NielsBohron@lemmy.world to B Movie Bonanza@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI just heard about Buckaroo Banzai for the first time and wanted to sharelemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageI just heard about Buckaroo Banzai for the first time and wanted to sharelemmy.worldNielsBohron@lemmy.world to B Movie Bonanza@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareRottcodd@lemmy.ninjalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI suspect that it’s not an accident that it’s so memorable. Throughout the movie, there’s all of this plot stuff going on. That’s of course to be expected, since that’s what movies do. But at the same time, there’s little bits and pieces of the theme song coming together in the background. Then the story ends dramatically, and with a touching and heart-warming coda, and what’s the Lectroid’s reaction? “So what? Big deal.” Then the closing theme plays. And that’s the real culmination of the movie.
I suspect that it’s not an accident that it’s so memorable.
Throughout the movie, there’s all of this plot stuff going on. That’s of course to be expected, since that’s what movies do.
But at the same time, there’s little bits and pieces of the theme song coming together in the background.
Then the story ends dramatically, and with a touching and heart-warming coda, and what’s the Lectroid’s reaction? “So what? Big deal.”
Then the closing theme plays. And that’s the real culmination of the movie.