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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: I haven't received the DVD edition yet so I have no comment on the quality, but I've been searching Amazon.com for it regularly for the past 6 months. The movie itself I give 5 STARS. Melanie Griffith is a delight in the role of Lulu (and led me to having a crush on her yow!). Lulu is a woman who's been leading a freewheeling, marginal life of a kind that must have reminded Ms. Griffith a bit of her own wild times, but with a better outcome. Anyway, the movie starts out lighthearted with Lulu essentially shanghaiing (sp?) Jeff Daniels away from his empty job in NYC and off to her high school reunion in PA. There, the couple run into Ray (Ray Liotta) who's Lulu's real husband and who is also fresh outta jail and looking to get the one good thang (Lulu) back in his life. At this point (about the last 30 minutes or so) the movie turns from freewheelin' fun to drama and violence. Kind of like life, eh? One minute you're up, the next.... I recall reading a review once that said the movie wasn't as popular as it should have been because it didn't fit neatly into being marketed as either a comedy or a drama. Pity it wasn't marketed as both. Go for it!
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Summary: Love, Action, and Suspense
Review: I love this movie. It has all aspects needed for a great story. Sit back and enjoy the twists and turns, while the wonderful characters take you on a wild ride.
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Summary: Love, Action, and Suspense
Review: I love this movie. It has all aspects needed for a great story. Sit back and enjoy the twists and turns, while the wonderful characters take you on a wild ride.
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Summary: Religious implications
Review: I realize it might be a little late, but to the student from Santa Clara, to proclaim "Something Wild" as a deeply religious movie would not be too far off the mark. Director Jonathan Demme uses an abundance of crosses and portraits of the Virgin Mary in many scenes (at "Mom and Dad's Restaurant"; "Peaches"'s house; Lulu's apartment) and many scenes from the film mirror the Good Samaritan parable of the Bible: the hitchhikers Charlie and Lulu pick up; the little black girl who asks Charlie if he needs help outside the gospel church; the naive teen who pays for Ray's dinner after Charlie and Lulu leave him stranded at the restaurant; the gas-station attendant ("Attempt to be cool!"); the man at the motel who offers Charlie Pepto-Bismol to conquer his hangover ("It's better to be a live dog than a dead lion."); and ultimately Charlie and Lulu, who each gives the other something they've been longing to have. Lulu gives Charlie a rebellion which had only previously been "channeled into the mainstream" and thusly ends his repression; and Charlie gives Lulu a sense of comfort and love after years of one-night stands in motel rooms. I'm sure you could even make something out of the religious radio program Ray is listening to as he is embarking for an all-night search for revenge. Of course I have seen this film many times and one of its many strengths is its watchability. Why this film isn't cited in more film-buff circles is beyond me, but let me go on record saying that this is a great movie. It is precisely these deep subtexts which make me want to pop it in the VCR for the millionth time. Well, that and the soundtrack. I love this movie simply because it's so damn quirky! Besides, when's the last time a movie had the nerve to end on such a bizarre note as this one and still not seem tacked on? Of course let me warn you, do NOT view this movie on Comedy Central: they edit so much out and break so frequently for commercials that the spontaneity one gets from watching this movie for the first time is lost. I suggest renting this movie, turning out all the lights and popping it in the VCR at midnight or so. Trust me, there's magic in it.
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Summary: GREAT FILM TERRIBLE VHS
Review: I think they should put this fine film on DVD or at least VHS widesreen. The VHS available is terrible.
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Summary: Why has time forgotten this classic?
Review: I thought Demme walked on water after seeing this movie (and its follow-ups, Married to the Mob and Silence of the Lambs). I love the layers of texture to this movie--there's always some set decoration I never noticed before, and the performances he wrings out of his stable of actors is great. This movie defined "alternative" when it was released, and deftly pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of starting out screwball comedy and turning violent halfway thru without losing its voice. All three leads have never done better than they did here (okay, maybe Liotta in Goodfellas). So why is SW subjected to the basement of video VHS? This movie made tons of critics top 10 lists for the Eighties (sadly not much of a challenge, but still...) and yet can't even get a DVD date to prom. Wild...
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Summary: SOMETHING WILD UNRATED VERSION ON VHS/DVDV ?
Review: I WATCHED THIS MOVIE THE FIRST TIME IN MY COUNTRY , AND LET ME TELL YOU , THE U.S "R" VIDEO RELEASED VERSION OF THIS MASTERPIECE STINKS,THEY CUT MOST OF THE SEX SCENES,I MEAN ,THIS MOVIE(ORIGINAL VERSION)IS REALLY HOT WITH STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT AND NUDITY .I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE UNRATED VERSION FOR YEARS.
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Summary: Poor Picture Quality Because It Was Recorded in LP to Save $
Review: Imagine my surprise as the tape started, and lo and behold all these pasty, smeary colors on the screen, a sure indication of a less-than-SP recording speed! Upon checking, I discover it's being played at the 4-hour speed (LP). This is sometimes done in order to get a longer movie on a shorter cassette to save manufacturing costs. It's not always indicated on the box.I was disappointed at this, for the price I paid. Movies at Wal-Mart for cheaper might be that way; at least I'm not surprised then. But I was with this purchase.
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Summary: You Won't Be Sorry...CHARLIE!
Review: Jeff Daniels ISN'T sorry when his Charlie character, an uptight accountant who is recently divorced, meets Lulu (Melanie Griffith). ............Lulu spots Charlie in a diner after he skips out on his bill, and she decides he needs a little excitement, her brand. She requests a ride, and kidnaps Charlie for "Something Wild."...........This movie begins as a non-stop fun odyssey of roadtripping, hotel sex, light bondage, stolen meals and liquor. All this culminates at destination Lulu's moms house in Pennsylvania. After meeting Lulu's mom as her new husband, (which mom's not buying for a second), Charlie also meets Audrey for the first time...the REAL Lulu under the black wig. Suddenly the strange creature he met in the diner, has transformed for her highschool reunion, into something MILD! ...............The most unusual and unexpected thing about this movie is how it makes a complete 180 degree turn from its earlier wacky farce theme. This happens at the point when Audrey and Charlie attend Audrey's class reunion as "Husband and Wife." A few people know it's a hoax. Charlie unexpectedly meets a co-worker who gives him the old "wink wink, nudge nudge" over his affair, while his pregnant wife views Audrey with disdain.While sharing drinks and a romantic dance at the party, trouble in Charlie and Audrey's paradise begins when Audrey is spotted by not so "ex"-husband and very ex-"con" Ray, menacingly played by Ray Liotta in a great screen debut. It is then, that the party is truly OVER.................Once Ray convinces Charlie and Audrey to get a few beers with him, the film turns from a lighthearted romp, into a tense edge of your seat ride until the close. .................This is classic Johnathan Demme, before he got all serious with later works, such as "Silence of The Lambs." Like his subsequent classic mafia comedy, "Married To The Mob," this is quirky and exciting filmaking at it's finest. Again, Demme also uses all his favorite character actors like Charles Napier, there are cameos from "Polyester" director John Waters, Tracey Walter and other familiar Demme faces too. .............This is a film that is appropriately named, and therefore, if you're looking for a little something out of the ordinary, I think you'll go WILD for this film, I did!
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Summary: You Won't Be Sorry...CHARLIE!
Review: Jeff Daniels ISN'T sorry when his Charlie character, an uptight accountant who is recently divorced, meets Lulu (Melanie Griffith). ............Lulu spots Charlie in a diner after he skips out on his bill, and she decides he needs a little excitement, her brand. She requests a ride, and kidnaps Charlie for "Something Wild."...........This movie begins as a non-stop fun odyssey of roadtripping, hotel sex, light bondage, stolen meals and liquor. All this culminates at destination Lulu's moms house in Pennsylvania. After meeting Lulu's mom as her new husband, (which mom's not buying for a second), Charlie also meets Audrey for the first time...the REAL Lulu under the black wig. Suddenly the strange creature he met in the diner, has transformed for her highschool reunion, into something MILD! ...............The most unusual and unexpected thing about this movie is how it makes a complete 180 degree turn from its earlier wacky farce theme. This happens at the point when Audrey and Charlie attend Audrey's class reunion as "Husband and Wife." A few people know it's a hoax. Charlie unexpectedly meets a co-worker who gives him the old "wink wink, nudge nudge" over his affair, while his pregnant wife views Audrey with disdain.While sharing drinks and a romantic dance at the party, trouble in Charlie and Audrey's paradise begins when Audrey is spotted by not so "ex"-husband and very ex-"con" Ray, menacingly played by Ray Liotta in a great screen debut. It is then, that the party is truly OVER.................Once Ray convinces Charlie and Audrey to get a few beers with him, the film turns from a lighthearted romp, into a tense edge of your seat ride until the close. .................This is classic Johnathan Demme, before he got all serious with later works, such as "Silence of The Lambs." Like his subsequent classic mafia comedy, "Married To The Mob," this is quirky and exciting filmaking at it's finest. Again, Demme also uses all his favorite character actors like Charles Napier, there are cameos from "Polyester" director John Waters, Tracey Walter and other familiar Demme faces too. .............This is a film that is appropriately named, and therefore, if you're looking for a little something out of the ordinary, I think you'll go WILD for this film, I did!
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