keith@ssc-vax.UUCP (Keith Nemitz) (06/28/85)
'Never too old to be young' is a cheap phase to illustrate the
content of this well made film. Still there is a very heartening
message in Cocoon for all ages. Dreams and reality do not need to
conflict.
Enough sentimentality, this is a well made and very entertaining
film. First let me get the few bad points out of the way, so there
is more time to discuss why you will like this movie. The science
fiction sucks, fortuately, it is not a s-f movie. Cocoon is pure
fantasy, and if not very logical it is extremely heartwarming. My
question is why do these incredibly powerful aliens need to disguise
themselves as humans, to charter a fishing boat, to retrieve twenty
Cocoons from what could not be more than six hundred feet of water,
as told from the diving equiptment used?
The rest of the movie is terrific. The three geezers are good
characterizations, well played by experienced actors. The fat old
codger, the aging Don Juan, and the tired old man, beset by cancer
are all familiar and real, if not saddening. Inheirently childish
in their secret trespassing of an empty house to use the indoor
pool, the three men stumble upon an apparent fountain of youth, and
as they become healthier and stonger, their antics become more and
more like three children at play. But never, do they lose track of
their resopnsibilities (execpt for one case of infidelity). As far
as they are concerned, this bountiful gift could end the next day,
and they are content to simply enjoy it, and even share it.
This is definately a four dollar movie.
'...you never know who you can trust. (FLASH!)'
keith