Comments on: Screenplay Review: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:21:03 +0000

Yes, I saw it in way back then, it was pretty hilarious. The REALLY funny thing is to come to my mother’s blog and see her reviewing Fast Times, that made me chuckle! I guess it has become a literary classic over the last 25 years … Next thing you know she’ll be getting a tattoo and a belly button piercing or something …

By: Belle

Belle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:48:34 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to tackle the screenplay for this one, Margot. It sounds like you had such fun with it! I need to hop over to Michael’s blog and see what’s on for October.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:44:05 +0000

What a fun thing to do!! I’ve never read a screenplay either … I wonder how it would be. I might have to try this. I think it would be fun to read it before seeing the movie and then seeing how your own version compared and how “your” movie differed from the “real” one.

And what a great one to pick! Sean Penn did steal the movie, didn’t he? It would be interesting to read the lines in the screenplay and then see how he delivered them and made them his own. I’m sure this gives you a look into acting and moviemaking at the same time.

Thanks for the fun post.

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By: Bumbles

Bumbles — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:19:48 +0000

I am so tickled that you enjoyed it! I never would have thought it could be related across generations of kids but now that you mention it the basic story is the same isn’t it? I say, any challenge that exposes people to Fast Times has my vote!

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By: Cerrin

Cerrin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:45:17 +0000

I think all of us kids saw it on cable…It was playing over and over again in compitition with Grease 2 lol if that tells you about how old I was when I first saw it. It was a fun movie to watch for me at that time because I didnt know people were like that. (I was kinda young)

By: Beth F

Beth F — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:37:22 +0000

I definitely didn’t see this in the theater, but I have seen it on cable. It’s really not my kind of movie, but I like Sean Penn.

By: stacybuckeye

stacybuckeye — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:13:24 +0000

I had fun with this challenge too. Sean Penn was my favorite part of the movie.

By: Staci

Staci — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:09:26 +0000

I was 12 when this movie come out so I never saw it in the theaters but caught it cable later in life. Glad you’re having such a great time reading these screenplays!!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:03:16 +0000

Hi Margot, it would have been fun if I had not seen the movie before reading the screenplay. Once you see Sean Penn as Spicoli, you can’t help but have him in your mind’s eye when you read it.
As for October’s screenplay, looks like “Silence of the Lambs” is leading right now.