Ending ruined it

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2000)

The Bowie Quote gave it more seriousness then it deserved-this movie wanted to be something great from the beginning. Well, by the end of it I realized that what it wanted was not what it was.
Yes, I knew kids like everyone of the leads. My class (of'97) was made up of them. But as far as realism goes-the buck stopped here. The Sheedy character was used to show transformation at the sake of keeping her core being, the only character who was sacrificed as not good enough as she is.

Each of us probably would have seen the end a bit different, but thanks to John "Home Alone" Hughes we all "see" it the same. I felt so manipulated to feel the way Hughes wanted me to by the essay it ruined the movie forever for me. It was used to push the end of movie as if we were all too dumb to get it (or needed it drilled into our heads like a New York sidewalk.)