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I agree. There's something about black and white done well that makes it even more timeless. It's classy and dramatic. The uses of shadows on the men's faces. The contrast between black and white dramatizes the visuals, which are limited because of the setting.
Most of the jurors were reasonable men who were willing to hear out Fonda. They might not see his recreation as enough to change their minds but they could see the bad example set by Lee J. Cobb was not one to follow. Therefore, they listened in an orderly fashion. They respected Fonda as a fellow man.
If Fonda’s character was arguing for a guilty verdict, he wouldn’t be following the rule of “innocent until proven guilty”.
Well if the kids are at school and working after school until closing, when would they see their parents for elongated periods of time? Even so, not showing their folks emphasizes the idea that these teens are dealing with issues on their own or with the help of peers. It’s an interesting and effective creative decision.
Some kids do mention their parents a lot. Spiccoli and the Hamiltons both mention their parents multiple times.
That's a solid opinion, but I like to think of Damone in a bit more of a positive light, but there's no question that he's a "you-know-what". Yet, I'd hope that he learned his lesson through the Stacy/Rat scenario.
In the locker room, he's somewhat regretful and apologetic, but brushes off Rat to some degree with the "It's not like she was your girlfriend". Then again, he was right in that Stacy was sexually aggressive and ready to sleep with anyone she crushed on. He knows that even though what he did was wrong, he's thinking, "Who can blame me?" Been there, and I ended up regretting it.
At the graduation dance, after Rat shows that he took Damone's betrayal seriously and stands up for himself, he's truly apologetic. I think Damone joins Stacy, Brad, and Rat in the list of dynamic characters who learn something by the end of the day.
I like Damone, even though he was an annoying a$$. He was funny and he did give some good advice, and in the end, he realized he needed to be more like his friend, not the other way around.
Doug was real, but he was probably just a one-night stand or a summer fling. Then, after he goes back to college, Linda hopes that their relationship is something more, something that'll keep growing. And yeah she also embellishes their bedroom lives so Stacy is impressed and thinks Linda knows more than she does.
I like all of them but I'd have to say my least favorite is Jefferson. He was just mean! That is, until he needed Earth, Wind, and Fire tickets. But I liked him fine all the same.
If we're going with more major characters, I like the ones who were the epilogue, I'll go with...mmm...Brad? He was a little arrogant and square. But I liked him.
Watching it last night, I thought Reinhold and Amanda Wyss looked too old, but I just tried to remember they were seniors and left it at that. Robert Romanus on the other hand, he looked 17 in some shots, and 26 in others. At least they all did a fine job acting like they were teens.
Alright!
Well he's right! Always knock, because you never know...
I never thought about how they ate so much because Damone took his sweet time, and he took his sweet time because he's selfish. However, if he doesn't really care about his friendship with Rat, why were his later apologies heartfelt, at least for a 16 year old dude?
I don't think Damone would stoop so low that he'd steal anyone's stuff, especially Rat's tape deck. I know he's a jerk, but no more a jerk than a lot of people his age. I know he "stole" Stacy, but c'mon...Rat didn't own Stacy like he owned his tape deck (which was actually his sister's). Anyway, there's no plausible evidence that Damone stole the tape deck, just circumstantial.
I think the purpose of having the tape deck stolen was to show how long Rat and Stacy were in the restaurant, and to illustrate how everything can go wrong during a date.
Yeah I felt bad for him. Dennis seemed like a tool, only coming out of his office after things got way out of hand. Typical mgmt BS. I wish it would’ve shown Brad letting the air out of his tires, then finding where the customer worked and screwing him over somehow. But Brad ended up alright.
Lol seriously. If he didn’t need one, why on earth would he be embarrassed by it? If it was just a sex toy, why would he be shy about it?
Pink was a different kind of dude. When I was in school, I had my friends that I hung out with, and we were just normal dudes who were kinda cool/popular and kinda dorky. At the same time, we talked to people we got along with, whether they were jocks or total nerds.
Maybe Pink had taken some honor classes, or knew Mike and them from grade school. You never know. But he didn’t seem like the kind of guy who’d bail on friends just because he was a jock. That’s what seperates him from Bennie.
I applaud you. You are a gentleman and a scholar.
Seth is an archetype. He’s the cocky but insecure guy that’s funny but also annoying. I’ve been this guy before. Just picking on my best friend out of frustration cause I know he’ll take it. He’s kind of annoying but I can relate to his character and it’s funny to see his portrayal.
Older brother had a VHS copy that I borrowed along with a bunch of other movies. I was about 13 and went crazy when they ran off from the dude whose mailbox they smashed, and he was shooting at them.
I let my buddy in on the movie, let him borrow it. He let HIS friend borrow it, and then THAT friends mom threw it away. Bummer.
I suppose it’s an enhancer that could be used as a toy, if the user wasn’t embarrassed that he felt the need to use one.
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No a pump is an enhancement tool. And the fact that Austin is a confident sex hound who feels like he needs an enhancer just makes his character all the more funny. I’m not saying he has erectile disfunction, but maybe he wants to be even bigger than he already is.