tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post5718247471506195482..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Film Review: COCKTAIL (1988, Roger Donaldson)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-17109484107183906762011-02-25T17:50:42.576-05:002011-02-25T17:50:42.576-05:00J.D.,
I still somehow feel that Bryan Brown acqui...J.D.,<br /><br />I still somehow feel that Bryan Brown acquits himself admirably- though of course I too prefer him in the likes of F/X or BREAKER MORANT (a personal favorite).<br /><br />Space Cadet, <br /><br />Thanks for the pic of Cap'n Ron- he never fails to raise my spirits, and this has been a particularly rough week. <br /><br />I apologize for not mentioning Kokomo, clearly I was swept up on a wave of yuppie-hating fervor and forgot to show the 80's Beach Boys the proper reverence.<br /><br />As for the screencaps, I think you'll find the truth satisfactory- I had already returned COCKTAIL to Netflix, and on a whim decided to cull my screencaps from a trailer included on my VHS of TURNER & HOOCH.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-50096559432394027592011-02-25T16:16:16.485-05:002011-02-25T16:16:16.485-05:00Your assessment of the film as a documentation of ...Your assessment of the film as a documentation of ‘80s yuppie culture is all fine and dandy, but I’ll tell ya’ what makes this review truly work… are these VHS quality screenshots. Did you record this from some 1990 edited-for- CBS, movie-of-the-week showing? (please say you did, even it means lying).<br /> <br />I like the scene where Brian and Doug are cocktailing, what appears to be, aboard a spaceship. At the time I just assumed it was, because I was really high and I also plainly afraid to question otherwise. And you forgot to mention ‘Kokomo’. You can’t shop-talk COCKTAIL without mentioning ‘Kokomo’. It’s a rule. <br /><br /><br />Oh, and by the way: http://i53.tinypic.com/2ekkigl.jpgCadethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378212224451377855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-58518003488173439142011-02-24T15:39:57.037-05:002011-02-24T15:39:57.037-05:00I'm ashamed to say that I actually saw this pi...I'm ashamed to say that I actually saw this piece of crap in theaters when it first came out but then I had no critical faculties at the time so there's that. This is a film that has not aged well and, I guess, serves as a reminder of the rah-rah "Greed is good" materialistic 1980s but man, I sure hope Bryan Brown got paid well for this gig. I prefer to remember him from F/X rather than this turkey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.com