Risky Business (1983) | Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay | I may be looking too deeply into a movie...

Risky Business (1983) | Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay | Does anyone not see the guiness irony?

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Risky Business (1983)

	Risky Business (1983) Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay Warner Home Video, 1999 average customer review:based on 65 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I may be looking too deeply into a movie but....

I may be looking too deeply into a movie but....

I saw Risky Business when I was 13 and thought that although some parts were funny, it was filmed beautifully and the music was dreamlike to me. The film became more of a personal introspective when high school hit and I began to see the parallels between my life and this Joel character. I used to live in an upper middle-class suburban neighborhood while growing up; big yards, lots of trees, and yardwork that always needed to be done. While the folks were out of town on vacation and my brother was away on weekend with friends; was left at home to rake leaves, mow the grass, and do homework (or play tennis) on Friday and Saturday nights instead of dating, partying, and getting into trouble. Maybe you can identify.. My G-d though! Where was Rebecca De Mornay when I needed her back then??

I strongly believe that to call this movie just a mere comedy is a total disservice to the film's artistic elements. The way the camera focuses on the leaves blowing around in the yard as we see Joel looking around at all this d-mn work that needs to be done. The slow motion on the hose as he waters the plants, the love-making scene on the train, the train at night, and the instrumental music by TD. In my opinion, the term "Comedy" refers to films like Animal House or Caddyshack. Risky Business would be better compared to Solaris than it would either of those two.

The soundtrack will never be outdated as the "Love On A Real Train" main theme is still the best instrumental track I've ever heard (If you're a dreamer, then try listening to the soundtrack while you're doing your own yardwork and you might begin to look forward to those precious times of isolation and reflection).

If you like Risky Business, then check out Three O'Clock High as well. Different struggle, similar character, set to the serious background music of Tangerine Dream. Also dubbed as a comedy, but in my opinion, there are many undertones of drama interlaced.

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Does anyone not see the guiness irony?

I have read reviews about giving plot info and so on, but one thing that everyone seems to miss is the irony at the end.
Joel has evey teenage boy's fantasy come true while his parents are away, and nothing could have been better. But because he doesn't have the money he owes Lana, she steals his mother's "artsy fartsy" glass egg. From there a string of histerical and depressing events follow, until his parents return from out of town. Joel's mother discovers a crack in the egg, and Joel is blamed and punished as he was responsible for the house while they were away.
The greatest thing about the movie is how it makes you say to yourself, "jesus, all he had to do was listen to Miles, tell his mom the egg broke, and none of this s*** would have happened" I think that most people miss this point, although it's plainly obvious throughout and near the end of the film. That's what makes this movies great, along with famous scenes of Cruise dancing in his underwear, sexual acts preformed on a train, and car chasing by Guido the killer pimp.
Truly awesome feature that everyone should watch. By the way, when they have sex on the chair and the american flag is waving on the TV, unbelievable.

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Best Tom Cruise movie of all

A classic! "I've got a trig midterm tomorrow and I'm being chased by Guido the Killer Pimp!"

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