Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!trb From: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure Message-ID: <775@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:21:46 EDT Article-I.D.: masscomp.775 Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:21:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:50:08 EDT Reply-To: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 35 A fine movie. Pee Wee's first major role is a real gem. He brings his peculiar view of life to the screen, and we find that it's not all slapstick. It's a blend of slapstick humor, surrealism (!), innocence, wisdom, integrity, and warmth. Pee Wee doesn't bow to the idols of Hollywood, and he doesn't spit on them either. There is no gratuitous sex or violence, not even gratuitous reference to sex or violence. The butts of the jokes are never riduculed mercilessly or tastelessly. I laughed alot. The movie really focuses on Pee Wee; none of the other characters had central roles, but they do lend various interesting flavors. The plot is simple but it holds the movie together well enough. There is a surprising number of interactions between Pee Wee and various unexpected colorful characters, and these interactions portray him as a more interesting person than you would imagine at first glance. Who won't like this movie? People who are set in their dislike for childish humor, like that of the Three Stooges. People who want the popular hooks in their humor - sex and drugs and rock and roll and violence. People who rant and rave about whether or not they were able to suspend their disbelief about whether it's phycically possible for a bicycle to jump over a cyclone fence. I don't think that Pee Wee compromised his integrity enough to make this movie a box office smash. I had heard that it did well in its first week at the box office, but I went to a Saturday night showing and the theater was not close to full. I hope I don't come off too seriously, I think the movie was really good and funny. Andy Tannenbaum Masscomp Westford, MA (617) 692-6200 x2274