(Monday May 28th Post)
What Did I Watch? Jawbreaker
When Did I Watch It? Friday June 1, 2012
Where Did I Watch It? Home, on Blu-Ray
Tagline? The Sweetest Candies Are Sour As Death Inside
If you haven’t realized by now, each week I pick a duo of
movies that goes together for one reason or another. Previous weeks have been
current movies (John Carter & The Avengers), 80s movies (Gremlins & Child’s Play), a current again (Men
In Black 3), and now Cliques In Cinema (Jawbreaker
& Heathers-Coming Soon to this
blog on June 6, 2012). I hope you’ve enjoyed my picks thus far. Be sure to
leave a comment below if you have any choices you’d like to see highlighted,
and I will be sure to at least consider them.
So I just finished watching Jawbreaker for probably the fiftieth time easily and now to blog
on. The first time I saw Jawbreaker was probably pretty close to its VHS
release date. Jawbreaker was
theatrically released on February 19, 1999. It is a shocker to me that this
film is now 13+ years old, makes me feel old. I have owned this movie in many
formats, from the VHS to DVD to Blu-Ray.
This film was inspired by “Heathers,” the movie that I will be blogging about on Wednesday.
Watching both recently, I know I saw similarities first and foremost the
dynamic female cliques that were highlighted. Both movies have a somewhat of an
outcast, “Veronica” in Heathers and Julie
in Jawbreaker. Is it any surprise
that these two characters are my favorite in there respectable movies, I think
not.
The “Flawless Four” are the most popular girls of Reagan
High. They also make up the clique that is highlighted in this film. The clique
includes Courtney (Rose McGowan), Marcie (Julie Benz), Julie (Rebecca Gayheart)
and Elizabeth (Charlotte Ayanna). Courtney, Marcie and Julie want to play a
surprise birthday prank on Elizabeth by kidnapping her. Needless to say, the
prank doesn’t go as planned and one girl is left dead (trying not to spoil the
movie for those who haven’t seen it).
Julie immediately freaks out and wants to inform the cops.
This does not happen and another girl calls the school and poses as the
deceased girls’ mother and informs the school that the girl is just sick and
one of her girlfriends will pick up her homework. To make everything appear to
look normal, the remaining girls go to school, with the dead girl in the trunk.
When no one shows up to claim the homework the principal asks another student,
Fern Mayo (Judy Greer) to take the homework to the students’ home. Fern
overhears what happened and freaks out, but not before Julie and Courtney see
her. Courtney chases after her and tells Fern that she can take the deceased
girls’ place and become a “somebody”.
What does Fern decide? Does she accept the chance to become
a “somebody?” Or does she inform the cops? Do the guilty parties ever get found
out? If you are interested, I recommend watching this Flick. If you are a fan
of movies like Heathers and Carrie, then you most definitely should
check out this film. It is a favorite of mine and while I am not sure if it
cracks my top 10, it is certainly up there. I also am a fan of music in film
and this film has great music all the way through. It’s one of those movies
that you can pop in while completing homework just to listen to the cheesy
lines and all the great music. I definitely recommend it. Check out the
trailer, it is posted below!
Trailer....
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