Boy, oh boy, was this a blast from the past. We decided to watch it last night, after putting up our Christmas tree, since it's on my list of Non-Traditional Christmas movies.
I'm proud (or embarrassed, haven't decided which yet) of how much of the dialogue I still have memorized. It's also amusing how cliche the movie is now, but at the time, it was the first of the real buddy cop action/comedy movies. It's been spoofed so many times that when Danny Glover said "I'm too old for this shit" I cracked up.
It's the first action movie I can remember that had the whole "the bad guy is caught...no wait...LOOK OUT HE'S GOT A GUN!!!" ending, as well. Lethal Weapon is still a great ride.
One suggestion, though - get the director's cut. There's a great scene that was left out of the original where Riggs is called to a sniper situation. Also, for gut-busting cheesiness, there is the worst song ever written playing over the credits. It's an original song called Lethal Weapon (I'm going to assume - I was laughing too hard to read the credits) and it's HORRIBLE. I don't remember what song they had playing over the credits in the theatrical release, but it sure wasn't that piece of crap.
A lot of fun, tons of action, and witty dialogue - it may not hold up after almost 30 years as a 5 star movie, but it's still worth another look.
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