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Glory Daze

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

If you'd EVER partied in college, lived with roommates, drank, had post-teen angst, or knew people who did, you will love this movie. If you'd NEVER swear in your life, had no angst from growing up, and considered yourself to be perfect and normal, you'll hate it.

THOSE THAT GAVE BAD REVIEWS HERE EITHER CANNOT RELATE TO IT OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT. A movie should not explain everything in plain view for you. Let it make you think a little and you'll walk away enlightened!

Glory Daze is rather a cleverly written movie with unconventional dialogs. It is set in the small town of Santa Cruz, California.. and I believe it to be based on a true story. The characters are not typical and therefore are much more interesting to watch than your average American Pie flick. You will probably find similarities between yourself and one or more of these characters.

The CAST consists of Ben Affleck, French Stewart, Sam Rockwell, Vien Hong, Matthew MacConauhey(sp?), Alyssa Milano, Megan Ward, Brendan Fraser, Vinnie Deramus, Matt Damon(cameo), Spauding Grey, and John-Rhys Davies. I thought the two most stunning performances were from Sam Rockwell(ROB) who played the party guy gone conservative.. and Vien Hong (SLOSH) who was a computer science major dropout turned Bukowski-drunk. Sam Rockwell can be seen in many other wonderful movies such as Charlie's Angels, Green Mile, and A Box of Moonlight. And Vien Hong is not as well known, very versatile, and can be seen in smaller roles in big movies like We Were Soldiers playing Mel Gibson's interpreter, City of Industry(a Harvey Keitel movie). He's one of those skilled-actors that can take a small part and give it a lot of life. Affleck, although not bad.. I thought he did a better job in Chasing Amy.

I'd recommend you to buy it. Why waste your money and rent it, when you can have it delivered to your door. If you end up hating it, you can always give it to someone who'll appreciate it. Chances are there'll be more people loving the movie than not.

Again, the movie is perfectly cast. It's got a great sound track. And It is destined to be a cult classic!

I really wasn't expecting much from this movie. Thankfully, I was wrong. Affleck plays a young art student about to graduate from college in three days time. He is faced with the fact that he is about to enter the world of adulthood completely unprepared. All he wants to do is stay with his friends and keep partying. The dialogue is dead-on, very realistic. In fact, this was a really good coming of age story in the tradition of Diner (yes, really!), but with a lot of 90s references/outlooks. It also has a hell of a lot of random cameos, all funny. Affleck is perfectly cast, as is Milano, Sam Rockwell, and French Stewart. Wait'll you see what they do to their poor off-campus housing in the end... preservation through destruction! So go see it!

This film is good for a giggle. Not a classic, but something to pull down off the shelf when you're after a laugh. Quite abstract and off beat with some of it's jokes it makes for an intelligent comedy (rare for the college comedy genre films such as 'American Pie').
Young adults facing the question of "What comes next in life" should relate quite well to the films main character played nicely by the talented actor Ben Affleck before he made it big.
If you're after a witty (sometimes bitter) comedy this is for you.
Fans of punk rock will love the soundtrack, especially the Vandals song "It's A Fact".
If any of the above sounds interesting to you, do yourself a favour and check out this film.

i had never heard of this movie until my old college roommate showed it to me. he had an old, beaten up copy he made while he was in the army. i have a very broad taste in movies. when he showed me the tape, i recognized some names and figured i'd give it a shot. i had no idea how much this movie would hit home. at the time, we threw wild parties at our off-campus flop house. our place generally was as trashed as "El Rancho", the house in the movie. every character in the movie will remind any college student of someone they knew. this movie is funny, but definately has a serious message if you are willing to pay attention to the details. all these things aside, this movie is not going to win an academy award. BUT, if you want to remember the good old college days and don't want to watch your typical "teeniebopper" show that the studios "churn out year after year", then you HAVE to see this movie. (forgive the quotations, but if you watch the movie, you'll understand) by the way, matthew mcconaughey gives a cameo that is HILARIOUS. for those of you who would rather rent it first rather than buy it, it is a sundance film festival movie (i worked at blockbuster). be sure to check this one out!

I actually never saw or heard of this movie before until I purchased it from amazon.com, and as soon as I watched it, I am glad I did. Ben Affleck plays Jack, a 22 year old man, who is graduating from college, and he has to accept the fact that life has to move on. The supporting cast which includes Alyssa Milano, Megan Ward, and French Stewart were great as well. I really enjoyed this movie! I am so glad that I purchased this movie, I absolutely adore it.

good look at the disfunctional fraternity brothers, the house includes Ben Affleck(Paycheck, Dogma), Sam Rockwell(Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Charlies Angels), Vien Hong(Gleaming The Cube and City Of Industry), French Stewart(tv's 3rd Rock From The Sun and Stargate) and Vinnie DeRamus. They all have problems but each one works it out in the end. Cameos by Matthew McConaughey(Reign Of Fire), Brendan Fraser(Looney Toons:Back In Action), Leah Remini(Old School) and Matt Damon(Dogma, Gerry) spark this movie. other cast members include Megan Ward(Arcade), Meredith Salenger(Lake Placid,The Kiss), John Rhys-Davies(The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy),Spalding Gray(Kate & Leopold,How High) and Alyssa Milano(tv's Charmed and Fear). great beginning, middle and ending. a good view

favorite line
Rob(Sam Rockwell)-"Look at me, I look like Jam Master Shecky!"

OK, I'm not a film student/critic of any kind, but I saw this movie about 4 months before I graduated college, and it really struck a chord with me.

Brief synopsis: The focus is on five college roommates who are close friends, some of whom are facing graduation in a week or so. What follows is how they react to the group being broken up, and how they spend time together before going their separate ways.

Ben Affleck actually turns in a fairly good performance as a disaffected slacker type who chose to pursue an art degree despite his parents' wishes; French Stewart is his typical self despite his role as a "professional student", but I thought the best performance in the movie was turned in by Sam Rockwell. To top it all off, some hilarious bit parts with Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon (it's quick, and he doesn't say a word), as well as Spalding Gray, who plays Affleck's dad.

There are some heavy-handed pieces of symbolism -- check out the very end of the scene when "We're Only Going to Die for Our Own Arrogance" is being played -- but then again, college was rarely about metaphors, and (for me, anyway) more often about friends, parties, and cheap beer. I think anyone who has spent time living with several of their close friends, in college or otherwise, and then has had to go their separate ways, will enjoy this film.

Sometimes films don't have to be artistic or expensive to be good; they just have to tell a story that people will enjoy watching again and again. For me, this is one of those stories.

P.S. - An outstanding punk soundtrack, including NOFX, The Vandals, The Mr. T Experience, the New Bomb Turks, and a pretty good cover of the above mentioned Bad Religion song by Sublime.

Glory Daze is an excellent movie, as long as you can handle 90's post-teen and punk-like attitudes! Ben Affleck delivers a stunningly real performance (as he did in Chasing Amy) and his on screen prensence is gritty, it gives a true-to-life feeling to the movie. And the supporting cast is rather stellar considering this movie was released so low-key. My biggest draw to this movie has to be the moral dillemas and friendships- much of this movie mirrored my own last two years, and not many movies seem as realistic. The soundtrack is also stellar. If you want an example of some great modern punk/ska bands, pick up this soundtrack. Overall, if you find Kevin Smith's type's of films entertaining(Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma) you should have no problem loving this movie as much as I do! A definite must-buy for any movie lover!

I love this movie from beginning to end. I rented it in 1997 and immediately bought a VHS copy. As soon as the dvd hit the shelves, it was mine. I turned my old roommate onto this film (in '98) and he started watching it almost every day. We even built a bar for our little "party house" at the time and quoted this film all the time. I thought the characters were very believable because I was one of them myself (liked punk, hated authority and never wanted the party to end). Affleck is excellent as is the rest of the cast. You would swear these guys were really great friends as the chemistry seemed very real. I am 35 now with a wife and 3 year old son, but I still put Glory Daze in at least once a month, just to remember the good old days of little responsibility and nothing but the mysterious future up ahead.

This film won't win any awards and some people will find it's humor to be crude, but if you are a true Ben Affleck fan, you will appreciate his low-key performance as the leading man in Glory Daze. It's a great film to put on late at night when you can't sleep. Ben looks great in his graduation robe and NO shirt. The bus scene is funny - see if you can recognize the annoying couple that "Jack" talks to on the #3 bus. The soundtrack is great, if you can find it. It made me a NOFX fan and I also go around singing "Acetone". I have seen parallels between this movie and GWH. It made me wonder if Ben wrote similiar scenes on purpose. This movie gives you some great quote lines that no one else will understand unless they've seen Glory Daze. "as for me, my name is Jack - happy go f***ing lucky as the day I was born" ! Rent or just buy Glory Daze!!!!!