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Seen the movie for the first time and... wow

posted 8 years ago by chicago72
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I was on Yahoo looking at news headlines last night when there was a popup notification saying I could watch this movie for free. Intrigued, I clicked on it, and it was a Yahoo/Hulu partnership (Yahoo! View featuring Hulu).

Anyway, I've never seen this movie before, it was the first time ever last night--and I was 13 when this came out! Extremely campy and cheesy like everyone has already said, and yes, seeing a young SJP and Shannen Dougherty was cool, not to mention realizing that Helen Hunt started her acting career so young...

This movie requires a huge effort to suspend disbelief, with all the fantastic hijinks (among other things, Lynne, a teenager off the street, ends up replacing Ricki, the star of Dance TV, and no one bats an eyelash among the show's staff?? lol), but I do enjoy reading these threads that are so passionate about this movie. It's a gem from that period in our lives that we all look back on fondly. :)

[–] pioneergrrrl (2412) 6 years ago

Maybe they were so sick of her behind the stage problems that they were willing to take anybody who reasonably looked like he on short notice as a replacement...and see how they do.

Interesting you brought up Doherty, because she was replaced on both BH 90210 and Charmed for her problems. Both shows also went on if not entirely successfully with the new replacements too.

Agree the movie has holes. we never learn why the pro-military dad wants to watch the anti-war M*A*S*H reruns, which did NOT celebrate how wonderful military life is at all. The mom looks like colorized version of Lucille Ball circa 1950's!! And again it's the 1980's.

Jannie is talking to her brother in her underwear--eww. Oh and he walks in on her in the tub. Nasty!!

I would love to see how she is able to find her way to the court--the teen hangout considering she just moved to Chicago. It took me forever to learn my way around a new place.

[–] Artisan (3464) 5 years ago

Soldiers quite often watch war films which were intended as anti war films to hype themselves up so in that sense those films have failed in their purpose. I think the scene as well as him painting toy soldiers was to show he was military 24/7.

Yeah Jannie in her underwear chatting with her brother was always odd for me.

[–] Artisan (3464) 5 years ago

80's movies were like that it was all fun and fashion.

I got the impression Ricki wasn't well liked and the crew enjoyed seeing her get taken down. Lynne needed to come out on top somewhere because she was cheated for the contest itself.