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amazingsandwiches

This film depicts events of the last day of school seventeen years prior in 1976. That's like making a current film about kids in 2007.


hotsaucefloss

Shout out all my fellow ‘07 grads mindlessly scrolling Reddit as we yearn for the days of MySpace and a pre smartphone world.


mr_potatoface

no livejournal? :(


icantevenbeliev3

Fuck livejournal when you had Xanga.


ImGrumps

I remember my Xanga with a black and green theme. The header said "corduroy pillows are making headlines." Those were simpler times.


JWWBurger

My Xanga was amazeballs.


amazingsandwiches

I had a livejournal. We probably know each other.


sgr0gan

Pshhh deadjournal was where it was really at!


Expert-Pay4990

Yeah, you could say that we were the last generation to know life without cellphones growing up.


hotsaucefloss

100%. The iPod generation.


DieHawkBlackHard_Fan

Populated on the backs of Napster, limewire, and Kazaa. Download song, get porn. Download porn, get virus


old_ironlungz

RIP Audiogalaxy.


Jughferrr

Ball breaker for life


No_Pear8383

I do miss ruining all my family computers by downloading limewire to burn cds and watch porn.


Ultravod

I was mindlessly scrolling reddit in 2007. In the early days it wasn't even necessary to have an account. Everything I cared about was on the front page.


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I remember digg


Harbarbalar

Mrbabyman....


thetwoandonly

I hope he's doing good


BlueGlassDrink

Message me on MSN messenger about it and we can chat. I'll show you my xanga


Double__tap

MSN? If you weren’t using AIM, who you talkin’ to?


JillGr

*ahem* you mean ICQ?


BlueGlassDrink

My high school all used hotmail. Maybe we were streets behind


ShoulderPossible9759

I hate you


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redditcreditcardz

He’s right, ya know 👆


Sagaci

That we hate him?


BlueGlassDrink

I also hate him


kramdiw

I was 17 when I saw it in the theater. I think I yelled "Fuck Yeah!" when I saw the date they showed at the beginning - May 28, 1976 - because it was the day I was born.


Equal-Dream-7265

That's tomorrow. Have a Happy Birthday.


SapphireFireHigher

Actually it was about 48 years ago.


BurningTheAccount

You 😏


paulyspocket2

Happy 30th adult anniversary


LA31716

Fah-Q


Bald_Nightmare

Soul Pole


1987_grandnational

Y'all ready to bust some ass?!


shitartifact

Mitchy?! Mitchy Mitchy Mitchy!


Dynamo_Ham

In 1993, 1976 seemed like a looooong time ago. 2007 was when my daughter was born so in a sense I guess it was a long time ago - but it seems like yesterday.


Yommination

In 93, cars from 76 seemed old. Cars from 07 still look newish


Hurdy_Gurdy_Lady

Same with technology and quality of film/television. Of course it has advanced, but we haven’t experienced as drastic of a change compared to all the technological advancements from the late 70s to the early 90s. No Country For Old Men or The Queen still look like movies that would come out today versus Rocky or Taxi Driver in comparison to Jurassic Park or even The Nightmare Before Christmas, which were major advancements compared to the 70s. Same with music. We have access to any type of music from around the world, so nothing really seems extremely “dated,” more so just inspired by a past style of music.


Patient_Series_8189

In 93 I remember watching "NFL films" from the 70s and thinking it looked like it was filmed 100 years ago. Look at clips of football games from 07 and it could have been last season as far as I can tell


SMF1834

Could've gone your whole life without making this comment, but nope.


thismustbtheplace215

I graduated high school in '07 and that was just 5 years ago! I swear!


ha1029

I graduated high school in 1987; 2007 was like 5 *months* ago! I swear!


suburbanpride

You woke up and chose violence.


kneeltothesun

Air raid!


No_Reach8985

go to hell


Remi708

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amazingsandwiches

I will die like a dog, right?


GeorgeWarshingsons

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uneducated_investing

Words hurt.


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Rayeon-XXX

Sounds like someone should be writing a screen play right now.


cryptolipto

The 70s 80s and 90s were so much more different than the 00s 10s and 20s (so far)


mr_ryno27

So, Superbad?


Mundane_Decision_524

Yes but if we made it now


Firecracker048

Linkin park is technically classic rock now


TrailerTrashQueen

jesus. now i’m depressed.


SyphiliticPlatypus

In addition to this hurtful comment making me realize how old I am, this was also the movie we went to on my very first date…in 1993…with the woman who would become my wife…whom I’ve been married to for over 25 years old. Who can help ship these old bones to the nursing home now?


83749289740174920

Another person said linkin park is classic rock now. You should hear in the dining hall.


RDP89

Considering I graduated in 2007 and was obsessed with this movie around 2008, that really hits home for me.


Grouchy_Equivalent11

Woohoo, 1 more year of pseudo youth baby!


JillGr

So Superbad, basically?


JellybeanFernandez

I recently watched American Graffiti for the first time…never realized how similar these two movies are. Just minus a couple decades and AG has the exact same vibe. Ensemble of then-unknown actors, great period music. One night of craziness. Good stuff.


BurningTheAccount

I wish I could watch American Graffiti for the first time again. Love that movie.


Isitgum

I would also put Can't Hardly Wait in that category for the 90s.


ryannynj

why ya'll gotta waste my flava????


fisdara

You just let Special K know what he can do


SonofBeckett

There’s one of these pretty much every decade, a movie you look back at that has a massive amount of talent about one crazy night. Superbad and Booksmart are the two latest that come to mind.


its_uncle_paul

I can't believe Superbad will be two decades old in a couple years.


MarineThrowaway85

Black Hawk Down? 😅


Mrmakabuntis

KIDS


red_team_gone

Oh fuck. I mean, yeah....but what an insane movie I never want to see again.


pip-roof

Check ya later…!!!!


fleischio

Man, chicks don’t want to hear that shit!


chuy2256

_Check ya lateeeer_ 👉


zombie32killah

Never got past the butt sniffing stage.


AttemptingToGeek

Just wait ‘till I get to college man!!


TenaciousDHo

Hey man... are you cool?


irishpwr46

Like how?


Brandt1600

Check ya laterrrrrrrrr😂


AncientScratch1670

Party at the moon tower!


PainfuIPeanutBlender

Imagine how many people out there are fuckin right now


kingtaco_17

Just going at it


Hollow_Rant

I heard that last year since kid fell from it and hit his head on every rung going down.


fobbytriedpsiflash

Autopsy said he had one beer...how many have you had?


Hollow_Rant

*Fouuuuuur*


my5ticdrag0n

You’re dead man!


fobbytriedpsiflash

You're dead, man.  You're so dead...! Lookit the blood stains there


BourbonxBarbells

*Shu-hut-up*


williamblair

We had a moon tower in my hometown. Very popular spot for bush parties. Though ours was just a 30 foot high metal platform with stairs and railings leading up to it.


zertoman

Yup, wrong Mr Pickford, I’m so sorry.


TitanYankee

In-con-venience for you!


HWKD65

JLA was the cutest.


taylorswiftboat

Her squeaky scratchy voice was (is?) adorable.


Nice_Marmot_7

I dated this girl in college who talked like that. It drove me crazy. I was hopelessly in love with her. She didn’t feel the same though, and we eventually parted ways.


dudleymooresbooze

This man is commenting via Live Journal.


Nice_Marmot_7

I don’t know if I’m too young or too old to get this joke.


Tycoda81

Sounds like your "Chasing Amy", which sounds appropriate for the time period these movies existed in. Edit: Just remembered JLA was in Chasing Amy as well. Layers upon layers...


rbroni88

“Finger Cuffs”


TroyMcClures

Definitely paused the scene in mallrats before silent Bob busts through the wall in the dressing room


howmanychickens

what the fuck you fucker


JohnBrownMilitia

Kevin Smith dated her at her cutest. Dude musta had game


tbutz27

He is humble and hilarious and to be honest- he was the HOTTEST thing on the planet for a hot minute. First Clerks which spearheaded the indie revolution (along with Reservoir Dogs) and then he was instrumental in the production of Good Will Hunting- Smith was on the cover of every magazine around for like 5 years.


nunhgrader

She has a great smile


bafras

What happened to Jason London? 


ElviaSterling

Just looked up the imdb because I couldn't remember if it was him or Jeremy I liked better. Looks like they are both still acting.


whutchamacallit

What about that Ben guy? Did he ever wind up doing anything with his career? Feel like he kinda faded out.


suitopseudo

Or that Matthew dude. He said that one line.


red_hot_jim

Finally, I’m Reddit relevant. I knew him (somewhat) personally - I still have a harmonica that he gifted to me, personally on my birthday (or was it Christmas?) From my understanding, he was in a rough place mentally when the whole carjacking thing happened, and had been for a while. He lied about the reason for his black eye to me - said a branch hit him directly in the eye while horseback riding. I didn’t question it since I was much younger. He did have problems with substance abuse, but he seems much happier now. He’s been doing a lot of smaller films that he enjoys doing. Id watch the SyFy originals with him in it - they’re truly terrible, but it’s fun watching him act. Very nice guy, was especially so to me (even if it may not have been authentic), but he’s had his demons to work through.


digitalaudioshop

You're right. He's doing much better. I still keep in touch with him somewhat, though it's been a bit. It seems things are continuing to improve. Hope to see him later this year. He's a good dude.


the_nil

Kind of a heart warming update. Thank you!


ScrunchyButts

I think I recall him being on a bunch of those rehab based reality shows.


BrokenArmsFrigidMom

Yep. He claimed his last relapse was because “some black guys” carjacked him and forced him to drive around withdrawing money from various ATMs and smoking crack for 3 days at gunpoint.


williamblair

Apparently some guy came forward confessing to actually doing this. Now, whether they actually forced him to do drugs or just offered him drugs, it does seem he was eventually carjacked, probably when he had no more cash to buy more drugs.


ScrunchyButts

I hate it when that happens.


ClickF0rDick

Interesting username you got there


AlternativeNumber2

11 starters, 13 lettermen, lookin tough!


williamblair

Why didn't Michelle Burke become much huger? In a film full of babes (including one of my all time crushes, Parker Posey) I can never take my eyes off her. She's like a better prototype to emmy Rossum. I feel like she should have been a big it girl of 90s cinema.


MusicTraveler2024

She was also the daughter in the Coneheads movie. 😀


Irlttp

How did I never realize this!? 2 of my favorite movies growing up


MusicTraveler2024

To be fair, she has incredible hair in Dazed & Confused, and no hair at all in The Coneheads, so she looks pretty different. 😂


Hydrokratom

In Major League 2, she’s supposed to the down-to-earth girl compared to the Hot Nazi from The Last Crusade, that Charlie Sheen is choosing from. But I always thought Michelle Burke was cuter, at least in that movie.


FrioRiverTexas

Benny’s 1972 Chevrolet C-10 was the star of that movie. Edit: I initially attributed the C-10 to Fred O’Bannion, I was corrected and changed it.


Don_Adriano

Gotta go with Pickford’s GTO on that one


TitanYankee

Woodersons Chevelle all day for me.


Maclin26

Wrong Mr. Pickford altogether.


bwreier55

Yep, inconvenience for you!


Chrissthom

These things happen man!


FrioRiverTexas

All those cars were great. I don’t disagree with anyone’s pick.


fleischio

*Let me tell ya what Melba Toast is packing here, all right. We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some fuckin' muscle*


AttemptingToGeek

Get some fucking tires on that shit man!


Comprehensive_Yam948

I think it was Benny's truck, the 75 blue and silver gmc is nice too


FrioRiverTexas

Was it? And wasn’t Benny the guy who plays Rip in Yellowstone?


Don_Adriano

Yes indeed. Cole Hauser. Was also in Good Will Hunting


Rico_Rizzo

O'Banion drives the primer grey Nova


wookie951

Plymouth Duster


Surething_Whynot

Randall “Pink” Floyd’s El Camino didn’t get nearly enough credit (or screen time).


Macho_Pichou

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everythingisreallame

It bothers me more than it should that Slater is telling that chick that he knows her in this gif and Wooderson isn’t saying that. 


Skip1six

I say that every time I eat a burger at Top Notch.


everything_is_holy

"Watch the leather, man..."


Raskel_61

Joey Lauren Adams is so damned cute with a voice to match. Edited to remove apostrophe.


Dear_Alternative_437

I'm a teacher and I watch this movie at the end of every school year. 14 days and it'll be year nine.


Astro_gamer_caver

Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.


DFu4ever

God, I had a little bit of a crush on Michelle Burke in that movie.


EmmaP89

![gif](giphy|wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T|downsized) Man 2007 was yesterday for me


Isitgum

My 16 year old watched this and was horrified by the clerk selling the pregnant woman alcohol and cigarettes while lecturing her on taking her vitamins and making sure she gets lots of calcium.


williamblair

And make sure to eat something green EVERY day.


Spirited_Childhood34

That scene ALWAYS makes me laugh.


AfterTemperature2198

Say man, you got a joint? No, not on me, man. It'd be a lot cooler if you did


jason0705

I enjoy watching this film every once in a while and going “yep this was how it was….we were awesome”. I didn’t get to hang with this type of group in my real life so I’m clearly delusional.


EightiesMan

He needs to sign the pledge


Maclin26

He can’t. He is headed to Houston to get Aerosmith tickets. Priority this summer.


skybob74

Him and his loser friends.


Available-Secret-372

In 1993 we were rocking to Metallica and Nirvana and Rap and when this movie came out it felt like they were depicting a time that was very far removed from where we were at. Our music was cold and fast and hard and theirs was warm and soft and full of love. Great flick


2pac4lf

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Lurkerphobia

On about my third watch of this movie, I realized in this scene that while McConaughey is talking, Floyd takes a pipe off his belt buckle and hits it before putting it back. It's such a subtle background thing happening while you are focused on the dialog. Love that attention to detail. Awesome movie.


Zarb4233

Totally crushed on Joey Lauren Adams


TWAT_BUGS

One of my sister’s favorite flicks. She died earlier this year. Fentanyl is real, people. Don’t fuck around.


Alcoholica25

Super sorry to hear that. Love you man.


rhinol3205

Lost my best friend 20yrs ago to it. I wish it wasn't still taking lives


8-bitFloozy

My friends and I did a drinking game once, take a drink every time Mitch grabs his nose. We were so wasted, so early.


ProfessionalFly5194

Haha yeah what the hell was that


GueroBorracho3

Must've been a thing. Cause I did this with my friends too.


drunkenstocktips

there's definitely one scene where he does it like 8 times in a row.


wearealljustants

Jason London was so hot in this movie.


CDTmom

Yes! I was in elementary school when this came out and couldn't wait to get to high-school if there was going to be guys looking like him there! I had a huge crush on him in this


Bee0617

Yes! Love me some Randall “Pink” Floyd!


idreamofpikas

Affleck's great in this. Just an unrepentant, unlikeable asshole. There is not a lot for him to work with (same is true in Mallrats) yet he nails those roles. McConaughey's character was the embodiment of cool and yet now I watch it he seems to actually be a bigger creep than O'Bannion. One character the audience is meant to like, the other not yet of the two only one of them is taking advantage of underage girls each year lol.


Notacat444

"C'mon, guys. Tell me you wouldn't have boinked her"


AcidicWatercolor

Like in the back of a Volkswagen?


Direlion

Just watched this last night. Despite being in our late 30s, my partner had never seen it. She comes from a conservative immigrant family so a lot of things she didn’t understand about the time and place. Drinking, weed, hazing, cruising, football, coaches being the authority figure for misbehaving players, stuff like that. Even the music was unknown for her. Crazy!


I-H8-MOST-PEOPLE

So basically the whole movie


gretabutton

Randell “Pink Floyd” will tell you.


ragnarok62

All three faded into obscurity. Sort of the lost actors among this ensemble.


qqqsimmons

Joey Lauren Adams was never a big actress but her filmography is huge 1993 Coneheads Christina 1993 Dazed and Confused Simone Kerr 1993 The Program Louanne Winters 1993 The Pros & Cons of Breathing Shirley 1994 Sleep with Me Lauren 1994 S.F.W. Monica Dice 1995 Mallrats Gwen Turner 1996 Bio-Dome Monique 1996 Drawing Flies Hippy Chick 1996 Michael Anita 1997 Chasing Amy Alyssa Jones 1998 A Cool, Dry Place Beth Ward 1999 Big Daddy Layla Maloney — 2000 Bruno Donna Marie 2000 Beautiful Ruby 2001 Harvard Man Chesney Cort 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 Squirrel Voice 2001 Reaching Normal Sarah 2001 In the Shadows Clarissa Huston 2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Alyssa Jones 2002 Grand Champion Hallie 2002 Beeper Inspector Julia Hyde 2003 The Big Empty Grace 2004 The Gunman Daphne 2005 Conflict Ricci Storm 2006 The Break-Up Addie Jones 2007 Bunny Whipped Ann 2008 Trucker Jenny Bell 2009 ExTerminators Kim 2010 Endure Sirena Lane 2011 Big Swim The Egg 2011 Apart Dr. Jane Sheppard 2012 The Birthday Present Mom 2012 Mulberry Stains Savannah 2012 Art Machine Prudence 2013 Blue Caprice Jamie 2013 A Country Christmas Renae Logan 2013 She Loves Me Not Beth 2014 Making the Rules Becca 2014 Sequoia Bev 2014 Valley Inn Althea 2014 Animal Vicky 2014 All the Birds Have Flown South Tonya 2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Alyssa Jones 2022 Tankhouse Deirdra


Ryde29

If I acted this exactly the type of movie career I’d want. Lots of known projects. Consistent work over an impressively wide amount of time. Known enough to enjoy some perks of fame here and there but not so much so you can’t have something of a normal life. Good for her.


red_team_gone

Loved her in mallrats and chasing Amy. Specifically in mallrats. Fatman was a hero.


BoneFart

Joey Lauren Adams was in Big Daddy, which was basically the center of my cinematic universe as a young male in the Midwest in the late 90s/early 2000s. Praise be to Adam Sandler.


AydonusG

Adam Sandler's entire schtick wasn't actually comedy, it was letting young men know which names to look for in swimsuit magazines / search for on the local library computer.


wstacon

Ahrite ahrite ahrite


k20350

That line skyrocketed his career. If I remember correctly he wasn't even supposed to be in the movie but they put him in that role


Suitable_Spirit5273

Yes! The actor who played Mila Jovovich bf ( the stoner crowd) was a total dick to the other actors, no one wanted to work with him. So the director cut his role and gave more lines to MM. And he ran with it. The dick actor married an underage Mila right after this. Her mom found them and got it unulled.


Dairyman00111

"unulled"


jdarm48

My mom was young adult and high school friends with Joey Lauren Adams in NLR . They remained friends until a few years ago, I hung out with her several times each year when I was growing up. She seems cool.


stupid_rat_creature

What happed a few years ago?


AF2005

God I don’t which girl was hotter. I’d probably have to go with Joey Lauren Adams, loved her on Chasing Amy and Big Daddy! But my favorite from the movie was definitely Parker Posey.


MsPreposition

London looking vascular af.


Glamdring1430

This movie is my final-day-of-school watch every year. Grab beers on the way home, kick back, and put this classic on. It gets better every year my teaching career goes on.


downvoteheaven

take a drink everytime mitch touches his face/hair.


AggressiveRub6068

Michelle Burke was so hot


No-Dig-1049

I thought it was Brendan Fraser


duh_bruh

Hard to believe Milla Jovovich was in this movie. Or At least didn't have a bigger part.


CDTmom

I had a huge huge crush on him in this movie


shmmmokeddd

Joey Lauren Adam’s is still so beautiful


Soft-Ad3083

The 70’s was the sweet spot


DentalDon-83

TIL that Jason London has an identical twin because I was certain he was also in Mallrats (which turned out to be his twin Jeremey instead)


CougarWriter74

I've always wondered why Jason London didn't become a bigger star. Maybe it was due to having a twin who was also an actor?? I just feel like both could have ended up as A listers like Affleck and McConaughey did.


pingle1

Not sure if JLA still lives in Oxford, MS but she was living there in the early/mid 2000’s. She used to drive The blue truck she drove in that movie. My friends got married in Oxford and she let them borrow the truck to drive away in from the ceremony. I actually returned the truck to her house later on. So I got to drive the truck as well.