The Big Chill -- opinions?

[SteppingRazor]

Poll question: The Big Chill -- opinions?

Which is it?

[KamaAina]

1. I always thought that Alex killed himself because

he realized what everyone around him had become.

[newyawker99]

2. The movie was ok but the soundtrack made the movie.

:hi:

[bigwillq]

3. I thought it was good but

slightly overrated. It was interesting but so is The Young and the Restless. The Big Chill, to me, felt like a glorified soap opera.

[hickman1937]

4. I never did figure why Alex killed himself.

I did like that movie though. Lot of good one liners in it.

[RobinA]

5. In My Book

Alex killed himself because he wasn't prepared to make real world decisions. Of course, in real life people don't kill themselves for that reason, but it's a movie....

Loved the movie, good soundtrack, great one liners. Fuck'em if they can't take a joke.

[hickman1937]

9. A long time ago I read an interview with Kasden in People.

He said that every character in the movie was based on someone he knew at UofM. I assume that includes the Alex character. I've got to believe that Kasden was clueless about the reasons, and left it not easily explained in the movie, which shows some class on his part.

[mitchum]

6. "Return of the Secaucus 7" with a bigger budget

[MarianJack]

8. And a MUCH smaller amount of quality!

What bothered me was that they became a bunch of spoiled yupsters who I could easily believe marcing lockstep into the voting booth and voting for reagan and screw what they believed in!

[mitchum]

11. You are right about that

[hunter]

7. I still have nightmares...

:scared:

It was one of those movies you see when all sorts of things are hideous about your life, and it somehow all meshes together in a very perverse and completely unexpected way.

I'm not sure I could bear watching it again.

Oddly, I have fairly fond memories of seeing "Das Boot" in the original German, and even stranger than that, "Eraserhead."

My opinions about movies often depend on who I'm watching them with. I would be a terrible movie reviewer.

[bmbmd]

10. Lived it. Loved it.

Kevin Costner's best work.

[EFerrari]

12. Agree and, he owes that to his editors. lol

I don't know how it reads now but remember enjoying it thoroughly when it came out.

Alex's "big chill" was the contrast to the "big negotiation" everyone else was trying to manage. Some of us just don't like negotiating.

[Skittles]

13. LOL

playing a corpse! :o

[RobinA]

15. No Way!!

Why did you have to tell me that, I didn't know. I HATE Costner. The movie will never be the same. :banghead:

[Skittles]

14. I love that movie

Jeff Goldblum's character just cracks me up

[GalleryGod]

18. I Talked to Goldblum about that in NYC this Summer

Went to see "Spamalot" on July 2nd..he was appearing with Billy Crudup in "The Pillowman" in the theater next door.
After the matinee-as is Broadway tradition- the actors will come out the stage door and sign playbills and pose for pictures.
It was a beautiful day...and Jeff, Billy, and I along with my wife (Nightnurse) stood there talking about their movies: "Big Chill", "Almost Famous", for 20 minutes.

BTW...Goldblum called the "Big Chill" shoot his fondest memory in Show Business.:applause: :popcorn: :applause:

[WCGreen]

16. Being of that age....

I can see why people change so drastically out of college...

All of a sudden, responsibilities far beyond getting a paper done on time start to weigh you down....

People make choices.... A lot of times things just don't work out as planned...

And, the death of one of their young lions brought mortality into the mix....

When I first saw it, I felt that it was dreary...

But now, I don't mind so much... I have a lot of friends that resemble the characters in that movie....

Sad...

[Wapsie B]

17. I love that movie although it was hard for me to identify

with the characters on one level. Here we have a bunch of super high achieving yuppies bitching and moaning about the meaning of life. And here I was living paycheck to paycheck to pay the bills. But then again, finding one's right place in the world is something that connects with many of us.