Fiona, Lisa, yes.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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When I think of great adaptations, I think of Princess Bride, Fight Club, and Scott Pilgrim, among others. Movies that A) were true to the spirit of the book, B) used the media of film creatively, and C) even improved on some things here and there.
I can't really have an opinion about the quality of the movie, since it came out at a too-formative age for me. I still looooooved it.
I'm with Jesse. I think we were at the same, formative age.I just realized that I had mentally replaced Matt Dillon with Christian Slater as Dally. Weird.
I was super jealous that my best friend had cable, so she could watch it basically every day of 5th grade.
Also, this review of Rob Lowe's new memoir includes a bunch (relatively) about The Outsiders: [link]
But The Outsiders movie is still considered pretty great and was at the time as well, personal nit-picks aside.
The Vanity Fair excerpt of Lowe's memoir's is about auditioning and rehearsing for The Outsiders: [link]
I'm saving that VF for when I travel to the midwest next week. So exciting!
I'm not sure anyone here saw Restrepo, but the photojournalist behind the movie has died on the frontlines.