Never really took to Ms. Moore. Not even way back in ONE CRAZY SUMMER.
I agree that ST. ELMO’S FIRE was a dismal movie, though. The angst of college age kids never really interested me, even when I was one.
They did seem to make the most inconsequential things into world-ending crises, didn’t they; while being totally oblivious to what was happening in the world that actually was of consequence. Not too different from today.
To me, Ms Moore never really recovered from making G.I. Jane. Whatever she did to pretend she could be a soldier even for a movie, aged her or something.
I can agree with that.
I wonder if the training for and mindset used in “G.I. Jane” didn’t change her.
I know that even after my basic training in the military, I was not the same person that went in.
Just before I graduated from Ranger School, the Sergeant Major of Swamp Phase told us that we’d just deducted 10 years from our life expectancy. My knees, ankles, back and shoulders all confirm this, nearly 30 years later.
The movie is no classic, but does pretty much define the brat pack. Ally Sheedy and Andie MacDowell are pleasant to look at. Also note a pre-Top Gun Whip Hubley. Probably the best actress (if the least hot) in the thing is Mare Winningham who is married to Anthony Edwards who got his major start in Revenge of the Nerds about the same time as St. Elmo’s. St. Elmo’s is a Kevin Bacon Game two step to all the actors of that generation. (Edwards was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High which leads to Sean Penn, Eric Stolz, and Phoebe Cates … you can play this game all day.)
A catchy tune.
One of my ongoing complaints with “modern” music is the complete lack of brass.
A good brass section can make the most mundane song a real toe-tapper.
I miss it.
Too bad her life ended up a lot like her character in St. Elmo’s Fire. It is a good thing she cleaned up before it was too late’
I saw her and her family Christmas shopping at the Lenox mall in Buckhead Atlanta after she did JI Jane. They ate at California Pizza kitchen with 3 goons blocking off the section. Her hair was just over an inch long and she was a hardbody. I was on my lunch brake just finishing up one level in the seating area.
Never really took to Ms. Moore. Not even way back in ONE CRAZY SUMMER.
I agree that ST. ELMO’S FIRE was a dismal movie, though. The angst of college age kids never really interested me, even when I was one.
They did seem to make the most inconsequential things into world-ending crises, didn’t they; while being totally oblivious to what was happening in the world that actually was of consequence. Not too different from today.
To me, Ms Moore never really recovered from making G.I. Jane. Whatever she did to pretend she could be a soldier even for a movie, aged her or something.
I can agree with that.
I wonder if the training for and mindset used in “G.I. Jane” didn’t change her.
I know that even after my basic training in the military, I was not the same person that went in.
Just before I graduated from Ranger School, the Sergeant Major of Swamp Phase told us that we’d just deducted 10 years from our life expectancy. My knees, ankles, back and shoulders all confirm this, nearly 30 years later.
The movie is no classic, but does pretty much define the brat pack. Ally Sheedy and Andie MacDowell are pleasant to look at. Also note a pre-Top Gun Whip Hubley. Probably the best actress (if the least hot) in the thing is Mare Winningham who is married to Anthony Edwards who got his major start in Revenge of the Nerds about the same time as St. Elmo’s. St. Elmo’s is a Kevin Bacon Game two step to all the actors of that generation. (Edwards was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High which leads to Sean Penn, Eric Stolz, and Phoebe Cates … you can play this game all day.)
A catchy tune.
One of my ongoing complaints with “modern” music is the complete lack of brass.
A good brass section can make the most mundane song a real toe-tapper.
I miss it.
What he said.
Brass –
Bavaria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI
Latins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCSpBIsVTQ&list=PLBzXDRCBz49VQ0flNmmIpHe-fG9dmjkDV&index=27 plus women who look like women.
Kim – How about a weekly earworm meetup?
Too bad her life ended up a lot like her character in St. Elmo’s Fire. It is a good thing she cleaned up before it was too late’
I saw her and her family Christmas shopping at the Lenox mall in Buckhead Atlanta after she did JI Jane. They ate at California Pizza kitchen with 3 goons blocking off the section. Her hair was just over an inch long and she was a hardbody. I was on my lunch brake just finishing up one level in the seating area.