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zdiddy7 — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 09:51 PM)
I think Stand by Me needs to get a restraining order against you. If I were Stand by Me, I'd be worried everytime I was alone in a dark alley, parking garage etc.. I'd fear that it was you and you were in the same creepy, "I love you so much that I can't help raping you" mood you were in when you wrote the original post!! If Stand by Me suddenly disappears or gets murdered Im sending the police immediately your way you weird ass creeper.
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HowYaLikeDemApplesWill — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 08:45 AM)
"The idea of the supernatural dog was annoying in itself. How was a dog supposed to outsmart a large group of kids over and over?"
The idea that "The Beast".aka "Hercules"and that name alone should give you a cluewas some supernatural and super-aware dog, was all done
from
the kids' perspective. That is why the dog was always filmed with some surreal, dreamlike lens quality.
The fact you took any of this in literal terms that somehow ruined the enjoyment and believability of this coming-to-age movie, is pretty laughable.
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realplayer54 — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 06:29 PM)
The acting was extremely flat. Yes, I'm aware that these kids were obviously very young, but so was Jerry O'Connell of Stand by Me (not saying he was the best of the four, but he WAS the youngest).
The acting was definitely not great, but it was anything but flat. These kids had fun and you can tell. This was a
comedy
, not a drama like Stand By Me.
The idea of the supernatural dog was annoying in itself. How was a dog supposed to outsmart a large group of kids over and over?
Suspension of disbelief(just go with it).
Once it escaped, why did it only chase down Benjamin Rodrguez and not the rest of the kids?
Supposedly, the dog liked to play and only wanted the ball and that's why it chased only Benny.
How was it able to jump through a pane of glass and walk out unharmed?
I agree that was a little much. It looked like Cujo.
Once the boys freed the dog from under the fence, how could it have just taken a liking to them?
That's what happens in real life when you ease an animals pain, they appreciate it(not all of them, but many do).
Why was the dog hoarding kids' baseballs anyways?
Dog's hoard things all the time. They even bury them.
What was up with those annoying sound effect that was played whenever a pop-fly started to drop?
Have to agree to disagree on that one. I thought those sound effects were cool and funny.
There was little in the movie to let us know that it took place in 1962.
Agreed. There was some things, but very little.
Perhaps one of the more major annoyances was the fact that the kids never really matured.
Once again, this was a comedy..
As a movie connoisseur, I know this isn't a great movie, but it has great moments and built up to those great moments beautifully.
That's my corn out there! You guys are guests in my corn! -
baran_erik — 9 years ago(May 10, 2016 02:08 PM)
There was nothing to let us know it was 1962? Other than the music, the cars and the way they dressed, you mean? What was it about your precious Stand By Me that made you think 1959?
Your argument that Stand By Me is superior because a bunch of 11/12 year olds talked about their broken homes and their hopes and dreams? Yeah, that's really realistic, isn't it? I don't know about you, but my summers were pretty much like the Sandlot guys, the only difference was we played in a open piece of land behind the Food City grocery store in the late 60s/early70s. And the yard where we lost our balls and Frisbees was the yard of a spinster and her widowed mom.
Yeah, the slide whistle was kinda lame, but heII, they use lame sound effects on FOX sports highlights.
I didn't see this movie until today, and it is great nostalgia. The baseball, the bikes, the pool, playing army, the Erector sets, those big plastic action figures on Ben's dresser, PF Flyers (I was a Red Ball Jets/Keds guy, though) but mostly, the entire day spent outside without an adult in sight. That was summer vacation in the 60s, man.
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fairyqueen144 — 9 years ago(May 21, 2016 08:44 PM)
"If you want to compare this to another kid movie, compare it to A Christmas Story."
The Sandlot and A Christmas Story is a great comparison.
They both involve a grown man looking back on his childhood several decades earlier. They are nostalgic and set during a time that is usually special to children (summer and Christmas, respectively). The narrator tends to exaggerate and and makes his story seem larger than life.
It's a tv show but The Wonder Years is probably a better comparison to Stand By Me. They also involve a grown man looking back on his childhood several decades earlier but are more realistic and deal with heavier and more serious themes.