Childhood movies - My brother Kyle Kenny and I grew up on a number of movies in the 80's. I guess that I can understand why older people like black and white movies and people in my generation dont see the value in them as much. These movies bring me back to a time of innocence.
These movies are in no particular order of merit.
#1 - Solarbabies - Solarbabies is about a group of orphans who are locked away in a futuristic orphanage.
They play this "skateball" game that is like lacrosse with skates. Solarbabies is the name of their team.
One day they uncover a cavern with this glowing ball named "Bodi" that has a personality and has healing abilities.
Another of the orphans steals this ball and flees the orphanage to sell it to wandering maraders. The Solarbabies take off in pursuit of this ball also.
This movie is portrayed in the future and the despotic government has gained power by trapping the water. The world becomes a desert wasteland and they have the only water to distribute. They find out about Bodi and steal it so that they can experiment on it to discover the source of its power.
After a few misadventures including finding some of their long-lost relatives that are rebels against the government, they decide to break-into the government facility and both find bodi and release the water. This facilitates the commencement of the water cycle shown below and Rain ensues.
In the final moments of the movie they are dancing together with Bodi, mission complete.
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So why do I like this movie? Well first of all its from my childhood.
Secondly, its probably the first dystopic movie that I have ever seen, my introduction to dystopia. Utopic/dystopic genre is my favorite in both film and literature. As a dystopic movie, it shows that a government can gain absolute power by controlling a necessary resource.
