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Ok, by "nailed it," I am referring to films which perfectly capture something. It could be a suspense film that had you on the edge of your seat, an actor who perfectly portrays a role, a setting that captures the scenes exactly as you would have imagined it, or perhaps just a movie that leaves you wishing it never came to an end.
One such film for me was "Dazed and Confused," a hokey film about high school life in the mid to late 70's. Dumb as the film was, it perfectly captured that era. I was there, and we certainly all dressed exactly like that, and all of us wore our hair like it too. My wife at the time even said that one of the "stoner" characters looked exactly like me in the high school era pictures in my parent's photo album.
The issues and the behavior portrayed in the film was spot on. As too was the innocence of being bad: burning a few doobs and listening to some jams or knocking down a few beers at an outdoor party. It seems quaint when we think of the harsher realities facing kids trying to have "fun" in the world today.
lol..we even had a friend who was just like the Mathew McConaughey character, a twenty-something who for one reason or other still hung out with high school kids. He even drove us to school everyday in the year or two before we all finally got our own licenses. We payed by supplying the weed. So, in a way, he got up early to get a free high. And, we gladly paid the toll in order to not be stuck with the nerds on the bus.
One such film for me was "Dazed and Confused," a hokey film about high school life in the mid to late 70's. Dumb as the film was, it perfectly captured that era. I was there, and we certainly all dressed exactly like that, and all of us wore our hair like it too. My wife at the time even said that one of the "stoner" characters looked exactly like me in the high school era pictures in my parent's photo album.
The issues and the behavior portrayed in the film was spot on. As too was the innocence of being bad: burning a few doobs and listening to some jams or knocking down a few beers at an outdoor party. It seems quaint when we think of the harsher realities facing kids trying to have "fun" in the world today.
lol..we even had a friend who was just like the Mathew McConaughey character, a twenty-something who for one reason or other still hung out with high school kids. He even drove us to school everyday in the year or two before we all finally got our own licenses. We payed by supplying the weed. So, in a way, he got up early to get a free high. And, we gladly paid the toll in order to not be stuck with the nerds on the bus.