Hooper

It’s been a long time since I watched this movie. Reynolds was at his wise-cracking, gum snapping, self aware best. Sally Field was at the top of her redneck hotness. 

It wasn’t a movie that made some kind of social statement.  It didn’t expose some deeper truth. 

Burt and his friends just had fun romping through scene after scene. 

This movie came out after he’d passed on (or been passed over for) roles in Godfather, James Bond, Star Wars, and Cuckoo’s Nest (he’d famously pass on Pretty Woman) later.

No, it wasn’t a cinematic masterpiece. But I got the impression Reynolds was having fun every moment he was on the screen.  Maybe that’s what matters.  He made it enjoyable to watch.

I think he could have been one of the greatest actors of all time. He had that capacity.  He chose instead to enjoy himself and laugh that ridiculous laugh all the way to the bank.

I like this one more than Bandit.

EDIT TO ADD: I forgot this was the one filmed a good bit in Tuscaloosa.  I was a kid but remember seeing it and Burt from a distance.

And long snappers and porn.

You had me at hello.

Keep telling yourself that, granola.

He’s the kind of guy that puts on work gloves to run his electric weedeater. And wears a Tyvek coveralls to spray weed killer.

Exposure to cancer causing chemicals shows manhood.

I like ice cream

And long snappers and porn.

You shut up.  I’m saving the planet.

Keep telling yourself that, granola.