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Im suprised that this movie isnt so well known

posted 5 years ago by davodikum (6198)
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Great movie in this cunts opinion , just a reg aussie bloke , sussin his knowhow on this unloved classic. For fuks sake, get amongst it if y a havent ya effen wierdos

[–] TexasJack (12516) 5 years ago

Agreed, this is a classic.

[–] davodikum (6198) 5 years ago

Cheers

[–] davodikum (6198) 5 years ago

I cant give this movie enought praise , so many fucken memotrable monolouges, great writing

[–] TexasJack (12516) 5 years ago

Between this and Heathers, I thought that Christian Slater was going to be a huge star like DiCaprio or Depp. I know he's been successful, but he never quite got to that level.

[–] davodikum (6198) 5 years ago

Yeah i think hard rain fucked him, such an expensive movie that floped. I like hard rain tho . But in my mind christian slater can do no wrong

[–] davodikum (6198) 5 years ago

Fuckin love heathers

[–] TandyMan (11120) 4 years ago

It's weird how some movies fall through the cracks, even after attention is given to them from pop culture celebration shows. To this day Slater still says this was his favorite film he's done. And yet, still nobody gives a toss.

[–] davodikum (6198) 4 years ago

I've seen it at least ten times. One of my favourite movies. I don't think it's perfect. But something about it speaks to me.

[–] Artisan (3464) 4 years ago

A fave of mine as well. Samantha Matthis loved her character. Have been disappointed with her roles since.

[–] davodikum (6198) 4 years ago

Yeah. Nothing really noteworthy.

[–] Burk48917 (11386) 2 years ago

I liked it at the time, but it reeks of 90s teenage angst, and they were overdone in this era.

[–] Kowalski (76313) 2 years ago

🤣

[–] davodikum (6198) 2 years ago

1990 was the year for being done with 90's

[–] Melton (4723) 9 months ago

I think it gets snowed under the John Hughes teen classics.

It’s more of a drama, and it’s a little unfocused. It’s not clear exactly what the problem is beyond some generalised teen angst. It reaches for some specificity with the school corruption but that ends up detracting from the universalism of Hard Harry’s message.

I liked it and found it charming but I can see why it’s not a bona fide classic like Bueller. Like, why is Mark so shy in real life?

Samantha Mathis was really charming and hot, she’s never matched this performance from what I’ve seen. It was nice to see her reunite with Slater in Broken Arrow but she’s really wooden in that film, and kinda chunky.