A list!

Rotten tomatoes is one of my favourite sites, I try not to focus too much on reviews but if I see something that's gotten good praise on their site, I'll more than likely check it out.

While browsing their main page, I noticed they had a list of the essential teen movies. Teen movies are what's really driving me creatively right now so I've listed the ones I haven't seen that interest me:

• Elephant: A Gus Van Sant arthouse movie about a columbine-inspired high school shooting (Not the most tasteful right now with the recent shooting in the news however...)
• Dazed and Confused: A cult classic that from what I've heard, carries the hallmarks of the perfect teen movie: a killer soundtrack, a strong ensemble cast, and a script that perfectly encapsulates school life.
• River's Edge: A movie about the discovery of a girl's corpse in a small american town. It's about teenagers, and it does sound interesting so I'll definitely give it a go.
• Christiane F.: A cult classic from Germany with child prostitution, drug addiction and David Bowie, who both appears in the film as himself, and composes the soundtrack. Brilliant!
• Say Anything: Another classic of the genre. Cameron Crowe is one of my favourite directors, I've lost count of the amount of times I've watched Almost Famous. Classic boy-meets-girl romeo-juliet-forbidden-love story.

I'll watch each of these and post my thoughts, I feel inspired just by reading about these movies.