Short Circuit 2 (July 6th, 1988)Los Lobos kick your ass,
Los Lobos kick your face,
Los Lobos kick your balls into outer-space!
I was 8. It was fun. What more can I say.
I believe, no matter how good or bad a movie might be, there is always something that can be learned from it (although, in some cases, you do have to look very hard). It could be a moral from the story, a lesson of what not to do as a filmmaker, or perhaps something as simple as discovering a unique or interesting way to deliver a line of dialogue.
And yes, I did learn something from Shot Circuit 2. Johnny 5 is special because "Johnny 5 is alive". Nothing better illustrates this than the scene when Johnny 5 get's arrested and he's in his cell reading Frankenstein. What's awesome about this scene is the fact that, rather than speed reading the book just to obtain input- like he does with every other book in the movie - he's reading it slowly and actually relating to the story.
This scene probably doesn't make this movie any better, but to have made an emotional imprint on an 8 year old who just wanted to see a funny robot movie was an accomplishment.
(Image from impawards.com)
2 comments:
What made an emotional impact on me was when he got the shit beat out of him by the bad guys. That's the harshest hero-getting-beaten-up scene this side of the cop being shot to bits in Robocop.
Short Circuit 2 - faimly entertainment or robot snuff film?
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