52 in 52 brings us to 1993.
1993 was a wonderful year for me. The birth of my son. His first movie in a theatre was Toy Story. Two plus years old, worried he would make a fuss, but he stayed glued to the movie all the way through. Hard to believe tomorrow we take him to his second year at Immaculata University. Never heard of Immaculata? Well I have family movie for you, called the Mighty Macs. A nice, not great, Rocky type of true story involving, a small college, all girls at the time, who's girls basketball team won the national tile in the early 70's. Nice for the whole family, especially if you have girls. 3 1/2 of 5 Mickeys. You can stream it through Netflix.
Well back to 1993. I turned down:
A Far Off Place
Hocus Pocus
The Three Musketeers
Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey--which I love by the way
Cool Runnings
Adventures Of Huck Finn
I decided to throw a curve ball this week and go with an adult movie from Touchstone.
Indian Summer
I was attracted to the cast. "Unca" Lou Handler (Alan Arkin) runs a summer camp (Camp Tamakwa) in Ontario for many years. He decides to invite, a "golden" group of regulars to visit him at the camp twenty years since thier last visit. Thus the movie becomes a "Big Chill" at summer camp. The pains of growing up, losses of loved ones; love; lost love; remembering great times as children; and not so great times; getting back in touch with friends of the past; and closing old wounds. The cast is wonderful:
Matt Craven
Diane Lane
Bill Paxton
Elizabeth Perkins
Kevin Pollak
Vincent Spano
Julie Warner
Kimberly Williams
Oh yeah believe it or not Sam Raimi acts. Yes, the director of horror movies and Spiderman movies.
A very good cast. Sweet movie. I wanted more. The funny thing is.. I cannot figure out what that more is. Did I hate it? No. It is a nice movie, with funny and sad moments. You cannot watch it without thinking of friends that you grew up with. Went to camp with. Or just sat on the curb with.
The real bad thing about this movie is the DVD copy I got from Netflix . The transfer was awful. I mean, the movie takes place in the fall and the colors are blurry. Sometimes the actor's faces are blurry. Just bad. Bluray was not available on Netflix. However if you think the bad transfer will bother you, for 5 dollars you can buy a Bluray copy through Amazon. I was bummed by the copy I saw and left a note to Netflix, maybe they will get the Bluray themselves.
Fun and not so fun facts:
Sam Raimi attended Camp Tamakwa when he was a kid.
Ashley Williams, Kimberly's sister, plays the younger Kimberly in the film.
Well if you like Big Chill you will like this. Is it as good? No. There is something nostalgic about it that I liked. I would give it 3 1/2 of 5 Mickeys (If the transfer was better 4).
As for the Odd Life Of Timothy Green. I first have to mention, I do not think this is a childrens movie. I think it is more of a movie for parents. I saw a good amount of kids in the theatre and they did get rammy. I can see the problems that Disney had marketing it, an adult movie that is not rated R. This may be why I saw previews for this late last fall, and it finally came out in August which is a nonblockbuster..200 million dollar movie month. It is a marketing problem and it seems they went funny, quirky, cute kid in the trailers. The movie really is about how to parent, acknowledging that you child may be different and that is ok. Dealing with helicopter parents and deciding what kind of parent you are going to be. Acknowledging you will make mistakes and that is ok if everyone is safe at the end of the day.
I really liked this film. More than I thought I would. Yes corny, but corny is ok if the cast is fully invested and they are pitch perfect. I will give Timothy 4 out of 5 Mickeys. Go see it! Bring some tissues!
Well thanks for you time again.
Have a peaceful week.
1993 was a wonderful year for me. The birth of my son. His first movie in a theatre was Toy Story. Two plus years old, worried he would make a fuss, but he stayed glued to the movie all the way through. Hard to believe tomorrow we take him to his second year at Immaculata University. Never heard of Immaculata? Well I have family movie for you, called the Mighty Macs. A nice, not great, Rocky type of true story involving, a small college, all girls at the time, who's girls basketball team won the national tile in the early 70's. Nice for the whole family, especially if you have girls. 3 1/2 of 5 Mickeys. You can stream it through Netflix.
Well back to 1993. I turned down:
A Far Off Place
Hocus Pocus
The Three Musketeers
Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey--which I love by the way
Cool Runnings
Adventures Of Huck Finn
I decided to throw a curve ball this week and go with an adult movie from Touchstone.
Indian Summer
I was attracted to the cast. "Unca" Lou Handler (Alan Arkin) runs a summer camp (Camp Tamakwa) in Ontario for many years. He decides to invite, a "golden" group of regulars to visit him at the camp twenty years since thier last visit. Thus the movie becomes a "Big Chill" at summer camp. The pains of growing up, losses of loved ones; love; lost love; remembering great times as children; and not so great times; getting back in touch with friends of the past; and closing old wounds. The cast is wonderful:
Matt Craven
Diane Lane
Bill Paxton
Elizabeth Perkins
Kevin Pollak
Vincent Spano
Julie Warner
Kimberly Williams
Oh yeah believe it or not Sam Raimi acts. Yes, the director of horror movies and Spiderman movies.
A very good cast. Sweet movie. I wanted more. The funny thing is.. I cannot figure out what that more is. Did I hate it? No. It is a nice movie, with funny and sad moments. You cannot watch it without thinking of friends that you grew up with. Went to camp with. Or just sat on the curb with.
The real bad thing about this movie is the DVD copy I got from Netflix . The transfer was awful. I mean, the movie takes place in the fall and the colors are blurry. Sometimes the actor's faces are blurry. Just bad. Bluray was not available on Netflix. However if you think the bad transfer will bother you, for 5 dollars you can buy a Bluray copy through Amazon. I was bummed by the copy I saw and left a note to Netflix, maybe they will get the Bluray themselves.
Fun and not so fun facts:
Sam Raimi attended Camp Tamakwa when he was a kid.
Ashley Williams, Kimberly's sister, plays the younger Kimberly in the film.
Well if you like Big Chill you will like this. Is it as good? No. There is something nostalgic about it that I liked. I would give it 3 1/2 of 5 Mickeys (If the transfer was better 4).
As for the Odd Life Of Timothy Green. I first have to mention, I do not think this is a childrens movie. I think it is more of a movie for parents. I saw a good amount of kids in the theatre and they did get rammy. I can see the problems that Disney had marketing it, an adult movie that is not rated R. This may be why I saw previews for this late last fall, and it finally came out in August which is a nonblockbuster..200 million dollar movie month. It is a marketing problem and it seems they went funny, quirky, cute kid in the trailers. The movie really is about how to parent, acknowledging that you child may be different and that is ok. Dealing with helicopter parents and deciding what kind of parent you are going to be. Acknowledging you will make mistakes and that is ok if everyone is safe at the end of the day.
I really liked this film. More than I thought I would. Yes corny, but corny is ok if the cast is fully invested and they are pitch perfect. I will give Timothy 4 out of 5 Mickeys. Go see it! Bring some tissues!
Well thanks for you time again.
Have a peaceful week.
