An Honest Review

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2017)

If it can be old and you don't judge it on age...you will like this movie.
If you don't care that the movie doesn't take itself seriously...you will like this movie.
And if your body has aged but your soul has not...you will like this movie.
Like "The Goonies," The other Columbus/Spielberg collaboration there is a very clear lines are drawn in the sand.
"/" Marks the divide between the folks that loved it as kids and still love it because it is a fun movie that doesn't take itself seriously..."/"...and the folks who, as adults, don't seem to care for anything that isn't serious. You know, the folks who will ONLY watch a comedy if it is done by Wes Anderson or is muted and dramatic.
And that is fine, it's just a shame they lost all sense of childhood fun and adventure. You know, the folks that can't get excited about building pillow forts with their kids anymore.
"/" Also marks the divide between '80s kids and adults that assume anything more serious than "paw patrol" will mortify a child under 16.
And they are forgetting that, when they were kids, their folks took them to see "Robocop" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "The Goonies" and "Gremlins" on the big screen and they were NOT traumatized for life by them.
You know, idiots that forget that children are humans too. Not as developed, but certainly not butterflies.
And the last "/" line in the sand divides the folks that care about how long ago the '80s were and want everything made 5 seconds ago...and the folks that can still watch "A Christmas Story" and not feel that it needs to be updated, remade, and rebooted to reflect the style and technology of 2017.