![]() In college, it was a regular rental we held Bonzai parties, dressed as characters, turned it into our private video Rocky Horror. We caught it at midnight movie houses and relished in the warm presence of a movie made by people who shared our dark, twisted senses of humor. For many of us over 30, this film was something special. He has this sort of 'junior action squad' that come to his aid as evidenced by Scooter and his father. He and his team are ultra-competent the way serial heroes of the 40s and 50s like flash gordon were. Hes a brain surgeon, theoretical physicist, and a rock star. The aliens come off as resourceful-albeit-goofy packrats, bumbling about and managing to stay just a few steps ahead of Buckaroo until the very end. Buckaroo Banzai is like a hero from old radio serials like flash gordon. And the direction and approach is equally exciting: rather than annoy us with underfinanced special effects that pretend to be Lucasfilm quality, the director revels in his low budget, using conk shells as models for space ships and populating alien ship interiors with tubes, pipes, rods and duct tape. ![]() The script is clever, a veritable mosaic of silly twists and throwaway jokes so layered that it takes multiple viewings to keep up with it all (favorite line: "It's not my ******* planet, Monkey Boy!"). Whatever makes you happy, folks! If trashing on a film that was seminal in the annals of low-budget cinematic resourcefulness makes you feel special then I'm happy for you. Buckaroo Banzai is een rock-ster/stripheld die samen met zijn groep de Hong Kong Cavaliers de strijd aangaat met slechte wezens uit de 8ste dimensie, deze. ![]() ![]() I've read several comments by people under the age of 30 who trash on this film, call it crap, and characterize us fans as vapid, thorazine-addled retards. ![]()
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