Wednesday, May 23, 2007

"We're goin' to France! Parlez-vous Olympics?"

The Cutting Edge
DB Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn (1992)

102 minutes
Rated PG


I love this movie. Shut up. I fell in love with this movie when I was eight years old and I have loved it dearly ever since. Especially DB Sweeney.

This is the story of a young Olympic hockey player, Doug Dorsey (Sweeney), who on a particularly vicious hit in a game against West Germany, loses some of the sight in one of his eyes, preventing him from ever returning to hockey. At the same Olympics, a pairs skater, Kate Moseley (Kelly), has broken with her coach and partner after a particularly humiliating mistake. A few years later, her new coach, Anton Pamchenko (Dotrice) comes looking for Doug, remembering his incredible skating ability, wanting him to become Kate's newest partner, in a long line of temporary partners since that Olympics. They pick on each other, belittle each other, but gradually their relationship improves as their partnership grows. They have problems along the way but all ends well.

"Jack, next time you get a bright idea just put it in a memo!"

The Hunt for Red October
Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones (1990)
134 minutes
Rated PG


Jack Ryan (Baldwin) writes books for the CIA about naval tactics. When they discover that the Russians have created a submarine that can move silently and cannot be picked up by their sonar while moving silently, they call in Ryan to advise them. He, knowing more background on the submarine's captain, Marko Ramius (Connery), than they do, realizes that Ramius and his other officers intend to defect. Now, Ramius has the Russians after him and the Americans, until Ryan is able to convince the Americans of Ramius's intent. The only problem? Someone on the Red October does not want to defect.

Best part of the movie? Alec Baldwin's Sean Connery imitation. Also, Stellan SkarsgÄrd is in it.
Worst part of the movie? One of my favorite characters dies.