About an hour into watching this flick, the fire alarms go off and the movie stops. I head out into the lobby to see what's going on. The usher tells me this has been going on all week. I hang out for a couple minutes to see if the alarms will stop so the movie can restart. As I was standing there waiting to see what will happen, I started to reflect on the movie and realize I didn't really care to go back in and finish the movie. The movie didn't work on any of the levels I was hoping.
first of all, I remember the summer of 1987 and this didn't look anything like it. Other than the great Falco song, a guilty pleasure of mine, which was used for a couple of laughs, I didn't listen to any the other music from the movie. This was not my my 1987. In fact, the Falco song is not even 1987. So the movie failed to be nostalgic.
Granted, I was not in college in 1987, but I was in junior high. I didn't think the hipster attitude of liking old bands and wearing obscure band t-shirt came until the 90's. I was not listening to Lou Reed and Husker Du in 1987. It was Bon Jovi and U2. So, the movie fails in it's level of nostalgia.
I couldn't get into the love story either. Although Kristen Stewart was good, facial expressions and all, she was given a drab character to play. I can't give a final judgement because I haven't finished the movie but I really don't know if I even want to finish it.
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