What was the point of the teenage romance in this film? It has zero to do with the plot and is completely stupid. I really enjoyed this movie, but I always want to fastforward thru the "Buck loves Cammie" parts. Yeah, I guess they'd be cute in there own movie(maybe), but they just don't fit here. It pointlessly slows the story down.
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As she stated most of her relationships lasted no longer than 2 weeks because of her living in a tourist spot. This admittence seemed like she was a little whore.
And did Buck end up banging her?
I thought this was an uneven subplot to this, what can be considered an 80's family picture.
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I agree with some others. Whenever I go somewhere, even if it's just a minor thing, I always see a girl that I fall for. Then never see again. So I can sympathize wit that.
That said, I hated the way they kissed, that weird lip-flattening thing. My roommate makes out with his girlfriend like that and it makes me SICK! I want to rip their moutsh off when they do that! Yuggh!
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For some reason(and I'm very weird and strange when it comes to movies). There will be some movies I will watch over and over because of certain elements. This movie provides a ton of cheeeeeesy elements, so it's a top 50 all time cheese fest movie for me.
With this saying, I hate to say it, but one of the reasons it's one of my favorite cheesy films is the subplot of the boy and girl. It's true, the cheesy music, the horrid dialogue, etc.. I think that when you're a 11 year old kid watching this movie and being a 31 year old and watching it, it never dies...you have that nostalgic thing come crawling in lol.
When I was younger I used to think this subplot fit in fine with the rest of the movie but I watched it for the first time in years the other day and found it really random.
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What everyone is forgetting here is that John Hughes wrote the movie. That should answer the quetion of why the teenage romance is there. And if it doesn't, go watch any of his other films. breakfast club. pretty in pink. ferris beullers day off.
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Five pages of comments and only one person mentioned the right reason:
It was padding. Without those scenes, the film would've been about an hour and twenty minutes. Hughes could write that teen romance stuff in his sleep, so he threw in a needless ten minutes worth to get the film to a releasable ninety minutes.
'Bout it.
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But there were deleted scenes that were actually funny, they should have just put those in and taken out the teen romance.
shareMaybe it's because I had a similar experience on vacation once but I thought it fit fine. Most teenagers can relate to the situation of wanting to be someplace to meet someone but your parents plans are hindering you. I actually like the cheesy song and I love Lucy Deakins in this. Besides, how much time did the buck/cammie plot take up...2 minutes of film?
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The cheesy love scenes did not bother me at all. I enjoyed the great 80's music/vibe it created. Yeah it was corny but the movie just reeks of goofy/cheesy scenes anyway. Plus someone said they did not like the talking racoons and for some reason I found them quite hilarious.
shareLike many comedies of the time, TGO was essentially a set of wacky set-pieces cut in no particular order, with the "story" (Roman and Chet) tying it all together in the end.
They obviously felt that there wasn't enough story and that perhaps an "attractive teenagers hook up in the woods" subplot might fill things out a bit more. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was tacked on late.
That said, I agree that it doesn't really go anywhere and adds nothing to the film. I'd have preferred they develop Chet and Roman more.
To me, the teenage love story didn't add anything to the film either…and nor did these twin sisters. I guess the script writer chose to juxtapose Chet's sons with Roman's daughters, and because identical twins are perceived as funny by many people, he made them identical twins. And being John Hughes, he couldn't resist the temptation of inserting some teenage-related stuff.
shareI would have liked it better if Cammie was a little nicer acting and maybe a little softer looking.
I really hated her last line... I want you to go back to chigago a love sick maniac who won't be able to look at another girl without comparing her to me.
Not much to go compare, if you ask me...
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Like the idea of the subplot. I just don't think it was well executed.
shareI watched it for the first time in about 20 years. I didn't expect it to hold up at all, and I wasn't wrong. The romance was the worst part though (which is saying a LOT). It's not that it didn't fit - it's expected fodder. It's how flat it fell. As fodder goes, it didn't even try to be a little bit interesting. The lines were unbelievably trite and unoriginal. It's worse than stock writing, and I mean that literally.
I got a chuckle out of the one: "If I ditch you, you have my permission not to speak to me as long as we both shall live". And that wins her over.
Dummy, if he 'ditches' you, wouldn't that be the point?
My recollection of the movie as a kid had their arc being much more substantial, with more scenes & a stronger payoff. Weird how that works.
Now while it doesn't hurt the movie at all, it does seem oddly needless. To be fair, she was one of the more memorable girls to crush on, which as it is makes me laugh considering I just pointed out how little screentime they had vs. actuality.
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Horrible, especially hate the cheesy ass music that plays during those scenes.
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