EW Popwatch has assembled their list of the 50 best high school movies of all time, and they pretty much nailed it. Everybody from James Dean to the Ramones is here, with slashers and wizards mixed in as well. I am especially pleased to see that “Brick” (currently sitting at #1 on my Movies of 2006) placed as high as it did, and Buffybot will be pleased to see “Can’t Buy Me Love” earned a spot as well. No one, however, will be able to successfully convince me that “Sixteen Candles” deserved to be ranked 49th overall. Wrongheaded revisionist history, that’s all it is.
One movie that didn’t make the cut that I always had a soft spot for: The Last American Virgin.
A classic? Hardly. But one of the few at the time that dared to take a more dramatic approach to the teenage experience. I crushed on Diane Franklin big time, even more so when she was in…
Holy shit. “Better Off Dead” didn’t make the cut, either. Are you kidding me? Forget everything I said. This list sucks. What say you, Tracy?
“You know what they say about the early bird, Mr. M.”
