its not too easy to see how exactly these guys are "Rebels." half the hell that was raised wasnt even raised by Johnny, and he's the head honcho of the gang. the most trouble he's caused is revving his bike too loudly and just stealing that trophy. nothing more.
someone gonna bash me? cuz i know i must be stupid if i can't appreciate this film for what it is.
My point in regarding them as rebels was their attitude towards the "bourgeois", righteous way of life that was considered normal these days. They don't give a s*it about having an ordinary work and finding their appropriate place in society. They represent a new species of youth who doesn't just develop they way they were intended to and that was deemed right by social guidelines. Riding motorbikes, drinking and not minding about tomorrow depicted rebelhood. You have to watch the movie with its historic background in mind.
The petty crimes they committed were only a consequence of them being rebels and not what eventually made them rebels.
No need to bash anybody! Nobody is going to tell you that you must like the film because it's considered a classic.
Oh please they were total rebels!
What with all their crazy bebop talk, pogo sticking and driving in circles, they were out of control!! :-)
"Rock is dead! Long live Paper and Scissors!
Yes, they were "rebels". But one thing to realize is that back then society wasn't as litigious & paranoid as it is now. In other words, raising hell and driving around in circles wasn't really a crime. (Try it today, though, and you'll probably get 20 years for "terrorism".)
In that context, we see that this film is not a clearcut case of "good vs. bad", but rather it's "fear vs. fear" on both sides. Johnny gets caught in the middle, persecuted because he happens to dress a certain way and associate with certain people. But--aside from accepting stolen goods (the trophy)--he doesn't break any laws.
When they take away our pogo sticks than the terrorists have won!
"Rock is dead! Long live Paper and Scissors!
Their sense of rebellion was not in riding their noisy bikes, their leather jackets or even their drunkenness, but in their continuous sense of humor. The austere townspeople never show a sense of humor at all, personifying the the prevailing mood of the Eisenhower era.
http://ijms.nova.edu/Spring2009/IJMS_Rndtble.Nagy.html
I remember the Eisenhower era. There was a lot of humor, and for the most part it wasn't as restricted, censored, frowned upon as humor has become today.
shareit´s the 50´s era. And the world was divded into black and white. No other chance. If you wore a leather jacket and jeans in civil places you were a "rebel". Oh, as for the movie... it´s just another concotion for young people in the audience.
abel posadas
You have to watch the movie with its historic background in mind.
I found this film really hard to watch (for various reasons, including some of the campier moments and bad dialogue), especially the intimidation/vandalism scenes - I can't believe more people don't find it disturbing but am glad to see I'm not the only one.
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shareThey probably worked Monday- Friday and enjoyed themselves at the weekends.
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