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Summary: WHY ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT THE 70S???
Review: I really get a kick out of most of these reviewers. They give this tripe 5 stars and say how much Dazed and Confused is a "realistic account" of the 70's. Then they state that they are still in high school.Dazed and Confused is NOT a realistic account of the 70s. The characters do not act or even look like anybody out of the 70s. They look like a bunch of mall-rats from the 90s. This movie is an insult to anyone who grew up in the 70s (like I did) Listen up kids- The 70s were not all that great. Find your own identity instead of conforming to what Hollywood says is cool. We were not all stoners that drove really hot cars as this movie would like you to believe.
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Summary: Say man, you got a joint.
Review: This is a must see film. Its authencity and warmth makes every rainy day to a summer breeze. We get to hang out with a bunch of college graduates on there first day of the summerbreak. Goddamn i wish i was born at least 15 years earlier, that would have been cool. Its a must see film. And u can take that to the Bank. Buy it, Care for it, It took me 3 months to get my film. And my friends don't get to loan it.
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Summary: WARNING!
Review: First off, this is a great movie. I love it I love it I love it...But, and this is a big but. Whatever company put out this DVD (Gramercy I think) didn't go to the original print for the letterbox. They just took the pan & scan version and chopped the top and bottom off! This is for real! I compared it with my full screen VHS version! Then I checked my other DVDs and found that they did the same thing with Reservoir Dogs. This is totally unacceptable and I'm working on getting in touch with the jerks over there to make sure this stops. Who's with me? It's bad enough that they have to steal 80% of the movie to begin with by making it "fit your TV" but then they have to take another 80% to make it look similar to the orginal? I don't think so. But hey, it's an awesome flick anyway.
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Summary: No Plot, That Was The Point, Remember???
Review: Part of the problem, I believe, is that the movie captured the attitudes of the time so accurately that those with short memories or who were too young to have lived it can't possibly believe that that's the way things were for a period in the 70s. Our big brothers and sisters had fought the revolution of the 60s, and won us the right to get high every day after school and sit in the park and talk about nothing at all. Naturally, our more motivated little brothers and sisters of the 80s rebelled against our sloth. That's simply evolution. Dazed and Confused should really be packaged with "Breaking Away" as companion pieces for that particular time and place in American History. Love it or hate it, that's the way it was, man.
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Summary: Freedom
Review: A great movie to watch. It will bring you back to your reckless teenage years and make you feel young once again. A great escape from daily troubles with quality humor and acting.
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Summary: THE BEST
Review: Put simply, this is THE best movie (to me) of all time. Makes you want to just wake up and live highschool to its fullest. Just buy it, I know you'll love it.
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Summary: work'n for the city....change in my pocket
Review: Great film. I thought the cast was great and the fashion/music took you back to '76. My only complaint about the film is that unlike in Halfbaked, tobacco was used during this film.
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Summary: Dazed and confused
Review: Comedy writer/director Richard Linklater explores the last days of school- and one grazy night in the lives of a group of high school students in late May, 1976. Everyone from the jocks, stoners, to the in-crowd end up at a midnight beer bash. Friendships will be made/lost, futures decided, and romances sparked.
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Summary: Old School
Review: It's all about the old school dayz! The movie takes place back in the hippie dayz of 1976 in late May, the last day of school. It's about the seniors giving the incomeing freshmen a hard, hard time, but then some befriend. Its coo, man!
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Summary: worth the five for reasons many neglect
Review: Of course, for the been there done that drugs and alcohol crowd the film rocks, but beyond that it's truly an outstanding film -- something that we've lost since the era when Hollywood could be counted on to put out strong products. Interestingly, the film to which I see many compare this -- and to which it's definitely comparable -- is "American Graffiti," a film which came out during that era. What I love about the film is that, like the Lucas film, it doesn't place any characters above the others, it memorably recreates an era, and Linklater is able to garner strong performances from all of his characters -- similar to, believe it or not, the best Altman work and, by 90's extension, Paul Thomas Anderson of "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia" fame. Like the best film work, this movie also does contain, contrary to what many seem to notice, issues of significance. It shows a time when people are definitely "Dazed and Confused" and searching for an identity, and the ability to make sense of the world and issues around us, regardless of how far we may become removed from the concerns of our youth as time and different responsibilities encroach on our thinking -- and by extension, our ability to truly think. If you don't believe me, think of Wooderson (the only post high school character who has a legitimate connection with the others) and this paraphrased quote: And the older you get, the more sh*t you're going to have to deal with. Pink having to sign his pledge is only a prelude to the adult world; for as us older reviewers know, the Coach Conrads are only too common in the world. Finally, keeping in line with the pedantic nature of this review, my favorite part of the film is the final shot: For the first time in the film we have an overhead shot of the action -- we've been on an equal footing with the characters the whole time, seeing them from eye level, but now we can look down and show that we know what Linklater knows, the ride's uphill the rest of the way and as much as we think we may be ready or prepared we don't know what's on the other side. Look out the windshield shot and you'll see it's uphill: what was once life in the fast lane becomes a slow ride.
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