Dated + annoying.


Loved in my teens and high school years but as you age it becomes almost embarrassing . The sterotypical stoner ( slater) in particular I thought was funny and cool while I was 15 . I think when I was 16 and became a stoner and tripper myself it became noticable how annoying and how false the character is . Almost a Jeff spicoli rip off . Strange though , I still enjoy " ridgemont high" and penn's character . Any agree with me ?

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I agree, I didn't laugh once. The music and cars are decent, but that's really about it. Although I'm a bit down on the comedic aspect of this film, I really enjoyed the "serious" moments during the beer party, especially how Benny got in Pink's face in regards to the team, and the tension between Clint and Mike. A little teen angst never hurts.

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I agree totally, Stones. The soundtrack was fantastic. I loved the cars. Maybe the movie was TOO realistic? We did lots of the stuff depicted in the movie, but I wouldn't have watched a movie of us doing it. Mathew McC really got on my nerves. Was he supposed to? I had watched this movie years ago, and disliked it then, too. After seeing all the positive reviews, I though I needed to give it another shot. Mistake.
Like you, I never came close to laughing.

Bob, class of '75

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If all you want to do is laugh, watch the Three Stooges.
I think this movie was meant to make you identify with the pangs of being in High School, with a lot of light touches along the way.

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This movie should feel like it was about me as it takes place in the year I graduated HS. But it never rang true to me and I found it boring. I guess I just didn't care enough for the characters.

The only attraction to me was a chance to see a bunch of actors in their first film. And Parker Posey because she is always worth watching.

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Totally disagree. As someone who was a bit younger during this time period, I can say that this is quite accurate. The characterizations are all pretty spot-on for the late 70's - early 80's. They seem like stereotypes because most stereotypes are based on truth.

I think this film holds up very well 20 years later!

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How does being younger give you insight to what we were doing? A lot of this does ring true, save the beating the freshmen, but quite a bit is a Hollywood depiction of what 1976 was like.

Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

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Lol, I didn't say that it did, only that I was alive at the time, but too young to be a part of it.

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Why is it that when someone is caught in bullshit s/he says, “LOL”? What a refuge for the stupid.

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I totally agree -- I started high school 4 years later, in 1980, and it was eerie how well they capture the vibe, and I live in a totally different part of the country and in a much more urban area.

Amusingly the year I graduated was the year "Breakfast Club" was released and we actually spent two days of my senior current events class discussing the movie, and I remember how animated everyone was about *that* movie being a totally realistic depiction of high school. I think it was, too.

I think Dazed's appeal is much stronger if you lived in the era or its immediate twilight. For me, the vibe definitely shifted from 1980 to 1985. 1980 was still the 1970s and the 1960s in some ways. By 1985, it was way more punk-rock and not hippie/counterculture focused.

Oddly, I never found "Fast Times.." to have a lot of realism to it. I have a friend who grew up in LA during that time and he's convinced it's almost a documentary, but I think it was very much a lot of a LA/California thing that didn't export as well to the rest of the country.

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Never cared for Fast Times compared to this. First saw Dazed at 15 and still love it to this day

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FAST TIMES: 6/10
DAZED AND CONFUSED: 8/10

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Fast times is good, dazed is far better.

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Didn't like Fast Times nor Dazed. There wasn't a single likable character Imo.

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Vicky, you didn't like EITHER???

Boy, you must be a whole barrel of fun !!

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Without getting into lovable losers and charming idiots, let's look at this from the most straightforward, morally upright and levelheaded subset of characters: How exactly are Tony, Mitch or Sabrina unlikable?

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Sorry, tbh I don't remember those characters anymore. I haven't seen the film since then.



Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit? - Nigel Tufnel

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Yeah you sound about as fun as a wet pile of cow dung in a burlap sack.

Just sayin.

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And that reflects more about you than me.



Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit? - Nigel Tufnel

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I own that.

Do you?

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...wet pile of cow dung in a burlap sack


Uhm, you know you just agreed that you are nothing more than $h!t? I'm guessing you are not strong with the mature thought process.

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." -tBL

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No, you blithering, illiterate imbecile. Is English your second language?

I wrote a simile, comparing that fool to a wet pile of cow dung in a burlap sack.

They responded (operative word in caps):

"And THAT reflects more about you than me"

Do you not understand what the "that" is referring to?

It was the making of such a (childish) statement, which I acknowledged, leaving the fact that they are in fact about as much fun a wet pile of cow dung in a burlap sack unaffected.

So, tixplz, next time you butt your ugly your pimpled butt into someone else's business, make sure you don't end up outing yourself as a simpleton boob.

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Yay, Vicky! Best post that I’ve seen in a long time. Never tolerate assholes.

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Wow,

People really thought this was better than Fast Times? I think F.T.a.R.H. is one of the funniest movies EVER. We have used quotes from the movie for the entire 34 years since it came out. I could watch it every day and not get tired of it. I do have to say, the first time I watched it I wasn't impressed. That may have been more due to the fact that my a-hole ex brother in law was building it up so much. Once I watched it again, I was hooked.

To each their own, I guess.

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Well any film that captures a period of days gone by is going to be "dated".

Not nearly as good as FTARH, but there were some funny scenes that were also realistic.

The keg being delivered too early before the parents leave for the weekend is pretty funny.

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I never understand the "dated" comment. How does something that took place many years ago look modern. I think people who watch Stranger Things get confused by the difference between something filmed many years ago and a show or movie that is filmed now that captures something from a nostalgic viewpoint.

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I have to admit, I don't understand the love for this film at all. It's a nothing movie.

I think its maybe generational, and for those who grew up in the era its set in it may evoke certain memories within their own childhood experience. That's fair enough.

But even taking that into account, I didn't find it funny and the storyline was flimsy at best (although I'll accept the film wasn't a story per se, but merely a snapshot of time within a group of people's lives).

In fact, I came here to agree with the 'annoying' part of your heading...

I hated pretty much every single character. In fact, I've found that in most Richard Linklater films I'm the same. I liked Boyhood, for example, but the main character was a cardboard cut-out of a boy/young man.

I'm sure his characters resonate with a lot of people, or else he wouldn't be such a critically acclaimed and publicly lauded director, but I just can't connect with his films at all.

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High school movies didn't do much for me during high school/college years. But now in my 30s I have seen all of the classics more than once. D+C, Breakfast, Candles, Ridgemont, Graffiti...maybe nostalgia for high school years is pulling me towards those movies.

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It's an American Graffiti 70's version wannabe and fails on that count. I lived that era, and it's more a parody, rather than a realistic depiction, of it. It's pretty depressing. imagine real kids really living such hopeless lives? Sad.

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I don't know what world you are living in, but alot of them are.

The stoner might be a little sterotypical, but otherwise it is a very realistic slice of life film.

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Not only is D&C dated and annoying but so is Richard Linklater. Might explain why he's never won an Academy Award.

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I disagree, but I view movies differently than you do obviously. You seem to like cookie cutter movies and I like movies that are more slice of life where the characters make the story instead of having the characters fit into the constraints of the story.

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If that's how you rate people, whether they have won an Academy Award or was Miss Universe, have at it.

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boring film, dumb ending. Other than Nugent, the music wasn't THAT great. I wanted to really dig this film, after hearing how great it was, but still can't understand why it's considered a classic.

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If your mind is rigid, you won't get it. Watch Mickey Mouse cartoons if you want guaranteed laughs.
It's a thoughtful film, if a bit light. Not about stoners, about young people trying to figure out their way., but not delivered in an obvious package. They are a disparate group of kids who are all slightly different from one another, and all are trying to find who they are as they approach adulthood.

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Seemed like a parody to me as well (though clearly not its intention). But especially with films like this, it's hit-or-miss with whom it will connect with. It missed with me.

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