They've All Gone Crazyyyy !

Well...I think my number one most favorite scene would HAVE to be where we see his Father running around the house in the middle of the evening with an apron on. WHAT on earth is going on? It's really kind of sad and...quite comical. We see this kid, James Dean, playing this huge hard ass who is only in high school and had to move because of his reputation supposedly. Switch blades, fights, games of chicken being played on the edge of a bank with a huge drop into the water. I don't know about anybody else but I never saw these things at my school, maybe it was just too small for it, or maybe the kids back in the 50's were just soooo badass.




The funny thing is if I were involved with such things I probably would not have gotten away with it in high school, for as awesome and laid back as my parents are, I'm pretty positive they would kick my ass or have the cops do it for them. Jim's parent's are the complete opposite, they keep moving every time Jim has a problem, instead of facing the problem and taking care of it. But what is Jim's problem? He has an awesome house, and doesn't lack a thing, really. Even though they are rather awkward, they both care for his well being.



Personally...I found the girl to be really weird. Having this.."thing" for Jim right off the bat, and how convenient for her, her boyfriend just DIED PLAYING CHICKEN OFF A CLIFF. What's with the weird role play of husband and with in the mansion..that was even more awkward...and then that other kid, Plato, pretending Jim was his Dad thinking he was going to do all these things, fishing and such...weird !

I liked the movie for the most part, but goodness, the characters were so crazy, so weird and kind of awkward. I mean...with this whole rebel thing we've got strange thing happening between the characters, like Plato for instance and how he treats Jim, and then the weird relationship Jim and Judy have imitating a newly wed couple; and the strange relation between Jim's mother and father and how their roles are a little different than those we usually see between a 1950's family where it's the father who has the control, or upper hand/word.. instead of the mother. The exaggeration was pretty overwhelming too, I don't know..something about the knife fights and then the whole game of chicken thing...but I it did make for an entertaining film..



P.S. I reallyyy enjoyed the little skit, Date With Your Family, with MST !!! Hilarious.