For some reason I got to thinking about movies about rebellion. No, not Braveheart, but movies about rebelling against society. It's a genre everyone's familiar with. Let's check the list:
1. Rebel Without a Cause - James Dean has no cause but he smokes and Natalie Wood likes him for it.
2. The Wild One - "What are rebelling against?" Marlon Brando: "Whatcha got?"
3. Easy Rider - These guys are possibly the nicest "outlaws" you'll ever meet.
4. The Breakfast Club - Bender smokes in school. He's too cool, apparently.
5. Pump Up the Volume - Remember this one? Christian Slater plays a high school pirate radio dj who wins the heart of a community.
Funny, I can't think of any good 90s or 00s movies that fit - has society changed that much that we need not produce movies of teenage rebellion? Or have I changed so much that I don't see rebellion movies as particularly rebellious?
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What about "Every which way but loose"? that orangutan raged against the system man.
Old movies about rebellious teenagers seem really lame now. James Dean would get eaten alive in today's high schools.
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