Comments on: Eric’s Top 10 Alienated Youth Movies http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/ Movies with Rock Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rachel francis http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-8996 rachel francis Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:35:50 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-8996 i can't believe you missed out two of englands most classic films involving youth alienation this is england and scum this list needs to be seriously revised i can’t believe you missed out two of englands most classic films involving youth alienation
this is england and scum
this list needs to be seriously revised

]]> By: Josh http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-8980 Josh Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:40:40 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-8980 Dude c'mon...no DAZED AND CONFUSED?? Dude c’mon…no DAZED AND CONFUSED??

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]]> By: Movie dude http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-7685 Movie dude Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:43 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-7685 What about Bad Boys with Sean Penn? How about SCUM, an incredible British movie? What about Bad Boys with Sean Penn? How about SCUM, an incredible British movie?

]]> By: Devilbug http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-7230 Devilbug Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:43:40 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-7230 What NO LESS THAN ZERO? Just kidding, but KALIFORNIA would probably make my list- maybe it veers a little more into straight horror, but Juliet Lewis' character certainly falls into the alienated youth category. What NO LESS THAN ZERO? Just kidding, but KALIFORNIA would probably make my list- maybe it veers a little more into straight horror, but Juliet Lewis’ character certainly falls into the alienated youth category.

]]> By: Brooklyn http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6859 Brooklyn Fri, 30 May 2008 01:41:23 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6859 Kids- A film that I watched once when I was 15 in 1995 and never need to see again. That opening scene was....... i have no words! Kids- A film that I watched once when I was 15 in 1995 and never need to see again.

That opening scene was……. i have no words!

]]> By: Andy Bishop http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6853 Andy Bishop Fri, 30 May 2008 01:14:32 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6853 You know, one film that might cover alienation is WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE. Although it's quirky, Gilbert certainly deals with alienation, what with his stagnant job, his mentally retarded brother ( a pre-TITANIC Leonardo DiCaprio), and his house-bound, morbidly obese mother. Speaking of DiCaprio, his BASKETBALL DIARIES would make the cut, too. If being a drug-addled basketball star isn't alienating, I don't know what is! Oh, one more that you may not have thought of (or heard of), is MELODY, a 1971 British flick about alienated . . . pre-teens! Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde are the sixth graders who want to get married against the protests of their uncaring parents and teachers. To be fair, it's more of a generation gap movie, a bit dewy-eyed at times, but charming in it's innocence. Gosh, this has got other movies coming to mind . . . MY BODYGUARD, A LITTLE ROMANCE, THE BOY WHO COULD FLY, all that deal with alienation in one way or another. You know, one film that might cover alienation is WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE. Although it’s quirky, Gilbert certainly deals with alienation, what with his stagnant job, his mentally retarded brother ( a pre-TITANIC Leonardo DiCaprio), and his house-bound, morbidly obese mother. Speaking of DiCaprio, his BASKETBALL DIARIES would make the cut, too. If being a drug-addled basketball star isn’t alienating, I don’t know what is! Oh, one more that you may not have thought of (or heard of), is MELODY, a 1971 British flick about alienated . . . pre-teens! Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde are the sixth graders who want to get married against the protests of their uncaring parents and teachers. To be fair, it’s more of a generation gap movie, a bit dewy-eyed at times, but charming in it’s innocence. Gosh, this has got other movies coming to mind . . . MY BODYGUARD, A LITTLE ROMANCE, THE BOY WHO COULD FLY, all that deal with alienation in one way or another.

]]> By: Gonzo Gonzalo http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6810 Gonzo Gonzalo Thu, 29 May 2008 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6810 How about SKILLS LIKE THIS? Actually it is not released yet, but saw at SXSW FILM FESTIVAL and it is pretty awesome. Very funny too. GG How about SKILLS LIKE THIS? Actually it is not released yet, but saw at SXSW FILM FESTIVAL and it is pretty awesome. Very funny too.

GG

]]> By: Brian Reeves http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6461 Brian Reeves Thu, 15 May 2008 18:44:04 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6461 Another Van Sant pic that should be considered is Elephant. I thought his look at the school shooting epidemic that seems to be growing in our culture was a lot like Kids. Not really enjoyable to watch on a certain level, but riveting in it's execution. The slow build into that frantic violent ending is as good a look inside the heads of these troubled kids as I think I have ever seen. He doesn't take the easy way out and portray the kids as the pure evil caricature that we usually get from the news media in the aftermath of these events. Instead he makes their school experience seem very real and what most of us would consider normal. This makes the final actions of his characters all the more shocking and yet, somehow, understandable at the same time. It's also a movie I'm happy I've seen, and never want to watch again. What a downer! Another Van Sant pic that should be considered is Elephant. I thought his look at the school shooting epidemic that seems to be growing in our culture was a lot like Kids. Not really enjoyable to watch on a certain level, but riveting in it’s execution. The slow build into that frantic violent ending is as good a look inside the heads of these troubled kids as I think I have ever seen. He doesn’t take the easy way out and portray the kids as the pure evil caricature that we usually get from the news media in the aftermath of these events. Instead he makes their school experience seem very real and what most of us would consider normal. This makes the final actions of his characters all the more shocking and yet, somehow, understandable at the same time. It’s also a movie I’m happy I’ve seen, and never want to watch again. What a downer!

]]> By: sidonie http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6452 sidonie Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:54 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-alienated-youth-movies/#comment-6452 Badlands is one of my favourite movies. Have you ever seen the telemovie version called Starkweather with Tim Roth and Faruza Balk, a lot more grittier, but Mellick's version is still great. I've been discussing Bonnie and Clyde lately, having just read Public Enemies by Bryan Burroughs, He paints them far more stinky, grungier and desperate, sleeping in fields and abandoned houses, Bonnie enduring great pain afraid to go to a hospital after she got burned in a car accident. It's worth a relook at Bonnie and Clyde for this era. Ironically, Burroughs whilst criticising the movie for glamourizing them and that they deserve to be only be a footnote in crime history; his descriptions of them are compellingly filmic. Badlands is one of my favourite movies. Have you ever seen the telemovie version called Starkweather with Tim Roth and Faruza Balk, a lot more grittier, but Mellick’s version is still great. I’ve been discussing Bonnie and Clyde lately, having just read Public Enemies by Bryan Burroughs, He paints them far more stinky, grungier and desperate, sleeping in fields and abandoned houses, Bonnie enduring great pain afraid to go to a hospital after she got burned in a car accident. It’s worth a relook at Bonnie and Clyde for this era. Ironically, Burroughs whilst criticising the movie for glamourizing them and that they deserve to be only be a footnote in crime history; his descriptions of them are compellingly filmic.

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