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...final credits began to roll, a well-satisfied Dewitt turned to find his son on his way out the door, a bedroll and backpack under his arm. "Where do you think you're going?" he demanded...
...really funny thing is how efficiently it exploits the supposedly normal moviegoing public. Guns, explosions, aircraft, firearms, things blowing up, helicopters, small arms, balls of hot expanding gas--Lethal Weapon is like a Borden Condensed Action Film, pasteurized to remove the sex. Having said this--and Dewitt thinks it needs to be said--Weapon is, despite its obviousness, an enjoyable film...
...love of bullets only slightly ameliorating the annoyance felt towards his mischievous lad, Dewitt was resolved to teach the boy a lesson. Dewitt Jr. was sent back out on his Keds. One hour later, Dewitt Jr. presented the next stack of reels--very good time, Dewitt observed, noting the therapeutic effects of exercise. And this time, the young man's selection was not far off the mark...
Chuckling as the lights came up in his home screening room, Dewitt felt satisfied that at last his son had learned his lesson about right and wrong--and also about film comedy. But would he appear too lenient in the child's eyes if he let him off the hook now? Dewitt wasn't sure, but he knew one thing: he sure was in the mood for another movie...
Thirty minutes later--suspiciously good time for an eleven-year-old on foot, Dewitt realized--Dewitt Jr. returned clutching one of the most precious prints in the pantheon of film humour, a rare jewel by the Leonardo da Vinci of screen guffaws, Preston Sturges. Dewitt felt a rush of parental pride...