rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (06/12/84)
Thought it was great. (*** out of ****)
Now, to pick it apart...
Probably Bill Murray's best role ever (mixing the incredible restraint
he demonstrated in "Tootsie" with his usual craziness). Ackroyd (sp)
was a little weak, undoubtedly making room for Murray. I was
somewhat disappointed with Sigourney Weaver's role, which was too
confused to be believable. The major problem I had with the movie
was more or less the same thing: an uncomfortable (to me, anyway)
mix of comedy and end-of-the-world theme. Call me old-fashioned.
Anyway, despite the problems mentioned, I still enjoyed it quite
a bit. Rick Moranis (of MacKenzie fame) gives a great performance
as the nerdly accountant down the hall from SW. The SFX are
pretty good, and quite a bit more numerous than I expected.
After a number of line-feeds, I've excerpted a VERY FUNNY scene
that, alas, had a bad word (referring to the male anatomy)
in it (but it's one of the milder terms for the male anatomy).
{Murray, Ackroyd, and Ramis are talking to the mayor after
an EPA agent shut down part of their operation, cause the
caca to hit the fan. Ackroyd says to the mayor:
"Everything was going fine until 'Dick-less' here (pointing
to the EPA guy) shut down the grid." (The guy tries to get
at Ackroyd, but other people restrain him.)
The mayor turns to Bill Murray and asks, "Is this true?"
And Murray responds, "Yes, it is true, this man has no
dick." (The guy really tries to get Murray, but is restrained.)
Well, I thought it was really funny.
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Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rhswj@lanl-a.UUCP (10/04/84)
CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE 3 MEN THAT PLAYED IN GHOST BUSTERS? THEIR MOVIE NAMES LIGHTNING LIPS