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Sorry if this doesn't fit the thread criteria, but I didn't feel like rating the movie I just watched or saying that watching it was what I was doing on New Year's Eve.
But I watched Midnight Run (1988) last night.
I remember really liking it when I first saw it in the theater, and it's still very enjoyable, but I was amazed how it reflected the difference technology has made between then and now.
But I watched Midnight Run (1988) last night.
I remember really liking it when I first saw it in the theater, and it's still very enjoyable, but I was amazed how it reflected the difference technology has made between then and now.
- The use of pay phones was a huge part of the movie (now they can't be found).
- Robert DeNiro unlocks his rental car door with a key (as opposed to pushing a button on a fob).
- Charles Grodin's character had a lot of embezzled money, was being hunted by the mob & lived in an affluent part of NYC, but apparently didn't have any type of alarm system on his home. (Then again, I don't have one on my home, but I neither have money nor live in an affluent area.)
- No one's got a cell phone (not even the FBI agents).
- Most of the major characters smoke cigarettes - and there's smoking allowed on planes, trains and in restaurants!
- This might be a plot hole, but one guy cancel's DeNiro's credit card just by giving a name over the phone - I think in 1988 you needed to give more than just a name to cancel a credit card (like say the card number?)
