Valley Girl (Special Edition)

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Summary: only interesting as a 80s study
Review: This movie is just awful. I bought it because I was curious about the young Nick Cage. Well, he has less wrinkels. The plot of this
movie is: boy falls in love with girl. Its not even clear what he likes about her, but hey, its teen love. Had I seen this movie 10 years earlier I would have thougt all the setting is plain fiction and totally made up but I am afraid that is what was (is) true life for US teens in the 80s. Its not even romantic. Its not funny. Not even her Hippi-parents. Its just shallow. Might
be useful if you are a teacher to show it in class. It is interesting as a 80s study and shows your children how innocent they ought to be.

The only thing worth mentioning for me: I was suprised that Sushi got IN that early. But hey, I am from Germany and compared to LA thats the other side of the moon, right?

Rating:
Summary: Best of the 80s films!
Review: I saw this film on HBO when I was a teenager in the 1980s. It sparked something in me that I never could get over. Nicholas Cage's character was so real. His movies since this film seem to have taken some of the qualities that Randy possessed & use them over again. In particular, City of Angels when Cage's character has just turned "human" and is skipping in the street, singing. It reminds me of the scene in Valley Girl where Randy has just been rejected by Julie & is seen leaving her house, shouting "Like F... Y... totally". He just seemed so natural in that role of Randy, it is a classic 80s movie - one that shows pure teenage love & angst.

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Summary: true 1980s film plus The Plimsouls??!!! Thumbs Up!
Review: If you like nostalgia and were a teen in the 80s, you may just love this movie. I distinctly remember the first time I watched this movie - me and my best friend - 15 year old girls wanting to be cool and just aching to find an equally "cool" boyfriend. So, this film was a wonderful piece of escapism for our emotional teenage girl minds!! The film is, like another reviewer said, a classic Romeo and Juliet plot. West Side Story even? But, it's Preppies versus New Wave/Punk. As a story line, perhaps it's not as slick and polished as a John Hughes film but the rawness - that's what makes this film honest! I still watch this movie and get caught up in the main characters' romance and angst - it all rings true, even today. I watch the teenagers are the screen - the way they're dressed, how they act, the music - and I remember - that's how me and my friends lived! Oh, and the music. How can you not like a movie whose soundtrack includes The Plimsouls? And not to mention, this was the first time I ever heard, Modern English sing I'll Melt with You. Not to mention, Pat Travers! The soundtrack itself is reason enough to buy this movie.

If the film is rough around the edges at times, it just adds to the nostalgia. I think this was one of Nicholas Cage's first roles and it just reminds me how far we've all come from those early 80s days.

Compared to any John Waters movie, I would say this was one of "THE 80s" movies. Checkout "Say Anything", too, if you like 80s films.



Rating:
Summary: Grotty to the Max
Review: I'm writing a novel about young people and heard "Valley Girl" was the classic of its type. Made in 1983 with Nick Gage and Deb Foreman, I had hopes that the silly "Valley Talk" would entertain. I was wrong. This is a trite soft-porn movie. If your kid watches this movie, they'll be scarred for life. I recommend this one for desperate men that dig Internet teen-porn. Cage is sort-of-Elvis like as a bad-boy punk. He meets non-grody to the max Deb Foreman and a good girl-bad boy crush begins. The beach scene has bikinis and young bods, but then the camera shows teenager Cage in swim trunks. My gal and I started laughing. Cage has a V-shaped bush of hair on his upper chest that looks like it was from the Planet of the Apes wardrobe room. Notice that all actors shave their chest these days, but I guess body hair was in in 83. Thank goodness for director John Hughes. Later in the 80's, he showed Hollywood how to give real character and motivation to young people. Rent "Pretty in Pink" and pass on "Valley Girls."