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“This isn’t just a spoke in my menstrual cycle.” Has to be one of the most quotable films ever! I love it. That’s a great article, thanks for pointing me to it. I totally agree with Edward when he says he thinks the ending suits it, as opposed to the other alternate endings that are always talked about. The ending of Heathers is easily my favourite scene in the movie (and probably one of my favourite scenes in any film, ever). Ugh, I love Winona Ryder in that last scene so bad I can hardly stand it! Hahaha. With her huge post-explosion hair and grubby face, the cig hanging out of her mouth. And then tying up her hair with the red ribbon.
So. Good.
oh, man. Heathers. i was one of those happy few that saw this in the theater. i was so totally obsessed with this movie that when i took a word processing class in college, i typed up all of veronica’s diary entries for my typing assignments (yes, from memory). and while i realized right away that her ex-best-friend being named ‘betty finn’ meant they were ‘betty and veronica,’ i didn’t put together that their last names were ‘sawyer’ and ‘finn’ until years (and untold viewings) later.
sigh. i love this movie.
oh yeah, and i dressed as veronica sawyer for halloween that year! no pics, tho.
My favorite line from the movie was the withering “Get a job.”
My favorite has to be from the principal during one of the teachers’ meetings. “Now I’ve seen a lot of bullshit. Angel dust. Switchblades. Sexually perverse photography exibits involving tennis rackets….”
… or when the principal says to the hippy-dippy teacher “Tell me when the shuttle lands” after one of her kumbaya moments.
Or “I know that loose was too noose.” Or “He said they had a swordfight in your mouth.” Or “look, bottled water, they were queers. The quarterback buggering the linebacker!”
But, “I love my dead, gay son,” is one of those lines that you cannot overuse.
This is the definite movie about American High School, in my mind – and I was ten years out of HS when it come out.
I meant – “The definitive movie about American HS.”
Sheila, if I remember correctly, you’ve been a bit negative on Winona Ryder’s acting. What do you think of her in this movie?
mutecypher – I love early Winona. It’s her later stuff I’m not too crazy about. But I love her in this, I love Lucas and Mermaids and Great Balls of Fire – and here, she just couldn’t be better. Perfect!
Even just reading through the comments here – with all the quotes – is one of the greatest tributes a movie could ever have. I am laughing out loud reading some of them.
Havent’ seen the movie in years – must rectify that!