re: St. Elmo's Fire

I liked the brat pack, but I disliked St. Elmo's Fire.

A brat pack take on The Big Chill - yet way too early, they just got to college - they haven't learned anything. It evokes neither the sincere angst and humanity of The Breakfast Club, nor the bittersweet nostalgia of The Big Chill.

Schumacher takes a lot of the criticism for this film's failings, but I think it was a weak story - a good idea, badly executed by everyone. The acting was quite tepid, and the kids all knew each other very well so there was no excuse for the lack of chemistry.

Again - maybe Schumacher was to blame (he wrote it, too) - this was only his third feature, but the film before this, D.C. Cab was great, as was the film he directed immediately after this one - The Lost Boys.

I think it was just one of those things - it happens.