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City Slickers (1991)
It's "Shane" meets "Breaking Away" !
I can't say enough about how this movie affected me. The cinematography is outstanding and the music brings me back to the sprawling westerns of the 50's. But it's the camaraderie of Mitch, Phil and Ed that really touched my heart. I have friends like that and we don't do things like this...but I wish we did!
The way each of them grows - emotionally and spiritually throughout the film really gives it credibility. I think that the comedy is very realistic and the plot is believable, but it's the symbolism of the river scene that made me buy the DVD and watch it time after time. When Ed is told to forget trying to do what's impossible, that he's just a sporting goods salesman his reply is: "Not Today" (meaning "today I'm a Cowboy"). We would all hope that we would jump in a raging river in a minute to save anything we love, and we are very fortunate to have friends like Ed and Phil who would risk their lives to save ours. But these guys aren't just pulling a friend out of a river...their desperately trying to pull their own lives together. Their not just trying to "bring in the herd"...their trying to bring meaning into their lives. Their not just trying to save a bunch of cattle...their trying to save each other.
Thanks to the makers for such a memorable and touching experience.
California Dreaming (1979)
A real memory bringer backer !
I saw this in the movie theater back in 1979 when I was in my early twenties. I remember being enchanted with the California surfing lifestyle... the chicks, the promiscuity, the absolute optimism. I emulated the cheating fun loving surfers, I fell in love with Marcia and Stephanie. I thought back then that Duke was a foolish old man trying to relive his glory days with his ancient over the hill ex-wife. I laughed at his pathetic attempts to hold on to his youth. I just got a vcr copy on ebay and watched it with my 10 year old daughter. She couldn't understand the tears I cried while watching Duke, such a young man now, with a vibrant, beautiful ex-wife - finally getting up the courage to grasp out for his life long-dream, coming so close - and yet, so far...Just another run of the mill surfing movie? I don't think so. The pity is that most movies don't move us the way this one does, and that with just a little creativity, they could. **** out of ****