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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... current day count
246 .......................... 272
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August 14th
—— 1983 ——
The Outsiders
—— drama ——
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't
looking for a fight. They were looking to belong
Without having seen the original shorter version of this film, I feel like I can easily say it is probably better than this updated 'Complete Novel Version', which I happened to see since it is hard as hell to a get a hold of the original cut. I heard the new version was more true to the book, which I couldn't care less about since I haven't read it, but I also heard Coppola added tons of new things to the film and even scratched most of the original score in place of 60s contemporary pop music – even inserting music where it didn't even mesh or was there to begin with. I'm quite an outsider to this movie myself, though my mom often mention it as one of her favorite films, which was what eventually made me watch it...
'The Outsiders' really didn't seem to have much inside knowledge of how young rebellious teenagers are actually acting and behaving. In many ways, this casual Coppola flick looks like a cheap rip-off of 'Grease’, though without the cool singing and dancing or fun and fancy storyline. The characters are even called "Greasers" in this film and wears mostly black and behaves mainly cocky and cool, though coming off as caricatures of the cinematic and actual time period where this story takes place. The 'Grease' gesture could be debated, but the obvious comparison to other much better teen dramas is undeniable. There isn't much new under the sun, except for the highlight quotation from the film, which is said as the sun goes down, ironically. It is a poem, which also connects to the main song of the film, Stevie Wonder’s “Stay Gold – another good thing about this film not really about this film. The main story is disappointingly dull without much depth or sense of coherence. It kind of feels like Coppola has taken little highlights from the source material and general teen activity and just crammed it into this two hour time-lapse tour through the average teen's life, while also pushing more rebellious and heroic themes into the story to appear more important and exciting.
It was pretty fun to see all these actors who would eventually become A-listers or at least fairly known in Hollywood, though I didn't exactly care for any of the characters they played. When people died or were in danger, I was in the distance trying to put myself into the story, only I simply couldn't. It didn’t help when Coppola made a catastrophe with is new cut, editing in music where things are supposed to be intense and exciting. The story mostly moves along because of weird choices by the characters and overall this is a weak film and a forgettable teen drama in the mist of much greater ones.
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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... current day count
246 .......................... 272
__________________________
August 14th
—— 1983 ——
The Outsiders
—— drama ——
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't
looking for a fight. They were looking to belong
Without having seen the original shorter version of this film, I feel like I can easily say it is probably better than this updated 'Complete Novel Version', which I happened to see since it is hard as hell to a get a hold of the original cut. I heard the new version was more true to the book, which I couldn't care less about since I haven't read it, but I also heard Coppola added tons of new things to the film and even scratched most of the original score in place of 60s contemporary pop music – even inserting music where it didn't even mesh or was there to begin with. I'm quite an outsider to this movie myself, though my mom often mention it as one of her favorite films, which was what eventually made me watch it...
'The Outsiders' really didn't seem to have much inside knowledge of how young rebellious teenagers are actually acting and behaving. In many ways, this casual Coppola flick looks like a cheap rip-off of 'Grease’, though without the cool singing and dancing or fun and fancy storyline. The characters are even called "Greasers" in this film and wears mostly black and behaves mainly cocky and cool, though coming off as caricatures of the cinematic and actual time period where this story takes place. The 'Grease' gesture could be debated, but the obvious comparison to other much better teen dramas is undeniable. There isn't much new under the sun, except for the highlight quotation from the film, which is said as the sun goes down, ironically. It is a poem, which also connects to the main song of the film, Stevie Wonder’s “Stay Gold – another good thing about this film not really about this film. The main story is disappointingly dull without much depth or sense of coherence. It kind of feels like Coppola has taken little highlights from the source material and general teen activity and just crammed it into this two hour time-lapse tour through the average teen's life, while also pushing more rebellious and heroic themes into the story to appear more important and exciting.
It was pretty fun to see all these actors who would eventually become A-listers or at least fairly known in Hollywood, though I didn't exactly care for any of the characters they played. When people died or were in danger, I was in the distance trying to put myself into the story, only I simply couldn't. It didn’t help when Coppola made a catastrophe with is new cut, editing in music where things are supposed to be intense and exciting. The story mostly moves along because of weird choices by the characters and overall this is a weak film and a forgettable teen drama in the mist of much greater ones.
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