I was nine with this movie came out, and it triggered a crush on Matthew Broderick (and I still like him). Nowadays the movie is more of a guilty pleasure because the acting is very embarrassing, but man, when I was a kid, this movie rocked so much.
I loved the evil Gadget just because his teeth were so nice. But, it's nice to see Matthew Broderick playing a villain--He fit the role of a psychotic robot surprisingly well.
The evil robot of Brenda reminded me of Kathy Griffin . . . she'd have gotten along with Andy *Di*ck*, who I like despite not buying at all that he's a smart scientist. "I deserve a dashing appellation." "A dashing appellation. What is that? A hillbilly with a tuxedo?"
Rupert Everett was good as The Claw, I liked him so much better than The Claw from the cartoon--I actually liked all of the people in the live action movie better than the cartoon, although the cartoon was good too.
It's nice to see a young Michelle Trachtenberg in the movie, too--She's so cute, you can't help but like her in it. On Buffy, on the other hand . . .
The car was pretty annoying, though, and I'm pretty sure I didn't like him when I was nine either.
I forget, did they give Inspector Gadget a reason for never knowing what he was doing in the cartoon, or was he just really incompetent? Because if it's the latter, I'm glad they gave him an excuse in the movie (if they could install all this junk into one man, couldn't they have installed something that made him know what gadgets he had and how to use them?). They didn't show enough of that evil Inspector though, because he was fun. "We coulda been partners. You and me, we're alike, except I've got nicer teeth."
Cheri O'Terri as the mayor was fun, too. "I'm sorry about the loss of your father. He was a good man." "Oh, you knew him?" "No."
Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
I rented this off of TV one day when it had first come out on DVD and there was a storm or something and it kept cutting out. I never got the chance to ever finish that film. I hate it when movies do that, whether the DVD be messed up or the satellite. Maybe this will be one that I sit down and watch again some day with my son. I know that he would love it for sure!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Ooh if you wanna have a mad crush on Matthew Broderick you should rent WAR GAMES and FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF. Man , was he a cute kid!
Posted by Spooka Lupa (Member # 2700) on :
I saw those both--And yes, he was. Wasn't too bad in The Music Man either, even if I got bored and didn't watch it all, ha. But the Pool song was mad catchy.
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Wasn't too bad in The Music Man either, even if I got bored and didn't watch it all, ha. But the Pool song was mad catchy.