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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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Syt

I prefer Tromeo & Juliet.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Sheilbh

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 01, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.
I have never seen such a wrong and bad opinion in my entire time on Languish <_< :P
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crazy canuck

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:52:28 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 01, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.
I have never seen such a wrong and bad opinion in my entire time on Languish <_< :P

You young whiper snapers have no context.  :P

garbon

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 01, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Clueless is basically a modern take of Emma.
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celedhring

Romeo + Juliet spurred my undying love for all things Baz Luhrmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beV56hp4T3w&ab_channel=marnieee


Valmy

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 01, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Valley Girl riffed off Romeo + Juliet. Clueless was a product of the 90s and really only belongs in that time bubble of optimism.

Ugh! As if!
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Sheilbh

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Quote from: celedhring on October 01, 2020, 09:57:22 AM
Romeo + Juliet spurred my undying love for all things Baz Luhrmann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beV56hp4T3w&ab_channel=marnieee
Same. And then I saw Strictly Ballroom which is incredible. Even when he's not very good he's normally making films with such a deliberate style that I kind of like it anyway.

Edit: Also his entire catalogue has such a camp aesthetic it blew my mind to discover he's married to a woman - and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible :lol:
Let's bomb Russia!

The Larch

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.

HVC

Ah Clueless, the classic 90's incest film.




:P Sorry, Sheilbh, just trying to get a rise out of you :D
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Sheilbh

Quote from: The Larch on October 01, 2020, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.
I was thinking of whether Easy A counts - I think it's great (particularly love Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson - maybe a sign of ageing that I really like the parent character :o :ph34r:).

Haven't seen the others though - there's She's All That as well.

I feel like after that moment (and maybe Easy A is the pivot? :hmm:) teen movies went a bit Wes Anderson/indie comedy, often with real issues (Superbad, Booksmart, Eighth Grade, Submarine) with a few more realist entries (Rocks, Girlhood, Mid90s). I'm sure someone could explain why and what this all means. But I honestly really like teen movies - I think they tend to be really good value and generally whip-smart because they are catering for the most demanding, least forgiving demographic in the world :lol:
Let's bomb Russia!

Sheilbh

Quote from: HVC on October 01, 2020, 10:08:36 AM
Ah Clueless, the classic 90's incest film.




:P Sorry, Sheilbh, just trying to get a rise out of you :D
:lol: No that's a fair critique. It's like how I really like the film Big, unless I think about what's going on in the film Big :P
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Sheilbh

Totally off that topic but as it's entering into Halloween month I'll be bingeing a lot of horror films (a genre that typically a fairly non-demanding, tolerant audience :lol:) and this sounds fascinating about the re-discovery of a (presumed lost) 70s Iranian gothic family horror :hmm:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/30/iranian-film-chess-of-the-wind-reborn-mohammad-reza-aslani-bfi-london-film-festival

Available for free on the BFI Player on 10-13 October as part of the London Film Festival.
Let's bomb Russia!

The Larch

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 10:18:01 AM
Quote from: The Larch on October 01, 2020, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 01, 2020, 09:32:40 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 01, 2020, 09:17:03 AM
Clueless was a very early/mid 90s movie though. I guess it kicked off the trend.
Yeah - I think it and Romeo + Juliet (which I also love) really kickstarted the trend of teen movies that are adaptations of "classic" literature.

Yeah, Clueless is from 1995 and Romeo+Juliet from 1996, but it then took a few years for the trend to pick up, as I think that until 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You or Cruel Intentions there aren't any other teen adaptations of classic novels. Then in the 2000s you have O, She's the Man and Get Over it, and I think the last of this kind of movies was Easy A, from 2010.
I was thinking of whether Easy A counts - I think it's great (particularly love Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson - maybe a sign of ageing that I really like the parent character :o :ph34r:).

Haven't seen the others though - there's She's All That as well.

I feel like after that moment (and maybe Easy A is the pivot? :hmm:) teen movies went a bit Wes Anderson/indie comedy, often with real issues (Superbad, Booksmart, Eighth Grade, Submarine) with a few more realist entries (Rocks, Girlhood, Mid90s). I'm sure someone could explain why and what this all means. But I honestly really like teen movies - I think they tend to be really good value and generally whip-smart because they are catering for the most demanding, least forgiving demographic in the world :lol:

How could you miss Juno!  :P

Don't know, I guess these are trends and in the 2000s and 2010s this kind of movies became "quirky", and focused more on oddball characters and strangely precocious teens.

Sheilbh

Quote from: The Larch on October 01, 2020, 10:25:14 AM
How could you miss Juno!  :P
Mea culpa  :Embarrass:

QuoteDon't know, I guess these are trends and in the 2000s and 2010s this kind of movies became "quirky", and focused more on oddball characters and strangely precocious teens.
Yeah. There's definitely a thesis or two in this - "...reflecting the anxiety and idealism of teens whose world was defined by post-9/11 conflict and the financial crisis...." :P
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