I realize that some might think my tastes in movies rather
cockeyed and juvenile, but I really have to make a recommendation:
See "Blast from the Past." Brandon Frazier, Alicia
Silverstone, Dave Foley, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek. Silly
premise: In 1962, CalTech scientist and Commie-hater Christopher
Walken builds a huge bomb shelter in case the Reds nuke us.
During the Cuban Missile crisis, he ushers his pregnant wife (Spacek)
down into the shelter. And wouldn't you know it? A plane crashes
in the neighborhood, which they believe to be an a-bomb. So they
seal the shelter for 35 years (half life of uranium, doncha know)
and ultimately send out Brandon Frazier-- who's lived his whole
life watching Honeymooners repeats and dancing with his mother to
Perry Como-- out into the mutant-filled world of 1998 to fetch
more supplies.
Silly premise-- but allow the film its premise and it works in
every way possible.
I'd review it but my review would be rather gushy and I don't
wish to poison the well. But this movie is terrific. It's funny,
it's romantic, it has a message. It has heart.
Well, that's all I'll say. It just came out on video and did
nothing business at the box office. But it's worth a rental.
