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St.elmos fire man in motion5/30/2023 ![]() It only amounts to Kevin gaining inspiration from the girl he loves, Leslie (Ally Sheedy), when she returns mutual feelings towards him. However, the film fails to use his hobby to get across anything about writing. His struggle for writing, and getting recognition in that field is something I can easily relate too. This sort of dialogue is common throughout the film, but back to discussing Kevin Dolenz. Marriage is obsolete.Īlec: Dinosaurs are obsolete. Kevin: Marriage is a concept invented by people who were lucky to make it to 20 without being eaten by dinosaurs. It's a harmless fear, but it makes America feel better, Russia gets an inflated sense of national worth from our paranoia. ![]() Kevin: You know there are more people in law school right now than there are lawyers on the entire planet? Think about that. Kevin: Love, love, you know what love is? Love is an illusion created by lawyer types like yourself to perpetuate another illusion called marriage to create the reality of divorce and then the illusionary need for divorce lawyers. How exactly does he speak? Here's a couple of his lines. Yet, when he talks you just want to punch him. Hm, oddly enough this was also the most relatable character for me. He speaks like an artist who thinks just too highly of himself. Whenever characters speak there are some cringe-worthy lines of dialogue, but in particular whenever Kevin Dolenz speaks it's a more frequent occurrence. Early on in the film it presented as if the film might tackle the subject of sexuality with Kevin which would have made up for his awful dialogue. In particular whether or not Kevin has feeling for his friend Alec (played by Jed Nelson) because all of Kevin friends assume he's gay. For example, Kevin Dolenz (played by Andrew McCarthy) is inspiring writer who is presented with an issue on his sexuality. Elmo Bar for a drink with his friends after immediately driving drunk in a accident.Īfter that absent of reality the rest of the film never is able to follow up on interesting traits for it cast of characters. This incident has no repercussion on the plot, and Billy is allowed to go out to St. We're introduced to Billy by learning he was drinking and driving Wendy's car, totaling the car and injuring Wendy (played by Mare Winningham) in the process. So what happens after the transition to the hospital? Well the non-stop expository dialogue that occupied the first fifth-teen minutes of the film paints a poor impression of the characters. Something simple as pictures of the gang bonding together would have quickly gotten across the idea these now young adults have to face the real world together. ![]() There's nothing before this besides a opening credit which doesn't show the gang during their classes or having a fun time. This is a complete one-eighty in the first minutes of the film. The opening scene for instance starts by showing our characters walking happily together on campus after their graduation to then suddenly fast forward a unknown length of time into a hospital. In general, the problem is no matter how much or lack of connection you can make to any of the characters is the entire film is uneven. Minus the financial cost since nowhere in the film do any of the characters ever struggle financially until a contrivance in the last act of the film. I can't say all young adults face this same issue, but I am one of them who's able to connect to with the film on this level. Elmo's Fire is about a group of friends, just out of college, struggling with adulthood. A fact that is more fascinating than the film actual content. In plain terms, it's a weather phenomenon usually triggered by a corona discharge (an electrical discharge) from a sharp or pointed object creating an electrical atmosphere around said object. Elmo's Fire and it's a story about sailors. Towards the end of the film a character by the name of Billy (played by Rob Lowe), telling Jules (played by Demi Moore) a story about the origin of St. ![]() Elmo is the name of a bar so does it catch on fire? Nope it doesn't nor does it have any metaphorical meaning. Not only that, but the theme song by John Parr has virtually no connection to the actual film content. The film own theme by John Parr tells a far more compelling story about a man in a wheelchair going the distance in four minutes than the film ever does in one hour and fifty minute. If you think the film would aspire to be as inspirational as these lyrics (from the film own main theme) you are out of luck. You broke the boy in me but you won't break the man Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go ![]()
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