Drunk On The Moon

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 minutes

Box Office (in today’s dollars): 13 million (approximately)

Characters: Randall “Pink” Floyd, Mitch Kramer, Jodi Kramer, Sabrina Davis, David Wooderson, Clint Bruno, Carl Burnett, Michelle Burroughs, Don Dawson, Cynthia Dunn, Kaye Faulkner, Hirshfelder, Tommy Houston, Simone Kerr, Darla Marks, Mike Newhouse, Fred O’Bannion, Benny O’Donnell, Tony Olson, Kevin Pickford, Julie Simms, Ron Slater, Melvin Spivey, Shavonne Wright, Nesi White

Favorite Quote: “That’s what I love about these high school girls, man; I get older, they stay the same age.”

Favorite Scene: Wooderson, Pink, and Mitch enter the Emporium

Favorite Character: Simone Kerr

Other need-to-see nineties movies directed by Richard Linklater: Before Sunrise ... I hear it’s good

Cars. Drugs. Music. Gilligan’s Island?? This movie is full of all of these. When the movie was released, the soundtracks (remember soundtracks?) were actually bigger than the movie. Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Kiss, The Runaways ... and about 20 other bands/performers are all rolled (see what I did there?) up into one day in 1976. But the movie is really all about the characters. And there are a lot of them. I would say 24 people all play major roles in this film (and another that doesn’t have any lines but people are always mentioning her being in the movie ... yay Renee Zellweger!) The jocks, the popular girls, the nerds, the bullies, the stoners are all represented. In my opinion, the movie is really about the senior/freshman relationships between Pink/Mitch and Jodi/Sabrina, and Wooderson (the town creepy guy); he is out of high school but still likes the high school girls ... we will get to that later.

Ok, to the favorites. I am sure everyone will have different answers than me. “Alright, alright, alright” is a good one that some people probably say at least once a day. My girlfriend Rebecca does not like “I only came here to do two things, man; kick some ass and drink some beer ... looks like we’re almost out of beer” because it totally rips off Roddy Piper’s classic line from They Live where he is there to chew bubble gum and kick ass but is out of bubble gum. I went with the creepy Wooderson “That’s what I love about these high school girls, man; I get older, they stay the same age” quote, because it’s so creepy it’s not. Side note: I always thought Wooderson was around 25 but he might only be 20. My favorite scene is when Wooderson, Pink, and Mitch enter the Emporium. It’s like a past, present, and future of cool guys, and even though it’s only about 30 seconds long, Wooderson owns it. He’s so awesome in that moment!!

My favorite character is someone you might not expect it to be. Not Pink. Not Wooderson. Not O’Bannion. Not Slater. It’s Simone. She’s kind of the secret weapon in the movie. She has some funny lines, she is not mean to the freshman, and she seems really cool. And I used to have a crush on Joey Lauren Adams. I wish I had picked Chasing Amy to be on my list!!

Next movie to review: Mrs. Doubtfire