This goes from being fascinating to kind of distressing as it goes on, but that only mirrors Farrier's journey and reinforces the idea that Michael is a human black hole.
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WarGames 1983
Chock-full of dated technology, which only adds to the appeal. Arthur Rubinstein almost ruins things with his score - seriously, some scenes would have been better with no music at all - but this preposterous film makes pretty good use of a 20-year-old Broderick playing a "not applying himself" high-schooler, finds less for Ally Sheedy to do, and ends up winning by casting Dabney Coleman, who makes anything better. Still pretty fun!
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The Goonies 1985
Yes, yes, it helps to have grown up watching this film to really feel the undying love for it now, and it's hard to know what someone coming to it for the first time as an adult would make of it, but c'mon...it's still funny, still exciting, still occasionally hokey, and still makes one regret never finding that trap-laden pirate cave you were sure was somewhere in your own neighborhood. Just me?