Now I'll admit something to start, I loved this movie growing up. My sister and I would watch this regularly as it always was on the movie channels. It is one that I learned more about as I got older and looked more into filmmaking. What I did know is that this is quotable from the jump, I thought Mike Myers and Dana Carvey were hilarious. Rob Lowe and Tia Carrere were great as well. I did get Jaime to watch this so she could understand some of the odd lines I'll drop.
The gist of this is that we have Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his best friend Garth Algar (Carvey) with a public access show. Their dream is to do it full time, but until then, they have day jobs. It is an oddball show that people around their age love. Benjamin Oliver (Lowe) sees an opportunity to buy it and exploit it. There's not much more to it.
If you don't know, this is a Saturday Night Live skit that grew into something more. This was that era where Hollywood was taking the properties and expanding it as they were bankable. What I will admit is that this isn't as good as I remember it. I'll admit, it was high up there so that is part of it. This is still socially relevant though. We see the problems of capitalism on an interesting scale. It makes jokes about corporate America taking things and ruining it. We are seeing the dangers of advertising and selling out. It is all done in a tongue and cheek way.
I still find Myers and Carvey funny here. Lowe is great as this slimy corporate guy. Carrere is gorgeous. I like seeing Brian Doyle-Murray, Kurt Fuller, Colleen Camp, Chris Farley, Meat Loaf, Robert Patrick, Alice Cooper and Ed O'Neill in cameos. It doesn't hold up as well as I wish, but I still have fun with this one.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.
The gist of this is that we have Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his best friend Garth Algar (Carvey) with a public access show. Their dream is to do it full time, but until then, they have day jobs. It is an oddball show that people around their age love. Benjamin Oliver (Lowe) sees an opportunity to buy it and exploit it. There's not much more to it.
If you don't know, this is a Saturday Night Live skit that grew into something more. This was that era where Hollywood was taking the properties and expanding it as they were bankable. What I will admit is that this isn't as good as I remember it. I'll admit, it was high up there so that is part of it. This is still socially relevant though. We see the problems of capitalism on an interesting scale. It makes jokes about corporate America taking things and ruining it. We are seeing the dangers of advertising and selling out. It is all done in a tongue and cheek way.
I still find Myers and Carvey funny here. Lowe is great as this slimy corporate guy. Carrere is gorgeous. I like seeing Brian Doyle-Murray, Kurt Fuller, Colleen Camp, Chris Farley, Meat Loaf, Robert Patrick, Alice Cooper and Ed O'Neill in cameos. It doesn't hold up as well as I wish, but I still have fun with this one.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.