A Metal Head's Observations: Clueless 1995 Film.
By Edtrader Oct. 3rd, 2022
1995 brought the highly profitable film Clueless. Thousands of boyfriends were forced to take their girlfriends to movie theaters. Or to drive to Blockbuster for VHS copies. Recently, I've seen the film after twenty years, and so many striking observations come to mind.
1995 brought the highly profitable film Clueless. Thousands of boyfriends were forced to take their girlfriends to movie theaters. Or to drive to Blockbuster for VHS copies. Recently, I've seen the film after twenty years, and so many striking observations come to mind.
#9. Paul Rudd is a slob.
His character Josh seems like a well-put-together person. He's from a wealthy family. Each stepdad is probably a millionaire. He's got aspirations to be a lawyer. Most likely, he has a fully paid college tuition. He cares about things other than being a rich boy. The list could go on, but while other characters were snobs, he was a total slob.
In the first scene he's in, he pulls a jug of OJ out of the fridge. Takes a drink straight from the jug. Then he sets the jug down with the lid still off. And he walks into the other room. Later, he pulls bread, lunch meat, and mayonnaise out of the fridge. Leaves them all open and leaves the mayo spreader on the counter. And he does dress like he rolled out of bed and put on the clothes that were on the floor.
His character Josh seems like a well-put-together person. He's from a wealthy family. Each stepdad is probably a millionaire. He's got aspirations to be a lawyer. Most likely, he has a fully paid college tuition. He cares about things other than being a rich boy. The list could go on, but while other characters were snobs, he was a total slob.
In the first scene he's in, he pulls a jug of OJ out of the fridge. Takes a drink straight from the jug. Then he sets the jug down with the lid still off. And he walks into the other room. Later, he pulls bread, lunch meat, and mayonnaise out of the fridge. Leaves them all open and leaves the mayo spreader on the counter. And he does dress like he rolled out of bed and put on the clothes that were on the floor.
#8. What A Party.
I'm sure a few readers here have had some party days. Have you ever been to a party where there was pot and alcohol but no one was smoking a cigarette? Not a single person at that valley party had a cigarette in their hand.
Tai and Cher leave the party in separate cars. Well, Brittany Murphy gets into a girl's car with a plastic light-up snowman. And if you look, the snowman is still lit up and attached to a power cord. Gonna get 20 feet down the road and gonna rip the cord in half.
While I'm at it, why is it a Christmas party? Nowhere else in the movie does it hint that it's Christmas time!
#7. Product Placements.
I get the feeling that certain companies paid for endorsements in the film. Take, for example, when Elton takes Cher home. I noticed that along the way, certain businesses are as dark as a cave. They drive by Hertz, and their light-up sign is loud and proud. Sometimes movies are unable to show businesses because they didn't receive permission. So that could be the answer. But it reminds me of when Michael J. Fox grabs that truck in BTTF. The driver turns around, and Mountain Dew is on his hat. Or when Bill Murray opens the fridge in Sigourney's apartment and a Coke Cola is up front and center.
#6. No DDs.
Tai is the only girl in that school who has a nice rack. And she's the girl who shows the least amount of skin. Look around, and every girl has a nearly flat chest. Now Brittany Murphy isn't a double DD by any means. But at least she has medium sized bonkers.
#5. Did She Flunk?
Stacey Dash, as Dion, was a very attractive black girl. She naturally dates one of the only two black guys at that school. I was ten in 1995, and even then, I noticed that Dion seemed ten years older than the other kids. Little did I know that she was 28 when she was cast. Seven years earlier, she played a 17-year-old in Richard Pryor's Moving.
#4. Out Of Sync.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are overall a good band. But in their cameo, the lead singer does the worst miming that I have ever seen before. Even worse, it's his own songs!
#4. Phones.
While walking down the hallway, Dion gives Cher a call on her cellphone. Cher, of course, answered her cell phone. So, it's set up that she does have one. Later, Dion beeps Cher's pager to tell her about a party. Why does she have both a cellphone and a pager? You can call; why in the hell would you page someone?
#3. Continuity Fail.
When Cher is robbed at the liquor store... in the shot, you can clearly see a clean ground where she is told to lay down. When they go to the close-up of her face on the ground, there is a cigarette butt and other paper trash. Didn't this movie have the budget for a continuity person?
#2. Father Knows Best.
Cher's dad seems heartwarming and a good parent, WRONG! His daughter gets failing grades, and he's OK that she ran a con to raise her grades. What father does that?
#1. President Cher.
There is a scene where Cher is to argue for the migration of the Haitians into the USA. The speech she gave seemed unrealistic and comical. But in today's world, what she said makes perfect sense. If the president today made a speech about how the Statue of Liberty doesn't say RSVP, they would be heavily applauded.
I'm sure a few readers here have had some party days. Have you ever been to a party where there was pot and alcohol but no one was smoking a cigarette? Not a single person at that valley party had a cigarette in their hand.
Tai and Cher leave the party in separate cars. Well, Brittany Murphy gets into a girl's car with a plastic light-up snowman. And if you look, the snowman is still lit up and attached to a power cord. Gonna get 20 feet down the road and gonna rip the cord in half.
While I'm at it, why is it a Christmas party? Nowhere else in the movie does it hint that it's Christmas time!
#7. Product Placements.
I get the feeling that certain companies paid for endorsements in the film. Take, for example, when Elton takes Cher home. I noticed that along the way, certain businesses are as dark as a cave. They drive by Hertz, and their light-up sign is loud and proud. Sometimes movies are unable to show businesses because they didn't receive permission. So that could be the answer. But it reminds me of when Michael J. Fox grabs that truck in BTTF. The driver turns around, and Mountain Dew is on his hat. Or when Bill Murray opens the fridge in Sigourney's apartment and a Coke Cola is up front and center.
#6. No DDs.
Tai is the only girl in that school who has a nice rack. And she's the girl who shows the least amount of skin. Look around, and every girl has a nearly flat chest. Now Brittany Murphy isn't a double DD by any means. But at least she has medium sized bonkers.
#5. Did She Flunk?
Stacey Dash, as Dion, was a very attractive black girl. She naturally dates one of the only two black guys at that school. I was ten in 1995, and even then, I noticed that Dion seemed ten years older than the other kids. Little did I know that she was 28 when she was cast. Seven years earlier, she played a 17-year-old in Richard Pryor's Moving.
#4. Out Of Sync.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are overall a good band. But in their cameo, the lead singer does the worst miming that I have ever seen before. Even worse, it's his own songs!
#4. Phones.
While walking down the hallway, Dion gives Cher a call on her cellphone. Cher, of course, answered her cell phone. So, it's set up that she does have one. Later, Dion beeps Cher's pager to tell her about a party. Why does she have both a cellphone and a pager? You can call; why in the hell would you page someone?
#3. Continuity Fail.
When Cher is robbed at the liquor store... in the shot, you can clearly see a clean ground where she is told to lay down. When they go to the close-up of her face on the ground, there is a cigarette butt and other paper trash. Didn't this movie have the budget for a continuity person?
#2. Father Knows Best.
Cher's dad seems heartwarming and a good parent, WRONG! His daughter gets failing grades, and he's OK that she ran a con to raise her grades. What father does that?
#1. President Cher.
There is a scene where Cher is to argue for the migration of the Haitians into the USA. The speech she gave seemed unrealistic and comical. But in today's world, what she said makes perfect sense. If the president today made a speech about how the Statue of Liberty doesn't say RSVP, they would be heavily applauded.