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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 24, 2017 16:44:33 GMT
 "I don't think I want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer, or a sillyheart. And I sure don't want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job. But I know a good kid when I see one. You so much as scowl at my niece, or any other kid in this school, and I hear about it, and I'm coming looking for you!"When a sudden family crisis appears out of the blue, bachelor and party man Buck (John Candy) is to be called upon to help out with taking care of his brother's kids, of which he has very little recollection of.
Still, the good natured big brother takes a certain pride in being their official babysitter for the next few days, even though he was their absolute last choice.
But his positive and friendly attitude is soon about to be tested as the teenage daughter Tia (Jean Loisa Kelly) does her very best to make him feel "welcome".
Still, that is nothing compared to what Buck is about to cope with for the next couple of days, as he gets to know several of the towns favorite locals, everything from
the horny next door lady, the dead drunken birthday clown (with great dildo jokes), a preachy principal, an enraged girlfriend and of course Tia's sneaky boyfriend Bug!
One of my favorite childhood family comedies, and probably the second best John Hughes/John Candy movie, only beaten by the classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). As a kid when I came home from school alone, John Candy was like my third uncle, or my favorite movie uncle. I loved his films and they always made me laugh. Even though Uncle Buck might be a bit too cozy and cute in some parts, the whole nostalgic feel, and of course John Candy makes up for that. Mike Starr is great in his very short, but memorable part as Pooter the birthday clown "I'm a god!". The main theme used in the film by Hugh Harris is also pretty damn solid. |
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 24, 2017 17:32:45 GMT
Uncle Buck: "Take this quarter, go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face."
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 25, 2017 5:08:47 GMT
"BLASPHEMER!"
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Post by kaasa on Feb 27, 2017 10:13:17 GMT
One of my favorites. I love that classic Chicago style displayed in Uncle Buck and Adventures in Babysitting.
And that short party scene! I look forward to watching that part every time I see it on television.
Arguably John Hughes' best work.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 5, 2017 5:28:21 GMT
8/10 Impossible not to love John Candy.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 8, 2017 9:40:12 GMT
Love that movie. Used to watch it all the time whenever it was on TV here. It's on less so nowadays. Some of the best parts were whenever Buck interacted with Bug (especially the bit about his hatchet which he liked to carry and keep "razor sharp", and then later when he played golf with Bug's head). And Buck sure knew how to make a good threat, like when he said to Tia, "How would you like to spend the next several nights wondering if your crazy, out-of-work, bum uncle will shave your head while you sleep?".  |
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Post by Dontrocktheboat on Mar 9, 2017 10:59:28 GMT
I love the message of family and the funny situations Buck got into. Marcy's attempt to get Vick for herself hurt my side.
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Post by sjg on Mar 9, 2017 12:09:43 GMT
Another film i loved as a kid but saw it on TV at Christmas for the first time since the 80's and it wasn't as good as i remember. Candy was great but the rest of the cast weren't as good as i remember. I thought i'd be rating it around an 8/10 but it ended up with 6/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 9, 2017 13:21:33 GMT
8/10 Impossible not to love John Candy. His presence alone in JFK (1991) was well worth to sit through over 3 hours of boredom, just to see him dominating the screen for less than 3 minutes, while making Costner look like an amateur. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 27, 2017 10:21:03 GMT
I enjoyed it when I last saw it several years ago. I should re-watch it at some point. |
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Post by mszanadu on Apr 30, 2017 0:48:54 GMT
 "I don't think I want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer, or a sillyheart. And I sure don't want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job. But I know a good kid when I see one. You so much as scowl at my niece, or any other kid in this school, and I hear about it, and I'm coming looking for you!"When a sudden family crisis appears out of the blue, bachelor and party man Buck (John Candy) is to be called upon to help out with taking care of his brother's kids, of which he has very little recollection of.
Still, the good natured big brother takes a certain pride in being their official babysitter for the next few days, even though he was their absolute last choice.
But his positive and friendly attitude is soon about to be tested as the teenage daughter Tia (Jean Loisa Kelly) does her very best to make him feel "welcome".
Still, that is nothing compared to what Buck is about to cope with for the next couple of days, as he gets to know several of the towns favorite locals, everything from
the horny next door lady, the dead drunken birthday clown (with great dildo jokes), a preachy principal, an enraged girlfriend and of course Tia's sneaky boyfriend Bug!
One of my favorite childhood family comedies, and probably the second best John Hughes/John Candy movie, only beaten by the classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). As a kid when I came home from school alone, John Candy was like my third uncle, or my favorite movie uncle. I loved his films and they always made me laugh. Even though Uncle Buck might be a bit too cozy and cute in some parts, the whole nostalgic feel, and of course John Candy makes up for that. Mike Starr is great in his very short, but memorable part as Pooter the birthday clown "I'm a god!". The main theme used in the film by Hugh Harris is also pretty damn solid. I was a big John Candy fan ( and still am ) and I really liked every movie he was in - especially this one  . Also have this memorable John Hughes film on DVD   . Thanks so much stefancrosscoe for your subject post  . |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 7, 2017 2:41:12 GMT
As it happens, Uncle Buck is on TV today and I’ll definitely be watching it (despite having watched it numerous times previously).
While mocking someone’s laugh isn’t very nice...I think that in the case of Buck meeting Bug for the first time, an exception can be made.
That^ amuses me every time. As does the hatchet scene, as previously mentioned.
I’d like to think that after Bug’s final encounter with Buck (receiving a golf ball to the head/being chased by Buck’s awesome car), in the future whenever Bug heard a car backfire or some other similar loud noise, he flinched/cringed/jumped in fright/ran for the hills.
I really liked the movie's main theme (thank you for including it in your post, stefancrosscoe), especially the use of it at the end of the movie when combined with the freeze-frame of Buck waving to Tia, and then over the end credits.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 13, 2017 10:33:35 GMT
I’d like to think that after Bug’s final encounter with Buck (receiving a golf ball to the head/being chased by Buck’s awesome car), in the future whenever Bug heard a car backfire or some other similar loud noise, he flinched/cringed/jumped in fright/ran for the hills.  I really liked the movie's main theme (thank you for including it in your post, stefancrosscoe), especially the use of it at the end of the movie when combined with the freeze-frame of Buck waving to Tia, and then over the end credits. John Hughes had a great talent of putting in these beautiful up-beat pop-rock ballads into his films, especially during the end scenes as they fitted so well in with the characters and story, and you kind of sat there with a big smile on your face. By the way, here are the original video by Hugh Harris: |
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