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What I'm knitting: Red Heart Seaside Waves Afghan in Leaf Green

The Goonies. A classic, yet before a couple days ago, I had never seen it. I'd heard plenty about it (it's my mother's favorite movie).

A key part of the story is the relationship between Brandon and Mikey. In the beginning, it seemed as if Brandon found Mikey annoying in the way, but throughout the movie they gradually grew closer and closer as brothers. When Mikey and the other Goonies tie up Brandon in one of the first scenes in the movie, Brandon comes off as the arrogant older brother whose sole purpose in life is to oppress his little sibling. Later in the movie, when Brandon is in the "restaurant" with everybody, he holds himself equal to the rest of the boys and works cooperatively with them. The most pivotal point in the story for this relationship was when he found out that Mikey had kissed Andy, but he didn't punish him in any way for it. This shows that not only does he respect Mikey but that he easily forgives him, making Mikey and Brandon get along very nicely.

On a different note, I have a couple issues with movies from the eighties in general, including this one. The main one is that there are several scenes where all of the characters are talking at once.

Not acceptable.

Scenario: you're sitting, watching a great movie, chowing on some Mike-and-Ikes, feeling pretty good, when someone walks in and takes a seat next to you. This isn't a problem, you're a friendly person, but then they say something along the lines of:

"Oh my God! I love this movie! The first time I saw it, I was...."

...and they're talking over dialogue in the movie. NO. WRONG. YOU ARE RUINING MY MOVIE EXPERIENCE. These are the sorts of people I avoid at all costs. How am I supposed to follow a storyline when I just missed a super dramatic plot twist that changes the rest of the movie? I can't imagine there is a single person out there that actually likes when this happens. I am the sort of person that while watching TV tells you to hush before the commercials end. I want to glean every mumble and stutter from characters that I physically can.

Here's my predicament: what am I supposed to do when the movie starts talking over itself? I can kick people out of the room, but how am I supposed to kick out characters? I'm missing stuff! While it may not be plot twisting dialogue, it's still words! I want to hear them!

I don't know what to do about it.

While I stew about my problems, here's something to make your day that much better: