Members Fatso Forgottso Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 I'm not sure if anyone has said it yet, but the 90's movie is most definitely Slacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 90's Requiem For A Dream American History X 00's Wall-e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockDaJoJo Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 How has Fast Times a Ridgemont High been left out?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gunner Recall Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Perhaps it's because I am the product of a upper-middle class suburban upbringing but the 90's makes me think clueless or empire records. Rape/AIDS/heroin/nazi rallies were more the exception than a common occurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 Probably that Singles movie or Reality Bites- pretty sad statement about the 90's, eh? Singles was ok... although i would not say it's in the same class as as the three films listed above. That movie was actually made in 1991 before anyone was really paying attention to seattle, or the northwest. The 90's hadn't even really been defined yet. I'm not even sure this movie was about youth... most of the people in it seemed to be portraying people in their late 20's, not HS or recent college grads. Reality bites was the first movie i thought of when i read the OP. This movie tries so {censored}ing hard, and misses the mark on everything. It doesnt help that i hate the violent fems. It doesnt help that I had a roommate who reminded me of my old roommate... by the way, this guy NEVER gets the girl. but worst of all it has winona ryder playing the same role she always does. wine and cry the whole movie, and be sad or offended over the most minor things.... and of course always some argument over semantics... yeah really compelling {censored} to watch a movie about some girl with rich parents and a college degree complain about how hard her life is, and that no one understands... and we all know in real life that girl would have jumped in ben stillers car and popped out a couple of kids and never looked back. My wife loved this movie... she will say otherwise now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 00 - Superbad 90s - cant think of one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doppelbanger Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 kids is good if you want to focus on the social deviant aspect. i vote for kevin smith movies, can't hardly wait, clueless. i rented this movie called suburbia that might fit as well but i thought it was shiiite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 00 - Superbad90s - cant think of one I don't think the definitive 90s high school movie has been made yet. The fact that it's taking some GenXer director this long to concoct it seems really apropos somehow. We might have to wait another decade for any product, if we get one at all. I still haven't seen Superbad. Must go see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 How has Fast Times a Ridgemont High been left out?! Great flick, but somehow it just doesn't fit in with the 3 in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 I don't really see how Superbad is "definitive" of any particular time. Surely, the same plot could have been done in many eras. Plus, there just aren't that many earmarks or key elements in it that scream "2000s" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 dazed and confused NAILED my 9th grade experience. it was just about EXACTLY like that. scary....except my buddy had a '69 camaro. and we DID hang out at the foosball parlor, and he DID hit on the high school chicks....even tho he was like 25:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 there just aren't that many earmarks or key elements in it that scream "2000s" to me. That brings up a good point. What are the key elements in the 3 films in the OP that make them relevant to their respective eras? Aside from the soundtracks, and the fashions, was there something about the characters, their attitudes, and the themes that made them particular to their eras? This is starting to sound like a film studies discertation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 dazed and confused NAILED my 9th grade experience. it was just about EXACTLY like that. scary....except my buddy had a '69 camaro. and we DID hang out at the foosball parlor, and he DID hit on the high school chicks....even tho he was like 25:lol: I have a friend who has memorized nearly all of Wooderson's lines. I think he's trying to become Wooderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 "you got a joint????" "it'd be a whole lot cooler if you DID" classic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted May 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 "Wipe that face off your head, bitch!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members woolyh Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 definitely Superbad American Pie for the 90s I guess just because I can't think of any others ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted April 9, 2010 Members Share Posted April 9, 2010 definitely Superbad American Pie for the 90s I guess just because I can't think of any others ;p Superbad without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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