MovieChat Forums > Dream a Little Dream (1989) Discussion > dream a little dream or license to drive...

dream a little dream or license to drive?


in your opinion which one is better? i think dream a little dream is better because there are lots of things i didn't catch the first time around that made the movie so much better than license to drive. the dialog was much better too, and feldman was the lead and that made me like it more also.

reply

Loved both films, but DALD somewhat better because I felt that it hit on a wider range of teenage drama issues. It also had some poignant momemnts, especially near the end when Joel has the gun and Bobby/Coleman is making the pretty powerful speech about being teenagers, living on borrowed time and throwing it all away on meaningless things. The way Dumas and his buds and Dinger and Joel's other friend all stood there listening to him was pretty cool and then Joel turns the gun to Bobby, Bobby talks him out of it and Joel empties the gun chamber of the bullets in front of Dumas, while Dumas breathes as though he saw his life flash before his eyes. That was powerful *beep* and scenes like that made the movie for me and that's why I put it over LTD. The music they used throughout was great also.

reply

License To Drive because I thought the movie was funnier, had more memorable scenes and loved the scenes involving a drunk driver, I wasn't too impressed with Dream A Little Dream

reply

Depends on my mood but License to Drive mainly. It's a fun and breezy comedy, still a great concept for a movie too when you think about it. Dream has more depth and drama with real deep *beep* going on. I like it though. Both staples from my childhood. The gun scene at the end is pretty intense.

reply

Definitely License To Drive, I found "Dream A Little Dream" to be boring, and I like Haim better.

reply

I think License is better, but Dream speaks to me a little more. License to Drive was a legit comedy, well made. Dream was sloppy, but ambitious as hell. And it had one one of the best soundtracks, ever.

reply

License To Drive

"Sometimes life hands you lemons that are worth 2 in the bush, I like kittens."

reply