What else could I be talking about than the final (was it?) chapter of the Look Who's Talking movies? I have to say that I loved this movie when I was kid, so much so that I rented it repeatedly from the video store. Look Who's Talking Now features those talking babies as fully functional children that actually speak out loud. Mikey is now 8 or something and he really wants a dog, but his parents don't want to get one (I so relate!).
Mikey sees a many giving away puppies in the street, and is attracted to the last one left, a particularly charming mutt. The mutt puppy also feels a connection to Mikey, but Mikey can't take him home. That mutt ends up being adopted by two bikers (lol). Is that the last we'll see of him? Well stay tuned.James (John Travolta) gets a new job flying some sexy temptress business lady around,
and Molly (Kirstie All
ey) on the other hand, gets fired. The temptress boss lady takes a very personal interest in James, which results in a lot of tension in the family (though James is not really sure why!) At some point Mikey discovers that Santa isn't real, and this blow to Mikey's psyche (ha! I rhymed!) causes James to soften and take Mikey to a shelter to get a dog.At the same time, James' new boss decides to give the family her dog after hearing about Mikey's desire for one. Dilemma! Now they have two dogs! A mutt named Rocks (voiced by Danny DeVito) and a prissy Standard Poodle named Daphne (voiced by Diane Keaton). Of course, Rocks and Daphne hate each other. Rocks is impossible to train and a disaster, while Daphne is perfect. Hilarious antics ensue.
Of course, they can't keep both dogs! So Molly and James make a deal to get rid of the dog that causes the most trouble (guess who that ends up being?).
Well, its not as simple as that. After an incident where Rocks destroys Daphne's fairy princess dog house thing, Daphne decides to chew up one of Molly's shoes, in the hopes that it will be blamed on Rocks and he will be thrown out.
Well the shoe goes unnoticed for quite some time, and during this time Daphne and Rocks overcome their differences and become an item (shocking, I know).
They go on a nice doggie date, which involves eating out of a trash can and rolling around in mud. It all seems very familiar. Isn't there a an animated Disney movie with prissy girl dog and a street wise mutt that learn from each other and fall in love? The name isn't coming to me at the moment.
Daphne has let go of her inhibitions! She is truly happy!
But later that day . . .
THE SHOE! Yes, the shoe is found and Rocks is banished to the tiny balcony outside the apartment. Now Daphne is regretting being such a heinous witch, but too late for any of that. The humans are too caught up in their problems, which include James having to fly sexy temptress somewhere on Christmas where they conviently end up stranded in a cabin. This is also the part of the movie where everything goes downhill.In summary, James finally wises up while at the same time his family goes to find him. They all find each other and realize "Hey we're a family and we love each other and that's awesome!!1!". Somewhere in there Rocks protects James from a pack of wolves. He lives. Mikey hears sleigh bells and Santa on a radio. Christmas Spirit lives! The end.
To be fair, this movie isn't that terrible. It is leaps and bounds ahead of the travesty that is Rover Dangerfield, and considering what they had to work with, Travolta and Alley were very funny and very good in this movie. I personally loved Diane Keaton in this, and Danny DeVito isn't too shabby either. This movie will always be a nostalgic favorite of mine, but if I ever watch it again, I will skip the ending. You should do the same!
Stay tuned for the next installment of . . . NOSTALGIC PUPS!
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