zz1sm@sdccsu3.UUCP (Shane) (09/01/83)
I saw Risky Business last week, and enjoyed it thoroughly. It is
definitely *not* any relation to Vacation, which I did not like very
much (mostly for the same reasons that laura[mind if i call you laura?]
mentioned).
Acting: good to very good. all characters seemed to have "real"
emotions. No over( or under)acting.
Cinematography: very good. lots of little touches that were unnecessary
but gave something to the film. Neat effect during the train scene.
Story: interesting story that I found particularly close to home (will
Joel's responsibilities *ALL* come crashing down on him at once,
leaving him a hopeless shell of a man?). at the same time, it
contained enough humour to keep me smiling most of the way through.
Plot: believable. at times it stretched my limits of belief a little,
but I never stopped believing. note that I do not mean that anything
like this could really happen, but its just a movie, remember?
i found this movie quite suspenseful, without alot of violence
and gore.
Favorite scene: Joel pulling out of the garage for the first time.
Overall:Some peple may be offended by the sex scenes. I found them
tastefully done. Definitely worth seeing for $4, which means
I won't feel bad about seeing it for $1 again.
Shane
ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!zz1smlevy@princeton.UUCP (09/06/83)
I also liked Risky Business, though I found it less hilarious than I was expecting from reviews over the net. It is also more serious than I was expecting, in the sense that it actually propounds a [philosophy of / way of / attitude towards / ???] life with some insistence. However, I beg to disagree in one point: The plot (at least some of it) is certainly not believable. I also didn't like Guido (the bad guy) coming out so well. I think $4 is OK for the film, but not the 2*$4.50 I had to pay... --Silvio Levy