Thursday, April 15, 1993
Indecent Proposal--Far
by Vince F. Smith
Collegian Staff
If somebody offered you a
million dollars (guys or girls, it
If somebody
offered you a
million dollars
for one night
with your
significant
other, would
you do it?
doesn't matter) for one night
with your significant other,
would you do it?
A summertime adventure that leaves something to be desired
by Sarah Mekbiorre
Colftwicas Staff
The Sandlot is a movie
about kids for people with the
same mentality as kids. There
are a few scenes that made me
snicker and I guess I was
pleasantly surprised, but then
again I saw it for free.
A young boy moves to a
new town with only two weeks
left until the end of the school
year. He has only that short
period to make friends for the
summer.
The neighborhood boys are
a tight group who play baseball
everyday at the sandlot. They
need one more person to round
out the team. Perfect right?
Wrong! Smalls can't play
baseball. He can't catch and he
throws like a girl.
Finding your place in a new
environment is always hard.
Being the new kid is never fun.
The Sandlot explores this
dilemma and follows the
summertime adventures of the
boys.
Most of the time I find
child acting pretty dry and very
staged. This movie didn't
disappoint me in that aspect. It
seemed like the actors were
concentrating way too hard on
hitting which made it seem
somewhat fake.
more than decent
Would you let them do it?. .
And how would you react
afkrwanls?
Think hard about that last
question. And then go to see
Indecent Proposal, directed by
Adrian Dyne. This movie is
about a young couple, David
and Diane, played by Woody
Harrelson and Demi Moore,
whose dreams of building a
dream house are shattered by a
recession in the house-building
and selling industries.
Desperate, they go to Vegas,
where they lose their last
nest egg gambling.
Of course, this isn't the whole
story. Diane Catches the eye of
arrogant billionaire John Gage.
(Robert Redford) Gage makes a
proposal to the young couple,
after an argument between Gaae
THE SANDLOT hits
the big screen
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and the couple over whether
money can buy people. He
offers David a million dollars to
have sex with Diane. The two
at first refuse, but Diane talks
David into it. After all, he
needs the money.
Yes, I will tell you that the
consummation does occur. But
again, that's not the whole
story. The story then turns to
the aftermath of the incident- the
distrust and pain that tests
severely the love of the young
couple. Will they forget the
incident? Or can there be
forgiveness?
That I won't tell you. You'll
have to see the movie for the
answers. The movie does have
merit. The acting is exceptional
especially by Moore and,
amazingly, Harrelson (Good to
know he can dump his "Woody
" persona). Redford is good as
always. The way he plays
arrogance and yet underneath it
is really a nice guy is
commendable.
About the only problem this
movie has is it's a bit lengthy. I
won't give too much away, but
there's a section in the middle
where David and Diane aren't
together yet we hope they will
soon be. Obviously the tension
here is important. But we don't
need it stretched out quite as
long as it turns out to be. The
twist in the plot that eventually
ends the film is confusing
because of it.
Still in all, Indecent Proposal
is a very good movie. If the
commercials (which I realize
have been playing endlessly)
Page 11
have left you feeling the film
might be cheesy, don't be fooled
"...don't be
fooled by the
commercials.
Indecent
Proposal is a
more than
decent movie."
by the commercials. Indecent
Proposal is a more than decent
movie. I propose you see it.
And then ask yourself, so, if I
was in his or her shoes, would
I do it? Definitely Something to
think about....
Smalls (Tom Guig)
received his name from Bennie
(Mike Vitar), who was the best
player ever at the sandlot. He is
the guy on the street that
everyone looks up to. And
when smalls gets the group in
in the biggest "pickle" of their
lives, it's up to Bennie to get
them out of it.
A great portion of the
movie deals with the beast
behind the outfield fence. The
plot is very simple and seems
like it was done before. So
many lines are cliches. For
example, when Smalls takes
forever to throw a ball back, one
of the boys yells "It's about
time! My clothes are going out
of style!"
Surprise appearances by
Dennis Leary and James Earl
Jones add a little spice to the
movie. Jones, as always, plays
his part well. He is a very
strong and powerful actor-his
presences are amazing consider
ing the short time he is on
screen.
I feel like I've been a little
unjust and tough. It is a very
good effort by the kids. I think
people should wait until the
movie comes out on tape or
cable. Ok, you could take a kid
to see the film and pass it off
as his idea.