Comments on: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist: The Adventures in Babysitting for a New Generation http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/08/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist-the-adventures-in-babysitting-for-our-generation/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Pop culture news and analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer Roland http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/08/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist-the-adventures-in-babysitting-for-our-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Jennifer Roland Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:48:27 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1171#comment-468 Tell me more about this Charlie Bartlett. I loved Ferris's devil-may-care attitude, and I could use a new Ferris in my life. Tell me more about this Charlie Bartlett. I loved Ferris’s devil-may-care attitude, and I could use a new Ferris in my life.

]]> By: Jennifer Roland http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/08/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist-the-adventures-in-babysitting-for-our-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Jennifer Roland Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:47:43 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1171#comment-467 Pre-teen/teen. It's all the same. Stand By Me was a great movie, and a great short story by the incomparable Stephen King. Sixteen Candles is probably my favorite of the John Hughes movies. Pre-teen/teen. It’s all the same. Stand By Me was a great movie, and a great short story by the incomparable Stephen King.

Sixteen Candles is probably my favorite of the John Hughes movies.

]]> By: James http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/08/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist-the-adventures-in-babysitting-for-our-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-461 James Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:40:45 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1171#comment-461 I recently saw N&N too and noticed the bustop similarities between that and Babysitting. I still catch Babysitting every now and then on USA or wherever its airing and think it still holds up well. Gotta go with Ferris Bueller as my all time fave teen flick though. If you want to see a sometimes enjoyable recent Ferris clone, watch Charlie Bartlett. I recently saw N&N too and noticed the bustop similarities between that and Babysitting. I still catch Babysitting every now and then on USA or wherever its airing and think it still holds up well. Gotta go with Ferris Bueller as my all time fave teen flick though. If you want to see a sometimes enjoyable recent Ferris clone, watch Charlie Bartlett.

]]> By: katie71483 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/08/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist-the-adventures-in-babysitting-for-our-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-459 katie71483 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:12 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1171#comment-459 Hee hee, Edgar suit... Give me sugar!! My favorite teen movies are actually from a little before my teen years but I claim them anyway. They are (and not necessarily in this order) Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club. Some Kind of Wonderful gets an honorable mention because the Duckie character finally gets the girl (or guy as the case may be). Yes, they were all made by the late, great John Hughes but can you think of any teen movies that have been made since that weren't directly influenced by these? I also love Dazed and Confused because it feels real. I know these people even if I don't actually like all of them. (And it's so much fun to see so many actors in their first role of any note!) Scream was so much fun BECAUSE it made fun of itself and its genre. How many spin offs, spoofs and rip offs has it inspired? Lastly, I'd like to mention Stand By Me. I'm not sure the kids in it were actually teenagers, but close enough. Amazing acting by the four leads, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell and Corey Feldman - and I've never been able to look at blueberry pie the same way. Hee hee, Edgar suit… Give me sugar!!

My favorite teen movies are actually from a little before my teen years but I claim them anyway. They are (and not necessarily in this order) Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Breakfast Club. Some Kind of Wonderful gets an honorable mention because the Duckie character finally gets the girl (or guy as the case may be). Yes, they were all made by the late, great John Hughes but can you think of any teen movies that have been made since that weren’t directly influenced by these?

I also love Dazed and Confused because it feels real. I know these people even if I don’t actually like all of them. (And it’s so much fun to see so many actors in their first role of any note!)

Scream was so much fun BECAUSE it made fun of itself and its genre. How many spin offs, spoofs and rip offs has it inspired?

Lastly, I’d like to mention Stand By Me. I’m not sure the kids in it were actually teenagers, but close enough. Amazing acting by the four leads, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman – and I’ve never been able to look at blueberry pie the same way.

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