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From Lost Boys to License to Drive to this

posted 14 days ago by Clapstick (151)
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I grew up in the 80’s and remember the Coreys being huge. Feldman was actually a good actor in Stand by Me and the Burbs. But this movie is absolute pure trash. The acting is terrible, the cinematography like a VHS tape and the most basic soundtrack. Nevermind the storyline…

Also, Megan is only 17 yet is fucking an adult plus into other illegal activities. There was an incest vibe with the Dad. The characters are all pretty terrible people. There’s seriously nothing to really like in this movie.

[–] Tam87 (1592) 13 days ago

The 90s weren't good to a lot of talented young 80s actors. Most of them were reduced to direct-to-video fare.

Ironically, there were a few actors who became famous in the 90s that were mostly around in the 80s such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jim Carrey, but were all deemed not good enough to make it into 80s movies (they auditioned for many iconic 80s films) but then became superstars in the 90s with their mediocre films. Go figure.

[–] Clapstick (151) 12 days ago

Just seemed kinda quick to go from some of the most well known movies to b-level junk. I wonder if they had better agents…we will never know.

[–] Tam87 (1592) 12 days ago

The Coreys needed to develop their dramatic side to start gaining better roles. This is what happened with Jason Patric, who starred alongside Haim in Lost Boys, and also Josh Brolin, who was with Feldman in The Goonies. Both Patric & Brolin were able to stay in the game thanks to taking on parts with substance and hence why they got good gigs from the 90s onwards.

Haim & Feldman had the talent to take on the same type of roles that Brolin & Patric got, especially Haim with 'Lucas' and 'A Time to Live'. His film career was derailed by drug abuse of course, otherwise he could've and should've had a similar status to Patric & Brolin, as I think he's a better actor than both, he just needed to reinvent himself in the same way Robert Downey Jr did in the 2000s after all his legal troubles.

One other thing is that the Coreys were a product of the 80s. Movies were made different then, they were much better, and those two embodied that era. The 90s was when films began to decline, and the films they made in the 80s just weren't being done anymore, thus the coreys and 80s were kinda intertwined.

[–] TinaKimo (961) 12 days ago

Yeah, I remember Corey Haim saying, "The 80s were our time."