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Space Cowboys (2000)
Comedy and Action, what else would you want from a summer flick?
Space Cowboys has a little something for everyone; from its opening sequence in Black and White, to its closing sequence with a great Frank Sinatra song, the movie tries to be a little something for everyone. As such, it is both its greatest strength and weakness.
Told along a "then and now" plot line, we are introduced to our heroes, prosaically named "the ripe stuff." We learn enough about their backgrounds to care about them, but not staggering deeply into their characters to lose interest.
The mission, and what leads up to it [there is too much exposition here, and the film could use a 5-7 minute trimming of this]are spread out leisurely, while the actual mission itself and how it transpires is quite interesting.
Was this a great movie? No. Was it enjoyable and worth my $7? Yes.
I enjoyed the movie, but as a caveat, I really enjoyed "Bronco Billy" and "Every Which way but Loose," too. It is more along these lines than "Unforgiven."
The In Crowd (1988)
A great sense of time and Place of Philadelphia at the 60's end
If you lived through the Jerry Blavat Era in Philadelphia [c.1964-1969], this movie is a mirror of life. The locale's, mostly Cheltenham, Philadelphia and Wildwood touch a nerve of conciousness to all who lived through that turbulent time period.
It is too bad that there is no sound track album, because it is exemplary. I can still feel the music pounding through my brain when I watch this film, as I did when I danced to it in real life.
I highly recommend the film for a reminder of simpler times-and the closing "Like a Rolling Stone" is just the capstone on the end of an era.