Fast Times does hold up, actually. My teenager loves it--especially Jeff Spicoli and Mr. Hand interactions. There are some really funny things that she doesn't get, though. When Mr. Hand passes back the course syllabus, and all of the students are smelling the ditto paper, Sloane said, "Why are those kids smelling the paper?" My daughter and her friends are also big fans of the John Hughes movies: Sixteen Candles Ferris Bueller (Sloane enjoys hearing her name repeatedly in that one; one of her friends gave her a Save Ferris tshirt) The Breakfast Club Pretty in Pink Adventures in Babysitting The Karate Kid and Back to the Future also have held up well for the kiddos. Growing up in Livingston Parish in the 80's, I never found those big houses in the suburbs with the house parties all that realistic. It is realistic where my kids are growing up, so my mantra is, "It's never a good idea to throw a big party at your house." In the more recent teen movie genre, "Mean Girls," has got to be the most quotable movie out there. It is really well-done. That one gets screen time at almost every teen sleepover at my house, and I believe the girls are sleeping over at our house on Halloween this year, since it's on a Saturday, and going as "the plastics."
Man, you guys all seem to be jonesing for the teen dream films. I guess you were all teenies in the 80's.
I was preteen in the 80's, so those movies really molded popular culture for me. My first year of high school was 90-91. The John Hughes movies were great, especially the Breakfast Club. If I had a dollar for every time i quoted John Bender I would be rich.
Wow, when I read this title it was like asking "best ways to die". The 1980s. The decade we completely lost our way in terms of film/music.
