Members Bobby D Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 90's is probably Kids CLOROX with the WIN! I hate to say it, but being in junior high school in 1976 was EXACTLY like the movie "Dazed and Confused". There were high school guys chasing us around as entering freshmen. We had a place in town that was a foosball and pool hall. And of course we did our share of doobie smokin and drinking cheap beers outta the can. The only thing that saved my ASS in school is that I could play guitar, so the jocks tolerated me, and the stoners hung out with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamoDave Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 "Over the Edge" captured the true teen angst of the 70's decade. I was just about to post the same thing. Great soundtrack too, IIRC that included Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members starsailor803 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Kids, haha, that is a {censored}ed up movie. I think I've still got that on VHS somewhere. If that's the 90's in a nutshell then we're all lucky to make it out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members starsailor803 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Dazed and Confused is how I wish my generation was. That was my parents generation. Matthew McConaughey reminds me of my old man in that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Senor Cleavage Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Dazed & Confused had the look of the 70s but I was class of 79 and never saw the Seniors Vs Juniors and air raid stuff that went on in that movie. Other than that it was pretty accurate.Kids (and Gummo) may be typical of white trash but I don't think they represent the USA in general, from any decade.A Clockwork Orange is fantastic, although slightly OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Never saw D&C. So I can't comment on it. "Over the Edge" captured the true teen angst of the 70's decade. "Rock and Roll High School" was very low budget but VERY Funny. Never saw Over the Edge, but Dazed & Confused is going to be tough to beat. It's pretty damn convincing. And like American Graffiti and The Breakfast Club, it jumpstarted the careers of a lot of actors and actresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Ok this isnt the place to ask but since you guys are talking about old films....How good is A clockwork orange? A Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece. Not American, and it's set in the future, but it could have been the violent 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 City Of God at a push... Great flim, but it was set in Sao Paulo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Probably that Singles movie or Reality Bites- pretty sad statement about the 90's, eh? Definitely definitive of the 90's, but they're more college films, like The Graduate. I'm thinking high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stubacca Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Uh, Superbad for the '00s. No contest. Chicka Chicka yeah +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 6, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Besides being about American high school kids, one thing that the 3 films in my OP have in common: they all take place in a small increment of time - American Graffiti: about 8pm on a Friday night, to about 8am on a Saturday morning. Dazed & Confused: about 12pm on a Friday afternoon to about 6am on a Saturday morning Breakfast Club: about 7am on a Saturday morning to about 3pm that afternoon. Do any of these films fit that criteria as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 american graffitti was celebrating death day. a more masonic picture. showing how the tests were overcome on death day....one eye drops. "gleaming the cube" was rebought and retitled "a brothers justice". it still sucks. the original title gave away drug information. sux. 90's is cant hardly wait, 10 things sux. 00' superbad they cant pull off "EYE CONS" anymore. the technology is so crappy the quarter trick doesnt work anymore on peoples faces. the final products are less and less presentable with older adult stars looking like they have facial lepracy. whats with all the orange light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danceatron Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 What about slacker for the 90s one? If you can sit through the whole thing of course +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clorox Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Kids, haha, that is a {censored}ed up movie. I think I've still got that on VHS somewhere. If that's the 90's in a nutshell then we're all lucky to make it out ok. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluehuricane Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 +13041034814 for clerks and superbad. but more importantly, for superbad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamoDave Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Never saw Over the Edge, but Dazed & Confused is going to be tough to beat. It's pretty damn convincing. And like American Graffiti and The Breakfast Club, it jumpstarted the careers of a lot of actors and actresses. If you can find it, Over the Edge is worth a watch. To me, it seemed a lot closer to things when I was growing up at that time. It won't knock any of those others off, but still a good movie. And it helped begin the Matt Dillon as the troubled youth era too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members archlilim Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 Besides being about American high school kids, one thing that the 3 films in my OP have in common: they all take place in a small increment of time -American Graffiti: about 8pm on a Friday night, to about 8am on a Saturday morning.Dazed & Confused: about 12pm on a Friday afternoon to about 6am on a Saturday morningBreakfast Club: about 7am on a Saturday morning to about 3pm that afternoon.Do any of these films fit that criteria as well? Superbad only covers 24 hours if I'm correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Clorox Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 It's been awhile since I've seen Kids, but I believe it's over the course of a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 If you can find it, Over the Edge is worth a watch. To me, it seemed a lot closer to things when I was growing up at that time. It won't knock any of those others off, but still a good movie. And it helped begin the Matt Dillon as the troubled youth era too. Very cool movie and great soundtrack, pretty realistic of what I remember about those times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zephyr737X Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 uhh...Beavis and Butthead do america... that is the 90's film, or just Beavis and Butthead in general they are the 90's mtv youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EDS Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 I agree with the poster about "Slacker" for the 1990s. But "Dazed and Confused" was a 1990s film about the 1970s. So the definitive 90s movie may still be yet un-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jacobhf Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 90's for me would be Can't Hardly Wait or Empire Records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 90's is probably Kids I immediately thought of this. I'd go with this one for second place though: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zer0beaT Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 I can't think of a better representation of the 90's than Kids. But I think it depends on what you were into and how old you were in the 90's. I was a teenage skateboarder into indie music and did a lot of partying and hanging out for hours and hours with my friends at plazas and parks and other skate spots vs. at a persons house. And HIV was a big deal throughout the decade, kinda like acid rain in the 80's. For me Kids rings true, but probably not for everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zer0beaT Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 Oh and the Kids soundtrack is up there with the best of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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