Tonight I decided to watch Lethal Weapon. Now I’ve heard really good things about this movie. I’ve heard that it’s an action classic. That it’s one of the top movies from the 80’s. What I failed to hear is that there is a very weird scene at the beginning of the movie. The movie introduces Danny Glover’s character, Roger Murtaugh, very early in the film (second scene to be exact). The scene takes place in Murtaugh’s bathroom, where Murtaugh is taking a bath (1st weird thing to happen). All of a sudden his WHOLE family barges in with a birthday cake and proceeds to sing happy birthday to him (2nd weird thing). Once they are done singing he makes everyone give him a kiss (while he’s in the bath….NAKED) (3rd weird thing). The only one who doesn’t is his 12 year old son, who has to realize how fucking weird all of this is. Next everyone leaves except his 16 year old daughter, where she gives him shit for being old and then plays with his beard (4th weird thing), while he’s in the bathtub…..NAKED. Just let that all sink in.
Look, I understand that this was the 80’s and things might’ve been different back then, but come on. This is weird on soooooo many levels. The whole time this scene was playing out all I could think about is that all of his kids, who are somewhat old, are looking at their dad’s old dick. Idk how that passed the writing room. Imagine how awkward that must’ve been for the actors and actresses in the scene because I have a strong feeling Glover was probably really naked for that scene. Imagine how awkward it must’ve been to view this in a theater full of strangers. I’m lucky. I got to view thais by myself in my house. Despite all of this, I like the film and I recommend it to anyone.
[Insert Lethal Weapon saxophone riff]
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