Welcome everyone. This blog mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts and general feelings I've had about them.
Rating System
5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.
4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.
3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.
2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.
1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.
0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.
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#344/#61 Short Circuit 2
(Rewatch)
Ben Jahrvi (Fisher Stevens), having been fired from his job at NOVA following the events of the original short circuit, has moved to New York and is now selling miniature replicas of the NOVA robots as toys. When he and his wheeler-dealer business partner Fred (Michael McKean) are approached by a toy company looking for a thousand units, an amount they cannot hope to make on their own in time, Newton and Stephanie send Johnny 5 to the big city to help them out. Unknown to all however, the building they are renting is being used by criminals trying to rob the bank next door and intent to make life very difficult for everyone.
I think I might actually like Short Circuit 2 more than I do the original. We lose the bland Newton and Stephanie in favour of the scam artist with a heart of gold Fred and gain more time with Ben and Johnny 5. No 1 was the origin story but no 2 lets Johnny deal with bigger issues like why he’s alive and what that truly means. It lets us see him interacting with more people and come to grips with how they treat him differently.
It’s also got one Hell of an emotional impact near the end when certain events transpire. Doesn’t matter how old I am; when I see that scene I still get a little emotional for what’s essentially a robot puppet. That’s good film making. Plus it’s followed by one of the best kick ass revenge suit ups/montages of all times scored to ‘I Need a Hero’ by Bonnie Tyler. What’s not to love about that.
It has it’s faults but it’s miles above a lot of 80’s sequels to popular movies coming out at the time and makes the sensible decision to go out on a high note. 4/5
