Hunt's Film Reviews, Should You Choose to Accept Them

  I'm surprised it took me as long as it did to watch RoboCop . Perhaps hearing about how violent it is (I'll touch on that later) deterred me from it. I'll get right to the point and say that RoboCop lives up to the hype. It's a mixture of action, crime, sci-fi and comedy that works really well. And combining all those genres is tough to do. Overall, I'd classify RoboCop as a satirical film. The violence is done with a purpose and isn't showing violence just for the sake of showing violence. It still is violent don't get me wrong and I can see this as a reason why someone might not watch the film (no problem at all if that is you). Even if a viewer doesn't recognize the satire in RoboCop , it can still be viewed with just as much enjoyment which I find fascinating. The themes and ideas explored in the movie are still relevant today which for better or worse is a sign of sci-fi done well. There's a saying I've heard that good sci-fi isn't abo...

  I'll go ahead and tell you how I rate this film by saying it gets 2.5 out of 4 stars. Before Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord/Peter Quill comes at me (the character is quite possibly the biggest fan of Footloose ) let me say that Footloose is a really good 2.5-star movie. The 2.5 rating can mean different things. There's a spectrum of films that fall under this rating in my opinion. But enough about the rating system, I'll cut loose and talk about the movie! I have to start the soundtrack because it'd be a crime not to. Even if you're not familiar with the film, you know the songs "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins and "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. You even get songs from John Mellencamp and Foreigner in the movie ("I'm Free" by Kenny Loggins is an underrated part of the soundtrack). With music comes you guessed it, dancing. The dancing in Footloose is as great as it should be. Ren (Kevin Bacon) dancing in the warehou...