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A Classic Movie In Its Day
When I watched this movie at the theater for the first time many years ago I remembered that I loved it. I love the pop music of the late 50s and early 60s. But watching this movie again was both rewarding and a disappointment. I still love the music but I guess I'm much more critical now - I noticed that the plot and some of the acting is not as great as I once thought it was. But this is still a great movie especially if you appreciate this era of time in the American pop scene. Enjoy!!!
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Now the "yonugsters" can see what "real" harmless fun was.
If there is anyone who was into cars back in the early 60's, this is for you. George Lucas served up some really good memories with this one. This was cruising in "Anytown, USA". Most anyone you talk to, who was alive and kicking in this time frame, will recall some of the events shown in this movie. Simply good fun to watch, and some fairly "harmless" gags too. Just goes to show that you don't have to shoot anyone to have some fun.
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Another classic ruined
American Graffiti is a classic film. Those "reviewers" who bemoan the fact that this existence was idyllic and far removed from their own experience are missing the point. Such "remove" is precisely the point. The film came out in 1973, and depicted American life exactly 10 years in the past. And yet America had changed so vastly in that tiny space of time that this film showed us a culture as alien in 1973 as it is compared to today. On the heels of Viet Nam and Watergate, this film blew us away by showing how life was just 10 years in the past. Imagine seeing a movie today set in 1998. Very little would look or sound different. Yet in American Graffiti, it was a world in which nothing was familiar anymore.
That said, the "Collector Edition" is another bungled-up "sound remastering" job. Somebody needs to de-Spielburg these folks: take away their darn volume knob! They've amped up the music to the point of being absurd. If you can hear the conversations, then the next song is going to blast your eardrums out. If you adjust the music so it is palatable, you can't hear the dialogue. Plus they've simply amped up the mid-range, so you lose the highs and lows of these classic songs. Somebody PLEASE inform these clowns that simply amplifying the mid-range and blasting up the volume is not "re-mastering." George Lucas should sue them for ruining his classic film.
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Graffiti is still GREAT!!
I saw this movie for the first time when I was in junior high and just recently ordered a copy of the DVD from Amazon. Believe me this is the movie that has stood the test of time and gets better every time you watch it. Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams,and up and coming actor named Harrison Ford and a few others certainly made us go back into a time of innocence. So Where Were You in '62? American Graffiti brings back the memories! Well worth enjoying again and again!!
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Somewhat Life Changing
This movie was created well before my time, but still held up when I was in my last semester of high school. The whole film helped me to decide whether or not I should stay home for college. I chose in the vain of Richard Dreyfus, and have never looked back. High school is great then, but after it's over, how long can it last? The answer is: only the summer after graduation. People have to grow and move on. That's what this film has taught me about my life and hopefully someone else's, too.
