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      <title>Film:Splash</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Splash<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1984<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Ron Howard<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> "I'm in love with a mermaid!" read the opening line of <a href="/players/P____44924/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leonard Maltin</a>'s original review for Splash.  And with the delightful Darryl Hannah in the lead, who could fault Maltin for his public declaration of ardor? The story begins in 1959, when a young boy is rescued from a watery grave by an adolescent mermaid. Twenty-five years later, the boy has grown up--and lo and behold, it's <a href="/players/P____93341/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tom Hanks</a>. Meanwhile, the mermaid, likewise grown up, has surfaced in search of Hanks, her long-lost love. On dry land, the mermaid is able to walk about on legs; any contact with salt water, and she reverts to her half-fish form. Adopting the name of Madison from a New York street sign, the girl manages to win Hanks' heart. Alas, a secret government lab, populated by such smarmy types as Richard B. Shull and <a href="/players/P____99559/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Eugene Levy</a>, captures Madison for research purposes--and possible vivisection. Egged on by his brother <a href="/players/P____10608/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Candy</a>, Hanks rescues his beloved, joining her in the ocean depths as a mer-man (mer-fellow? mer-guy?) A captivating confection from the peerless creative team of director <a href="/players/P____94983/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ron Howard</a> and screenwriters <a href="/players/P____90983/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lowell Ganz</a> and <a href="/players/P___100987/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Babaloo Mandel</a>, Splash was a winner all the way--especially at the box office, where the $11 million film racked up a huge profit. Historical sidebar: Splash was the first release from Disney's Touchstone Pictures division. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 13<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 10<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 3<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Craziest Shopping Scenes</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/26/2008 5:01:30 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Black Friday is a scary time for shoppers in any given year. The crowds, the lines, the difficulty finding parking — all these and more are common annoyances on the day after Thanksgiving, as millions upon millions of Americans begin the Christmas season by making a run for the shopping malls and department stores in hopes of finding the best bargains. This year, of course, the economic downturn will make the day even worse than usual. The stores may be desperately holding the biggest sales we’ll ever witness, but lowest prices aren’t quite low enough for those who are broke or bankrupt.
So, you may stay home this Friday. Perhaps you’ll at least make some minor online purchases, because you’re a patriotic, consuming American and it’s kind of like an unofficial holiday in our capitalist democracy. But don’t not go out to the mall simply because of the craziness potentially happening on its many floors of fashion and furnishings. You mustn’t be frightened of the crowds. Just recall any or all of the following ten movie scenes and by comparison you’ll think your Black Friday errands are like a stroll in the park.


10. Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Sinbad in Jingle All the Way (1996)
Maybe in the past there were physical fights for Cabbage Patch Kids or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but in the age of the Internet, there are easier ways of tracking down hot items on your kid’s wish list. So, while this sequence depicting two fathers’ desperate attempts to locate a Turbo Man toy is ridiculously exaggerated and despicably malicious for its time, it’s now even farther from likelihood and even less possible to sympathize with or relate to.

9. Beethoven shops for keyboards, Genghis Khan tries out baseball bats and other historical figures experience 1980s mall culture in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)
Obviously you don’t think you’ll be running into such oldies as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc or Billy the Kid, but there could be some relatively ancient folks out and about Friday. And they may not be familiar with such newfangled presents as iPods and Blu-ray. But give the Grannies a break, because they haven’t yet mastered Amazon.com and its not like they’re causing too much ruckus. Unlike Joan and Genghis.

8. Madison learns English at Bloomingdales in Splash (1984)
Maybe it is plausible for a mermaid to pick up the local language by watching a few hours of television. How are we to prove otherwise? But wouldn’t she have some kind of an accent if she were used to communicating with high-pitched shrieks? Whatever, it’s obviously not the movie for such questions regarding believabilty. Here’s the more important thing to consider: of all the yelling and screaming going on at the shops this Friday, nothing will be as bad as Madison’s pronunciation of her real name. Also, I bet modern TV screens aren’t as easily shattered.

7. Neo-Nazi salesman at the Army Surplus store in Falling Down (1993)
It’s true that many salespersons and cashiers are slow, rude, incompetent or all of the above. But thank goodness there aren’t actually a lot of sexist, homophobic neo-Nazis helping you as you buy shoes. As much as you think you’ve experienced the worst employee ever hired by a retail chain, chances are it wasn’t as much of an inconvenience as it was for William Foster (Michael Douglas) to have to deal with this “sick asshole.”

6. Technicolor fashion show in The Women (1939)
This scene is so unnecessary to the film’s plot that it was easily removed for some modern screenings. Mostly it seems just to serve as a showcase for costume designer Adrian, whose fashions are displayed in Technicolor, while the rest of the film is presented in black and white. For the film’s characters to wear any of those outfits, they would have appeared too bold and sexy for their time (it would be like in Pleasantville). Imagine shopping in a store where the clothes aren’t even in the same color spectrum as the world you live in? Okay, in some stores it does seem like that’s the case, but nowhere near as bad as this.

5. Bizarre fashion show in True Stories (1986)
And despite its dismissal of physics, the parade in The Women is nowhere near as bad as the fashion show in this bizarre film from Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. There’s not even anything that can be said for this scene other than that we should all be thankful the kids aren’t wearing anything quite so ridiculous. Even some of the stuff at Hot Topic seems more normal in comparison.

4. After hours shopping spree in Modern Times (1936)
One great fantasy for all good, consumerist Americans is the empty-store scenario. Whether it’s the end of the world (a la Night of the Comet and 28 Days Later) or simply after hours (Mannequin; El Crimen Ferpecto), the dream is somewhat the same: free reign on all the goods in the store, from food to fashion to roller skates. And for a poor little gamin in Modern Times, it’s like a heavenly shopping spree, even if none of the items are to leave the department store when the fun is over. However, as much as you might hope you had the stores all to yourself on Friday, be thankful that you’re obeying the rules and laws and therefore won’t be arrested when the shopping’s done.

3. Mall car chase in The Blues Brothers (1980)
Good thing there’s a quick shot of a Toys “R” Us customer asking a cashier for a Miss Piggy doll or this scene wouldn’t really have anything to do with shopping. It would just simply be a chaotic car chase through a shopping mall. Of course, the destruction could still read as a destroying of the idea of capitalism, just as a similar reading is made about the mall fight in Jackie Chan’s Police Story, as well as any other such mall-set action scene, of which there seemed to be plenty in the materialistic 1980s. As fun as it seems, and as frustrated you might get on Friday, please don’t drive your car into any stores.

2. Zombies go shopping in Dawn of the Dead (1978)
This movie is not just some horror flick about people trapped in a mall, threatened by a terrorizing enemy. That’s Chopping Mall. Or the Dawn of the Dead remake. No, this is a satire of consumerism, and all those zombies are representative of the folks you’ll be encountering on Black Friday. But at least they won’t try and eat you. Probably.

1. Richard Pryor is reduced to property in The Toy (1982)
Kids are really spoiled these days, even more than they were twenty-six years ago, but no matter how hard it is to imagine what to get the boy who has everything, don’t even think of asking an African-American man if you can buy him for your son. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:01:30 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/26/2008 5:01:30 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Black Friday is a scary time for shoppers in any given year. The crowds, the lines, the difficulty finding parking — all these and more are common annoyances on the day after Thanksgiving, as millions upon millions of Americans begin the Christmas season by making a run for the shopping malls and department stores in hopes of finding the best bargains. This year, of course, the economic downturn will make the day even worse than usual. The stores may be desperately holding the biggest sales we’ll ever witness, but lowest prices aren’t quite low enough for those who are broke or bankrupt.
So, you may stay home this Friday. Perhaps you’ll at least make some minor online purchases, because you’re a patriotic, consuming American and it’s kind of like an unofficial holiday in our capitalist democracy. But don’t not go out to the mall simply because of the craziness potentially happening on its many floors of fashion and furnishings. You mustn’t be frightened of the crowds. Just recall any or all of the following ten movie scenes and by comparison you’ll think your Black Friday errands are like a stroll in the park.


10. Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Sinbad in Jingle All the Way (1996)
Maybe in the past there were physical fights for Cabbage Patch Kids or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but in the age of the Internet, there are easier ways of tracking down hot items on your kid’s wish list. So, while this sequence depicting two fathers’ desperate attempts to locate a Turbo Man toy is ridiculously exaggerated and despicably malicious for its time, it’s now even farther from likelihood and even less possible to sympathize with or relate to.

9. Beethoven shops for keyboards, Genghis Khan tries out baseball bats and other historical figures experience 1980s mall culture in Bill &amp; Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)
Obviously you don’t think you’ll be running into such oldies as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc or Billy the Kid, but there could be some relatively ancient folks out and about Friday. And they may not be familiar with such newfangled presents as iPods and Blu-ray. But give the Grannies a break, because they haven’t yet mastered Amazon.com and its not like they’re causing too much ruckus. Unlike Joan and Genghis.

8. Madison learns English at Bloomingdales in Splash (1984)
Maybe it is plausible for a mermaid to pick up the local language by watching a few hours of television. How are we to prove otherwise? But wouldn’t she have some kind of an accent if she were used to communicating with high-pitched shrieks? Whatever, it’s obviously not the movie for such questions regarding believabilty. Here’s the more important thing to consider: of all the yelling and screaming going on at the shops this Friday, nothing will be as bad as Madison’s pronunciation of her real name. Also, I bet modern TV screens aren’t as easily shattered.

7. Neo-Nazi salesman at the Army Surplus store in Falling Down (1993)
It’s true that many salespersons and cashiers are slow, rude, incompetent or all of the above. But thank goodness there aren’t actually a lot of sexist, homophobic neo-Nazis helping you as you buy shoes. As much as you think you’ve experienced the worst employee ever hired by a retail chain, chances are it wasn’t as much of an inconvenience as it was for William Foster (Michael Douglas) to have to deal with this “sick asshole.”

6. Technicolor fashion show in The Women (1939)
This scene is so unnecessary to the film’s plot that it was easily removed for some modern screenings. Mostly it seems just to serve as a showcase for costume designer Adrian, whose fashions are displayed in Technicolor, while the rest of the film is presented in black and white. For the film’s characters to wear any of those outfits, they would have appeared too bold and sexy for their time (it would be like in Pleasantville). Imagine shopping in a store where the clothes aren’t even in the same color spectrum as the world you live in? Okay, in some stores it does seem like that’s the case, but nowhere near as bad as this.

5. Bizarre fashion show in True Stories (1986)
And despite its dismissal of physics, the parade in The Women is nowhere near as bad as the fashion show in this bizarre film from Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. There’s not even anything that can be said for this scene other than that we should all be thankful the kids aren’t wearing anything quite so ridiculous. Even some of the stuff at Hot Topic seems more normal in comparison.

4. After hours shopping spree in Modern Times (1936)
One great fantasy for all good, consumerist Americans is the empty-store scenario. Whether it’s the end of the world (a la Night of the Comet and 28 Days Later) or simply after hours (Mannequin; El Crimen Ferpecto), the dream is somewhat the same: free reign on all the goods in the store, from food to fashion to roller skates. And for a poor little gamin in Modern Times, it’s like a heavenly shopping spree, even if none of the items are to leave the department store when the fun is over. However, as much as you might hope you had the stores all to yourself on Friday, be thankful that you’re obeying the rules and laws and therefore won’t be arrested when the shopping’s done.

3. Mall car chase in The Blues Brothers (1980)
Good thing there’s a quick shot of a Toys “R” Us customer asking a cashier for a Miss Piggy doll or this scene wouldn’t really have anything to do with shopping. It would just simply be a chaotic car chase through a shopping mall. Of course, the destruction could still read as a destroying of the idea of capitalism, just as a similar reading is made about the mall fight in Jackie Chan’s Police Story, as well as any other such mall-set action scene, of which there seemed to be plenty in the materialistic 1980s. As fun as it seems, and as frustrated you might get on Friday, please don’t drive your car into any stores.

2. Zombies go shopping in Dawn of the Dead (1978)
This movie is not just some horror flick about people trapped in a mall, threatened by a terrorizing enemy. That’s Chopping Mall. Or the Dawn of the Dead remake. No, this is a satire of consumerism, and all those zombies are representative of the folks you’ll be encountering on Black Friday. But at least they won’t try and eat you. Probably.

1. Richard Pryor is reduced to property in The Toy (1982)
Kids are really spoiled these days, even more than they were twenty-six years ago, but no matter how hard it is to imagine what to get the boy who has everything, don’t even think of asking an African-American man if you can buy him for your son. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: It’s About Time: Enchanted 2 In the Works</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/22/27650.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t40657kvoxn.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/22/2008 3:00:56 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Yes, it’s about time we heard news about a sequel to Enchanted. But not because I am actually looking forward to Enchanted 2. In case you weren’t aware or have forgotten, I’ve been writing contemptuously about the original since my very first day posting on SpoutBlog. Rather, it’s about time only because I was beginning to think Disney had lost its marbles, business-wise. Clint at Moviehole has the unofficial scoop:
A foxy little birdie cheeped in my ear – the good one, the other one’s clogged with wax - this morning that Disney is developing a sequel to its staggeringly-successful “Enchanted” – and the production has inched forward significantly in the past month or two, as a direct result of those smashing DVD sales.
How does she knoooooooow?….
This one probably doesn’t need its source fingerprinted or lie-detected, let’s leave it at that.
But really, did anyone expect the House of Mouse not to forge ahead with a follow-up to one of its biggest hits of 2007?
Nah, me either – if a cow is there to be milked, it need look into some teat cream, it’s bound to be tugged a few more times.

I still haven’t gotten over how well-received this movie was with critics, regardless of whether or not they included their daughters’ responses. I still find the thing offensively backwards in terms of both its female characters and its storytelling — not to mention its too-sunny, pre-’70s sort of touristy depiction of New York City. I often feel out of touch with both the moviegoing public and, to some degree, my fellow critics, but this was one movie that I felt almost completely on my own against. Thank goodness it didn’t actually win any Oscars.
Hopefully the sequel will be really, really great yet receive terrible reviews and perform badly at the box office. Of course, that would never happen. An Enchanted sequel wouldn’t go totally ignored unless Disney continued with the movie’s similarities to Splash and made Enchanted Too with a completely different cast. Of course, that would never happen either. So, I guess I’ll just leave it to be just as bad as the first, and just as well-received and popular. And I’ll try not to let it bother me as much the second time around. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:56 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/22/2008 3:00:56 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Yes, it’s about time we heard news about a sequel to Enchanted. But not because I am actually looking forward to Enchanted 2. In case you weren’t aware or have forgotten, I’ve been writing contemptuously about the original since my very first day posting on SpoutBlog. Rather, it’s about time only because I was beginning to think Disney had lost its marbles, business-wise. Clint at Moviehole has the unofficial scoop:
A foxy little birdie cheeped in my ear – the good one, the other one’s clogged with wax - this morning that Disney is developing a sequel to its staggeringly-successful “Enchanted” – and the production has inched forward significantly in the past month or two, as a direct result of those smashing DVD sales.
How does she knoooooooow?….
This one probably doesn’t need its source fingerprinted or lie-detected, let’s leave it at that.
But really, did anyone expect the House of Mouse not to forge ahead with a follow-up to one of its biggest hits of 2007?
Nah, me either – if a cow is there to be milked, it need look into some teat cream, it’s bound to be tugged a few more times.

I still haven’t gotten over how well-received this movie was with critics, regardless of whether or not they included their daughters’ responses. I still find the thing offensively backwards in terms of both its female characters and its storytelling — not to mention its too-sunny, pre-’70s sort of touristy depiction of New York City. I often feel out of touch with both the moviegoing public and, to some degree, my fellow critics, but this was one movie that I felt almost completely on my own against. Thank goodness it didn’t actually win any Oscars.
Hopefully the sequel will be really, really great yet receive terrible reviews and perform badly at the box office. Of course, that would never happen. An Enchanted sequel wouldn’t go totally ignored unless Disney continued with the movie’s similarities to Splash and made Enchanted Too with a completely different cast. Of course, that would never happen either. So, I guess I’ll just leave it to be just as bad as the first, and just as well-received and popular. And I’ll try not to let it bother me as much the second time around. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: "Enchanted" and other fractured fairy tales</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/I_Love_Childrens_Movies/_Enchanted_and_other_fractured_fairy_tales/372/21965/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t40657kvoxn.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/46030/default.aspx'>indieabby88</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/I_Love_Childrens_Movies/372/discussions.aspx'>I Love Childrens Movies</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/23/2007 10:12:45 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I just got back from seeing &quot;Enchanted&quot; at the theater, and I have to say, I really really liked it. The folks who made this movie made sure to do their homework on all the classic Disney fairy tale movies, and produced something akin to a collage of &quot;Snow White,&quot; &quot;Cinderella&quot; and &quot;Splash.&quot; There were jabs and inside humor aplenty, but the story itself also managed to be sweet and enjoyable on its own merit. This is the fairy-tale movie for the millennial generation. Sarcastic, but not cynical, sweet, but not saccharine (at least not as far as I was concerned. Guys, feel free to disagree).Anyway, watching &quot;Enchanted&quot; brought to mind all the other fairy tale parodies, updates and mashups that have been made over the years. We&#39;ve got &quot;Shrek&quot; and its two sequels, &quot;The Princess Bride&quot; and lesser-known movies like &quot;A Simple Wish&quot; (one of my childhood favorites, though I&#39;m afraid its quality hasn&#39;t held up much over the years).What do you guys think? Any favorites? Opinions on any of the movies listed or the fractured fairy tale genre in general? What about favorite fairy tale/Disney princess movies? Let&#39;s discuss! <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:12:45 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>indieabby88</spout:postby><spout:postto>I Love Childrens Movies</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/23/2007 10:12:45 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I just got back from seeing &amp;quot;Enchanted&amp;quot; at the theater, and I have to say, I really really liked it. The folks who made this movie made sure to do their homework on all the classic Disney fairy tale movies, and produced something akin to a collage of &amp;quot;Snow White,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Cinderella&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Splash.&amp;quot; There were jabs and inside humor aplenty, but the story itself also managed to be sweet and enjoyable on its own merit. This is the fairy-tale movie for the millennial generation. Sarcastic, but not cynical, sweet, but not saccharine (at least not as far as I was concerned. Guys, feel free to disagree).Anyway, watching &amp;quot;Enchanted&amp;quot; brought to mind all the other fairy tale parodies, updates and mashups that have been made over the years. We&amp;#39;ve got &amp;quot;Shrek&amp;quot; and its two sequels, &amp;quot;The Princess Bride&amp;quot; and lesser-known movies like &amp;quot;A Simple Wish&amp;quot; (one of my childhood favorites, though I&amp;#39;m afraid its quality hasn&amp;#39;t held up much over the years).What do you guys think? Any favorites? Opinions on any of the movies listed or the fractured fairy tale genre in general? What about favorite fairy tale/Disney princess movies? Let&amp;#39;s discuss! </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Slosh</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/immabohemian/archive/2007/10/21/21027.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t40657kvoxn.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/101508/default.aspx'>immaBOHEMIAN</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/21/2007 12:41:54 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This movie was put out the year I was born. I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I went out and purchased it the other day. This film is so inspiring to me. The way they made films in the 70&#39;s and 80&#39;s always impresses me. The things they pulled off without computer animation gets me excited. I enjoy the occasional CGI, but I&#39;m always more impressed with ingeniuity. I wish people still made films like Splash today. Using old fashioned techniques to give the film a more real feel. If they were to make Splash today I don&#39;t think I&#39;d enjoy it nearly as much. And who doesn&#39;t love John Candy and Eugene Levy in the same film.  I will forever love this film. It&#39;s so beautifully constructed and the story is quite beautiful as well. Tom Hanks is a stud and I believe this was his first major motion picture.  I do know that this was the first film that Touchstone Pictures ever produced. And I also know that Ron Howard will forever be one of my favorite directors.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:41:54 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>immaBOHEMIAN</spout:postby><spout:postto>immaBOHEMIAN Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/21/2007 12:41:54 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This movie was put out the year I was born. I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I went out and purchased it the other day. This film is so inspiring to me. The way they made films in the 70&amp;#39;s and 80&amp;#39;s always impresses me. The things they pulled off without computer animation gets me excited. I enjoy the occasional CGI, but I&amp;#39;m always more impressed with ingeniuity. I wish people still made films like Splash today. Using old fashioned techniques to give the film a more real feel. If they were to make Splash today I don&amp;#39;t think I&amp;#39;d enjoy it nearly as much. And who doesn&amp;#39;t love John Candy and Eugene Levy in the same film.  I will forever love this film. It&amp;#39;s so beautifully constructed and the story is quite beautiful as well. Tom Hanks is a stud and I believe this was his first major motion picture.  I do know that this was the first film that Touchstone Pictures ever produced. And I also know that Ron Howard will forever be one of my favorite directors.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:romance</title>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 7162</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 514</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:investigator</title>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 1805</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:mermaid</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/mermaid/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/mermaid/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>mermaid</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 55</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:selkies</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/selkies/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/selkies/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>selkies</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 13</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 66</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:capecod</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/capecod/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/capecod/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>capecod</a>
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