September 4,1992
Honeymoon proves predictable
By Joe Wallace
What do you get when you mix a
struggling private investigator, a com
mitment-craving teacher, a recently
widowed poker shark, 37 Flying Elvis'
and a mother that wants her son to
never marry? You get an aften funny
adventure entitled " Honeymoon in
Vegas".
Nicholas Cage plays Jack singer, a
private investigator that deals mostly
with hardluck cases involving briken
marriages. (In fact, one of the funnier
scenes involves one of Jack's clients
trying to explain why he thinks his
wife is having an affair with Mike
Tyson.) Jack's girlfriend, Betsy, played
by Sarah Jessica Parker, is a fun-lov
ing teacher who sometimes spends her
free time helping Jack with surveil
lance.
From the beginning of the movie it
is clear that Jack and Betsy have been
seeing each other for a while, a long
while, and through it all Betsy has kept
her hope of someday marrying Jack.
Jack, however, doesn't see it that way.
On her deathbed. Jack's mother in
sisted that her son never marry be
cause as she says, "Marriage is asisaster
waiting to happen." Finally, Betsy gets
her way and the two head off to Las
Vegas.
In Vegas, the pair meet Tommy
Corman, played by James Caan.
Porter Osborne goes to med school
By Ryan Page
Pearl Harbor is six months
past, and Porter Osborne, Jr., is start
ing med school. (i)WhenAll the World
Was Young(i), by Ferrol Sams, is the
third book in an engaging trilogy which
tells the story of Porter Osborne as he
grows up in rural Georgia. The first
book, (i)Run with the Horsemen(i),
describes Porter's youth from boy
hood to high school graduation. The
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Tommy is a powerful poker shark who
obviously has a fortune, and he knows
how to use his money and poker talent
to get what he wants. That is where
Jack and Betsy come in. Tommy im
second, (i)The Whisper of the River (i),
chronicles his college years.
(i)When All the World Was
Young(i) starts with Porter entering
the gates of Emory University's medi
cal school, his mind buzzing with his
grandmother's sage wisdom. It is this
wisdom as it has shaped his naive,
country worldview that is put to the
test as he wrestles with his conscience
over being safely in med school in
stead of Europe or the Pacific.
PERSPECTIVES
FIRST PERSON
mediately falls for Betsy because she
looks exactly like his deceased wife,
Donna, who died of sun poisoning. So
Tommy tricks Jack into playing in a
poker game that Jack is bound to lose.
His relief at being far away from the
killing fields of WWII makes him
cringe guiltily under the beckoning
finger of Uncle Sam. The tension
between his self-preservation instinct
and his "patriotic duty" occupies his
thoughts more and more as his educa
tion proceeds.
Porter's character blossoms more in
this book than in the first two. The
pranks which typify the earlier books,
Photo by Gemma LaMana
when Jack loses a large amount of
money in one hand. Tommy gives Jack
an option. He can either 1) pay Tommy
the money he owes him in full or 2) he
can give Betsy to Tommy for the week-
such as puckishly hawking watermel
ons to the KICK as they drive through
his hometown, are less frequent, and
his introspection about the events in
the surrounding world becomes more
pivotal. The deaths of two friends at
Pearl Harbor serve to intensify his
sense of guilt about his safety. Train
ing to be a doctor becomes less and
less a justification of his being safe at
home.
tyfyt (flutlforbtan
end. After much dicussion, to say the
least, Betsy and Jack agree to the sec
ond term. This scene is when the fun
begins as Jack tries to get back his
fiancea and save the day.
"Honeymoon in Vegas", is often
fun, but the story is not only predict
able, but in 1992, unbelievable. How
many women do you know that would
allow themselves to be lost in a poker
game like some piece of property? 1
can only think of one and she wouldn't
like it. But otherwise this film is an
enjoyable film. My recommendation
is to see it at night, but only pay for the
ticket.
This is where I will be sharing little tidbits
with you each week. For example, I may
tell you about upcoming releases, what's
new on video, tape, or just basic informa
tion. This week 1 will explain my rating
system, The system is simple. There arc 5
possible ratings a movie can receive, 1)
SKIP IT, this is self-explanatory, 2)WAIT
FOR TIIE VIDEOTAPE, this u for those
films you may want to see but you should
not pay theaterpnces to see them, 3)SEE A
MATINEE, this also is pretty self-explana
u>ry,4)SEEATNlGin\BUTONLY PAY
FOR THE TICKET, this is for those mov
ies that are really good but are not spec
tacular, and finally S)SHOOT THE
WORKS, these movies are Oscar-worthy
and you should not only pay to sec them at
night but take a date or the family and buy
popcorn and drinks for everyone. There
you h ve'Moc's Simple Movie Rating Sys
tem." it may not be the simplest in the
world but I like iL See you next week.
(i)When All the World Was
Young(i) introduces Porter to the world
and people beyond his Southern roots.
Sams is able to paint an insightful
portrait of the United States and of the
Southern attitude toward it. When All
the World Was Young is also the most
enjoyable book I have read in as long
as I can remember. The characters are
deep and convincingly real.
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