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OP: No way, this movie is a "slice of life", but you have to have some life experiences under your belt first. Move to a big city, get a job, girlfriend, live there a decade or so, and and you will gain a whole different appreciation for this film.
shareI am loving all the assumptions about me. Hate this film then I must be a disgruntled single young buck from the middle of nowhere.
shareNot necessarily. Maybe you're just someone who never moved to a big city, and had a bad relationship? :-)
For me, i like movies I can relate to, and Bright Lights Big City reflects much of my own life. I moved to a big city, with a tedious job, and got addicted to cocaine for many years as well. I even have a brother who visited me during my dark years, and it went down pretty much the same as the movie foretold. My girlfriend acted almost exactly like in this movie, and my boss was also very similar. I had a friend almost just like Kiefer Sutherland's character as well. It's really great, realistic writing, and almost eerie how close to home it hits for me. Maybe the movie was only made for me? lmao? Anyhow, sorry if I assumed things about you. I was only trying to relay what it might take to enjoy this movie. peAce
Ok, fair enough. Sorry you went through dark times and sorry I knocked this film because I didn’t relate. We all perceive these films through our own lenses. This one just seemed so overly dark and self-destructive. I disliked the main character too.
I was born in a city, and lived in a few others. I even lived in NYC for a semester in the early ‘90s, so scenes from the film look like the city as I lived it. There were ups and downs mostly economical, but nothing like the drama in this film. Maybe I would relate more to a film about about someone’s life imploding in the suburbs. I hate suburbs. The boredom, the sameness, the blandness brought on my worst days.
Maybe they just want to know why you dislike it? I watched it when I was a kid when it came out and didn't like it. Not sure if it would be any different for me now. Probably not.
shareI didn't like it as a kid either. It wasn't until later in life that I realized it foretold many parts of my early adult life that I knew it was in fact a great movie.
shareI was around 14 or so, probably expecting another Back to the Future type of deal lol. A lot of it most likely went over my head at the time.
shareThere were a few films about “yuppies in crisis” in the mid-80s. This film, St Elmo’s Fire, Less Than Zero, and maybe Wall Street too. This one was a bit better than Elmo’s but not as poignant as Zero or Wall Street. Michael J. Fox as a dramatic actor didn’t wow me, in this or in that war film he did.
shareFair enough I'm always more curious about why people didn't like a film then why they may liked it. I never got into Less Than Zero and I have tried watching that a few times.
shareI think i'll revisit this. Haven't seen it since I was a teenager. Definitely didn't like it then. Let's see how it plays to a grown up with a big set of nostalgia goggles on.
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