I'd never seen this 'classic' movie before and decided to give it a try. I appreciated it for what it was and was enjoying it for the most part, then seemingly out of nowhere the epilogues for each character appear and potentially two of them are dead?
I know it was appropriate based on the period in which the film took place, but I found it a major buzzkill.
"Well...I've seen enough. Come on Charlie, we're going home."
George Lucas was trying to explore ways to carry us on a journey that captured lighthearted fun, comedy, romance, and nostalgia -
then jar us into the reality and cold gray light of the seventies era, (it was a good time as well), but the good times and promise of the fifties evaporated as globalism entered more strongly as well as all the other rapid changes.
we did have the lighthearted Captain & Tennille among other things that showed hope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QNEf9oGw8o
"If you love Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it copy this and make it your signature!"
To me it showed that all the stupid shit they did, didn't matter one bit in the end.
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shareIt certainly paralleled real life. Getting killed in Vietnam? Yep. Getting killed by a drunk driver? Yep. And yep to end up an insurance salesman and/or writer.
However, the ending didn't mention that Laurie ended up in Milwaukee surrounded by weirdos.
It is a bummer, but it kind of fits that the fun of summer (metaphorically and actually) ends pretty damn quick and then all the awful shit of being an adult starts.
shareAmerican graffiti was one night in a small town. A moment in time, that all the characters will remember fondly for the rest of their lives. To me the end cards are saying, in a way, that it never gets better once your youth is lost.
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