WRITING CULTURE 2012: Film, Food & Beyond

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I find it essentially hard to pick a favorite genre when it comes to films. I enjoy watching feel-good movies, dramas, thrillers, adventures, comedy, romance, independent, the list only continues. The genre I pick depends on my mood. However, brat-pack films of the ‘80s never get old to me. I never tire of watching, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles it’s pure nostalgia. I wasn’t born in the 80s’ but in the early 90s’ and remember these movies coming on television. They remind me of my childhood. They make me feel relaxed and at ease.They are coming-of-age, comedies.

I guess coming-of-age films are appealing to me because I am still coming of age. I am still going through the growing pains and standing between marginal lines of adulthood and adolescence.  I can easily relate to all the stereotypical characters of The Breakfast Club, the brain, the beauty, the jock, the rebel and the recluse, they resonate a part of me. Even now as I am writing this I can’t help but smile, “Don’t you (forget about me)” by the Simple Minds which was a soundtrack in the film is playing in my head. A good film is like a good book the characters are relatable, lifelike, a person you know or yourself. I enjoy films where I am enamored with the characters and I become a character in the film. The Wood is another coming-of-age film that I enjoy holistically. I remember watching this being particularly jealous of the unabated brotherly love that Big Mike shared with his friends. Films like these bring nothing but euphoria to my life.