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61389, RE: Stand By Me was almost ruined.
Posted by Cork, Mon May-22-06 06:48 PM
>Okay, "almost" and "ruined" are a little too strong, because,
>in the end, I love this movie like family member. However,
>about 70% of the narration and pretty much Richard Dreyfuss'
>entire part could have been cut out. I choose to turn the
>movie off when all the characters as kids leave each other.

I have to diagree. His reading of "Chopper...sick balls", and of course the way Reiner put the scene together, makes that so memory worthy.

I was thinking about making a post about narration, or at least narrators who I couldn't watch a show without. Although mine was more focused on television: the woman from HBO's Autopsy series, the guy from The New Detectives, Ron Howard on Arrested Development.