St. Elmo's Fire: Die Leidenschaft brennt tief (1985)

St. Elmo’s Fire: Die Leidenschaft brennt tief: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore. A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

“St. Elmou0026#39;s fire has been on constant play on HBO lately. I turned it on the other night and watched the whole thing. Yeah, it was a nostalgia trip (I remember watching it a few times on cable ten years ago) but it also has some decent scenes and it really captures a u0026quot;moment,u0026quot; both for recent college grads and for those of us who were enchanted by the brat pack in the 80s.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ve been reading other peopleu0026#39;s reviews; several of them whine about how u0026quot;self-absorbedu0026quot; these characters are.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWell…um… duh. Yeah. Most movies are about self-absorbed people. Self-absorbed people are more interesting, because they donu0026#39;t care what other people think: self absorbed people feel deeply, they make huge mistakes, and theyu0026#39;re generally fun to watch. Some of the greatest movies of all time are about self-absorbed people: Annie Hall (Alvy Singer), Amadeus (Mozart), Leaving Las Vegas (Nic Cage), Goodfellas (Every single mobster in the movie). Mother Theresa was completely giving, completely SELFLESS, and yet I havenu0026#39;t seen a great movie about her. Thatu0026#39;s not the point.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m not saying St. Elmou0026#39;s Fire is a classic. Iu0026#39;m just saying, calm down people. Take the movie for what it is, a stylized look into one moment in life, and donu0026#39;t be so preachy about what kinds of characters are u0026quot;appropriateu0026quot; to focus on.”