I'd actually never seen this movie all the way through... not really my generation's thing. It wasn't as bad as I thought. DVD isn't much to write home about.
I'm not sure what makes this the "Special Edition." I've had this disc for several years and it seems to have all the same extras that are listed in the review. The commentary track is one of the better ones I've heard, especially considering they came back and added it probably about 15 years later.
The movie itself is one of my top 10 (ok, maybe top 20) of all time. It really, really captured a lot of what being in high school in the early to mid 80's was like. That doesn't, de facto, make it a great movie, but there is a reason a lot of the cast went on to bigger and better things (including complete unknowns in pretty small parts like Anthony Edwards, Eric Stolz, Forrest Whittaker, and Nicholas Cage, whose one line seems to be "Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadlllleeeeeeeeeeeee." Great actors, great script, a little nudity thrown in, what more could you ask for.
two years in a decade make a difference.....plus its a whole different locational argument. L.A. vs. Illinois.....of course there'll be differences in that as well.
84 is mid 80's where as 87, 88, 89 would be the late 80's
82 would be.....say it with me......early 80's. Very good.
And 84 would be... say it with me, the first half of the 80's and only two ****ing years later than 82. Yes, John Hughes made movies in the late 80's. So what? his first and most significant movies on the subject were in the first half of the 80's, in very close proximety to the time in which Fast Times was made and thus damn well comparable.
Perfectly valid comparison, I fail to see your need to dump on it.
You're breaking the decade into halves.....it's in thirds early (1,2,3), mid (4,5,6), and late (7,8,9). To think two years don't make a difference in a decade you are mistaken. Sure now in adulthood years go by like days so it might to seem that 2 years can change a decade. Bullshit, two years can change a decade......and so can location. L.A. in the early 80's vs. Shermer, Illinois in the mid 80's.....two different monsters all together.
No one said they weren't different movies, but none of what you said makes my statement that I prefer to take John Hughes as representative of 80's high school any less valid.
Originally posted by FilmHobbit I think you're just arguing to argue.
No one said they weren't different movies, but none of what you said makes my statement that I prefer to take John Hughes as representative of 80's high school any less valid.
I'm saying it's a different part of the decade that they are from and to have one section of the decade represent the whole decade is ludicrous. To me at least.
Arguing just to argue? please....then again, why bother anyway. right?
Easy now fellas, there is room for everyone in telling the story of 80's high school sex, drugs, and agnst. Obviously, Hughes covered more of the high school experience since he wrote or wrote/directed six movies between 84 and 87 which dealt either directly or indirectly with high school. So, as a group, they would totally blow away Fast Times just by sheer volume.
However, I would only put Ferris Bueller's Day Off as being anywhere close to as good as Fast Times. I really liked Some Kind of Wonderful and Breakfast Club when they came out, but I can't really watch them these days on TNT or whatever without wondering "what the hell was I thinking!"
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