BTW, as an addendum to my previous reply, let me also add that I really enjoyed Cameron Crowe's previous films. As a matter of fact, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was almost totally shot in my neck o' the woods (San Fernando Valley, Granada Hills, to be more specific). The classic shots of Brad driving down the street in his seafood fast food costume where he encounters Nancy Wilson of Heart in the next car was done on Chatsworth Street in Granada Hills, my hometown, very close to its intersection with White Oak Street, where the flying bicycle shots of E.T. were shot (the street with all the tall trees & the cop cars blocking their path). The mall Fast Times was shot in? One of my pre-teen hangout malls, Sherman Oaks Galleria, to be exact. The high schools used were Canoga, Monroe, & Van Nuys; I went to Kennedy, but had friends attending all those schools. Even the house they used as Stacy's house was local. That whole film was a love letter to my hometown, so of course I'm gonna love everything about it (then again, so was E.T. because Spielberg discovered the SFV in the early 80's). So it's not that I don't care for Cameron's work; as a whole, I think his writing has a lot of heart. I loved Say Anything (another movie that catered to my generation, but way lessor-known, & also starring Jeremy Piven as one of the guys sitting at the Gas 'N Sip), Almost Famous (for the music & many of the scenesters that came from my area, some of whom I had encountered in my travels), and Vanilla Sky (I know, I know...so shoot me). Only wanted to add this because I didn't want to seem like I was trashing Crowe's work in general; just how Singles was marketed during a whole different era specifically for Gen X'ers. Personally, I would be totally happy if I didn't have to hear grunge music from the "Seattle Scene" for the remainder of my life!
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