tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post6399995749529686689..comments2023-08-20T06:16:15.362-05:00Comments on Getafilm: Underrated MOTM: The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-5389890245656829152013-02-04T19:14:08.480-06:002013-02-04T19:14:08.480-06:00Thanks for visiting and reminiscing, Youli. I thin...Thanks for visiting and reminiscing, Youli. I think that water gun scene is a high point from 80's family movies. Classic!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-67239272952584285032013-02-04T18:14:19.689-06:002013-02-04T18:14:19.689-06:00I was searching for the title of this movie for ma...I was searching for the title of this movie for many many many years! (I watched it when I was a kid, and I just remember the water-gun scene, just like you)<br />Thanks a lot for helping me remind it!<br />I'm going to watch it again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994123111830834348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-33727721180534568132011-06-01T12:39:02.455-05:002011-06-01T12:39:02.455-05:00Hi Vera, thanks for stopping by and commenting on ...Hi Vera, thanks for stopping by and commenting on this old one! I wish I would come across this movie on TV one day, but the rerun films on cable television (at least basic cable) are the same old ones, Pirates of the Caribbean or something starring Nicolas Cage...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-7308903343295939282011-06-01T02:09:45.000-05:002011-06-01T02:09:45.000-05:00I just watched this on cable the other day! I love...I just watched this on cable the other day! I loved it, haha. I would have been too young to see it in the theater back then but I doubt if it was shown here in the Philippines at all. I loved it though and will be linking here from my blog once I finish my simple review. :)Verahttp://verabear.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-85983193211649187812009-04-30T11:27:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:27:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Stinger. I ...Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Stinger. I wish this would show up more on cable but I've never come across it, hence my synopsis-lite here.<br /><br />"Just the right amount of Fred Savage" - ha, there really is a limit, isn't there? I think it was reached in Little Monsters.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-45238705609493732022009-04-30T09:33:00.000-05:002009-04-30T09:33:00.000-05:00Everytime this movie is on one of the movie channe...Everytime this movie is on one of the movie channels I feel compelled to watch it. It has just the right amount of Fred Savage in it (not much...kind of like The Princess Bride) and the acting from the two young stars is actually really good.<br /><br />It has its cheesy moments but that was the 80's. A movie everyone should see at least once.The Stingerhttp://www.todayinsport.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-90899846062253630942009-03-03T09:59:00.000-06:002009-03-03T09:59:00.000-06:00Sounds good, RC - just remember to put yourself in...Sounds good, RC - just remember to put yourself in the mindset of a little kid. This is a movie about a flying boy, after all.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for chiming in, Film-Book. I think Major Payne ended a couple of careers - Castle's and Damon Wayans (Marlon and Keenan Ivory are still doing a bit of work). But truth be told I've never even seen the whole thing. I think I get it confused with Pauly Shore and In the Army Now.<BR/><BR/>And I was just making a joke about Eric having lost his parents and then being forced to live with Herman Munster. Gwynne was solid, though - this was actually one of his last movies, too.<BR/><BR/>And wow, I don't remember Milly getting wasted, but yeah - probably not going to make it in a family movie in 2009.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-34912398734699724552009-03-03T04:16:00.000-06:002009-03-03T04:16:00.000-06:00I still have the VHS of this.I still have the VHS of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-31506907458804620472009-03-03T04:14:00.000-06:002009-03-03T04:14:00.000-06:00"essentially ended with Major Payne in 1995"You di..."essentially ended with Major Payne in 1995"<BR/>You didn't like major payne?<BR/><BR/>"Making matters worse, his uncle is played by Fred Gwynne, otherwise known as Herman Munster from 'The Addams Family'"<BR/>Why does that make matters worse? Fred was good in the film.<BR/><BR/>But also leads to a tender romance.<BR/>The best part of the movie. Actually, Milly started liking Eric before she found out he could fly. Her teacher asked her to spend time with Eric and it started happening naturally.<BR/><BR/>"The Boy Who Could Fly could simply not be produced in the present day because the 80's-ness is completely off the charts. It is truly a movie that could only exist at one moment in time"<BR/>Plus the fact that Milly gets wasted half way through the flick and the word retard is thrown around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-71753178530794349392009-03-02T23:53:00.000-06:002009-03-02T23:53:00.000-06:00i haven't heard of this one before...certainly int...i haven't heard of this one before...certainly intrigued enough to consider picking this one up!RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-45659045170070307382009-03-02T21:59:00.000-06:002009-03-02T21:59:00.000-06:00Awesome, Rachel. So both of you had it on VHS and ...Awesome, Rachel. So both of you had it on VHS and I only saw it in the theater (and I was only 5 or 6 at the time). And yet we all remember it 20 years later!<BR/><BR/>I'm telling you, people, this was the movie of a generation and we're only realizing it now.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-22987125939339423142009-03-02T21:53:00.000-06:002009-03-02T21:53:00.000-06:00I wore out my VHS(!) copy of this movie. I think ...I wore out my VHS(!) copy of this movie. I think I was too young (5) to see it in the theater, but once we rented it, we had to own it. It's probably been about 18 years or so since I watched it, but I actually remember some things quite vividly. Great pick for the Underrated MOTM!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386248680892197260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-78562530959375197302009-03-02T21:52:00.000-06:002009-03-02T21:52:00.000-06:00Yes! (pumps fist) I should have grabbed it from yo...Yes! (pumps fist) <BR/><BR/>I should have grabbed it from you before you bounced out of here, but something tells me this movie actually lives much better in all of our memories than it does in real life, so it's probably for the best.<BR/><BR/>Haha, totally remember the Army gear now that you mention it. But I'm still dying to know if the urine attack happened as I described.<BR/><BR/>I really hope so, because if not then it means I either experienced that when I was little or I considered doing it, both of which would be horrible truths.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-16857221154973667202009-03-02T18:32:00.000-06:002009-03-02T18:32:00.000-06:00Crazy that you put this one up. I definitely remem...Crazy that you put this one up. I definitely remember it (and own it) - my sister and I went through a phase where we watched it over and over. My memory is that Savage was on a big wheel, decked out in army gear, trying desperately to make it all the way around the block. He eventually hashes out a battle plan that vanquishes the bullies and he triumphs.nkimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199120209017760256noreply@blogger.com