Monday, 8 September 2014

St Elmo’s fire by Abbie Leeson

St Elmo’s fire is a film about 7 best friends and there journey after collage and it features all different types of relationships between charters like being best friend, being in love with each other and being in love with someone who doesn't know, which is brilliant because normally in story’s there is only one or two of the types of relationship and it is with the same people but this film has different people with different relationships with each other.  I think this film is so fantastic and I loved every minute of it. This film is almost indescribable, it made me laugh, it made me happy and at some points I was tensing up and biting my nails wondering what the charters were going to do next and how they would react. This film although old and outdated is still an un replaceable classic to me much like similar film the breakfast club. I have seen this film so many times that it partially lives in my laptop. I think that one of the best parts of this film is that everyone for some reason or another can relate to the situations or the charters or both.
Out of the seven main charters featured in this film my favorite by far way Kevin, the charters sarcastic humor made me laugh, I started to like him in the scene where he is on his bed listening  to  respect  by Aretha Franklin, singing along and playing bongos wearing sunglasses and then he has to stop when Kirbo walks in. That scene is hilarious not only for the content because I have done something similar and I was able to relate to the charter and the scene. Another reason I like Kevins charter so much is because he is in a situation that I can relate to with liking someone that they can’t have which most people go through and it is realistic and relate able.
There are so many good scenes in the film but I think the best one is where Jules has locked herself in her apartment and Kirbo, Billy, Kevin, Alec and Leslie come and try and get to Jules. Even though Alec tried to hurt Kevin and each person had their own personal problems they dropped it to help their friend and I think that is truly inspiring how that she has friends that care so much about her and are willing to get a blow torch to break the bars on the window and risk hurting themselves by charging through a door. It makes me wish and wonder if my own friends are like that because they are a friend group that I look up to and want to be like because of how close and caring they are. It also makes me happy to see them become friends again, through the arguments and bad behavior they all came through and sorted everything else. In the scene at the end where they were deciding whether to go for a drink in their usual place, it shows how they all grew up and became more like adults because they decided against it because of work and decided on brunch instead so they can still hand out like they used to but adapt to suit their new selves, which I look up to and hope to be like with my friends because although we are getting older and we have work and school and we can’t hang out like usual, but we can still try because the charters I have known my friends for years and wouldn't want to lose them.       

 



   

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