Posted by jkm822 at michigan.mgmt.rpi.edu on May 30, 2003 at 12:25:20:
In Reply to: It seem's like TEEN ANGST is no longer cool. posted by Agent007 on May 30, 2003 at 12:21:34:
: But guys...Why does everyone frown when another "Teen Angst" film comes out. None of my friends wanted to see "Better Luck Tommorow" cause of it's angst mood. Well fuck them...I saw the movie and it was terrific.
: Being in high school, i understand why more and more of these films are coming out in theatres. Although high school has been misrepresented in most films, "Better Luck Tommorow" portrayed high school realistically.
: High school is filled with hate and i believe movies that express that are very entertaining. Kids fight all the time, it's crazy. The point of this post is to say that TEEN ANGST FILMS ARE RELEVENT AND ENTERTAINING.
I think the teen angst films of the 80's rocked. Some of the more recent ones are pretty good, too. See, the thing is, high school is hell. Have you ever heard Joss Whedon's explanation for how Buffy came about in the first place? He wanted to show how the hell of fighting monsters, vampires, demons, etc. compared with the hell of high school. And in general, the high school hell was worse; I mean, they always beat the demon-of-the-week, didn't they? ;-)