[…] Why I Think This Is A Classic 80s Movies: The 80s were, to me, the golden era of teen movies. 80s teen movies kept something that many 90s teen movies dropped out – innocence. Say Anything… is a movie that isn’t preoccupied with sex and virginity yet addresses them in a much calmer and gentler matter than most teen movies. It also treats the looming ‘future’ in a way that is complex and less black and white. In short, Say Anything… feature characters that are harder to pigeonhole. Lloyd is described as an underachiever, and objectively that may be true, but he’s far from a loser and is very aware of the choices he’s making. Diane isn’t just the nerdy over-achiever pushed by her father. She is a lonely girl who has also made a choice, that she rues a bit on graduation day. Like many teen movies of the 80s, …read more […]