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It holds up
posted by movie_naziSTAFFMOD on March 4, 2020 at 1:03 AM
I adored this movie as a kid and as always I thought it was going to be remembered poorly but I watched it recently and it holds up pretty good. The core of the story is timeless and I have few criticisms of the film except that maybe the acting was a little bit hammy at times (We'll do it for Johnny!) but overall a good film. It had some really good shots. I especially liked they "stay gold" shot of Ponyboy and Johnny admiring the sunset.
Anywho, great story and I was impressed to find out that a teenage girl had written the book while in high school. Wow, great job!
The Outsiders (1983) - 7 outta 10 stars
Reply by znexyish
on March 4, 2020 at 4:19 AM
Too bad it's barely remembered at all. Coppola also put out another S.E. Hinton based film that same year but shot very differently "Runblefish". I haven't re-watched either in years but am sure they hold up. Here's an interesting article on both
https://www.criminalelement.com/page-to-screen-rumble-fish-a-the-outsiders/
Reply by movie_nazi
on March 4, 2020 at 4:50 AM
Great article! Thanks for the link. I cannot believe I have not seen Rumble Fish . I am totally gonna check it out.
Reply by movie_nazi
on March 4, 2020 at 9:18 AM
Yeah, that article was talking about how Rumble Fish is shot more surrealistically artistic compared to The Outsiders which is shot in a more traditional fashion. Coppola definitely had it. Maybe Tarantino's theory of a director only has ten good films in him perhaps holds true.
Reply by tmdb85762633
on December 10, 2021 at 1:29 AM
I'll have to check that one out, too.
Also, I just watched The Outsiders for the first time in December 2021. I've watched thousands of movies, really. I even have a database for the ones I've watched since 2001 (started because of NetFlix's "throttling" way back when renting movies by mail) and somehow I hadn't heard of the this one until last year and finally acquired it this year. I don't see how it is special or that great at all. It's barely an OK movie. It's watchable, but why would I watch this less than mediocre thing more than once? I wouldn't.