Back
in September, I watched a YouTube upload (long since taken down) of
the late 80's movie known as Miami Connection, a film that was
rediscovered by happenstance a few years ago and it got a slow
release from Drafthouse Films. I did my review and since then it's
actually gotten a backlash from a segment of the Internet audience
(including some people I know) for it being “overrated” as a bad
movie experience; sure, there are funnier and shittier bad movies out
there that a segment of the movie audience would go bananas for in
the same way they did with this if those films got the same treatment
that MC did. It doesn't mean that MC is a bad time; indeed, it's
still a blast to watch for the reasons I mentioned in the review.
It's pretty terrible but it is a blast to watch. Anyhow...
They
put it out in limited release this fall and finally this past weekend
it came to the appropriate place of Orlando, as it was mainly set and
filmed in that city, despite the title. It was at the local
indie/arthouse joint, The Enzian. I've been there a good number of
times before and I knew this is where any screenings would happen.
The film did so well this past weekend that there are two more
midnight screenings the last weekend of the year. Many (but not all)
of the seats were filled at my screening. I got there early to sit at
their patio bar to have some drinks then I lined up to get in. There
as special guests was Angelo Janetti (i.e. the guy who in the film
looks like Oates from Hall & Oates; he now has a goatee) and
Maurice Smith (i.e. OH MY GOD! i.e. The Black Guy)... and Grandmaster
Y.K. Kim himself. He runs Martial Arts World in Orlando. A number of
his students were there to see the film. Before it started, the three
said some things and Kim can still do the splits at his old age. His
English skills are not that much better than they were 25 years ago,
but oh well.
The
screening went pretty well. There was a lot of cheering and of course
plenty of laughter too. Even Kim admitted beforehand that the movie
isn't great on a technical level. I am glad I got to see it on the
big screen with a crowd as that's the best way to see it. I still
like this motion picture despite the surprising backlash it's gotten.
I'll
be back Thursday night.
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