Since I arrived at the theater too late to see Suspect Zero or Without a Paddle last night, I ended up seeing Hero.
From everything I've heard about those other two movies, you definitely had the gods on your side, arrival-wise.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2004 5:47:10 am PDT #3613 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jessica - Sep 06, 2004 5:50:44 am PDT #3614 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Since I arrived at the theater too late to see Suspect Zero
Any time is too late to see Suspect Zero.
Except for Carrie-Anne Moss (who I would watch reading the phone book to a dog), there is nothing about this movie that did not completely suck. It's like a bad parody of a bad X-Files episode, only longer and less coherent.
Lyra Jane - Sep 06, 2004 6:10:19 am PDT #3615 of 10001
Up with the sun
I thought Not Another Teen Movie was much funnier than it had any right to be. And Josie & the Pussycats is really, really, really good and extremely quotable, though not many people saw it. I never knew it was Rachel Leigh Cook in that anti-drug ad.
ita, is Grease generally considered a teen movie? While the characters are meant to be in high school, I wouldn't call it a "teen movie," both because all of the actors were obviously significantly older, and because I don't think teenagers were really meant to identify with the main characters in the way they're meant to identify with the leads of a teen film like The Breakfast Club or Save the Last Dance.
Lilty Cash - Sep 06, 2004 6:17:03 am PDT #3616 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I still have a big love for select teen movies- 10 Things I Hate About You stands out, and I like What a Girl Wants and of course The Princess Diaries. (Although that may not count as "teen" per se.)
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2004 6:20:27 am PDT #3617 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LJ, I'm not sure. I have a hard time thinking of Risky Business as a teen movie either, and I think it's because they both came out before I started thinking of teendom. Which is to say, I have no perspective.
What are pre-80s teen movies like?
As for age, Olivia Newton John was one year older when she made Grease than Stacey Dash was when she made Clueless.
And Johnny T was well within the range for, say, The OC. So I don't think that is a criterion.
I don't know about targetting, but when I saw it as a teen I liked it WAY more than when I saw it in my early 20s.
Jesse - Sep 06, 2004 6:35:54 am PDT #3618 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I was a pre-teen, Grease was a big sleepover movie, which I think argues for it as a "teen" movie. Of course, then Top Gun came out, and we all grew up a little.....
Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2004 6:36:20 am PDT #3619 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Except for Carrie-Anne Moss (who I would watch reading the phone book to a dog), there is nothing about this movie that did not completely suck. It's like a bad parody of a bad X-Files episode, only longer and less coherent.
Which really sucks, because the director's other two films are quite interesting. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE is just hugely entertaining and BEGOTTEN, while not an easy movie to watch, is a rather singular achievement. Hollywood claims another soul - feh!
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2004 6:37:25 am PDT #3620 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Top Gun came out, and we all grew up a little.....
God bless volleyball.
Jesse - Sep 06, 2004 6:38:52 am PDT #3621 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It was like porn for us, for real.
Jessica - Sep 06, 2004 6:43:25 am PDT #3622 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE is just hugely entertaining
Eh, I wasn't a big fan. I thought Willem Dafoe gave a great performance, but the script depended way too much on cheap laughs, which weren't even all that funny. (And it had the same "look at my one camera trick!" problem that Being John Malkovich did.)