As I recall - and it has been probably 20 years since I read it - you think Hammond is going to survive because the helicopter is there to take them away and then the compys get him right at the end.
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But wasn't that the whole point. Danny Noonan had a cute girlfriend who was apparently fun in bed but his 17 year old libido took over when Lacy came on to him.
And I think Hammond is much more sinister in how he operates in the book whereas in the movie he's more of victim of dreaming big.
I didn't say she was hot. She was cute. She had a good personality.*
*Except when she was upset and started crying and then she was a pain in the ass. ;-)
I can't imagine it without Crispin Glover either.
That movie still holds up and imo Doc is even funnier in moments when he's just using facial expressions.
Director Robert Zemeckis once said Stoltz was playing the role too seriously, like it was a drama instead of a comedic action/adventure.
Even a cookie-cutter structure can be entertaining, but I find with most superhero/Marvel stuff, I simply don't care enough about the hero or the situation to be engaged, or can't find enough hatred toward the villain, either, to root against. Action usually is engaging, but that alone doesn't carry. Also, run time often is more than necessary, but I think that about other movie genres, too.
I'm with @dahliaclone, maybe I'm simply too far beyond age demographic to find it worthwhile.
I don't think he ever topped the Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Taxi though.
Speaking of Crispin Glover, he was not happy about his character in BTTF2. Apparently they took molds of his face to put on the actor that played older George which led to a lawsuit: Why Crispin Glover never did Back To The Future Part II | Den of Geek
Outside of just not being interested in them, they have sucked the air out of the room related to producing really good plot driven movies. The sunken cost for licensing is paid for, so lazy movie producers churn out one after another and people looking for simplistic action continue to flock to them. The last few good movies I've watched were on streaming services only. I'm actually fine with that, but I suspect they are not well funded at least in comparison to through traditional methods.
Not really a major "hill" but, it is 100% acceptable for movies to be just mindless entertainment. Not everything needs to be an oscar winner.
My favorite example is Pacific Rim. The entire premise of that movie was to have giant robots punching giant monsters and that's what you got. Now, there was a fairly decent backstory and the first 10 minutes of the movie did a great job with the exposition and explaining things. Wish that a) they had done prequels, and b) that the "sequel" never even existed.
My favorite example is Pacific Rim. The entire premise of that movie was to have giant robots punching giant monsters and that's what you got. Now, there was a fairly decent backstory and the first 10 minutes of the movie did a great job with the exposition and explaining things. Wish that a) they had done prequels, and b) that the "sequel" never even existed.
I recently binge-watched the "Star Wars" prequels and "new era" series, and realized how little I paid attention to backstory when I saw the "originals" originally. I was in it for The Cool Stuff and it was what everyone was watching so I had to see it and like it.
Frankly, I could take or leave the whole thing at this point.
Speaking of this, I always thought it was weird as hell that Danny's girlfriend was Irish but no one ever really points it out.
I guess the head greenskeeper WAS Irish, but I don't remember any scene or dialogue linking them as related.
According to Wikipedia, Maggie's last name was O'Hooligan and Sandy's (the greenskeeper) was McFiddish.
