Vision Quest (1985)

Buzzn The Tower

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

There are some sports movies that follow the formula.

Scrawny picked on teen Daniel LaRusso, meets his mentor Mr. Miyagi, and uses sports to overcome the fish out of water coming of age get the girl story line. Underdog Cleveland Indians pull an amazing turnaround and upset, win over their fans win over their city and make a run at the title. Teen athlete discovers he's a werewolf, uses the performance enhancing advantage which no one seems to question or have an issue with and in the end just acts like himself to win the game. But just because a formula is used doesn't mean the movie can't be more than the formula. Sometimes the sum of the parts is greater than the whole, and that describes the 1985 movie Vision Quest. This movie was so much more than the formula and today on Buzzn The Tower we're gonna gush about the most underrated sports film ever made. I'm Mo Shapiro and joining me on my Vision Quest is my spirit guide, Max Sanders. And with that...

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0:00.0	I'm not in any song, you could find out they'll cry.
0:10.4	The guy who played Kooch who also played Jake Ryan and us, he's performing.
0:14.6	Yeah, his performance in this movie is really good.
0:17.6	Light years better than Jake Ryan.
0:19.6	Yeah.
0:20.1	And I almost feel like Jake Ryan ruined his career.
0:22.6	He was flat.
0:23.6	He was flat as the romantic lead, but as the secondary player in this movie,
0:29.2	I thought it was incredible.
0:30.1	So I'll argue with 16 candles when he's talking to Anthony Michael Hall.
0:34.2	It's Anthony Michael Hall that makes that.
0:35.7	I get I know what senior talking about.
0:37.4	The like martinis and all.
0:38.4	It's not no Jake Ryan.
0:39.8	Think of it this way.
0:40.5	How many people could you see?
0:42.1	A lot of people.
0:42.9	A lot of people.
0:43.7	Yeah.
0:43.9	How many people could you see being Kooch?
0:45.3	Not many.
0:45.7	Not many.
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