I saw Rebel Without a Cause for the first time last night and was left baffled. I found the title totally misleading. It ought to have been called The Only Sane Guy in Town; with the exception of policeman Ray, James Dean's character was by far the most balanced, well-adjusted person in the movie. Sure, he had his weak points, but he was 16 years old; I think he handled the nuts around him pretty well. The whole thing didn't make much sense to me, but maybe you just had to be there ("there" being 1955).
Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Fortunately, I saw the movie in middle school prior to Paul Abdul's travesty of a video summarizing the movie with Keanu Reeves as Jimmy Dean.
I thought it was pretty good, actually. I liked "The Outsiders" better (Why did Ponyboy have to die?) but nevertheless, a solid "B"
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