In all honesty you gotta rofl at the comment but Lost Boy is extremely entertaining. I absolutely love it but would never take it seriously.
Ned, what's the blog btw?
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Friday, 10 February 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lil' Eno (nordicskilla), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― ALAN FROG (Mingus Dew), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― ALAN FROG (Mingus Dew), Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link
i just watched this for the first time. i like that it ends on a cheesy joke, as if the whole movie was a setup for the punch line.
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
also:
http://thighswideshut.org/videos/sax.gif
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i think i prefer monster squad, which comes out on DVD today supposedly
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't remember the film's ending, but I sadly know how the Coreys end up.
― nathalie, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Just scoping your civilian wardrobe.
― Forgot My Pencil, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:56 (sixteen years ago) link
'Are you freebasing? Enquiring minds want to know.'
-- sunny successor (katharine), Friday, February 10, 2006 8:33 PM (1 year ago)
omg "enquiring minds want to know" has been an integral part of my lexicon since 1988 because of that line!
this is a great fucking film on many levels. what's happening with the mooted all-girl sequel?
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Corey Feldman can't find the right person to do his Brazilian wax.
― nathalie, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link
same here. In fact, I'm pretty sure I used it in conversation last week, though I had forgotten from whence it came. Which in itself is shocking, because once upon a time I was able to recite most of the film's script from heart. Ahh classic moofie. Thanks for the memories Ned & Latebloomer.
― Forgot My Pencil, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link
you know while watching this i noticed an abundance of 60's/hippie-era references in this movie. also i find it striking that the film is ultimately about resistance to peer pressure (vampirism=drugs, obviously).
is it possible this film is an oblique conservative commentary on the decades-long fallout from the permissive 60's counterculture and its supposed negative effects on reagan-era youth?
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:39 (sixteen years ago) link
after all, it is wily old Grandpa, the seemingly crazy member of the Greatest generation, who saves the day in the end. are the filmmakers trying to tell us something?
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I love how two of the biggest things that this film was trying to set up -- Jason Patric as a star and Charlie Sexton as a music star -- never got much more famous than this. (Patric's had one erratic career...)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:43 (sixteen years ago) link
he was briefly mentioned for Dr. Manhattan in the upcoming watchmen flick but it's now gone to Billy Crudup, apparently.
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:47 (sixteen years ago) link
no, Jason Patric was actually the center of a couple films for adults.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 13:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Never knew you were a Speed 2 fan.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link
After Dark My Sweet, Geronimo, Your Friends & Neighbors
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sorry, but *this* is the only expert movie on vampires:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Vampire
― Martin Van Burne, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
That's where I got that line from? Shit, didn't even realize!
― nathalie, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
patric does a damn good narc
saw him in "sleepers" with no idea of the plot - i almost refused to watch movies ever again
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
nathalie that line is from a decades-long advertising campaign from the National Enquirer!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost on National Enq, yeah
This looked so gay when it was released I didn't want to see it for fear of looking like a chickenhawk. I shd get around to it sometime.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(a 20something chickenhawk)
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh okay. Shit, I didn't need to know that. ;-)
― nathalie, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/thefalloness/Avatars/chickenhawk.gif
― mizzell, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
r u hstencil?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
boy oh boy, time has not been kind to this film ... not that it was ever anything more than a good hoot, but eesh it's kind of embarrassing to admit that i liked this so much when i was a teenager.
― Sealegs Tetrazzini (Eisbaer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
So you no longer still believe.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Not even through the storms?
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd still rather watch this (and last year's piece-of-shit sequel) than "buffy," "true blood," or "twilight." at least i can laugh at a young Jack Bauer's once-resplendent mullet.
― Sealegs Tetrazzini (Eisbaer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Monster Squad is way more fun (and even more dated!)
― deus ex lawnmower (latebloomer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
which has aged worse: Lost Boys or An American Werewolf in London?
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SS0F9KOsPgA/R9ooISWgJfI/AAAAAAAACpQ/fB5QZCfK9pU/S1600-R/Fright+Night.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
also, i can't believe that ONLY NOW did i notice the REALLY homoerotic/beefcake poster that Corey Haim has hanging on his bedroom wall in this film. i mean, i know that Corey Haim is a punchline, and that this film was directed by Joel "Close-Up Shots of George Clooney's Batman Codpiece" Schumacher -- but STILL COME ON.
― Sealegs Tetrazzini (Eisbaer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
still my favorite Kiefer movie
"maggots, michael"
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link
shall I spell it out for y'all ... ROB LOWE BARING HIS MIDRIFF ON TWINKY COREY HAIM'S WALL:
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6851/roblowe0258ww.jpg
― Sealegs Tetrazzini (Eisbaer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Why else do you think they were lost?
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway I did like that Bill (rather than Ted) was one of the vampires.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think i could handle watching this movie right now tbh.
― ian, Sunday, 27 September 2009 03:28 (fourteen years ago) link
This thread reminded me of my obsession with oiled up saxophone man Timmy Cappello unbound even when wrapped in chains. So very sensual, so unfailingly hilarious.
How sad it is to think what he has become.
Please tell me this is not the same person.
― menelaus, Sunday, 27 September 2009 09:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember loving this film having seen it in about 1987... I then saw it again on dvd in about 2002 and I was so so disappointed how badly it'd aged. Tad's right. It's kind of cringey now.
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Sunday, 27 September 2009 11:30 (fourteen years ago) link
No, it was my favourite film when I was a teenage goth. It's old enough now that it's become fun and kitschy to watch it now, rather than cringeworthy. I thought it wouldn't hold up, but for me, it totally did.
― I Like Daydreams, I've Had Enough Reality (Masonic Boom), Sunday, 27 September 2009 11:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Rewatching this film (aside from the obvious drawcard of TC) is quite nostalgic for me, and funny. As I never noticed the poster of Rob Lowe on CH's wall I think yet another viewing may be in order. There are hitherto undiscovered levels to appreciate
Can't think of any other vampire film I've seen that I would rewatch, not a fan of the type. Must be the strong moral messages and bitchin' soundtrack that drew me to this one. That and the maggots line.
― menelaus, Sunday, 27 September 2009 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
This movie is classic for the Frog Brothers, who were one of a series of movie role models for kids who dealt with being unpopular and socially awkward by setting aside popularity and academic achievement for devotion to a higher purpose, such as killing vampires, finding pirate treasure, or building a physics-defying spaceship with only an Apple IIc.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 27 September 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
. patrick FLOATS OUTSIDE COREY HAIM'S WINDOW. AND COREY HAIM HAS ON A BORN TO SHOP SHIRT AND A POSTER OF A SHIRTLESS ROB LOWE ON HIS CLOSET DOOR!
I had forgotten how gay Corey Haim's character was in this movie.
― The ever dapper nicolars (Nicole), Sunday, 27 September 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Watched this with friends last weekend. Fun on so many levels, and it looks gorgeous.
― Millsner, Saturday, 23 April 2016 03:54 (eight years ago) link
I'm sorry that back in 2011 I tried to force a conversation about Lost Boys 3 that nobody was ready to have.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 23 April 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
xp it looks incredible
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Saturday, 23 April 2016 07:35 (eight years ago) link
I retract my apology from 2016, Lost Boys 3 is elegiac and wonderful.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 15 August 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
i saw this for the first time a few months ago. the original, not lost boys 3. it’s incredible
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 15 August 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
I watched the original a couple of times around when it came out. Mostly I remember it being very sweaty.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 August 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
I could never understand Jaime Gertz's career.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 August 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
interestingly, her and Jason Patric were in Solarbabies together, which is one of two post-apocalyptic roller-skating movies of the era... the other being Prayer of the Rollerboys, starring Corey Haim!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
Oiled-up saxophone dude is apparently a touring artist. I kind of regret not going to see a show he played locally.
― untuned mass damper (mh), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
In the Lost Boys commentary Schumacher says at the time the movie was made, he was touring with Tina Turner!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
The last episode of Reservation Dogs s2 has a very poignant cameo ^^^
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
I saw this movie probably a dozen times on cable back in the late 80s-early 90s, and from that time until today I had forgotten about oiled-up saxophone dude.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
Two of my childhood friends got him to record a Cameo video for their anniversary.
It was rambling and weird but I am sure it was worth every penny.
Does he hold a sax? He does. Does he wear a chain? He does. Does he wear a shirt? No, he does not.
Epic.
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.cameo.com/dolcevito
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:33 (one year ago) link
But was he oiled up?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 21:36 (one year ago) link
somebody in the terrible ideas thread had this brilliant idea for a robot lost boys adaptation or something? where like there are sentient androids trying to destroy humanity, but the vampires need humanity for snacks, so it was this secret war of our oldest predator vs. our newest existential threat and it sounded great, honestly
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
cyberpunk remake of The Lost Boys titled The Lost Bots.― peace, man, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1:58 PM
― peace, man, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1:58 PM
apparently i made up 95% of my previous post
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
I think we need to take a moment to recognize the greatness of the title of this thread.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
it is indisputable for sure. the film is the perfect distillation of all previous vampire media and the wellspring of all subsequent vampire media. the great vampire media nexus.
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
i mean i don’t think i’ve ever watched it all the way thru but from the parts i remember seeing on tv ~25 years ago, i assume that’s what it is
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:54 (one year ago) link
i am still sometimes reluctant to dig into fried rice
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
It is certainly the distillation of young male actors of the 80s.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
a most delicious distillation
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
i’m assuming
― I am what they call a (cat), Thursday, 20 October 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Pretty safe assumption.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
I hear this thread title in Gregg Turkington’s voice.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 21 October 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
On BBC1 right now.
― I Left My Harp In Sam Frank's Disco (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 September 2023 22:55 (seven months ago) link
Maybe I have said this but some friends of mine got a Cameo video from the oily sax player as an anniversary present to themselves
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 24 September 2023 10:45 (seven months ago) link
Oh, upon scrolling I see that I in fact did say this. Sorry, carry on
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 24 September 2023 10:46 (seven months ago) link
Off-topic: For my last birthday, my wife paid Lisa Loeb to sing "Happy Birthday" to me while wearing chunky glasses. It is pretty much my best memory of an utterly horrible year.
This world has many problems but Cameo seems like a bright spot in the darkness.
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 24 September 2023 10:52 (seven months ago) link
does anyone know any other expert movies?
― ufo, Sunday, 24 September 2023 11:29 (seven months ago) link
My Cousin Vinny is the expert movie on lawyers.
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:06 (seven months ago) link