*ing: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Michelle Burke, Adam Goldberg and many more
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Dazed and Confused is written and directed by Richard Linklater. I had earlier watched Richard’s works ‘Before Sunrise’ (1995) and ‘Before Sunset’ (2004) and both the movie left me impressed and wanting for more. Wanting for more is what lead me to watch ‘Dazed and Confused’.
Truth be told I am not very impressed with ‘Dazed and Confused’ apt as the title is … the film has left me dazed and confused wondering if I liked the movie or did not like the movie. One thing for is for sure and that is the fact that I did not hate the movie. It’s just that …. I am not able to make up how to rate this movie. Maybe, I could not relate to the movie. The movie talks about the last days of school for a group of teenage boys and girls. It starts with the last day school and when the final bell rings students are shown running out of the school tearing books and throwing paper in the air and littering the school property … an expression of freedom from a year of studies. At the same time a bunch of seniors are waiting to get their hands on freshmen students to rag the juniors. I have been a kid myself, I am not alien to last days of school, I am not alien to be a freshman, I am not alien to being a senior, I am not alien to drugs and alcohol as a student … I guess I can say I have been there and done that … still … I could not quite relate to the movie and maybe that is the reason why I could not quite enjoy this one. Having said that I am not saying this is worth a skip … apparently this movie has done well at the box office and fared decent with the critics.
Bottom-line: If you can relate yourself to any one of the many characters in the movie, chances are you are gonna love this movie else you will be left dazed and confused the way I am :-) All said and done the soundtrack of the movie is awesome, couple of tracks by Aerosmith are like the icing on the cake … you will positively enjoy the music and the soundtrack if nothing else.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dazed_and_confused/
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Dazed and Confused is written and directed by Richard Linklater. I had earlier watched Richard’s works ‘Before Sunrise’ (1995) and ‘Before Sunset’ (2004) and both the movie left me impressed and wanting for more. Wanting for more is what lead me to watch ‘Dazed and Confused’.Truth be told I am not very impressed with ‘Dazed and Confused’ apt as the title is … the film has left me dazed and confused wondering if I liked the movie or did not like the movie. One thing for is for sure and that is the fact that I did not hate the movie. It’s just that …. I am not able to make up how to rate this movie. Maybe, I could not relate to the movie. The movie talks about the last days of school for a group of teenage boys and girls. It starts with the last day school and when the final bell rings students are shown running out of the school tearing books and throwing paper in the air and littering the school property … an expression of freedom from a year of studies. At the same time a bunch of seniors are waiting to get their hands on freshmen students to rag the juniors. I have been a kid myself, I am not alien to last days of school, I am not alien to be a freshman, I am not alien to being a senior, I am not alien to drugs and alcohol as a student … I guess I can say I have been there and done that … still … I could not quite relate to the movie and maybe that is the reason why I could not quite enjoy this one. Having said that I am not saying this is worth a skip … apparently this movie has done well at the box office and fared decent with the critics.
Bottom-line: If you can relate yourself to any one of the many characters in the movie, chances are you are gonna love this movie else you will be left dazed and confused the way I am :-) All said and done the soundtrack of the movie is awesome, couple of tracks by Aerosmith are like the icing on the cake … you will positively enjoy the music and the soundtrack if nothing else.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106677/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dazed_and_confused/
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