Archive for May 2nd, 2008
Thoughts on The Wizard (1989)
I just watched The Wizard last night. My first installment of “Missed Movies” turned out a disaster. Although now I can say definitively that “Yes, I have seen The Wizard starring Fred Savage from the ’80s”, I would have been totally fine without ever seeing it this late in life. There wasn’t nearly enough Nintendo as I thought there’d be, and way too much Christian Slater.
Some movies should be left as being thought of as awesome and never be re-watched or seen for the first time 18 years after it’s release. For me, The Wizard was one of them. Likewise, to avoid spoiling my glorious image of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, I should probably never watch it again.
A quick look at my Netflix queue reveals that the next installment of Missed Movies should be pretty far away. There have been so many jokes with my friends that I didn’t fully understand because I didn’t see the Nicholas Cage/John Travolta thriller Face/Off. I know, it’s crazy I haven’t seen it! But I intend to remedy that. Currently Face/Off is #29.
