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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: I saw this movie as a result of a discussion on Japanese cars, and their physical superiority to American cars. Conveniently, my vocational teacher had a copy of this movie around [actually,he rented it from Hollywood Video]. I immediately fell in love with Keaton and his acting. But then again, here I am, expecting to see Pokemon adorning every possible sign in the Japanese streets, when the teacher tells me that this movie was made a long time before Pokemon. However, all subtle stupidities aside, I thought it was a great movie; very reflective of Japan's style of automotive building, and of America's socio-economic condition [at the time of filming,anway]. It fully illustrated to me the essence of what our teacher had been grunting on and on about all year; that America will take whatever steps necessary to avoid any decent, hard labor. All in all, it's a well-round film-good casting [Keaton, Goodman],great acting [especially on Keaton's side of things],and an AMAZING plot. I mean, you just don't see movies like this anymore!
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Summary: Good movie one of Keaton's best
Review: I thought this was one of Michael Keaton's best movies. I can not understand why anyone could not enjoy this movie. I must have watched it a lot of times when I was a kid and I still enjoy it.Everyone in the cast is excellent and if you do not like this movie so what. It is still a three star movie out there whenever you look at its rating in any paper.If it is a bad movie than why is it rated that way? I could watch this movie a milllion times and still not get enough.
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Summary: Ironic in retrospect
Review: It was through this movie that I was first introduced to Michael Keaton, who I consider one of my favourite actors. The strength of this movie is that it tells the story for both sides of the cultural barrier and doesn't portray one as being better than the other. It is a film that both Westerners and Japanese can relate to. (In comparions, 'Mr Baseball' pushes the 'west is best' attitude when it comes to that sport.) Last year I rented 'Gung-ho' for the first time in many years. Watching this movie, while working in Japan, makes the premise ironic in retrospect. One needs only to look at Nissan , a once mighty automaker (and probable inspiration for the movie's 'Assan Motors') that had to turn to Renault to help it out, to see that fortunes in the Japanese economy have changed greatly since the time of this movie. Hence, the film is interesting in a nestalgic sort of way too.
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Summary: "No more MTV, no more Twisted Sister!"
Review: Michael Keaton has been my favorite actor since I was seven years old and was first introduced to him in "Night Shift" and "Mr. Mom." Since then I have seen and own every movie he has made and this one is definitely in the top five.We all know Ron Howard is a great director, and he finally got his award this year for "A Beautiful Mind," and I do believe that this is one of his best films ever. Even though this movie was made in 1986 it still hits home today. With our weakened economic state we can relate to local businesses closing down and having to look overseas for help. There isn't much I can say about this movie that others already have, other then the fact that I do not believe it truly stereotypes anyone, all it really does is point out some hard truths. A lot of American workers are lazy, they do come in ten minutes late and leave ten minutes early, and at the same time too many Japanese workers care too much about work and not enough about their families. What this movie shows is the understanding of these sad facts and people working to overcome them, and people from different cultures becoming friends and working together to achieve one common goal. This movie isn't just about making cars, it's about learning to make the necessary changes in our attitudes to get along and succeed. Not to mention it's extremely funny thanks to Michael, Gedde Wantanabe (Yes, "Long Duk Dong" from "Sixteen Candles", George Wendt, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers, Rick Overton and Ron's brother Clint and father Rance. (Sometimes it's almost like a game looking for them in Rons movies)
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Summary: very good!!!!!Oh
Review: Ouuu!!Lala!!!
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Summary: Where's the DVD?
Review: This is a feel good movie that holds up well on repeated viewings. Micheal Keaton did an excellent job of trying to be the middle man and keep things calm. It ended up being very funny. I hope that when it does come on DVD they do it justice.
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Summary: A fun movie
Review: This is a guilty pleasure. Unfortunately, like many Paramount transfers, this is too soft and not vibrant; a real dissapointment (sometimes I would swear it is also out of focus...but that may be in the original masters).
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Summary: Working Class Man
Review: This is one of my favorite movies. I think, while a comedy, it really does hit the head of the nail about the mentality of auto industry. It is very original and the story is interesting enough that the movie flies by. Check it out.
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Summary: Gung Ho
Review: This is one of my favorite movies. I think, while a comedy, it really does hit the head of the nail about the mentality of auto industry. It is very original and the story is interesting enough that the movie flies by. Check it out.
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Summary: A fun movie about a tough time in America
Review: This movie gives a glimpse of how America came to terms with its economic fallibility. In a way, it was prophetic becuase so many American companies have partnered with Japanese companies in just this manner, and had the same kinds of growing pains. Ron Howard gave a touchy subject his magic, and Gung Ho! is a hilarious and delightful story. Some people find the movie a simplistic version of an American-Japanese culture clash. Don't be such a fuddy-duddy! Good comedies don't portray reality, but they make us THINK about reality, which is much more important. In that aspect, Ron Howard and his talented cast did a great job.
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