lmaher@uokvax.UUCP (08/13/84)
#N:uokvax:3900056:000:742 uokvax!lmaher Aug 12 21:19:00 1984 < W O L V E R I N E S ! > _Red Dawn_ is a powerful movie about a band of teenagers who take to the hills and become guerrillas after a communist invasion of America. It's *not* just a good ol' boys against the Reds flick. It is a look at children becoming killers, forced to grow up far too soon. There are some unforgettable scenes, and while there's (obviously) considerable violence, there's not too much blood - no lingering shots of people shot to pieces (such as in the Wild Bunch). Nonetheless, its rated PG-13, and I agree. This is not a movie young children should see without a parent. But it is a movie everyone else should see, I highly recommend it. On my scale, definitely a should-see. Carl ..!ctvax!uokvax!lmaher
jab@uokvax.UUCP (08/26/84)
#R:uokvax:3900056:uokvax:3900057:000:1137 uokvax!jab Aug 12 23:56:00 1984 /***** uokvax:net.movies / lmaher / 9:19 pm Aug 12, 1984 */ _Red Dawn_ is a powerful movie about a band of teenagers who take to the hills and become guerrillas after a communist invasion of America. On my scale, definitely a should-see. /* ---------- */ Make that *TWO* people from here that enjoyed it. Well, perhaps not "enjoyed it". You didn't "enjoy" the movie "Southern Comfort," you experienced it. This is one of those movies. I particularly found the way that one of the kids began to ENJOY killing (he was avenging his father's death) rather frightening, but quite realistic. Are THESE the movies that will be rated "PG-13"? There's no question in my mind that this would have been rated "R" under the previous scheme, because of the violence. Keep this in mind, parents: "PG-13" is not a partitioning of "PG" into "okay for little kids" and "not okay for little kids", it's a redefinition of what "PG" and "R" mean. I guess that means that if a movie's rated "R" because of violence, it must have something *SO* gruesome that you might not want to go, and taking the kid is out of the question. Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL