Weird Science

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Apr 24, 2019 What kind of a dumba$$$ doesn't give this 4 or 5 stars?

Hagrid S Dec 11, 2018 Not as good as all the other Hughes teen romps, Weird Science is still a funny coming of age tale

Theodore W Nov 24, 2018 It's pretty wild seeing Robert Downey Jr so young. Anthony Michael Hall was a really charismatic and energetic actor. I appreciate the roles he's done and the way he approaches acting. That girl is smoking. That kid is so lucky to have made out with a girl like that. The style in this movie is very alternative and different than what you see in most 80's movies. The humor is very upfront and the dialogue doesn't hold back. There's very original humor in the movie that's not seen very often especially in 80's movies. It's really whacky and zany movie. It kind of reminds me of the randomness of the movie, Repo Man. I feel like this is the kind of movie to watch with the bros. It's got hot girls, really raunchy humor, and a ridiculous story line. See more

Kylo R Nov 10, 2018 It should be obvious, if you're someone with an even basic knowledge of 80s comedies, that John Hughes is a legend of this era. He's written and directed some of the more iconic teen comedies of the era like Ferris Bueller's Day, Pretty In Pink (which he only wrote), Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club (a movie that I love). I would include Some Kind of Wonderful in the aforementioned list but, honestly, it isn't as iconic or as memorable as those that I just mentioned. But that's not all he did, not by a long shot. He also wrote the first three National Lampoon's Vacation movies (two of which I very much enjoyed), Planes, Train and Automobiles (which I loved as well), Uncle Buck (a really fun movie) and the first three Home Alone movies. I feel like I shouldn't count the third installment, but the first two were massively successful and made Macaulay Culkin into a massive star, at least for a little while. So, yes, when you look at John Hughes' track record, it's actually pretty fucking strong all things considered. That's not to say his track record is perfect. I wasn't in love with Home Alone, even if I would consider it relatively solid, European Vacation didn't really float my boat either. Baby's Day Out was fucking awful. An interesting little tidbit about Baby's Day Out, it flopped in the U.S, but it was a major hit in South Asian countries which, apparently, according to his Wikipedia entry, so take this with a grain of salt, led to a franchise based on that movie. This is strange to me. Regardless, this brings us to Weird Science and where it fits in with some of the movies I just mentioned. It doesn't rank near the bottom with Baby's Day Out, to be sure. I feel that it just falls somewhere near the middle of the pack, along with European Vacation and Home Alone. The thing that, to me, stuck out about a film like Breakfast Club is how it actually cared about and nurtured these characters that were all stuck in detention. How these characters are explored and how they grow closer together throughout this day. It was, really, quite the excellent script. I can't speak to Sixteen Candles or Pretty In Pink, neither of which I've seen (despite wanting to), but I imagine that it's also fairly successful at exploring these teens' lives in the 80s and making them into likable, believable characters that you can relate to in your own way. Weird Science, on the other hand, has absolutely none of that and, honestly, it doesn't really even feel like this guy was the same guy that wrote and directed The Breakfast Club, which was released earlier in the SAME year. You know the concept, two unpopular dorks find a way to create the perfect woman who, somehow, has magic powers like she's some sort of 80s I Dream of Jeannie. I realize the 80s were a considerably different time, in more ways than one, but I can't imagine how this concept would be taken in this day's landscape. I mean there's been movies that have followed a relatively similar concept, like Ruby Sparks, in which an author creates this character that comes to life. But Ruby Sparks was released in 2012, things are VERY different in 2018. But, at the very least, Ruby Sparks explored some interesting ideas regarding its concept of creating the perfect woman, at least in the case of that movie and this one. And that's not even the worst part of this movie. Look, if I was Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan-Mitchell Smith (17 and 16, or maybe slightly younger, respectively, and I got to make out with, let's be real here, a smoking hot, and 25-year-old, Kelly LeBrock, I would not say no. It's just that, let's just say, it hasn't aged particularly well either. Though, to be fair, I think that Kelly makes out only with Ilan. I'm not taking points away from the movie based on an outdated and the making out, but it's just stuff that has not aged well when compared to, say, The Breakfast Club. Regardless, this is a fairly decent movie I would supposed. But I do think that the sci-fi approach to its narrative and the fact that Lisa can do whatever she wants ends up limiting the type of story you can tell with these characters. I guess that this was obviously meant to be something a little lighter and not so interested with exploring the lives of its teen leads, but Wyatt and Gary just aren't that intriguing as characters. Wyatt is bullied by his older brother Chet and Gary, well, I don't know what's wrong with Gary. They have self-confidence issues and having Lisa around helps them come out of their shell, which is all fine and dandy. I've got no problem with that, but I never really cared about Gary or Wyatt, I think Lisa is the main draw of the movie, obviously. And not only is this because, as I mentioned, Kelly LeBrock is a stunner, but she is legitimately very charming in this role. It would be interesting if this was a darker movie and seeing how Lisa, with her powers, gets more and more out of control, pushing things to the point that Wyatt and Gary need to do something about her. I mean, really, that would make it a horror movie, but it'd still be interesting to me. I think the main problem I had, even if I'm giving this a decent rating, is that the movie just isn't that funny. I think if you're gonna swap out the heart and soul of a movie like The Breakfast Club, you need to substitute with some top-notch comedy and this movie fails to do that. There are some funny moments, to be sure, like the whole biker gang (which was ripped straight out of Mad Max) invading Gary and Wyatt's party, which leads to them standing up for themselves, is pretty funny. And drunk Gary, at least before they get him out of the club, is also funny. Another one of the gags that stuck out in my mind was when Lisa made Gary's parents forget their entire meeting, where she insisted on taking Gary to the party, she fucked up with Gary's dad so bad that he fails to remember who his own son was. It's not great, but it's a fairly funny bit. But that's all that I can remember that really stuck out in my mind. It's just not that consistently funny. Gary and Wyatt do learn a lesson, maybe not the lesson they SHOULD learn (that they shouldn't create women to fulfill their every desire and/or wish), but they do learn a lesson and, of course, they both get the girls they want at the end. The romance subplot, if it could even be called that, is the bare minimum. It's not particularly good or that satisfying considering that these two new couples barely know anything about the other. I don't know what else you want me to say, but John Hughes' magnum opus, this is not. I've seen worse, particularly earlier during this month, but I can't really recommend this. Doesn't have the heart and soul of some of Hughes' best and the comedy that it substitutes that heart and soul with is lacking. Kelly LeBrock is great, but she's the only great thing about this movie. See more

Hagrid R Oct 16, 2018 very funny best lines in a 80's.

Han W Oct 9, 2018 Another classic 80's film.

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