Thursday, October 04, 2007

A Coming of Age Movie

Have you ever played the game "Six Degrees From Kevin Bacon"? The basic idea is that any random actor or actress can be traced back to Kevin Bacon in 6 films or less. For example:

Emilio Estevez...

1 - Who was in The Breakfast Club with Molly Ringwald
2 - Who was in Pretty in Pink with Annie Potts
3 - Who was in with Ghostbusters with Rick Moranis
4 - Who was in with Spaceballs with Bill Pullman
5 - Who was in Sleepless in Seattle with Tom Hanks
6 - Who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon

To win the game, there's no need to list 6 films if they can be connected in less, but what's the fun in that?

Anyway, Kevin Bacon made a movie in 1988 called She's Having a Baby with Elizabeth McGovern and Alec Baldwin and it is a "must see" for any pregnant woman. Then again, I think it's a good movie to watch for just about anyone, but if you're pregnant, it will make you cry :')

I generally dislike the term "Coming of Age Movie" because usually it means a movie where some naive person experiments with sex, which I don't think is a sign of maturity. However, She's Having a Baby is a real "Coming of Age Movie" because it is about a man (Kevin Bacon) who struggles with growing up. His wife wants to have a baby and he's not sure he's ready define his life as "dad". So that seems pretty simple, but I still think it's a good enough movie to spend 2 hours of your time on.