Fandango
Watched on TiVo (HBO)
Netflix Synopsis:
Five college roommates take a gonzo road trip into the Texas badlands and across the Mexican border before they graduate and go their separate ways. During their journey, they bond and remember the good times and lazy days just past. This 1985 student film directed by Kevin Reynolds stars Judd Nelson, Sam Robards (son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall), Pepe Serna, Chuck Bush, Brian Cesak and a young Kevin Costner.
This is one of those movies that I have to watch whenever its on because I love the nostalgic, sad, yet happy feeling it brings to me when I do watch it. It is, in its own way, a quite magical coming of age film.
The ‘end’ always gets me. Being twenty years removed from high school and fifteen years out of college, I, along of tons of other people have felt that loneliness when you watch your friends go their separate ways. You’ll probably never see them again, and all you can do is shake their hand, hold up a beer and say goodbye.
The complications in the movie are really just to drive the plot, but the true interior conflict of Kevin Costner is what really drives the story for me. He’s in love with the woman that he’s trying desperately to get his friend to go and marry.
Two of the best scenes in the movie are the skydiving scene with Judd Nelson and the last dance scene when Keven Costner and Suzy Amis dance the “Fandango” at her wedding (you’ll remember Susy from Gabriel Byrnes love interest in “The Usual Suspects”). The skydive scene cracks me up and is filled with enough tension to bring you to the edge of your seat. Yes, the dance scene is a little sappy, it has a little cheese on top, but it brings a lump to my throat whenever I watch it.
This is one of Kevin Costner’s firsts. And he did a great job! Great movie. Watch it!
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