As part of Sequel September, we're covering the second installment in The Karate Kid franchise ... Part II! From 1986, this movie picks up right where the first movie left off, yes that's right - in the boy's locker room! Danielson is fresh off the mats after crane kicking the shit out of Johnny Lawrence! However, Part II takes us on a journey to Okinawa, to wade through a love triangle Mr. Miyagi left behind 40 years ago! Lucky us! So this movie is a bit quieter than the other two in the franchise and has a bit lesson action (though it does have a typhoon!), but pretty much the same amount of Danielson getting his ass whooped by karate assholes and another tricky move by Mr. Miyagi (ooo the drum!). We'll talk a lot about Cobra Kai and the character reversal good old Chozen gets, induct Danielson into the Sweetie Club once and for all, and come to the conclusion that Mr. Miyagi's brand of karate should be called "How To Dupe Some Kid To Do Your Household Chores".
1989's All Dogs Go To Heaven deals with the oh so important subject of canine mortality! Sweety loved this movie so much when she was little and ... we're not really sure why? Sure, she loved dogs. Or maybe she was really into the mob, because essentially this movie is a thinly veiled mob tale about gambling addicts, double crossers, and horse race fixing - but they are dogs so it's way less seedy. There's a couple catchy songs - You Can't Keep a Good Dog Down! - and a really scary scene involving dog hell that made us pee our nearly 40 year old pants. We'll talk about if we think all cats go to heaven (doubtful in this cat hating world!), how cartoon pizza continues to gross us out, and rehash some beloved memories of our family dogs who left us all so long ago - Nikki and Sunny.
According to some, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is the 1980's titular (hehe, pun intended!) high school film. Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, the movie follows the lives of a handful of CA high school students as they navigate the tricky waters of mean teachers, shitty jobs, losing your V-card, and scalping Van Halen tickets. Life is hard, man! The movie is known for a certain red bikini dream/masturbation scene and of course for creating everyone's favorite stoner (pre Travis Birkenstock) Jeff Spicoli. The Sweeties had never seen this movie and glad we finally have! We'll talk about carrot blow jobs, what kind of school takes their bio classes to a morgue, and Jeff Spicoli's cool checkered Vans (and piss poor attitude in regards to school and other people's cars!). And wait, Nicholas Cage is in this?!!