Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!columbia!topaz!lear From: lear@topaz.ARPA (eliot lear) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Saint Elmo's Fire Message-ID: <2438@topaz.ARPA> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 01:34:10 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2438 Posted: Sat Jun 29 01:34:10 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:08:24 EDT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 39 Saint Elmo's Fire left me with many impressions. I believe the idea to produce it as a movie must have stemmed from the success of Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club successfully stirred fealings about many problems [such as "parents" as the BC sees it]. Saint Elmo's Fire tries to do the same with different problems such as friends getting involved with each other, one's best friend getting involved with one's girlfriend, etc. This movie even borrows the stars from Breakfast Club! "So why should I see this movie if it is a Breakfast Club takeoff?" I didn't say that. The themes in The Breakfast Club were very simple. Namely, girl meets boy, boy hates girl, girl hates boy, and they fall in love after discovering that they enjoy each other's differences. Saint Elmo's Fire is not that simple. Saint Elmo's Fire deals with what happens AFTER Boy and Girl fall in love and boy meets another girl or Girl has boy or BOTH! The characters in The Breakfast Club were seniors in High School and The Breakfast Club dealt mostly with high school issues such as "That old Class Tease." Saint Elmo's deals with issues that many of us will deal with VERY SOON. These issues hit closer to the heart and, in my opinion, stronger emotions. This movie deals with a group of friends that go through thick and thick together. Many otherwise unrelated scenes were strung together to make a very emotionally strong story. In this I applaud the writers' effort but the story is too loose after a while and very hard to follow. "So was it good or bad?!?!?!" Discover for yourself. This movie was good enough so that I would want to see it again sometime. I personally rate such movies B+. (A movies are those where I rush back to see it again.) Still, my rating is for myself. Go see Saint Elmo's Fire. eliot lear p.s. Thank God for emacs whether it be GNU or Gosling! -- uucp: [{allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!topaz!lear] arpa: [Lear@RU-BLUE.arpa]