5 Feel-Good movies that
make you wish you could go back in time:
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Almost famous
3. The Breakfast Club
4. 10 things I hate about you
5. Midnight in Paris
2. Almost famous
3. The Breakfast Club
4. 10 things I hate about you
5. Midnight in Paris
That was the summer of 1963 - when
everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before
President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to
join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad.
This
movie will never be cheesy, no matter how many hipster generations occur from
now on. The romance was truly alive back then, and it was undeniably sexier
than 50 shades of Grey. I mean you
have beautiful and talented Patrick Swayze, you have soul music, and you have
dance moves you'll never see in the clubs today. You have soul music. Period. One
simple summer love story and its magic. Not everything had to be said or done
or shown directly so you could get the point of what was going on there, but oh
man you could feel it directly in the heart. Dum dum.
Some people have a hard
time explaining rock 'n' roll. I don't think anyone can really explain rock 'n'
roll. Maybe Pete Townshend, but that's okay. Rock 'n' roll is a lifestyle and a
way of thinking... and it's not about money and popularity. Although, some
money would be nice. But it's a voice that says, "Here I am... and fuck
you if you can't understand me." And one of these people is gonna save the
world. And that means that rock 'n' roll can save the world... all of us
together. And the chicks are great. But what it all comes down to is that
thing. The indefinable thing when people catch something in your music.
Yes, the 70s. When the Gods walked the Earth. Gods of
music, of course. It's an unconventional love story, but not just between the
guy and the girl, but between the man and the music, the creativity and its
muse. We all know the story. Don't be deceived with the lightness of the plot;
this movie reveals all the obstacles and the deceptions of trying to find the
truth and the meaning to love and life. It's about an endless process of
growing up. It's about the history repeating itself. It's about one boy who
finds the meaning in the corrupted world thanks to his uncorrupted heart. And
about sacred mantra: sex, drugs and rock n roll. The movie is not glorifying it
in any moment, making fun of it slightly, but with deep feelings of love
towards those crazy times full of ideals. One of the most memorable scenes:
singing in the bus scene. Seriously, do people still do that today?
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Why
The Breakfast Club? Because it's the 80s. You can sense that 80s spirit through
the movie, regardless of the whole plot being situated in a simple classroom.
Since the movie has been made in '85, we shouldn't be surprised about that. The
characters, the story, even the fashion can still be relatable to our times.
But for the reasons I could only guess, the movie has such special vibe that it
sucks you in until you wished you've stayed there a little more. Maybe it's
those times where young generations truly believed in changing the world for
good. ''Don't you (Forget about me)'' opens and closes the movie, maybe even
sensing the future might forget those times of sweet rebellion and genuine
human communication.
And these
children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds; are immune to
your consultations, they are quite aware of what they are going through. -David Bowie
Kat: I guess in this society being male and an
asshole makes you worthy of our time.
Bless
the 90s! Every true Heath Ledger fan must appreciate his work in this movie.
This role was his gift to the world. And it's not just another teenage movie,
this is a teenage masterpiece. Also, it’s cute to see Joseph Gordon Levitt in
his boyhood days. Julia Styles nailed it too. Can you imagine her character
today, having facebook, instagram, twitter and so on? I don't think so either. Oh,
and the poem of course, THE poem in the movie, no need to recite it here. No
need to cry again. In fact, remember that the dialogues in the movie were
hilarious. It's the movie you fall in love for life because of its intelligence,
genuine emotions, and the 90s punk attitude. The moral lesson of the movie?
Still relevant: Stay true. F* the fashion. The heart is everything. The more
people like that, the greater our society.
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This generation is empty and has no imagination.
You
think you belong in a different time period? Maybe even to a different country? Then this
is your movie. If you’ve seen it already, then you know times change, but not
the people. Yes, the 20s seem a little more magical though. Scott Fitzgerald,
Ernest Hemingway, Picasso, Dali, is there need to continue? Woody Allen knew
all of that and offered us a drink or two with those guys. It’s just small
stuff, like random conversations about art, love and meaning of life, but nothing
huge like taking selfies with famous people for example. You get the picture.
Oh,
don't feel nostalgic now, because even if the past might seem classier or more
fulfilling, remember:
Nostalgia is denial. Denial of the painful present.
The name for this denial is Golden Age thinking - the erroneous notion that a
different time period is better than the one ones living in - it’s a flaw in
the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the
present.
And I still wouldn't give up the
Internet, though.
Would you trade your present
for a different time period and is there any movie you would recommend to us?
A.B.
A.B.
Love, A & M
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