St. Elmo’s Fire is a terrible movie with terrible characters

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It seems to make bad movies worse when they have a title that has no connection to the movie. It’s like the producer is rolling his eyes & saying “If I have to explain why THAT’S the title, perhaps you should go watch another Rambo movie.”

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Anonymous wrote:I think that Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham were dressed in typical preppy girl attire of the mid 80s.

Yep. +1 They are wearing exactly what was worn a lot then by people in their position.

They were 22.

22.

Yes, 22. Starting careers in the mid 80s in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Some movies don’t age well. I remember loving that movie when it came out.

I went down a rabbit hole. Mare Winningham has been married four times and her most recent (current) husband is Anthony Edwards. I kind of love that.

Wild! I used to have a big crush on him.

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Anonymous wrote:Even back then it was hilarious that Rob Lowe's edgy-cool-guy character was a rock saxophonist.

That was a legitimate career option in the 80’s lol

Seriously! SO many hit songs had giant sax solos in them.

Kenny G was huge back then.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved this movie so much when it came out. I was graduating from high school and just thought it was so profound on how life changes (although I always thought the Jules story was a little dumb).

Went back to the movie theater the next night to see it again.

I've watched bits and pieces over the years when it's been on TV. I can't imagine pulling it up to stream from start to finish. I doubt it holds up, but in my memory it was perfect.

This is one of the tragedies of the streaming era - the demise of watching 27 minutes of a movie simply because it's on, and you started in the middle of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Even back then it was hilarious that Rob Lowe's edgy-cool-guy character was a rock saxophonist.

That was a legitimate career option in the 80’s lol

Seriously! SO many hit songs had giant sax solos in them.

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Demi Moore had a bad drug problem right before they started filming. She was actually fired from the film until she got clean. The director was really pulling for her. That film probably saved her career and life.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw it aged 16 and loved it.
I found it strange at the time, that RL and Mare slept together at the end of the film though.

I need to re-watch this film. I don't remember them having sex but the Google tells me it is true.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw it aged 16 and loved it.
I found it strange at the time, that RL and Mare slept together at the end of the film though.

I need to re-watch this film. I don't remember them having sex but the Google tells me it is true.

I remembered the girdle scene, but couldn't remember if they actually did it or not, so just had to youtube it. Watching that scene made me feel like a teen again, wanting to lose my virginity to Rob Lowe. And even now, at 52, I don't care if he was a drunk loser; he was so pretty I'd literally do anything he'd ask.

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Anonymous wrote:Even back then it was hilarious that Rob Lowe's edgy-cool-guy character was a rock saxophonist.

That was a legitimate career option in the 80’s lol

Seriously! SO many hit songs had giant sax solos in them.

Kenny G was huge back then.

Kenny G was smooth jazz in the 80s, not rock. But I do miss sax solos!

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Clarence something or other from Bruce Springsteen was pretty famous sax player. I agree there was a lot more sax in popular music back then.

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Anonymous wrote:Demi Moore had a bad drug problem right before they started filming. She was actually fired from the film until she got clean. The director was really pulling for her. That film probably saved her career and life.

No. You are confusing the character she played with real life. They were not one and the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Clarence something or other from Bruce Springsteen was pretty famous sax player. I agree there was a lot more sax in popular music back then.

Chicago had a great brass section.

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So many of the female actors back then would never have a career today- no appeal of any kind and not good actors- Mare, Molly, Ally- even Demi looked/acted and sounded like a bag. I was a few years younger than that whole group but I remember thinking how much more beautiful my older sister and her friends were than those actresses. And their clothes were normal 80s clothes- not the old person clothes like the actresses wore in the movies- and even off screen. Oh wait, I just remembered the Kristin Stewart thread- maybe they would still have careers.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems to make bad movies worse when they have a title that has no connection to the movie. It’s like the producer is rolling his eyes & saying “If I have to explain why THAT’S the title, perhaps you should go watch another Rambo movie.”

This is so true. And he's wearing an ascot, giant framed glasses and has a really bad rug.