tu know, I've become quite fond of back-to-school season now that I don't have to actually go back. The scorching heat of summer will be over soon, I can buy super cheap office supplies that I don't really need, I get to point and laugh at miserable kids dragging their feet behind their mothers while shopping for new clothes. Yep, it's good to be old.
Know what else is good and old? The 90s, so here are 5 of my favorito! cine about going back to school. I have limited myself to just the cine that focus on the beginning of school, because otherwise I'd get caught up in hunting down new ones to watch, and dammit, I'd like to finish this before summer vacation rolls around again.
#5 - The Craft (1996)
Starring: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich
Tagline: Welcome to the Witching hora
A troubled teen (wow, that's new) named Sarah moves to a new town and befriends with a group of weirdos that might be witches, according to the warnings of everyone else at school. Sarah turns out to be a real witch and the missing link to their coven, making all the girls become powerful. It's fun at first, changing their looks and their luck, but as the hunger for power grows, so do the girls' egos. They spiral out of control and end up turning on each other. This is a decent vista previa of how some of your high school friendships will go, minus the magic.
#4 - Casper (1995)
Starring: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Tagline: Who says there's no such thing as ghosts?
Kat, the daughter of a paranormal therapist, gets dumped in a new school every time her dad takes a new job. His latest gig, in a haunted mansion in Maine, is a game-changer because there are *gasp* actual ghosts in it. (A ghost shrink seeing a ghost for the first time. Good career call, dude.) Kat has a hard time fitting in at school, thanks to this one mega-bitch, but she gets hers in the end. Casper is a fun, kid-friendly movie about entering scary and unfamiliar situations, and if you've ever been the new kid, tu totally get it. (Bet tu wish a friendly ghost had *your* back in school.)
#3 - School Ties (1993)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser, Anthony Rapp
Tagline: Just Because You're Accepted Doesn't Mean tu Belong.
David Greene is a Jewish boy who enters a prep school on a scholarship and discovers that he's surrounded por anti-Semitic jerks. He tries to keep the peace por keeping his secret, and as tu can probably imagine, that turns out just great. This is a movie about inner conflict, not fitting in, coming to terms with who tu are, and a reminder that people suck. (Thanks, almost forgot.) It's set in the 50's and has a Dead Poets Society feel to it, minus the inspirational teacher to bond the boys together. School Ties is a dark and thoughtful movie, but it does have some fun, mostly at the expense of a teacher that no one likes.
#2 - Higher Learning (1994)
Starring: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Tyra Banks, Regina King, Busta Rhymes, Laurence Fishburne
Tagline: pregunta The Knowledge
Higher Learning follows three college freshmen - a track star, a shy girl, and a clueless loner, who are thrown into a completely new world as they start their lives away from home. This is a heavy movie, as it covers topics such as rape, sexuality, a looot of racism, suicide, and heartbreak. There's a little bit of everything in Higher Learning. It's about adjusting, getting along, and deciding what kind of person tu want to be. If you're looking for back-to-school fun, this is not your movie.
#1 - Billy Madison (1995)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Norm MacDonald, Darren McGavin
Tagline: Billy Madison's going back to school... Way back.
Overgrown man-boy Billy Madison has had it easy his entire lazy life, because his super rich dad paid everyone off. When Billy discovers he won't be inheriting his father's company (due to the fact that he's a lazy, immature man-boy), he decides to go back to school and make it through on his own to prove that he can be a responsible adult. 'Cause kindergarten's totally the obvious place to start proving you're capable of running a company. It's a hilarious, mega-quoteable movie, and probably the best movie of Adam Sandler's career.
Know what else is good and old? The 90s, so here are 5 of my favorito! cine about going back to school. I have limited myself to just the cine that focus on the beginning of school, because otherwise I'd get caught up in hunting down new ones to watch, and dammit, I'd like to finish this before summer vacation rolls around again.
#5 - The Craft (1996)
Starring: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich
Tagline: Welcome to the Witching hora
A troubled teen (wow, that's new) named Sarah moves to a new town and befriends with a group of weirdos that might be witches, according to the warnings of everyone else at school. Sarah turns out to be a real witch and the missing link to their coven, making all the girls become powerful. It's fun at first, changing their looks and their luck, but as the hunger for power grows, so do the girls' egos. They spiral out of control and end up turning on each other. This is a decent vista previa of how some of your high school friendships will go, minus the magic.
#4 - Casper (1995)
Starring: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Tagline: Who says there's no such thing as ghosts?
Kat, the daughter of a paranormal therapist, gets dumped in a new school every time her dad takes a new job. His latest gig, in a haunted mansion in Maine, is a game-changer because there are *gasp* actual ghosts in it. (A ghost shrink seeing a ghost for the first time. Good career call, dude.) Kat has a hard time fitting in at school, thanks to this one mega-bitch, but she gets hers in the end. Casper is a fun, kid-friendly movie about entering scary and unfamiliar situations, and if you've ever been the new kid, tu totally get it. (Bet tu wish a friendly ghost had *your* back in school.)
#3 - School Ties (1993)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser, Anthony Rapp
Tagline: Just Because You're Accepted Doesn't Mean tu Belong.
David Greene is a Jewish boy who enters a prep school on a scholarship and discovers that he's surrounded por anti-Semitic jerks. He tries to keep the peace por keeping his secret, and as tu can probably imagine, that turns out just great. This is a movie about inner conflict, not fitting in, coming to terms with who tu are, and a reminder that people suck. (Thanks, almost forgot.) It's set in the 50's and has a Dead Poets Society feel to it, minus the inspirational teacher to bond the boys together. School Ties is a dark and thoughtful movie, but it does have some fun, mostly at the expense of a teacher that no one likes.
#2 - Higher Learning (1994)
Starring: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Tyra Banks, Regina King, Busta Rhymes, Laurence Fishburne
Tagline: pregunta The Knowledge
Higher Learning follows three college freshmen - a track star, a shy girl, and a clueless loner, who are thrown into a completely new world as they start their lives away from home. This is a heavy movie, as it covers topics such as rape, sexuality, a looot of racism, suicide, and heartbreak. There's a little bit of everything in Higher Learning. It's about adjusting, getting along, and deciding what kind of person tu want to be. If you're looking for back-to-school fun, this is not your movie.
#1 - Billy Madison (1995)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Norm MacDonald, Darren McGavin
Tagline: Billy Madison's going back to school... Way back.
Overgrown man-boy Billy Madison has had it easy his entire lazy life, because his super rich dad paid everyone off. When Billy discovers he won't be inheriting his father's company (due to the fact that he's a lazy, immature man-boy), he decides to go back to school and make it through on his own to prove that he can be a responsible adult. 'Cause kindergarten's totally the obvious place to start proving you're capable of running a company. It's a hilarious, mega-quoteable movie, and probably the best movie of Adam Sandler's career.
