His friend, called John, was actually a fine actor. The way he yelled, shouted, and held himself it was like he had never talked to another person in his life. That is the only way I can think to describe him. The main kid, called Elliot, felt, acted and looked like he was Green Goblin's son from the new Spiderman movies. It felt like a bad joke about Stepford wives. This kind of acting was so strange and odd, I was starting to laugh at it. For an example, she went into the bathroom, said oh god, put her hands on her face, took her hands off of her face, and then said you looked like hell. She would say a line, do an action, undo said action, and then say her next line. The main actress seemed to take the script very literally. I just have to say one thing first, it plagued my mind throughout the viewing of this film. That's a long time for language to change. Keep in mind, part 2 came out over 30 years ago. It was only years of kids throwing around those terms as insults that they suddenly became unacceptable to say in polite society. Likewise, once upon a time "retard" and "retarded" were not seen as dirty words.
"Negro" became "African American" and "colored people" (or even worse - "coloreds") eventually became "people of color." Or how once upon a time the preferred terminology for black people in the US was "colored people" or "negroes" - neither of which are really considered widely acceptable today. Especially when it comes to the "socially acceptable" language used to describe disadvantaged people, such as the disabled and minorities.Įxample, once upon a time it was not insulting to call someone "dumb." It merely meant "unable to speak." Likewise, words like "moron" had socially accepted uses once upon a time. Because nothing sounds more sympathetic then by calling a scared child a "frightened retard."