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Reality Bites (1994)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
6/04, 2/18
2/18:
The title Reality Bites is apropos.
It's true for most young adults who have recently graduated from either high school or college. Then, the reality
starts to sink in. Hence, the know-nothing kids with no useful skills to offer start to realize how big the
world is when they stop depending on their parents' money and start fending for themselves.
I have met and known people like Troy Dyer, who's played perfectly by Ethan Hawke, and they, in order to
maintain their coolness factor, often sell themselves short despite their high IQ. Only if they could put
in 25% effort, things would've been different for them.
All characters including Troy are self-centered, immature, typical, and boring. Interestingly, they're also white.
Oh, yeah...I'll repeat Troy's definition of irony: "It's when the actual meaning is the complete opposite from the
literal meaning." These yuppie characters are just exactly that: frauds.
All in all, Reality Bites hits a lot of points very well, but I don't like the movie.