Recently, I was talking to someone about who I thought were the best child actors when I was also a child. Two that really stood out to me were Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazello, and one film those two were in together was called Radio Flyer. Then I was reminded about the uniqueness of this film. Instead of reviewing the film, I wanted to have an open discussion about the ending. It deals with a tough issue; child abuse. What I’ve noticed is the way that the film ends is interpreted many different ways, and the filmmakers never came forward to say what was right and wrong. I’m interested in hearing everyone’s opinions on it. How did you interpret the ending? Obviously spoiler alerts will follow.. For those of you who haven’t seen the film, the basic premise is this: Two young boys, Mikey (Wood) and Bobby (Mazello) move in with their single mother and her boyfriend, who refers to himself as ‘The King’. It doesn’t take long for The King to start physically abusing Bobby, and the
Mean Girls is so fetch.
ReplyDeleteI don't care if it's a guilty pleasure, it's funny and twisted in equal measure and there are so many quotable lines.You could have a ten minute conversation just using lines from the film.
omg yes. I probably quote this film at least once a week. I love it. It's so gifable as well.
DeleteLOVE 10 Things I Hate About You. Remember when Julia Stiles was the Next Big Thing?
ReplyDeleteI ADORE Mean Girls (and everything Amanda Seyfried does in it is GOLD), but that is really stretching the definition of "romantic comedy"! I actually love that in the end it is really about friend relationships as opposed to romantic relationships.
It definitely doesn't end as a romantic comedy, but the fact that a good portion of the conflict was centered around a romance makes it work for me. Plus to be honest, I don't like very many rom coms. It was hard just finding these three.
DeleteI was just about to say the same thing but both Daniel and Fisti beat me to it. Rom-com Genre does get a bad rap doesn't it...for a popular genre it produces a lot of crap and seem like quite a number of us had quite some difficulty coming up with three this week.
DeleteI like a challenge, though. :)
DeleteI love Mean Girls...but gurl...romantic comedy?
ReplyDeleteLOL...but I LOVE THAT WE BOTH HAVE 10 THINGS!!!!
Yes, it's a romantic comedy, damn it!
DeleteMean Girls is a great movie so I won't argue it at all. I really like The Girl Next Door, too. Just never had any inclination to watch 10 Things. Meh, maybe I'll give it a shot.
ReplyDeleteI love 10 Things. It's funny and sweet and very nostalgic.
DeleteDidn't much care for The Girl Next Door but the other two are really fun films. Just got around to Mean Girls this year, I'd been putting it off because it just didn't look like my thing but it was quite engaging.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people, myself included wrote Mean Girls off right away. I saw it in theaters just for something to do and ended up loving it.
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ReplyDeleteJulia Stiles has an excellent resting bitch face. I used to see everything she was in when I was a teen. Her and Kirsten Dunst.
DeleteAll three great picks! I loved The Girl Next Door so much. Great update of Risky Business...sort of. Elisha Cuthbert is, well, words just can't describe. For some reason, I never considered Mean Girls a "romantic comedy" but I get it. It's probably the best teen movie ever written. Thanks, Tina Fey! 10 Things I Hate About You is probably my wife's favorite movie. I like it too
ReplyDeleteApparently I'm the only one that considers it a rom com. lol
DeleteI'm not a romcom fan I have a completely irrational hatred of The Back Plan, a film where Jennifer Lopez can't get a boyfriend (yeah...right) but I absolutely love 10 Things I hate About You.
ReplyDeletelol rom coms are not my thing either. I'm glad so many other people love 10 things!
DeleteI almost picked 10 Things I Hate About You. I am not a huge fan of Mean Girls -- I think it comes down to our age difference. :-) The Breakfast Club was my generation's coming of age movie.
ReplyDeleteOh for sure. I definitely watched The Breakfast Club when I was younger. Mean Girls came out when I was a junior in high school, I believe.
DeleteMean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You are awesome... The Girl Next Door is alright though I have issues with its music choices.
ReplyDeleteI just love the trio in that film. They were fun to watch.
DeleteI got caught up watching Mean Girls last night; it's hard to pry your eyes away when it was that good. I think it's Rachel McAdam's best role to date. 10 Things I Hate About You is amazing, one of my favorites as well!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, Mean Girls is probably everyone involved's best work. It's perfect.
DeleteNice list! My whole life growing up was 10 Things I Hate About you. I'm not a huge fan of Mean Girls but I can't help but quote it all the time.
ReplyDeleteSame here with 10 things!
DeleteI keep hoping someone gives Julia Stiles a good role, I do miss her
ReplyDeleteGreat picks though, especially Mean Girls and 10 Things.
I might do something similar for a Valentines Day feature.
I liked that she popped up in Silver Linings Playbook, but yes she hasn't been doing much lately.
DeleteMean Girls has quotes for everything. "That's so fetch." "Boo, you whore!" "You go, Glen Coco!" Love it!
ReplyDeleteYes it does. I think I quote it at least once a week.
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