riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (09/27/83)
Has anybody seen "the Big Chill" yet? I heard a bit about it on NPR this morning which was quite favorable, but it sounded to me like a failed attempt at "Doonesbury Goes to a Funeral". Comments?
CharlieLevy.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (10/05/83)
A great movie. Not just another series of vignettes about sixties people in the eighties. The movie deals with a group of sixties people, all love and light and flowers, having to deal with the cold, harsh reality of maturing in the eighties.....thus the title. But it goes further......was it OK to have been the way they were, to smoke grass, be kind, tender, open, loving and together? And screw around with friends mates? Is it OK now? Is it OK to smoke grass when you're supposed to be grieving over your friend's suicide? Is it OK to be close? OK to screw around with friends mates? The movie deals VERY well with what might be called the transition people, those who thoguht dope and sex and imtimacy and love were all right things, and are trying to keep those things in their lives, in spite of the coldness outside. Charlie
Caro.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (10/11/83)
Go see it. If you liked "The Four Seasons" with Alan Alda, you'll like this movie about a group of sixties college chums who get together for a friend's funeral in the eighties. "The Big Chill" has more of an upbeat ending than "The Four Seasons" and is a lot funnier. Excellent performances by the whole cast that includes John Hurt as a burned out KSFO radio psychologist who becomes a dope pusher, and Kevin Kline of "Sophie's Choice" fame. I've never seen "The Seacacus Seven", nor have I seen "A Circle of Small Friends" so comparisons are beyond me. Good movie. It will get at least one Oscar for something. Perry
S-LEVIN.ES@PARC-MAXC.ARPA (10/11/83)
I agree with Perry's review with one correction: WILLIAM Hurt ("Body
Heat") is in the movie, not JOHN Hurt. If you're a fan of '60's golden
oldies, the musical score could enhance your enjoyment of the movie.
Sandidrasgow@uiucuxc.UUCP (10/16/83)
#R:sri-arpa:-1239700:uiucuxc:4000053:000:174 uiucuxc!drasgow Oct 15 10:19:00 1983 the radio psychologist was William Hurt ( Altered States, Body Heat) but you are right about the film, good stuff. i cannot wait for the soundtrack to hit the record stores!
wombat@uicsl.UUCP (10/21/83)
#R:sri-arpa:-1239700:uicsl:7600035:000:498 uicsl!wombat Oct 20 14:03:00 1983 Now that I've seen both "Seacacus Seven" and "Big Chill," I'd say that you should see the first and not bother with the second. Dialogue in TBC often isn't very good, something I see as a minus for a film of this sort. TRotSS has fewer characters, and they aren't such obvious "characters." It also seemed like several setups in TBC had been copied from TRotSS. TBC, even with drugs and a weird war casualty, felt too "cleaned up" to take seriously. Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!wombat
consult@uwmacc.UUCP (MACC Consultants) (10/06/84)
> > > Seriously, though, I thought it was a great movie. Okay, so there are > some stupid parts that don't belong in it (like Sam and what's-her-face > (the married one) and her husband), but it had some great scenes, lines, > and moods, I thought. Every now and then, I try to think about what movie > I am most likely to connect with my bright college days (off in the nebulous > future, after I graduate, if that ever happens), and I often think it would > be "The Big Chill". Okay, that sounds stupid, I know. Oh, well, I don't > think it's overrated. Certainly not like "E.T. the extraterarium" was. (Mark Wachsler) If you'd like to see a better movie about looking back at college days, try 'Return of the Secaucus Seven' (directed by John Sayles). The movie isn't as slick, the characters aren't as full of great one-liners, but its a much more human movie. Sue Brunkow