From: bc@campbell.Gwinnett.COM (campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Volcano Joe
Date: 6 Sep 92 17:35:38 GMT
Organization: Suncrest, Mulberry, & Fairlawns Frisbee Club


  It was good to see some discussion about Joe vs. the Volcano
  even if it started under the topic "Most Embarrassing Movies."
  I'm glad I wasn't the only one who liked it.

  Several of my co-workers saw it, too.  Some liked it, some didn't.
  But we LOVED the many stupid lines that came out of it, giving it
  cult status around the workplace.

  For anyone who hates their job, the first 15 minutes of this movie
  are a must!  The workplace is SO depressing, SO dreadful that it
  is hilarious.  The guy who sits at a desk next to the boss looks
  like he is half-dead.  As the camera follows Joe Banks
  (played by Tom Hanks), his boss is in and out of the scene
  several times speaking on the phone.  He is talking to someone
  named Harry.  He keeps saying the same phrases over and over...

    "I know he can GET the job, but can he DO the job?"
    "I'm not arguing that with you!"
    "I didn't say that!  If I'd have said that I would have been wrong!"

  You find out that this is the ultimate "unreasonable boss" when he
  comes in to chew out Joe.  The dialogue is typical of a boss who
  got to where he is today but nobody can figure out how.  ("You're
  to inFLEXible, Joe.  That's YOUR problem!  You're not FLEXible
  enough.)"  Almost everyone has worked for someone like this. :-)

  Another line out of nowhere is spoken in the middle of the movie
  by Meg Ryan who is playing some airhead (the 2nd of 3 characters
  she plays).  I forget exactly what Joe says to her but it's NOT
  a question, just conversation.  Stuck for an answer, she utters
  "I have no response to that!"

  I have seen a LOT of movies and this is easily one of the quirkiest
  of all.  Several bizarre characters run in and out of his life
  quickly with some of the weirdest dialog.

  Robert Stack has a scene as his doctor - seemingly making
  fun of his "dead-serious" screen reputation - as he tells him of
  his physical condition too preposterous to even describe here.

  Ossie Davis is a chauffeur who shows him some class on an unlimited
  shopping spree after making the following statement "I'm hired
  to drive you, not tell you who you are.  I took me too many years
  to find out who *I* am. You-know-what-I'm-sayin'?"

  Lloyd Bridges has an off-the-wall scene in which he has a proposal
  for Joe.  This scene makes you wonder if he is real or has come
  from Hell with a deal.  He also punches a hole in the wall of Joe's
  apartment (house?) with his walking stick for some reason.

  Abe Vigoda is the chief on the volcano island.  The natives are
  just plain strange but seem to be having a lot of fun.

  There are so many odd things in this movie that it's hard to tell
  if they are there for a reason or not.  (Mostly not, I suppose).

  Now if this description causes anyone to rent this movie and
  you don't like it, well, "I'm not arguing that with you."  But
  you WILL learn one thing:  Luggage is EVERYTHING!

 |________________________|___________________________________________|
 | Bob Campbell           | "I didn't say that.                       |
 | campbell@Gwinnett.COM  |  If I'd said that, I would have been wrong|
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