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DVD Reviews => Movie Reviews => Topic started by: Danae Cassandra on January 10, 2014, 04:43:42 AM
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SpaceCamp
Year of Release: 1986
Directed By: Harry Winer
Starring: Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Tate Donovan, Tom Skerritt
Genre: Adventure, Science-Fiction, Disaster
Overview:
Zero gravity meets zero fear in this cosmic comedy-adventure about a summer camp where regular kids check in...and real astronauts check out! Starring Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Leaf Phoenix and Tate Donovan, SpaceCamp is a wild and wonderful thrill-ride packed with "special effects...spectacular moments" (Film Journal) and a "gripping climax" (Time Out Film Guide) that's out of this world!
For five typical teens, NASA's space camp promises to be a fun way to blow off the summer. But when a space shuttle exercise misfires, they find themselves launched into orbit, facing the adventure of a lifetime. Now, the only way back to Earth is to take command of the ship and control of their destinies, before time – and oxygen – runs out!
My Thoughts:
I'd forgotten how enjoyable this film is. I have fond memories of it from childhood, and it's still an entertaining watch. I still get a warm fuzzy from "Jinx and Max best friends forever." Part of me cringes at the message being sent with the overachiever girl being wrong about a crucial thing and then freezing in decision making though. Try to imagine the roles of Kevin & Kathryn gender reversed and you see the problem. I did like the other girl, though, the one who appears to be a bubblehead but is really super-smart. That quibble aside, it's still a whole-hearted recommendation from me for a fun, kid-friendly movie.
Bechdel Test: Pass
Overall: 3/5
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I remember liking this one overall too. You make a good point about what they did with the one girl character. Woman are too......emotional or flighty or whatever to deal with a stressful or difficult job.
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I remember liking this one overall too. You make a good point about what they did with the one girl character. Woman are too......emotional or flighty or whatever to deal with a stressful or difficult job.
Oh wow .. I hope that was a factitious statement :) I guess I will have to watch it to see
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I was meaning that writers or whoever seemed to feel like that. Have to take the smart girl and make her ...sort of crumble I guess instead of being fully capable throughout the movie.