Back when we were first dating, my Wife told me about “Bellybutton Movies.” They’re not necessarily movies where people walk around in midriff-baring costumes, bit I’m sure that’d be one possibility. Generally speaking though, the term refers to movies that are fun, lighthearted fare. No great thinking is involved, any villains are two dimensional and soundly defeated. The movie is suitable for children or pretty much anyone else in need of the sort of feel-good innocence that hearkens back to when you used to call the navel a “bellybutton” on a regular basis.
“Willow” is a bellybutton movie. “Apocalypse Now” is not.
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