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Serious question why am I supposed to be enjoying this?

posted 8 years ago by just_in_case
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This isn't a rant or anything, I'm seriously asking, what about this movie am I supposed to be enjoying?

I remember seeing a Dazed and Confused as a teen and not walking away with anything memorable. I don't recall hating it. Maybe it's because I was born in the 80s. I liked all of Kevin smiths original trilogy, films like SubUrbia(just thinking of films where there wasn't an overarching plot for most it.). I'm just getting bored about halfway through here. Some of the characters are funny but nothings really going on. None of the characters are compelling and in fact it just lost me at a scene where they explain that everyone who isn't a jock is a loser. Who am I rooting for exactly? I don't really like any of these people. Is this for people with some nostalgia for whenever exactly this takes place? I don't get it.

[–] silent_tdw 8 years ago

It's just a type of movie. Dazed and Confused wasn't "about" anything either. These movies aren't about following a plot, overcoming an obstacle, etc. There are funny parts but it's not a comedy. Honestly, they're movies to spend a few hours hanging out with. That's how I watch them anyways. Like, if you were to distill the experience of hanging out with some friends over drinks for a few hours into a movie, that is the type of movie this is. There isn't an objective or big payoff, you're just hanging out and spending some time with it.

[–] Galagatron 8 years ago

This movie has more slapstick and is more cartoonish. Some of the characters, especially early on, make it seem like a parody of something. Characters and the way they hung out with each other in "Dazed and Confused" were more realistic and the lines were written to be memorable lines. "Dazed and Confused" also was made to look like it had been made in 1976. It didn't showcase the stuff from the time like a period piece, which is what "Everybody Wants Some" does at times.

[–] cubbyblues 8 years ago

You don't have to enjoy this movie.

But let me say you completely missed the point of that scene describing how non-jocks were losers. They were feeling sorry for people who they felt had no purpose because all they've ever known is playing ball. They couldn't fathom a life where they weren't the center of attention star athletes. They couldn't fathom a life where someone has a different passion or is setting themselves up for future employment.

And as we later find out too, most if not all aren't going to get drafted. They will have to come to terms with "regular" jobs. So actually, we should be feeling sorry for THEM in many ways.

I didn't come away from that scene thinking, "Wow, what pompous jerks."

[–] HelloMyNameIsMrBurns 8 years ago

It's a comedy.