Posted by OU1313 at 01-042.041.popsite.net on January 29, 2002 at 13:44:49:
In Reply to: That movie is one of my least favorite movies posted by BrianLynch on January 29, 2002 at 13:36:18:
: And it's not that I'm a "boy" and that it's about "girls". The whole damn thing is wallowing cliches.
Agreed with the whole "cliches" thang, but sad, and rather sickening, truth is that some of that shit just happens. (ie, crushing on some stupid boy who is just not good enough for us, but at that age we're too dumb to realize.)
: Here's just a taste of how stupid the movie is---
You leave an accurate taste in ones mouth, however
: One of the main characters kills themselves on graduation day.
That was pretty lame and rather ill played out.
: Someone has a party that night, and the best friend of said dead kid goes.
This was irritating and just dumb.
: At the party, a bully picks on a girl with anorexia.
The fact that she had anorexia didn't seem to be written very well. I didn't know she had it until that scene. At first I thought she might have been throwing up due to pregnancy until I saw her fingers down her throat. That bugged me.
: The friend of the dead kid BASHES a chair over the bully's head and then asks the girl to dance.
Let's just say that the entire party scene was one of the parts I disliked as I wrote in my original post.
: As the friend of the kid WHO DIED THAT DAY and the anorexic girl are dancing, the lead girl (who was also really good friends with the dead kid) proclaims in voice over---"Words can't describe how perfect that moment was".
That "moment" was indeed lost on me.
: Um. YOUR FRIEND KILLED HIMSELF THAT MORNING. That's not a PERFECT MOMENT, it's a FRIGGIN' WEIRD ONE, DID YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO THE PARTY????
You really cared about that kid huh Lynch... I'm sorry for your loss man.
: Oh yes, of course you did, you had to magically resolve ALL the problems in one magical night.
That didn't bug me so much as the fact that the guy she was crushing on did this whole magical 180 and was not grovelling at her feet. Just blah...
: It's so fucking bad. The whole movie is like that. And the acting is fucking aaaaaaaaawful.
The acting wasn't 2 snaps in a circle worthy, but it wasn't flat out shoot someone bad either.
Just thoughts.
Nancy