And this week's Friday night movie has been.....Say Anything!
Being a thirty something, I have no place assessing teen-movies - largely because I ceased being a teen a long time ago. But I will give props to any movie that attempts to portray teenagers as....well....teenagers. And this is one of those movies that succeeds in that goal. So yeah, I enjoyed this one. It's also interesting to note that this movie came out the same decade as The Breakfast Club - which also succeeded in showing teenagers be teenagers. Both movies succeed in this goal so much whereas a lot of teen movies that have followed in their wake have failed. Kinda makes you wonder what happened there....
It may be easy to dismiss a twenty-nine year old movie through the lens of the present and say it's all about stalking. But I never got that vibe. If anything, it's more showing teens going through the ups and downs of romance and finding a future career - and seeing if someone else fits into the future one is building.
However in the wake of the world-changing MeToo movement, I have to admit that it would be interesting to see how this kind of movie (guy who genuinely wants a r/ship trying to win woman over) would be made today.
