Underrated
This movie is underrated. It came out way before Mean Girls, and compared to that movie, Jawbreaker is totally underrated.
shareJawbreaker is rated pretty badly, a 4.7 at the moment. However it's still harshly OVERRATED!! This film is a total piece of crap. Thank God for Rose McGowan and a few good songs, because that's absolutely all this film has going for it. Among the amazing amount of low points this film has, is the fact that Rebecca Gayheart may just be the worst actress on the entire planet. I gave this film a 3 out of 10, and honestly felt I was being extremely generous. Jawbreaker, nor Mean Girls are original for their time. Don't kid yourself! Both Mean Girls and Jawbreaker take their influence from the 1980's classic dark teen film 'Heathers', which I'm quite sure is probably rated better than both this and Mean Girls, even though it's much older. The idea was probably even attempted long before Heathers, however Heathers is clearly the best of these dark teen flicks that revolve around the social politics of females in a high school setting. Personally I don't think any of the three films are great, but Heathers is definitely more intelligent and ahead of its time than the other two. With Jawbreaker clearly being by far the worst of the three. All this of course, 'in my opinion'. You are certainly entitled to yours.
My body's a cage, it's been used and abused and I...LIKE IT!!
it is clear that you were picked on in High School.... lighten up Francis!
shareNo way this flick rules!
Rebecca Gayheart was tottally believable and stuff and plus I think she is cute so am going to defend her.
Also Jawbreaker has a really unique '80s style (lots of bright colors and stuff, plus school was named 'Reagan High') mixed in with late '90s style ('90s Goths all over the place) for a real unique mixed vibrational that someone that lived through those two decades can appreciate as total coolness.
Why insult yourself? I'm not saying Gayheart is ugly, she certainly isn't. Bottom line however is that she can't act worth a shyt, and this movie sucks. That's why it's rated in the 4's. I will agree that there is nothing wrong with the look of the film. I'll give you 2 points for that part of your post, but since you think Gayheart can act, I'll have to give your post a minus 5 overall. Oh yeah, and you said "this flick rules", which makes your post a minus 10 right there. Ok, thanks for coming. :)
After some consideration, I've actually decided to give your post a plus 1. Simply because you really made me laugh and proved a point when you said Gayheart was, "Tottally believable and stuff". Lol! Nice! And stuff, lol.
My body's a cage, it's been used and abused...and I...LIKE IT!!
Well am certainly glad that you saw the logic in giving the flick some points for its production values ('80s and '90s style) It is good to reach a modicum of common ground and like not harsh ones mellow. It is totally A-OK to be totally like shallow and just like the look of a flick on just that basis alone and stuff.
For a more High Brow example of this I certainly like Kubricks 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Man the thing just looks great, but sadly just about everything else is wrong with it.
Let me make it perfectly clear to you. I don't like this film. Your brain obviously doesn't have the capacity to understand a film like Eyes Wide Shut. Stick to dumb unoriginal films rated in the 4's, like this one.
My body's a cage, it's been used and abused...and I...LIKE IT!!
I don't understand what is so wrong with this movie. Academy Award winning? No. Oscar winning? No. I kind of like the cheesy factor of the movie. I'm not a movie elist, but I recognize this movie is not perfect. Nonetheless, did I enjoy it? Yes...
shareI like a few things in the film myself. Not very much of it, but some. McGowan gives a very solid performance for instance, at least in my view. However I certainly don't have a problem with people who do happen to like the film. I'm sure it appeals to certain peoples tastes. Can't say I hold the Academy Awards with high reguard, so I don't give a crap about that. I was only slagging on fanboi there because he started being a clown toward me. Certainly nothing wrong with having different opinions on film, etc. We'd all probably be pretty damn bored in this world if we all had the same thoughts about everything.
My body's a cage, it's been used and abused...and I...LIKE IT!!