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For some reason, I, the keeper of
the Video Vault, had a great deal
of difficulty thinking of a topic for
this week's column, so 1 sought
help from this girl I know and incidentally,
have the hots for. The
girl, who I'll call Laura, suggested
I write about love stories in which
couples live happily ever after.
I decided to take her idea and
switch it around so that it fit my
perspective on love. Here is a batch
of movies that either have relationships
that don't work or just basically
show that love can suck
sometimes.
The Fly (1986): Fly meets girl.
Boy turns into fly and scares girl.
Girl keeps coming back even
though he crawls on the ceiling and
hurls battery acid.
Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis
are both wonderful in this depressing,
extremely graphic science fiction
yarn.
The love story is tragic and the
ending includes more violence than
all the wars in the 20th century
combined. It doesn't exactly leave
a big whopping grin on your face.
Great effects, direction and muscial
score, if you're into that stuff.
( )
Ghost (1990): Boy meets girl.
Boy dies. Girl still has the hots for
dead guy. Girl dances with Whoopi
Goldberg who's really dead guy in
disguise.
Simply put, the love story
doesn't work in this because it's
hard to maintain a relationship with
a cadaver. Patrick Swayze is very
convincing in the lead role as his
emotionless blank look and monotone
speaking voice really make us
believe we're watching a walking
corpse. Demi Moore is also convincing,
showing a wide array of
emotions that range from sad to
very sad.
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overrated and did not deserve the
mega-bucks it made or the Best
Picture nominaton it garnered.
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Lucas (1986): Boy meets girl.
Girl likes boy as friend but nothing
more. Ends up liking some stupid
jock. Boy joins the football team to
impress her and gets the snot beat
out of him.
Great movie starring a young
Corey Haim as the geek and Kerrie
Green as the babe who won't give
him the time of day. This movie
sums up how it feels to be just a
buddy to a gorgeous female and is
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entertaining and right on the money.
The only real weakness of the
film is its "Rockyesque" ending
which basically casts aside reality
to send everyone home
happy.(***)
Batman Returns (1992): Batdude
meets Catchick. Batdude spurns
Catchick's advances while his alter
ego makes time with her alter ego.
Catchick seeks revenge on Batdude
because he's infringing on her right
to cause havoc. Batdude and
Catchick seek therapy. Well, they
should have anyway.
When Batman and Catwoman
(Micheal Keaton aad Michelle
Pfeiffer) interact, the film soars.
When their alter egos show up,
"Batman Returns" grinds to a halt.
They never do get their love prob
lems sorted out with each probably
deciding the other is too screwed
up to date. How the heck the
Penguin (Danny Devito) fits into
all this is anyone's guess. (
1/2)
Well, that's the end of this
week's Video Vault. I hope I didn't
sound too bitter about love,
because I'm sure one day I'll meet
the right girl and be suckered into
it just like everyone else.
If by chance, you think you are
that girl, get in touch with me
immediately. For the rest of you,
please be kind and rewind, and I'll
see you next time.
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grown and developed, but the fun- category or grouping of musicians,
damental roots of his lushly col- he is a new breed of artist who
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constant. His 1992 release, "I Love My
Vinx's music is both festive and Job," chronicles his lifetime of
romantic. His talent is so rare Uiat experience. The reflective tunehe
has had the opportunity to set smith once again gives a modern
his own standards rather than treatment to the tribal sounds of
adhering to all the hype of mod- age-old percussion,
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Vinx is able to clear his music $5 for USC students with an idenof
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