Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
LastingAware
The greatest movie ever!
Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
SeeQuant
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
remul2
Criminally underrated. Apart from glamorizing some very reckless behavior in a few scenes (perhaps what Spielberg didn't like?), a movie with very few flaws. Great dialog, good laughs, a certain depth and resonance to the story, terrific visuals and one of the more affecting endings I've ever seen. Costner is at his best and most charismatic. A star being born. Amazingly, this was Judd Nelson before The Breakfast Club. Charming, haunting, smart and life-affirming in a way that rings true.This film captures something difficult to define. Highly recommended to everyone, but perhaps of greatest value to those on the cusp of adulthood.
Raul Faust
"Fandango" is one of those hard films to review and rate. Half part of the footage is funny and entertaining, but the other half is just boring and pointless. How to analyze a film like that?When you're going to watch a movie involving single guys traveling around, you'd expect it to have lots of fun-- and probably parties with girls. But here things don't happen that well. The only enjoyable things these guys did was trying to get a ride from a train in movement-- which didn't work, but happened to be a funny scene-- and a parachute jump out. These, along with the car discussion scene, are the only moments that I felt entertained and interested in the story. The rest of the time I could barely pay attention to what was happening, since the plot was quite weak. There's one guy of the group of friends that doesn't even talk; her job is only drink and toast beer-- and show his big paunch. However, we have a feel good ending which reminded me of some friends I haven't seen in a while-- but that's another story.
Lechuguilla
Five Texas college dudes head out in 1971 for the deserts of Mexico in an old Cadillac. The guys call themselves "the groovers"."Fandango" offers the Baby-Boomer generation a bit of nostalgia toward their own college days, reflections about Vietnam, and the attendant cultural turbulence so characteristic of that era. As such, the film's tone trends sentimental and melancholy, despite the overt ruckus the guys kick up.Their road adventure is a metaphor for an unknowable and scary passage through life. Their Mexican destination symbolizes their expectation of success, American style. The first ten minutes remind us of the chaos and high-jinx in "Animal House" (1978). After that, it's off into the wilds for one last joyride.Though the underlying premise is deeply thematic, the characters are not especially likable. They exhibit a lot of stupidity; their personalities are irritating; and the actors who play these guys overact.The desert landscape renders pleasing visuals. And the group's adventure at a rundown, tacky-looking "parachute school" out in the middle of nowhere is moderately funny. Here, they become students once again, but this time they are under the dubious tutelage of a flighty hippie instructor named Truman, who explains to them how to jump, using inane technical jargon while writing gibberish on a makeshift chalkboard.I wish the characters had been more likable, and their adventure a little more realistic. Still, the story and accompanying themes are intense and valid. And if you're in the proper nostalgic mood, "Fandango" can be quite a trip.
HorrorMovieChick
Brilliantly acted road trip movie that uses understated humor to showcase the youth of the characters, while tackling the issue of the Vietnam draft. In this highly underrated film, five college friends set off on a road trip through Texas in the early 1970's. Two of them just received their draft letters and one of them has already enlisted. With only a few bucks, they decide to drive to Mexico to dig up a bottle of wine called Dom. Along the way they run out of money and must depend on the kindness of strangers, resulting in some of the funniest and most moving scenes of the movie. These five friends come to the realization that they they can't be carefree forever.Although the trip was meant as a way to run from their responsibility, they ultimately end up facing and embracing it. This one of Judd Nelson's best performances and also not typical of the roles he later was cast in. One of Kevin Costner's early films, and one of his best. The only unfortunate fact about this film is that it is severely under-appreciated.