Lost Boys post-viewing

[feliciakw]

Man, sometimes I forget how much I like this movie. It's so . . . good. Not particularly deep or insightful, but it's so freakin' much fun.

I couldn't help but notice as I was watching how consciously comfortable I was with Michael calling Sam "Sammy" on a regular basis. Not that it was unusual, of course. It just sounded . . . familiar. Heh.

Also? Scary vampires. Ugly, scary vampires. Like vampires are supposed to be. None of the tortured, tormented, pasty, sparkly garbage. Just outright, tempting, evil vampires, and a genuine struggle to get out from under their influence without, you know, getting killed in the process. (I am totally with Jensen when he says he wants to kill some vampires properly this season. Yes!)

Also also? Every time David (Keiffer Sutherland) did something bad-A or evil, my first thought was "the future Jack Bauer." I'm not a Keiffer Sutherland fan per se, but what I've seen of his stuff (this, Dark City, the first season of 24), I like.

THE FASHION! Oh. My. Word. At one point, I asked Geo, "What is he wearing?" in response to one of Corey Haim's (Sam) costume pieces.

The movie is so deliciously 80s. (It was released the year I graduated high school.)

Geo made an interesting comment that this movie changed the look and face of horror movies. I can't really explain in further detail right now, but he has a point.

Comments

[fufaraw]

Watching it with my son, several times over the years, we developed backstory for David, Paul, Dwayne, and Marko. That Max obviously turned David first, and Marko had been his best friend and offered himself to stay with David. If you watch the dynamic of the four, Marko always keys off David. It's like David's his sun. Paul was obviously the newest member of the group, a loud, proud, Valley Boy. Dwayne was a dark and tortured soul with a romantic streak of kindness before he was turned, and remained more withdrawn than his friends.

David gets most of the attention, after Michael and Sam, Star and Laddie (The return of Eddie Munster! Aghhh!), the Frog brothers and the adults. But Marko's devotion caught my attention, and it was fun to posit motivation for him, and then for Dwayne and Paul as well.

[girlyghoul70.livejournal.com]

AWW! I can totally see that. Marco does sort of orbit around David and is very eager to please. And David cries when they kill "the little guy" first. And then Paul and Dwayne are so mysterious (I mean really, Dwayne never even has his name mentioned) that you almost have to fill in the blanks.

And what was their original connection to Max? Did he turn David by force? Trick him? Or did he just see potential in him one day.

There's so many possibilities. Such a great film that you really can watch over and over again- big hair, shoulder pads and all!