The Perfect Summer
I was trying to pull together five sumer films that, if originally released today, would help make one great summer.
1. Star Wars: Exploding onto America in a year when gasoline was high, disillusionment with the government was even higher and an our part in an unpopular war had just concluded. This was the film that redefined cinematic science fiction and gave America her very own mythology.
2. Aliens: James Cameron took the premise of one Alien wiping out a crew of unarmed miners and turned it into a hive of aliens wiping out two squads of heavily armed marines. Underneath this was a subtext of a mother daughter relationship with a final show down with the biggest mother of all.
3. Jaws: Memorable characters (Quint, Brody and Hooper) and memorable lines ("Smile you son of a BOOM") combined with a sinking boat and a twenty five foot great white shark equaled a movie that kept me out of the ocean for years.
4. Terminator 2: This might be the role that Arnold will be remembered for, and this sequel is definitely the most memorable chase film. The action simply does not let up as stunt sequence after stunt sequence is thrown at you (each one more insanely impossible than the last). And, how cool would it be to have your own, personal Terminator?
5. I really thought I had five films. Perhaps I should start using notes, or, maybe anyone reading this can fill in a fifth movie, or even a sixth or seventh. Go for it.
1. Star Wars: Exploding onto America in a year when gasoline was high, disillusionment with the government was even higher and an our part in an unpopular war had just concluded. This was the film that redefined cinematic science fiction and gave America her very own mythology.
2. Aliens: James Cameron took the premise of one Alien wiping out a crew of unarmed miners and turned it into a hive of aliens wiping out two squads of heavily armed marines. Underneath this was a subtext of a mother daughter relationship with a final show down with the biggest mother of all.
3. Jaws: Memorable characters (Quint, Brody and Hooper) and memorable lines ("Smile you son of a BOOM") combined with a sinking boat and a twenty five foot great white shark equaled a movie that kept me out of the ocean for years.
4. Terminator 2: This might be the role that Arnold will be remembered for, and this sequel is definitely the most memorable chase film. The action simply does not let up as stunt sequence after stunt sequence is thrown at you (each one more insanely impossible than the last). And, how cool would it be to have your own, personal Terminator?
5. I really thought I had five films. Perhaps I should start using notes, or, maybe anyone reading this can fill in a fifth movie, or even a sixth or seventh. Go for it.
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