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Always makes me think of “The Rocketeer”. That probably pins me to a particular generation.

Larrikin 4y ago
That movie was always strange to me as a person who watched it in kindergarten. It was in my memory peak cinema, with an amazing tie in of reusable cups from the best restaurant chain (Pizza Hut)that lived in my house for years later and I drank out of regularly. As a kid I loved pretending to be able to fly around the sky. But I've never met anyone in my generation that has ever seen it and even people older than me barely remember it existing.
- fingerlocks 4y ago
  I’m from your generation and my only memory of the film was a lot of talking and very little action. Have you seen it as an adult? Curious how it holds up. Wikipedia’s page is interesting, apparently its got a cult following now.
  - sircastor 4y ago
    I was about 13 when it came out. Watching some clips recently, it’s exactly as I remember it. I can confirm that it feels slow to start. I think most movies used to take a good 15 minutes to get going. These days they’re very out-of-the-gate. I’m one of the cult followers I guess. It’s a shame to me that it never got a sequel. It’s fun pulp fiction in the style of Indiana Jones.
  - voltaireodactyl 4y ago
    For the record: it holds up brilliantly. James Hornet’s score alone is worth the ride — still used as a primary temp track for figuring out the edits of new movies. Effects are the best practical work has to offer. Timothy Dalton as Errol Flynn with an Aryan secret is phenomenal, having the most fun of his career. Jennifer Connelly is a full on movie star hitting her stride. Alan Arkin at his peak grumpy old man stage. And Billy Campbell deserved a better career. And the story is pure old fashioned American underdog finds a unique advantage and uses it to take on the bad guys to save the girl. It’s damn near perfect tbh.
    - QuizzicalCarbon 4y ago
      Seconding the great score.
    - fractallyte 4y ago
      Don't forget the poster, by John Mattos! One of the finest movie posters ever: http://www.johnmattos.com/film.php http://www.johnmattos.com/film.php Detail: https://www.artcenter.edu/gallery/detail/569d6e434d9b6f9a563a151e/9724 https://www.artcenter.edu/gallery/detail/569d6e434d9b6f9a563... I emailed him a while back, and he told me the original artwork wasn't in his possession, and he had no idea where it was...
    - sircastor 4y ago
      And Terry O'Quinn as the eccentric millionaire aviator inventor.
- voltaireodactyl 4y ago
  Rocketeer is among the finest action adventure movies ever made, and deserves to be hailed much more widely than it currently is. The reason it is not is simple bad luck: out of all the movies it could have opened against, it managed to open against the single film that (at that time) could outdo it in its own action-adventure game, the defining work of the genre: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Even Rocketeer couldn’t overcome that.
  - boomboomsubban 4y ago
    "The Rocketeer" opened June 21, 1991. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened June 12, 1981. From Wikipedia >The (Rocketeer) opened #4 behind Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, City Slickers and Dying Young
    - voltaireodactyl 4y ago
      You’re absolutely right — I got my inventive, genre-redefining blockbusters mixed up. Instead of Raiders I should have said Terminator 2, which Rocketeer did compete with. James Cameron remains a defining figure in that space. I am stung by the correction because it’s nice to imagine oneself infallible, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
treeman79 4y ago
Wanted to show that to my family. Put on rocket man by mistake. Was extremely confused for several minutes.
losvedir 4y ago
Oh man. That brings back memories. I adored The Rocketeer as a little kid. I had an NES game based on the movie, too, but I think I remember it being too hard for me.

That movie was always strange to me as a person who watched it in kindergarten. It was in my memory peak cinema, with an amazing tie in of reusable cups from the best restaurant chain (Pizza Hut)that lived in my house for years later and I drank out of regularly. As a kid I loved pretending to be able to fly around the sky. But I've never met anyone in my generation that has ever seen it and even people older than me barely remember it existing.

fingerlocks 4y ago
I’m from your generation and my only memory of the film was a lot of talking and very little action. Have you seen it as an adult? Curious how it holds up. Wikipedia’s page is interesting, apparently its got a cult following now.
- sircastor 4y ago
  I was about 13 when it came out. Watching some clips recently, it’s exactly as I remember it. I can confirm that it feels slow to start. I think most movies used to take a good 15 minutes to get going. These days they’re very out-of-the-gate. I’m one of the cult followers I guess. It’s a shame to me that it never got a sequel. It’s fun pulp fiction in the style of Indiana Jones.
- voltaireodactyl 4y ago
  For the record: it holds up brilliantly. James Hornet’s score alone is worth the ride — still used as a primary temp track for figuring out the edits of new movies. Effects are the best practical work has to offer. Timothy Dalton as Errol Flynn with an Aryan secret is phenomenal, having the most fun of his career. Jennifer Connelly is a full on movie star hitting her stride. Alan Arkin at his peak grumpy old man stage. And Billy Campbell deserved a better career. And the story is pure old fashioned American underdog finds a unique advantage and uses it to take on the bad guys to save the girl. It’s damn near perfect tbh.
  - QuizzicalCarbon 4y ago
    Seconding the great score.
  - fractallyte 4y ago
    Don't forget the poster, by John Mattos! One of the finest movie posters ever: http://www.johnmattos.com/film.php http://www.johnmattos.com/film.php Detail: https://www.artcenter.edu/gallery/detail/569d6e434d9b6f9a563a151e/9724 https://www.artcenter.edu/gallery/detail/569d6e434d9b6f9a563... I emailed him a while back, and he told me the original artwork wasn't in his possession, and he had no idea where it was...
  - sircastor 4y ago
    And Terry O'Quinn as the eccentric millionaire aviator inventor.
voltaireodactyl 4y ago
Rocketeer is among the finest action adventure movies ever made, and deserves to be hailed much more widely than it currently is. The reason it is not is simple bad luck: out of all the movies it could have opened against, it managed to open against the single film that (at that time) could outdo it in its own action-adventure game, the defining work of the genre: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Even Rocketeer couldn’t overcome that.
- boomboomsubban 4y ago
  "The Rocketeer" opened June 21, 1991. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened June 12, 1981. From Wikipedia >The (Rocketeer) opened #4 behind Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, City Slickers and Dying Young
  - voltaireodactyl 4y ago
    You’re absolutely right — I got my inventive, genre-redefining blockbusters mixed up. Instead of Raiders I should have said Terminator 2, which Rocketeer did compete with. James Cameron remains a defining figure in that space. I am stung by the correction because it’s nice to imagine oneself infallible, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

treeman79 4y ago

Wanted to show that to my family. Put on rocket man by mistake. Was extremely confused for several minutes.

losvedir 4y ago

Oh man. That brings back memories. I adored The Rocketeer as a little kid. I had an NES game based on the movie, too, but I think I remember it being too hard for me.