Has anyone seen the 1988 dark comedy and cult hit "Heathers"? It stars a young Wynona Ryder and Christian Slater. If you have watched it, what are your thoughts?
Hi; interesting; so how would you briefly summarize it in a sentence or so?Has anyone seen the 1988 dark comedy and cult hit "Heathers"? It stars a young Wynona Ryder and Christian Slater. If you have watched it, what are your thoughts?
It’s one of my guilty pleasures, though I haven’t watched it in years.
Yeah, I love that film.
Wish they would have kept the original ending planned.. lol.
Apparently there were several alternate endings but the one they filmed was the one the studio wanted. I was on a moviechat.org thread about the movie - one person that the "heaven" ending would have been too morbid for most while another said the theatrical ending still maintains a level of irony. One thing's for certain - Heathers would have never been made after Columbine nor with our increasing awareness of teen mental health issues.
Hmmm, did not know there were several. Only knew about the "heaven" ending talked about on the DVD commentary.
And yeah, the film was made during more innocent times. Although I have heard they recently did a TV revival or something a few years ago.
It was remade as a TV show a few years ago.Apparently there were several alternate endings but the one they filmed was the one the studio wanted. I was on a moviechat.org thread about the movie - one person that the "heaven" ending would have been too morbid for most while another said the theatrical ending still maintains a level of irony. One thing's for certain - Heathers would have never been made after Columbine nor with our increasing awareness of teen mental health issues.
Another movie written by Daniel Waters that I like is Batman Returns. It too has a fair amount of satire in it, although it's watered down a little bit by rewrites from other writers. But the skeleton of his irreverent, satirical wit still comes through.