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The Outsiders (1983)
What the hell. It has become the very thing it swore to destroy
I suppose this movie is kind of a shot for shot remake of the book. With some... variations, I suppose.
The movie drags on, first things first, but it is good for a few laughs which I'll get into later.
Okay so I did read the book and like probably a lot of people thought it was a bit... homoerotic, to say the least. Not to mention the other strange quotes.
Case in point:
"I turned my head to look at (Sodapop) and in the moonlight he looked like some Greek god come to earth. I wondered how he could stand being so handsome."
Sodapop is his brother (the hell kinda name is Sodapop? His father (who supposedly came up with the name) should be in jail for torturing a kid like that, that name makes about as much sense as Ptoughneigh) Yeah, I think Susan (the author of the book) was hardcore crushing on a character she made up.
Also:
"Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone."
So there's that.
Anyways I think Francis Ford Copolla also was a bit concerned as to what Susan Eloise was on, and decided that it would be best to omit those types of scenes, or, y'know, just have Dally call Johnny a "little s**t" in the first 20 minutes of the movie.
So by this point I had realized this movie was going to be a shot for shot remake.
Except that I was sort of thrown a curveball when Ponyboy laid his freaking head on Johnny shoulder when they watched the stars at night.
I stared wondering if there was something else going on. I mean, with running away to a freakin' church... I don't care if they killed somebody. Why a damn church, Susan?
In the book I think she was real on board with Ponyboy and Johnny becoming a thing, see here as they debate who to ask for directions at the church, referring to Ponyboy's eyes:
""They ain't green, they're gray," I said, reddening. "And I look about as much like Soda as you do." I got to my feet. "He's good-looking."
"Shoot," Johnny said with a grin, "you are, too.""
I just- am confused. Why the grin?
Later Dally arrives at the church to relay information and BEGS AND PLEADS for Johnny not to turn himself in and go to jail (I'm guessing Susan just went "who cares, I'm switching teams" or whatever:
""Johnny," Dally said in a a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, "Johnny, I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny"--- he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes--- "you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to hap- pen to you. Like it happened to me...""
I want to know what went on in jail but I'm pretty sure I already do. And yes Dally is originally a blond.
I don't think this happens in the movie of course, Francis (Ford Copolla) wouldn't like that. Correct me if it does.
Later on there is fire at the church because someone left a lit cigarette there and it burned up the place. Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids, yak yak yak, and Dally beats Ponyboy over the head because there's fire on his shirt.
Ponyboy's knocked out for a bit but eventually ends up alright, and Dally says he's sorry and thought he killed out poor main character, because then the movie would end! Boo hoo!
(I wish this movie would end. It's boring as hell.)
I have a feeling he wouldn't be too sad if he did kill him. Ponyboy's pretty annoying after all and then he can have all the Johnny that he wants without competition. Or whatever.
And it just flip flops from Jally to Johnnyboy until the end, where Dally ends himself because Johnny died and that was the only thing he loved. Pretty queer (as in strange or however else you interpret it) isn't it?
Meanwhile Ponyboy is forcing himself into delirium so he can avoid dealing with his (Johnny's) death.
A while later, while Ponyboy is progressively losing his sanity even more, he stumbles upon Johnny's letter, which basically tells him to stay innocent and pure because that's good and that he wants Dally to do the same or at least try to appreciate the good things in life.
So the end leaves you wondering: who did he choose? Then the movie ends so I guess that's it. And that's what I was thinking when I read the book for the 3rd time. God help me.
The movie is funny, though. Of course, like all campy '80s movies that went a little overboard with the touching (*coughs* Top Gun) this happens unintentionally.
Props to the death scenes because even though Susan kills both of the supposedly lovestruck cowboy wannabes, she doesn't do this very well in the book.
So yeah you could say this opened my mind. Yeah this terrified myself and everyone else around me. Yeah I'm Team Johnnyboy now. Why do you ask?
This should be in the horror genre if you're homophobic or me or anything like that, but if you're not, put it in hilariously bad or something. I don't know.
Top Gun (1986)
Homoerotic masterpiece
Why the touching tbh it's getting creepy
Cool special effects but I was just here for the weirdness so like I didn't really pay attention bc I was yapping the whole time
Can't believe "Don't tease me" was an actual freaking line
Quite funny and campy as well I definitely recommend there are some good quotes here too if you're into that
Also of course the timeline was a bit strange? This is mostly about the second movie so like
Goose was in his 30s or something and then there is the kid he has (assuming it's the Rooster guy from Top Gun Maverick) which is also in his 30s/20s in the second movie. So quite odd but that's ok.
Overall great movie for some laughs and characters are easy to get invested in, fun movie tbh would recommend.