film review week #2

One of the perks at work is that my computer plays dvds. So I bring in my movies when I need to put an extra hour or two.
This week:



Originally I was a fan of this film because it has some Stephen King schlocky horror humor, like Maximum Overdrive--an underrated film. "We made youuu!"
But now, the reason I love Silver Bullet : the major attraction is not the werewolf monster. It's Gary Busey. He plays Corey Haim's drunken, unemployed, loud mouthed, slob uncle--and he's the "cool guy" hero of the movie. Corey plays a partially paralyzed kid with a nifty motorized wheelchair [what a spunky kid!] and Busey is his role model. Amazing.




Now with my dvd, I caught a lot of little jokes--which I missed in my ten year old video copy. Watch for Terry Gilliam in the scene where the crowd is following Brian. He's at the left side of the screen trying to keep up with Brian. But he's behind a blind man. What he does he do? He yanks away the poor guy's cane and pushes him to the ground.