One of the things I loved about growing up in the 80’s was the focus on child-like playfulness and adventure. This playfulness even radiated off more teen and adult oriented movies in titles like Caddy Shack and Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Back then it wasn’t about high-budget digital effected action scenes, it was about the characters, story and feeling good.
My movie choices are based around this playfulness along with their special geekiness since that’s what this blog is all about.
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting
What do you get when you mix one babysitter, two kids, the annoying kid next door and a runaway best friend? Adventure, that’s what!
The story revolves around Chris (played by Elisabeth Shue), an atypical teenager and her babysitting charges Sara and Brad as they innocently try and rescue a friend from a sketchy Chicago bus station. Unfortunately after her car breaks down she and the kids – including the annoying neighbor played by a young Anthony Rapp – are thrown into a bizarre escapade of trying to get Chris’ friend, getting home before the parents and running away from a group of gangsters. Phew, that’s a lot of pressure on a 17 year old. (more…)