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Classificação de Coventry
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Classificação de Coventry
The movies from my childhood that defined the taste and preferences I still have today were mostly dark fantasies & child-friendly horror movies. Not so much the energetic Science-Fiction movies, though. Between 7 and 12 years old, I non-stop watched titles like "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "Dark Crystal", "Return to Oz", "Watcher in the Woods", and "Escape to Witch Mountain", but I wasn't really interested in films like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" or "Explorers".
Now I wished I did watch "Explorers" when I was 10 year's old, simply because it doesn't make much sense to watch it as a 40-year-old. It's a movie for children, and that's simultaneously its biggest default. Unlike other but similar movies, like "E. T." or Dante's own "Innerspace", there isn't a lot of entertainment here for adults. The plot of three outcast kids building a spaceship based on the recurring dreams of one of them, and then subsequently heading into the stratosphere and meeting up with the whackiest aliens in history, has very little to offer if you're over 12. True, the film never degenerates into sentimentality, and it is mildly fun to spot all the homages & references towards old Sci-Fi movies (Joe Dante's hobbyhorse), but irritation rapidly comes peeping.
Now I wished I did watch "Explorers" when I was 10 year's old, simply because it doesn't make much sense to watch it as a 40-year-old. It's a movie for children, and that's simultaneously its biggest default. Unlike other but similar movies, like "E. T." or Dante's own "Innerspace", there isn't a lot of entertainment here for adults. The plot of three outcast kids building a spaceship based on the recurring dreams of one of them, and then subsequently heading into the stratosphere and meeting up with the whackiest aliens in history, has very little to offer if you're over 12. True, the film never degenerates into sentimentality, and it is mildly fun to spot all the homages & references towards old Sci-Fi movies (Joe Dante's hobbyhorse), but irritation rapidly comes peeping.
Even more than for its (sort of) predecessor "The Kentucky Fried Movie", the term hit & miss seems invented for "Amazon Women on the Moon". The film is a compilation of sketches spoofing late-night American television, and the quality/entertainment value of the segments ranges from embarrassingly awful ("Roast Your Loved One") to downright genius ("Son of the Invisible Man"). Everything in between is also hit & miss, but at least always amusing to a certain degree.
For "Kentucky Fried Movie", John Landis sat in the director's seat while the scripts were from the unsurpassable ZAZ-team. For "Amazon Women on the Moon", Landis shares the director's credit with his buddies Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, and Robert K. Weiss. Especially with Dante, Landis shares a passion for cheap 'n cheesy Z-grade Sci-Fi movies from the 1950s, and hence this also forms a recurring theme throughout the segments. There's an impressive list of B-movie actors and actresses participating (Henry Silva, Sybil Danning, Angel Tompkins, Russ Meyer, Paul Bartel, ...) but also a number of class-A Hollywood stars in hilarious roles (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Guttenberg, and the unearthly beautiful Kelly Preston).
Fun and worthwhile if you like B-movie exploitation cinema and the work of Dante & Landis, but definitely not the most laugh-out-loud hilarious comedy you'll ever watch.
For "Kentucky Fried Movie", John Landis sat in the director's seat while the scripts were from the unsurpassable ZAZ-team. For "Amazon Women on the Moon", Landis shares the director's credit with his buddies Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, and Robert K. Weiss. Especially with Dante, Landis shares a passion for cheap 'n cheesy Z-grade Sci-Fi movies from the 1950s, and hence this also forms a recurring theme throughout the segments. There's an impressive list of B-movie actors and actresses participating (Henry Silva, Sybil Danning, Angel Tompkins, Russ Meyer, Paul Bartel, ...) but also a number of class-A Hollywood stars in hilarious roles (Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Guttenberg, and the unearthly beautiful Kelly Preston).
Fun and worthwhile if you like B-movie exploitation cinema and the work of Dante & Landis, but definitely not the most laugh-out-loud hilarious comedy you'll ever watch.
There's a good reason why even the people from Flanders (in Belgium) have never heard of the movies that were made in Flanders during the 70s and early 80s. They are dull, and they look incredibly amateurish and cheap! Even where there's a potentially great basic plot idea - like definitely the case in "Golden Ophelia" - the film is a boring misfire.
"Golden Ophelia" revolves around a depressed florist who is under the supervision of the local police because he tried to commit suicide while this is forbidden by law if you have not submitted an official request for it. So, Stefan Pielek, obediently submits his request to kill himself, and meanwhile he gives away all his flower bouquets and hangs around in the city. He meets the woman of his dreams and rediscovers the joy of living again, but then - of course - his suicide request gets approved, and he MUST make an end to his life. Bummer!
Be honest ... Such a wonderfully sardonic and completely absurd plot could easily be processed into a compelling dystopian Sci-Fi movie, right? Something in the style of "Logan's Run" or "Z. P. G.", perhaps? Sadly, though, there is no trace of a totalitarian regime, let alone a futuristic setting! As far as I can tell, the film is simply set in Antwerp in the year 1974, and society functions normal, except for that one crazy rule about suicide. This absolutely doesn't make any sense! Write a script in which Stefan runs off with his woman and gets chased by brainwashed outcasts, pre-programmed police robots, or whatever! Instead, the - fortunately short - running time is filled with melancholic scenes, pointless guest appearances, and sad music. What a missed opportunity!
PS - I'm watching all these oldies from Flanders, Belgium, on a little-known and old-fashioned TV channel. It's called Eclipse TV, and their target audience are the residents of retirement homes. I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy going on here... This particular TV-station, in agreement with the government, is showing dull movies to put these poor old folks to sleep for good. It's a slow and untraceable form of euthanasia via a TV screen!
"Golden Ophelia" revolves around a depressed florist who is under the supervision of the local police because he tried to commit suicide while this is forbidden by law if you have not submitted an official request for it. So, Stefan Pielek, obediently submits his request to kill himself, and meanwhile he gives away all his flower bouquets and hangs around in the city. He meets the woman of his dreams and rediscovers the joy of living again, but then - of course - his suicide request gets approved, and he MUST make an end to his life. Bummer!
Be honest ... Such a wonderfully sardonic and completely absurd plot could easily be processed into a compelling dystopian Sci-Fi movie, right? Something in the style of "Logan's Run" or "Z. P. G.", perhaps? Sadly, though, there is no trace of a totalitarian regime, let alone a futuristic setting! As far as I can tell, the film is simply set in Antwerp in the year 1974, and society functions normal, except for that one crazy rule about suicide. This absolutely doesn't make any sense! Write a script in which Stefan runs off with his woman and gets chased by brainwashed outcasts, pre-programmed police robots, or whatever! Instead, the - fortunately short - running time is filled with melancholic scenes, pointless guest appearances, and sad music. What a missed opportunity!
PS - I'm watching all these oldies from Flanders, Belgium, on a little-known and old-fashioned TV channel. It's called Eclipse TV, and their target audience are the residents of retirement homes. I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy going on here... This particular TV-station, in agreement with the government, is showing dull movies to put these poor old folks to sleep for good. It's a slow and untraceable form of euthanasia via a TV screen!