Movie Night: Adventure has returned
It’s great to be back. And I sure do feel welcome. All our friends from around the community have been nothing but supportive, making my return all but inevitable. Needless to say, the mood around Passamaquoddy has been a festive one. Not only because Passamaquoddy is back under our control, but also because the summer movie season is upon us!
Tonight, with a nice cool breeze blowing in from the inlet, we’ve had our movie love satiated.
And of course, there’s one big summer movie that we all had to see. We all love the hero, in fact we grew up with him; whether he’s running from a villain or outsmarting a diabolical trap during his globetrotting adventures, we’re always guaranteed good entertainment. He’s getting older now, but we still took a chance.
Well, age was not a factor. Even the youngest children enjoyed the evening as the town of Passamaquoddy shared an evening together watching…
Outside of Passamaquoddy, the film CONDORMAN went extinct long before the Condor species; but not because they didn’t try.
The film had many of the elements of a successful superhero summer picture: A dashing young hero, stage performer Michael Crawford looking more Willie Aames then Phantom of the Opera, a beautiful damsel in distress- Barbara Carrera- who may or may not be playing for both sides. (Not that way.. politically), and a strong accented villain (cause all the best villains have strong accents). It even has an over the top heroic motion picture score composed by the legendary Henry Mancini.
Okay, most of the screenplay is a mishmash of clichés. But one element intrigued me. “Woody”, a comic book artist, tries to fly off the Eiffel Tower with his flying contraption to see if it would work. This is because he refuses to write it into his “Condorman” comic book if it wouldn’t work in reality. The result is of course, he becomes Condorman in the process
The film is more GET SMART then James Bond, but it fails to be humorous. Still, when a film hits you at the right point and you’re just the right age, you’ll find strange allegiances. For that I suggest Condorman is a nostalgic trip for me.
The 1981 film’s miserable performance contributed to the end of Ron Miller’s reign atop the Walt Disney Company and opened the door for Michael Eisner.
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Who cares about movie night. Bring back Lorien!!
I have missed those quiet evenings at the Passamaquoddy Cinema. But I would like to know whatever became of the production the Wild Catfish were working on. Here, I had already pulled my tux out of the mothballs.
Tux smux. I breaking out my aqua leasure suit.
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