Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2024-09-10 23:23:43 +0000 UTC
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It has been suggested that Linda (Phoebe Cates) manufactured the whole “boyfriend from college” so kudos to you, Daniel! I guess Linda was channeling Jan Brady with her George Glass storytelling. 🤪
Jeff Mills
2024-09-21 11:50:43 +0000 UTCTBS used to air a version which had scenes that were not in this theatrical release: -Damone and Rattner talk about what to do on a date and Damone telling Ratt to play Led Zeppelin IV. This scene is followed by a scene in which Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh are talking on the phone and they are in their bra and panties (this scene is sometimes omitted when showing on cable depending on how prude the network airing it is.) In this conversation Phoebe Cates warns Jennifer Jason Leigh about Led Zeppelin IV. A new scene between Stacey and her brother and his friends where they warn her about Mr. Hand. A new scene between Brad and a guidance counselor about his life. After Brad gets fired there is a scene where he rips down a Coca-Cola poster in his bedroom. Mr. Hand signing people's annuals (yearbooks) at the school dance. The cable-TV version includes scenes from Stacy's abortion that are omitted in the video version. Broadcast TV version has an additional scene right after the scene where Mr. Hand rips up Spicoli's card on the first day of school. Spicoli and two of his buddies are in the bathroom and Spicoli is telling a overly fantastic version of the incident, about how he told Mr. Hand not to mess with him or there would be trouble. This probably was to tie in with the joke later where the story gets aroud that he pulled a knife on him. The scene with Stacy and Linda in the mall after closing is expanded with a girl approaching Linda asking her about borrowing money to "take care of her problem."
Jeff Mills
2024-09-21 11:47:46 +0000 UTCIf you liked this movie, I recommend checking out “The Last American Virgin” (1982). It is very similar to “Fast Times”, but with a plot twist towards the end that most people did not see coming.
Jeff Mills
2024-09-21 11:41:08 +0000 UTCYes, so incredibly sad and tragic, and it didn’t need to happen. No one should ever die while making a movie.
Robert Boyd
2024-09-14 18:07:07 +0000 UTC“Almost Famous” is my favorite movie. Great one. You and Daniel will love it.
Jeff Mills
2024-09-14 09:49:08 +0000 UTCYou would love it!
Jeff Mills
2024-09-14 09:48:09 +0000 UTCI watched the full length with you guys, and it was excellent. This is one of my favorite films, but it took a couple of watches to grasp the classic nature of it. I should note...both Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh were 19-20 years old during their nude scenes, even if the characters they portrayed were supposed to be younger.
Mike the Ginger
2024-09-14 07:37:20 +0000 UTCLOL
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:13:33 +0000 UTCLOL! I need a candle of this scent! I need to know what it smells like! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:13:23 +0000 UTCI can definitely appreciate the perspective! Definitely not what we were expecting! There's so many people in this film! We definitely need to get back to our Coen Brothers journey too, it's been awhile! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:12:52 +0000 UTCInteresting perspective, thank you! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:10:11 +0000 UTCOMG lol -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:09:15 +0000 UTCI just went down a rabbit hole reading about this accident, that is insane! Those poor children and Morrow too. -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:08:56 +0000 UTCOh no way! What an experience for him LOL We have not seen Almost Famous! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 05:00:35 +0000 UTCLOL I'm sure teachers were like dang it, Spicoli getting all those pizza orders -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 04:59:48 +0000 UTCThank you for explaining this! Now I'm so curious what the scent smells like haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-14 04:58:56 +0000 UTCPhoebe Cates. Enough said. ☺️ Kevin Kline is a very lucky man.
Jeff Mills
2024-09-12 05:36:34 +0000 UTCOther than the Brat Pack stuff (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pretty in Pink, and Some Kind of Wonderful), some movies that are referenced in Not Another Teen Movie, if I'm remembering correctly, include Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, She's All That, Bring It On, and Varsity Blues.
Tyler Foster
2024-09-11 19:25:19 +0000 UTClol I was googling around to see if anyone had made a mimeo-scented candle or something like that and I ran across a post someone wrote who said he bought a container of the ink on eBay and just gives it a little sniff every now and then 🤣
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 19:23:55 +0000 UTCSo the mimeograph ink was highly intoxicating. Students and teacher would fight to see who good run off copies. This device was pre Xerox machines. I still remember the smell and the blue lettering to this day. It is funny that your reaction was what the hell are those kids doing and mine was damn I wish that was me holding the paper.
Jason Mangen
2024-09-11 17:38:14 +0000 UTCFor Daniel, maybe this has something to do with the confusion. https://www.amazon.com/Ridgemont-Confused-Double-Feature-Blu-ray/dp/B00TYZ35S6/ One of the things about movies that I think is often complicated is that...there's what will make the audience comfortable, and there's what's truthful, and they won't always be the same thing. Obviously the movie is merely setting out to depict something that happens, and from the perspective of the people it happens to, so while I don't like the idea of a teenager hooking up with an adult, teenagers often seek out experiences they shouldn't be having (and probably moreso back in 1982 when this movie was made). Given it's a movie and you're not watching a documentary, it's all arbitrary anyway; all of the actors were adults and so the script could've just as easily said 18 instead of 15, and probably would if something like this were being made today. I think re: Stacy, it's important to remember the scene where she's talking to Linda and she believes that Mark leaving after their date was an actual rejection and that he isn't interested in her, and when he and Damone come by the house later to hang out in the pool, there is no evidence that Mark does anything to change that. Plus, they are just teenagers, and throughout the movie we can see they don't really understand each other yet, like Linda and the far-away fiance she clearly knows nothing about beyond thinking of him as a symbol of her own maturity. You were correct that it was Nicolas Cage in the background. I believe he auditioned for the role of Brad but didn't get it, and ended up playing the bit part instead. He actually felt that the Coppola name got in the way -- he is credited as Nicolas Coppola -- so he changed it to Cage. Spicoli's buds were also played by Eric Stoltz (the drug dealer from Pulp Fiction) and Anthony Edwards (most famous for "ER" and Revenge of the Nerds, not to mention he played Mark Ruffalo's partner in Zodiac). Last but not least, the morgue doctor is played by Martin Brest, who directed Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run. Also, gotta reiterate my long-standing hope that The Hudsucker Proxy is next on your list of Coen movies, which features an all-time great Jennifer Jason Leigh performance. Additionally, a couple of great coming-of-age teen movies (aside from Heckerling's own Clueless) that you can check out include Valley Girl (also with Nicolas Cage), 10 Things I Hate About You, and the incredibly underrated Angus (1995).
Tyler Foster
2024-09-11 17:32:04 +0000 UTCEven though, 15 year old me was as close as Mark Rattner as could be, I'll defend Stacy here. She is not emotionally mature enough to understand everything that's going on with her life here. Just because Mark left while making out doesn't mean that he did not like her like she thought. She grows a lot through that year and came to understand lots about the differences between sex, love and infatuation. About the underage sex, well I don't know for everyone but it was much less taboo back then. And we are seeing things through a teen's point of view which makes it more real. It's an almost perfect time capsule of that era.
Yann Laliberté
2024-09-11 05:54:25 +0000 UTCMy older sister told me that when she saw this in the theater, at the pool house scene, when the camera showed Jennifer Jason Leigh naked, the whole theater simultaneously all said, "Ewww". LOL
Moe howard
2024-09-11 05:17:00 +0000 UTCAmy Heckerling also directed Clueless, which is teenagers in the 90s. It is worth checking out, and Clueless is sort of a modern version of Jane Austen’s Emma. This was a great reaction. Side note, this was only like Jennifer Jason Leigh’s second or third movie and it opened a month after the death of her father, Vic Morrow. He and two young children were tragically killed on the set of The Twilight Zone movie that was filming near Valencia, Ca. John Landis, the director, and other people involved in the production took short cuts and there was a terrible helicopter crash. The two children were not even supposed to be there. It was disaster. Landis also directed Trading Places and An American Werewolf in London, which are good movies, but I have no respect for that man.
Robert Boyd
2024-09-11 04:53:53 +0000 UTCA lot of what makes this movie what it is that it's based on Cameron Crowe's observations and experiences at an actual Southern California high school. He was kind of a prodigy as a kid and graduated early, and becoming a journalist, for Rolling Stone magazine at first. Anyway he was young enough that he was able to blend in at an actual high school and that's where he got his material. "Almost Famous" is a great movie, by Cameron Crowe, I highly recommend and it's basically his story with some names etcetera altered for legal purposes and all that, but I think you'll like it.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2024-09-11 03:21:46 +0000 UTCThis movie was awesome for its time. Spicoli became an icon. The pizza guy scene was tried by kids for years. Tons of future actors. U mentioned Forest Whitticker and Nick Cage who in the credits uses his real last name Coppola. Eric Stolz and Anthony Edwards (Goose in Top Gun), James Russo (Bev Hills Cop and Donnie Brasco)
thomas king
2024-09-11 02:40:29 +0000 UTCReally a Classic !! Coming of Age is not really my Genre but I'm a Big 80's Fan ;) I recommend for 80's Comedy Films "Overboard" with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, "Working Girl" with Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, "The Witches of Eastwick" with Jack Nicholson ( Would be Perfect for Halloween and October)," "Ruthless People" with Danny deVito and Judge Reinhold, "Throw Momma from The Train" with Danny deVito and Billy Crystal and "The War of The Roses" with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny de Vito (My Personal favorite, i recommend it every Month i know :)
Florian Meier
2024-09-11 02:28:32 +0000 UTCOh trust I definitely wore out my Weird Science soundtrack tape out back in the day. Oingo Boingo! Killing Joke! That's the stuff, baby!
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 02:24:04 +0000 UTCAbsolutely understandable, Paul, but if you know me at all...it's all about the music. Lol
Shawn Goforth
2024-09-11 02:22:11 +0000 UTCWe should produce an air freshener that mimics this scent.
Brad P
2024-09-11 02:21:03 +0000 UTCI hate that this wonderful scent has basically disappeared from the earth.
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 02:14:45 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm an apologist for most of Hughes's 80s movies, but I'd never recommend Sixteen Candles or Weird Science to anyone in the present day.
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 02:12:53 +0000 UTCIn Sixteen Candles, there's also the uncomfortable matter of what transpires between Anthony Michael Hall and Jake's drunk, unconscious girlfriend.
Brad P
2024-09-11 02:10:54 +0000 UTCBack in the day before most schools had modern copy machines, teachers used an older device commonly known as a Ditto machine to make copies for their students. These machines would cheaply reproduce an image on a piece of paper that would come out with a sweet pleasant smell which is why Mr. Hand's class takes a big hit off their papers as he hands them out. In 1982, everyone would have known this reference but definitely not so much today.
Brad P
2024-09-11 02:08:08 +0000 UTCDon't get me wrong. Mike is still an a-hole, but it's an interesting approach, seeing that even when bad decisions are made by people who could stand to have a bit more maturity, they remain human and have to face life also.
Shawn Goforth
2024-09-11 02:00:42 +0000 UTC@Shawn lol I have reservations about Pretty in Pink too, but they're mostly about how Andrew McCarthy is as charismatic as a box of paperclips. That's a me problem, though 😆
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 02:00:02 +0000 UTCDefinitely different than we expected! Thank you for the notes on Sixteen Candles! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-11 01:53:43 +0000 UTCOh no way! That's really interesting! -sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-09-11 01:53:21 +0000 UTCWhat I love most about this film is that it is the most "real" we've been able to get about the teen experience, especially during the early 80s. This broke away from the straight comedy and put both boys and girls on an equal playing field to face these circumstances. The first version of this movie got an X rating, because Amy Heckerling, said if the tops come off, so do the pants, so the pool house scene depicts male nudity, as well, refusing to hide how uncomfortable the guy's first time should be too, like okay Mr. Crowe, if Stacy's going through it, so is Mike. The male nudity had to be recut and eliminated to achieve the R-rating, and honestly, I think it affects the tone and power dynamics of the entire scene. The original version is available on the Criterion release.
Shawn Goforth
2024-09-11 01:25:27 +0000 UTCAgreed. We're much better off watching something with genuine heart, like Pretty in Pink, over Sixteen Candles.
Shawn Goforth
2024-09-11 01:17:07 +0000 UTCI love this Adrian Tomine comic about Sixteen Candles: https://www.youmightfindyourself.com/post/15984873307/the-donger-and-me-by-adrian-tomine/amp
Tyler Foster
2024-09-11 00:58:48 +0000 UTCPart of (most of?) the reason this feels a little different than most of the other 1980s teen films—everything written or directed (or both) by John Hughes*, the generic boy meets girl films of which there were many dozens, and the totally garbage stuff like Porky's—comes down to Amy Heckerling. Female directors have existed for as long as film has, but they were still few and far between in 1982 and what Heckerling does here instead of painting everything with broad strokes is introduce a whole lot of nuance and uncertainty into her characters' behavior. Not just the girls, but everyone in the movie. The promise of nudity got the butts in the seats, but she subverted expectations of big gags and punchlines by making everything really subjective. *Warning about Sixteen Candles: there is unforgivable Asian stereotyping played for laughs that didn't even fly in 1984, but it especially doesn't 40 years later. A writer/director of Hughes's caliber should have known better, but he did get his start at The Lampoon, so...
Paul Cox
2024-09-11 00:13:18 +0000 UTC
