This week’s screening was the Warriors, a film about a street gang from Coney Island. We follow them as they leave the island and head deeper into the city for a meeting with other street gangs from all over the city. Here we follow them as they struggle to make it home with a hit from one of the gangs out on them. A rival group kills the leader of this meeting, Cyrus, and then blames it on our Warriors. With all the dangers they face, we leave them looking off at the ocean wondering what is next for them.

My favorite part of this movie is the use of the radio host and how the focus is all on her lips. We don’t get a chance to see what she looks like, but that it not the point. The point is for us to focus on her words and how she uses different lingo to tell other gangs where they are.  “The Baseball Furies have dropped the ball – made an error. Our friends are on second base and are trying to make it all the way home. Remember, boppers… be lookin’ good.” She uses clues like the baseball furies have dropped the ball, to tell others that they are on the move. This is also mixed in well with the different music she would play. In the opening scene she plays “Nowhere to Run” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and then it pans to every gang getting ready to claim this bounty. This helps to show that there is no hope for our Warriors and that nowhere will be safe. Her last song was “In the City” by the Eagles and this just wraps up the film so well.  The song talks about how it is survival in the City and that what these boy just went through. It also mentions the horizon as Swan looks out to the ocean not knowing what is next. This film did a great job with both the narrating of events and music selection.

Let’s talk about Space Jam, this is a film that I hold near and dear to my heart. This is one that I think every kid has grown up watching. I can remember so many different times watching this film whether it was in my buddy’s basement or on family trips. This is just a film that every kid should have seen and falls into the category of not a real childhood without watching this film. I know that Michael Jordan’s acting was nonexistent, but even after that point the film had everything kid needs from basketball legends to the Looney Toons and then even Bill Murray. This is a film that I will hold on to as part of my own childhood and many others will to. I have a few friends who have the toon squad jerseys.

Then we take a trip Back to the Future, I know this is a cult film because it its so many different groups of people. You get the movie goers, the car enthusiast, and the sneaker heads all involved in the trilogy. I know the film mainly for the use of the DMC DeLorean and all the cool stuff around this company. From the owner who was a car designer to his plans of using the drug market to fun his production. Then you move into the second movie where everyone could wait for the hoover board and the automatic tying shoes. All of these products have hit the market and have a range of cost. You can buy the Nike shoes for about $15,000 and a DeLorean for about $50,000. The only down fall is that it will cost a little extra for all the Back to the Future gear.

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