Gung Ho
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Movie Reviews of Gung Ho
Movie Review: Very Funny!
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie takes the situation, not improbable, of an overly efficient Japanese company taking over an American auto plant & the adjustments the workers must make to keep their jobs. The workers are pushed to the breaking point. Communication problems, many funny, impede progress. All coming to a predictable, but pleasing conclusion.Movie Review: Gung Ho
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of my favorite movies. I think, while a comedy, it really does hit the head of the nail about the mentality of auto industry. It is very original and the story is interesting enough that the movie flies by. Check it out.Movie Review: An comical look at the 80's Auto invasion
Summary: 3 Stars
The economy wasnt that good in the 80's and no where was it felt worse than the Auto industry. Lots of people can remember when there was a general panic that the Japanese would take over the car business and that every person in America would be driving a Japanese car.
Gung Ho is the story of a man, Michael Keaton, who is sent to Japan to encourage the Japanese to re-open a car factory in his dying town. Japanese efficiency clashes with the American "do it the way I like" attitude and it soon comes down to a showdown of producing 15,000 cars or loosing the factory.
Gung Ho is definitely a product of its time. American auto workers couldnt understand the "work-a-holic" attitude of the Japanese and the Japanese couldnt understand the American attitude of putting their company second or third on their priority list. Director Ron Howard trys to put a comical spin on the "East v.s. West" of automotive assembly.
Despite its age, the film still holds water but hard to understand for anyone who "wasn't there" in the 80's.
On a short note, most of the Japanese makes ZERO sense and the subtitles bear no relationship to whats being said. I think only one of the Actors could actually speak Japanese. The rest is horribly dubbed by someone who CAN'T speak the language.
Movie Review: A fun look at the way things were...
Summary: 3 Stars
I worked in a theater with this movie in 1986, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Never saw a Japanese person back then, never had any intention either. Now, after being intertwined with japanese culture, and having visited 4 times, I think the film is quaint but fun.
If you look at past films that were a reflection of the events of the time, naturally you will be upset. But, some people also get upset when they look at the nutritional content on their box of corn flakes, and cause constipation in the morning. This was a romp based on the times, and had roots in reality.
Apologies to those who can't find humor in parody and lampoon, even if it is cultural.
Movie Review: A fun movie
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a guilty pleasure. Unfortunately, like many Paramount transfers, this is too soft and not vibrant; a real dissapointment (sometimes I would swear it is also out of focus...but that may be in the original masters).