I'm interested, but lazy... so here's a one-paragraph review.
Compared to a lot of the schlock that passes for "children's movies", FOTN is pretty good. It's funny to hear one side of the movie watching public scream about how there is too much graphic violence in the media while another side screams about how kid's movies are watered-down shit drinks. Fantasy-smantashy. I dig this movie has a kid who falls down a hold, almost breaks his back, and wakes up eight years later to find out his parents think he's dead. There's also a bit where the guards get to point their guns at our 12-year-old hero. Now truth is this movie fits into the product-placement-let's-see-if-we-can-make-kids-want-to-do-outrageous-shit films if the 80's. It's the kind of plot where things happen, but none of it is of any real consquence. I mean the last 1/3 of the movie is just the fucking kid flying around trying to find his house, and once he does, he leave 30 seconds later. I have no childhood attachment to his movie and this is the first time I've seen it, let that be said. As a kid's movie it stands out amongst the crowd, especially now. As not-a-kid's movie, the first act works better than the other two. I mean it's got Pee-Wee fucking Herman as the Penis Bot from Jabba's front door in Jedi.
Compared to a lot of the schlock that passes for "children's movies", FOTN is pretty good. It's funny to hear one side of the movie watching public scream about how there is too much graphic violence in the media while another side screams about how kid's movies are watered-down shit drinks. Fantasy-smantashy. I dig this movie has a kid who falls down a hold, almost breaks his back, and wakes up eight years later to find out his parents think he's dead. There's also a bit where the guards get to point their guns at our 12-year-old hero. Now truth is this movie fits into the product-placement-let's-see-if-we-can-make-kids-want-to-do-outrageous-shit films if the 80's. It's the kind of plot where things happen, but none of it is of any real consquence. I mean the last 1/3 of the movie is just the fucking kid flying around trying to find his house, and once he does, he leave 30 seconds later. I have no childhood attachment to his movie and this is the first time I've seen it, let that be said. As a kid's movie it stands out amongst the crowd, especially now. As not-a-kid's movie, the first act works better than the other two. I mean it's got Pee-Wee fucking Herman as the Penis Bot from Jabba's front door in Jedi.
