Movies that make us think pt1.

I agree wholeheartedly. To see these poor misbegotten children persevere despite all the travesties and misfortunes brought upon them during their lives is a ray of sunshine in an otherwise overcast world. I just wished more people were able to truly understand and appreciate this epic tale, I feel that if they did perhaps the world would be a better place.

Theres several morales in this little 80s gem, sadly, the majority of the human race as it is doesnt lock on to them any more.

altogether now...

we can do anything by working with each other!

In all of cinematic history- nay, all of human history- there are few works of art which truly stand the test of time and rise up to join the pantheon of the true masterworks. In Sumeria in 4000 BC, it was the epic of Gilgamesh. Then Homer immortalized the Iliad in ancient Greece. Nero built his Coliseum in Rome, a monument to man's greatness which still stands to this day. Even through the dark ages, man's desire to create persevered, flowering anew during the Renaissance, in works like the Sistine Chapel and the Pieta. Great masters like Rembrandt, El Greco, Goya, and, later on, masters of the Impressionist age like Monet, Van Gogh, and Cezanne continued along this tradition, creating art of such a sublime nature as to truly inspire the souls of man. Along with the 20th century, a new age of greatness in art was ushered in along with the advent of the motion picture; the Lumiere brothers invention unleashing on the world a new wave of talent such as hadn't been seen in centuries. And in the canon of great film works, a canon formidable indeed, where one may see Citizen Kane, The Rules of the Game, Breathless. etc., none stands out nor shines so brightly, and one: the Garbage Pail Kids Movie. While great philosophers have grappled for centuries with an adequate means of truly- really and deeply and truly- conveying the human condition in all of its glories and failures, Rod Amateau comes along and in one fell swoop puts these questions to rest for eternity. For after seeing this film, what more is there to be said? It's all here. Truly a masterwork for all time.

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