The actors are good. So is the music, the dialogue, all the scenes are nicely wrapped and look very good. But if you think a little about the story and the characters, you will realize that the movie really isn't any better, than the average teenage drama or romance. I actually liked the main character- he's real. He's a selfish lazy coward. A young guy, who wants to have fun with girls and life. He's not very deep, but he thinks he is and the writers are trying to convince us, that he is. He makes some terrible mistakes in that movie and just gets away with them. So I guess, most teenagers are like that- they don't think about their actions, they hurt themselves and other people and don't know what to do with their lives. At least, we get to know this character, unlike his girlfriend. Seh's just a cliché of an innocent nice nerdy girl. Of course she reads comics and of course, he is the center of her world. I would have loved to see some other dimensions in this girl, like some weird habits, wishes, thoughts. Anything. I mean, she doesn't even dance and she apologizes all the time! It's horrible. She doesn't get mad, when he dances with her ex, she doesn't get mad, when he throws her out of the car and she gets in the hospital! She's a doormat. She's that kind of girl, that would get beaten by her boyfriend and appologize afterwards for getting beaten. The movie really had some potential, but it all went downhill. At least they speared us of the unnecessary cliché, that I expected to happen- Sutter getting back to his ex and Aimee crying about it. Even though I think he would have done it, if his ex would let him. If you want to watch some good teenage romance movies, watch "Keith" or my all time favourite "Teenage dirtbag".
Review of The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now
(2013)
Poor story and poor characters in a chocolate coating
11 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers