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| nickpdx |
| Somehow I obtained a copy of this movie :p Its very good, I would recommend seeing it when it comes out on DVD or just getting it from somewhere ;) |
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| digitalbreach |
very good???
plot???
what's good about it. genre??
good does not suffice:mad: |
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| nickpdx |
Movie: Thirteen
Went to see "Thirteen" last night with the family. I have a number of comments, of course, and will try to keep myself from following tangents.
Thirteen was about a girl who wants to be (and later stay) popular by befriending a popular student. Proving herself popular begins with theft and soon expands to include sex, drugs, piercings, and especially lies.
This is not a date movie. This is not a buddy flick. In fact, think "a really depressing Schindler's List" and you'll get the idea of what kind of mindset you need to be in to see it.
We went to see it because we have a fifteen year old in the house. As a conversation starter, it is excellent.
The technical aspects of the film were of course impressive. The camera work was golden. Susan commented that it seemed like four different camerapersons were involved, and I think this may as well be the case. The cameras did excellent work capturing the various moods and feelings in the movie. The sound design (as much as I could hear, it wasn't a modern theatre) was also quite excellent.
Personally, I was feeling like quite a hack as a writer when I left the movie theatre, thinking that if a thirteen year-old could do that, how could I ever hope to come close. Later I read that while it is her story, the writing credit was more for the help she gave with the dialogue, so the hack feeling is receding.
The movie was excellent in that it has social importance (this is happening, people. Yes, even this young), it was excellent from a technical standpoint, and the acting was incredible. I just... miss friendly movies, like Three Amigos. Ah, well.
Final score: one barrel, half filled with monkeys.
Posted by J at September 1, 2003 10:11 AM | TrackBack
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I saw the movie. It's nothing compared with my life. I do all of that and more. Did you see the Paris Hilton sex video tape? I have a couple, a lot like hers. What's wrong with ahveing some fun? what's wrong with drugs and sex? Adults do it too!
Posted by: at December 29, 2003 09:56 AM
This movie made my life so much better, i feel that after watching this movie i should stop with the lies and drugs and sex... i think that it made me see what it was really doing to my family. I'm glad someone gave themselves the time to make such a great movie!...Even though it wasn't like the movies that i normally watch and enjoy I Loved it cause it was much the same as my life! Thanx so much you have changed my life! I give it 20 stars!
Posted by: at December 28, 2003 06:30 PM
To Ashen... I probably should have mentioned i'm a guy. And no, I don't live in a nice little secluded part of Australia, my suburb has some of the biggest crime in Melbourne. I'm surrounded by drugs, and sure, i'm involved with it, but it's so easy to just take social drugs and not get involved with harder drugs. But I can see why young people are turning to illegal drugs, because it is so much easier to access an illegal drug. You can buy Cannabis in the school yard, which is a lot easier than trying to buy alcohol. I guess I will have to watch the movie to understand it. I hope things are going well for you in the U.K.... Jackson :)
Posted by: at December 27, 2003 05:08 AM
To the gurl from Australia, who thinks that it's not that hard to get involved in hard drugs, you're SO wrong! You're just as bad as the adults who refuse to see it =/ maybe you live in a nice secluded part of Auzzie, but where I live there are ELEVEN yr olds running round the street doing drugs, hash, etc by the time they're 13, they're experimenting with hard drugs such as heroin and/or cocaine.. some of them even fall into the harder drugs earlier than that.
I haven't seen Thirteen yet, but I can't wait.. Is it out in Enland yet?? I haven't seen it advertised =(
Posted by: Ashen at December 23, 2003 02:27 AM
haven't seen the movie yet. I think it would be a learning expierence for me if I did. I'm 15 same age as the person now who wrote the movie. I've never been around sex, drugs, or alcohol. Seeing it would make me understand better what that stuff can do to your life in many aspects. it sounds good, looks good, and I hope to see it really soon!!!!!!!! See ya!!!!!!! Luv ya all!!!!!!!!
Posted by: at December 21, 2003 06:10 PM
haven't seen the movie yet, but I really think I could really learn alot from it. I'm 15 same age as the main character who wrote the movie. We both have such different lifestlyles. I' ve never been around drugs, sex, and alcohol. I'm sure it would be a learning expierence for me in many ways. hope see it soon. See ya. Luv ya all
Posted by: at December 21, 2003 06:04 PM
(from a movie review site) link: http://www.ministryofdoom.org/j/journal/a/000910.php |
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| nekholm |
| I downloaded a VHS-Screener a while ago, but I haven't seen it yet. I'll wait til my ex-girlfriend comes over, cause I told her about it when we still were together, and she wanted to see it too, so she's gonna come here some day and we'll watch it. |
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| JayD |
Nikki Reed (Evie Zamora in this movie), started writing the screenplay when she was thirteen. Catherine Hardwicke (production designer Three Kings, Vanilla Sky & Director of Thirteen) re-wrote it for the movie. I remember watching the movie and thinking "arent those girls a bit young for all that stuff to happen?" Then thinking back if thats how things were when I was that age and it did definitly (they were in the 8th grade). Thats what makes it so real.
Great movie. May be a horror to many parents, but it shows the side of adolescent girls that they may stay blind or ignorant of if it wasnt in thier faces.
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