Remember this gem from the 80's?
Fast forward to today..
Its pretty much the same movie only its Robots fighting and not arm wrestling. Had the credits rolled with Kenny Loggins singing "Meet me halfway." It would of completed the circle.
Let me tell ya about another film I watched on my own because honestly, no one would sit through this but me. I feel if a film is bad and people say its bad I have to see for myself.
The Beaver...
I was interested mostly due to the fall out Mel has had recently due to his ex wife recording all their phone conversations. Maybe its me but I had a soft spot in my heart for him so I dont hate on the guy like everyone else. I mean.. He was Mad Max.. That alone gives him a reprieve in my eyes. Anyway, in this movie he's a depressed man with marital problems and a failing company. Wife kicks him out (Jodie Foster) and he attempts to kill himself but fails.. He wakes up in a stupor and sees a beaver puppet in a trash bin and takes on a persona of the Beaver and the beautiful part is when the beaver speaks its Mel's full on Aussie accent. Through this friggin sock on his arm he rebuilds his marriage, business and relationship with his younger son. Im in bed watching this saying to myself, "I gotta go out and buy a puppet right now! It'll completely change my life!!" I can't do a aussie accent and a beaver isnt my style.
Probably a bull would work best for me but enough of that. Anyway he goes out in public with this thing on, tells his wife a shrink assigned it to him as an in home therapuetic tool. I mean, theres a scene with him, jodie foster and the beaver in the shower... The shower! And shes totally fine with it, HA I wonder why! Not that there's anything wrong with that, just saying I found it funny. (Never mind this puppet on my arm while I make passionate love to you.. In the shower..)
So the marriage is rebuilt, and the company somehow is saved because he puts out a beaver product and it works until... People start to see its not a joke with this puppet thing, Mel believes the beaver is real. Its his buddy, its his little pal and no one is gonna tell him he's not real!
There comes a point where the wife is like ok, youre good now.. Ditch the Muppet.. Long story short, he has a psychotic break and enter the band saw!
Good stuff. I watched this with an open mind and I felt it was a therapuetic role for ole Mel. We've all had our down and outs and so do celebrities. It was a strange story indeed but the underlying theme was agreeable.
Im googling a puppet for me now.. Can you believe this little guy here in $650 bucks?
