This weeks screening was “Dazed and Confused.” I was absolutely head-over heals for this movie. The hardest thing I must grapple with on this movie, is the fact that this was only my first time seeing it. I am so disappointed in myself for never seeing this auspicious piece of media.

Every movie I watch, I always gravitate to the cars being used in it. most films that we’ve seen this semester, the cars were basically a necessity of transportation, and were not highlighted much.

For this film however, the cars were always front and center, and we even catch glimpses of Mathew McConaughey’s character describing his cars engine and being really excited about its capabilities.

In order to avoid just rambling on about the “Judge” or the only Chevrolet truck I’ve ever wanted to own, I will just say that I was in love with all of them, and how they were juxtaposed beautifully in this film; (yes I know its an art word, and feel free to correct me if it’s the wrong usage, but it felt right.)

As for the movie itself, and the workings of the scenes, I loved every frame. All I could do was dream that I was in high school during this period. I would give anything to ride around in these cars, go to parties like these in the woods, and listen to the glorious music that accompanied such scenes. The soundtrack was amazing, and magnificently elevated each scene with familiar songs that anyone can sing along to.

The presentations this week were nothing short of awesome once again. I have seen glimpses of the shinning only by accident, but I had never heard of “Jennifer’s Body.” Images of both films, as the presenters talked about; are very famous, and worth noting. The first image that I wish to talk about, is from “The Shinning.” Mountain Dew partnered with Brain Cranston to create an add creepy enough to smolder into my brain whenever I see mountain dew. I am sure all of you have seen it, and I am pretty positive that it was talked about this week during the presentation. Nevertheless, IT IS CREPPY and I cannot bring myself to drink mountain dew because of it. I just hope that for their marketing team’s sake, more people found it humorously creepy instead of deter-inly creepy.

The “Jennifer’s Body” meme of a doll re-creating a scene in the movie where Meghan Fox is burning her tongue with a lighter while talking on the phone. My one question for that scene was “who the heck was she talking to?” That scene is captured with just a single picture; provides endless possibilities for memes both comedic and cringy. This aspect really makes me happy, because people can engage with a film, yet they have not seen it. Eventually they might come to the conclusion that they want to know more about the girl who burns her tongue while talking on the phone. But even if they don’t, they will still be affected by this work of Cult cinema, whether they like it or not! (They should like it though, just saying)