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slc punk
8/10
dir James Merendino

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okay, so this ones kinda totally f***ing biased. but whatever, they all are. its a f***ing blog, not the new york times. for one, im a punk, and for another, i am totally f***dog in love with matthew lillard. it cant be helped. looking at it from an artistic perspective though, its really pretty good. it does a good job of depicting the fluity of youth (even though all the main characters are in their 20s). philosphy, sexuality, aspirations, hair colour. these can all be changed, and are always changing all the time. any cheerleader is only one acid trip away from becoming a full on goth, and every goth is one big revelation away from becoming a harvard graduate.



i liked almost all parts of the film. the style was beautiful, the sets made you feel totally at home and like you were at the coolest trap house youve never been to. you fall in love with the characters without even knowing it. that one scene with bob broke my heart in two, mostly due to lillards acting, but also just cause you know its true. a lot of f***ing people die like that. not just from drugs, found the next morning in someones living room. they just die suddenly. and it feels like you were supposed to have so much longer with them, you could practically see the next 20 years of your lives, even the drifting away stuff. but then theyre just ripped out of your arms.



i didnt like the ending though, even though i know that thats also real, and thats how most punks left the scene. it still felt dissapointing to see someone resign themselves to doing what everyone says to do, and presenting that as the only ending for people like that. maybe it wasjust the right ending for stevo. he was a poser pretty much the whole time (i mean he is a little rich boy. besides, no one who isnt a poser is that obsessed with posers). anyway, if youre into or looking to get into the punk scene, i think this is a great movie to start out with.