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!rhrobertsb%Berkeley@ttidcb.UUCP (07/06/84)
Now wait a minute, I just last evening saw Ghostbusters and noticed some things in reference to some discussions here. First, Sigourney Weaver was their FIRST client. It was so stated when she walked into the converted firehouse. That means that "Zool" was making a mess of her refridgerator before Ghostbusters had collected their first apparition. Second, don't forget all that stuff about the origin of the building she lived in. What with the Gozer (sic) worshipping architect and the `antenna' framework. Onward to my own comments, my favorite scene is in the basement of the NY Public Library where they rush up to the apparition of the little ol' lady librarian and say `boo' and she `boo's' back a little more effectively. I didn't get the impression of a group of incompetents cleaning up their own mess. No, I got the impression of a group of people armed with technology but little idea of what they were really dealing with/in. If there was a moral-to-this-story in Ackroyd and Ramis' minds ( even sub-consciously ) this was it. Robin D. Roberts "Death to Tyrants !" "Long live the Galactic Patrol" AT&T: (213) 450-9111 x 2916 Net: ...!ihnp4!vortex!ttidca!ttidcb!robertsb
Giebelhaus@HI-MULTICS.ARPA (07/06/84)
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