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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui)
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Subject: Re: Best/Worst Films of the 80's
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 16:09:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 16:09:31 1984
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> "The Big Chill" definitely overated. Plus the soundtrack was a 
> mismatch - the actors were so lame and old and tired that they
> sucked the energy out of the songs.

I think you simply missed the entire point of the movie. I found the movie
full of energy, not lame and old and tired. It's not exactly Indiana Jones,
that's for sure, but it is a movie that makes you sit up and think about
things. One of its strongest points was the soundtrack-- the music was very
carefully picked to make unspoken comments about life and society based on
what is was playing through. The BEST thing about 'the Big Chill' was that
it was about real people, no more, no less. These aren't superheroes, or
Neil Simon weirdoes, they are people who could be your neighbors. This
movie is right up with 'My Dinner With Andre', 'Return of the Secacus
Seven', and 'When you coming back to the 5 and dime, Jimmy dean' for making
you excercise your mind instead of your glands at the theater. Wonderful
stuff, much too rare....

chq
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