Wednesday, May 21, 2008

THE ROAD WARRIOR (MEL GIBSON, BRUCE SPENCE;1982)


THERE'S A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHICH THE MOVIE JERK IS VERY PASSIONATE. ONE IS LUNCHBOXES: THE BRIEFCASE OF THE TODDLER AND THE WORKING CLASS. THE SECOND IS YACHTING: BECAUSE I CAN. THE THIRD IS TIME WARNER CABLE: EMPLOYING THE HOMELESS SINCE 1989. AND FINALLY, THE ROAD WARRIOR. AFTER A NUCLEAR BLAST DESTROYS AUSTRALIA, THE REMAINING POPULATION TURNS INTO RAPISTS, MURDERERS, AND CANNIBALS WHO WOULD DECAPITATE THEIR FELLOW MAN FOR A GALLON OF GASOLINE. NOT UNLIKE 2008. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THE DANGEROUS NOMADIC LIFESTYLE, OR RADIATION THAT'S FRIGHTENING. IT'S THE FACT THAT APPARENTLY AFTER A NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLODES, THE WORLD WILL TURN INTO PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ONLY CLOTHING TO SURVIVE THE BLAST WILL BE SILVER-STUDDED LEATHER SPEEDOS AND ASS-LESS CHAPS. LUCKILY MEL GIBSON, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, WILL DESTROY THESE S&M MONSTERS, AND RETURN US TO A CIVILIZATION BASED ON TRADITIONAL VALUES....SUCH AS LUNCH BOXES, YACHTING, AND TIME WARNER CABLE. GREAT ACTION IN THIS CLASSIC BUT IT DEFINITELY GETS WEIRDER EVERY TIME I SEE IT.

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