***
'Indian in the Cupboard"
A simple yet compelling premise: one young boy is given a cup¬
board and a key that together work magic on his toys and action figures,
bring them to miraculous life. Though patently intended for children,
adults could find in this film worthwhile exploration of loyalty, respon¬
sibility and childhood's sense of wonder. ***
"Something to Talk About"
Some critics have panned this charming Julia Roberts and Dennis
Quaid vehicle, but I liked it. The script by Callie Khouri ("Thelma and
Louise") crackled with witty banter, and I enjoyed the use of the family's
horse-breeding business; it was just enough to stay interesting. And Kyra
Sedgwick stole the show as Julia Roberts' loving sister who takes no
guff frjonrnobody. ••• 1/2
The summer's just about over, and when you
talk summer movies, you're talking about the fun
stuff: eye-popping special effects, long fight or
chase scenes, and wise-cracking dialogue to re¬
peat to friends later. You know, everything that
makes you say, "Damn! That was a cool movie!"
Here's a partial rundown:
"Apollo 13"
Did this movie rock! They used hours of actual
zero-gravity footage to make it realistic, such as
when' the astronauts leaned out to slurp floating
globs of Tang or something. And when the huge -
rocket boosted them into the upper atmosphere,
you felt like it was coming right at you'. For these
and other reasons, "Apollo 13" earns <&<&<& 1/2
of four ice cubes; enough said.
"Batman Forexer"
Can't escape mentioning the biggest hit of the
summer. While perhaps not as artistic as the first
two Batman flicks, this one scored highly for fi¬
nally introducing Robin, played by Chris 0' Donnell,
and the madcap antics of jim Carrey's portrayal
of the Riddler. The necessary love interest fell
kinda flat (Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman's a hard
act to follow), but this Bat-film wins <&>&><& \/z
as welll.
"Desperado"
A late entry, this one picks up right where
Robert Rodriguez's indie hit "El Mariachi" left off.
Antonio Banderas ignttes the screen as a vigi¬
lante as lucky as James Bond, but with long hair,
a fierce tan and many really big guns. While
bloody, the acrobatics and gutsy cnoice of shots
compel me to award <0><0><&<0> \
"Judge Dredd"
Sylvester Stallone with Rob Schneider in the
future... I thought I had already seen "Demolition
Man." And where are Wesley Snipes and Sandra
Bullock? Still, "Dredd" had great hover-motor¬
cycle chases and those wonder-guns that fire
20 different kinds of ammo by voice command.
But it took a whole bunch of libenties with a well-
established comic-book character, so "Dredd"
only snags <&<& 1/2.
"Lord of Illusions"
Give Barker writes chilling books, but this film,
which he wrote and directed, took forever to
warm up and the effects weren't amazing, just
gross. So I'm giving "Lord" one lousy & .
"Waterworld"
While their plenty of neat stunts and props,
I'd have to say that I saw just about $75 million
worth of cool stuff in this movie, counting ef¬
fects, salaries, the works. Where the other $ 100+
million went, I have no idea. Besides, the core
concept was already done better, cheaper and
15 years ago in "The Road Warrior." "Waterworld"
has to settle for <&<& 1/2.
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