mm-39 The Outsiders had a all star cast of known 80's actors. C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise of course. Charlie Sheen must of been on vacation somewhere to miss out!?! Oh I forgot and Diane Lane was also part of the class. Surprisingly Matt Dillon had the stand out role as the troubled youth. Sadly, Matt Dillon became type cast as the troubled leather jacket youth the rest of the his career. Macchio, Howell and the rest did a decent job considering the material. I never read the Outsiders but the movie must of followed the book closely. The Outsiders gets across more like a book than a movie. Frequently, great books badly transition to the screen. The Outsiders has an interesting story, with a social message of what is good person? The Macchio characters vs the Dillon creates the movie's argument of Plato's what is the good person/life question? The surprise ending pounds the message! Regrettably, The Outsiders gets across more like play then a movie, with the dialog and acting. The camera and set work was like the movie 300 with a feel of a comic book. If the director/scrip write does not tweak the story and character book movies comes across as dry. Omitting characters, changing scenes, condense the story is usually done to avoid a dry story. I would not call The Outsiders a Classic movie, but not a bad movie either. 6 out of 10 stars.

ryanp-48552 The Outsiders is the movie adaptation of the book of the same name. The plot is Ponyboy and Johnny two "greasers" kill a "soc" named Bob after he almost drowned Ponyboy. He does this because earlier in the movie, he saw Ponyboy, Johnny and their friend Two-Bit with his girlfriend. They go to their friend Dally, he gives them money and a gun. They hide in this church, before Dally comes and picks them up. But the church catches on fire, and Ponyboy and Johnny go back to save some kids who got stuck in there. Johnny and Dally are both injured in this, and they are rushed back home, where the greasers and the socs are planning for a large scale gang fight that night. After they win the fight, they go back to find johnny is dying. After he dies, Dally robs a store, but is shot dead by police officers. Then it ends with Ponyboy writing the story as an essay.I read the book in Grade Eight, and while not good, you could still understand what was happening. The movie, fails at that. You need to read the book to understand what the relationship between Ponyboy and his brothers. In the movie it completely glossed over it. Anyway, some of the acting is bad, and feels forced, and there are so many parts of the movie that are unintentionally funny. Some examples: When Ponyboy and Johnny are standing outside of a church, and they are watching a sunrise, there is a orange filter being used. And you can tell because, everything in the shot is orange. Another time is at the end of the movie, when ponyboy is reading Johnny's note, it shows Johnny's face, then after he's done reading, it just zooms in on Johnny's eye, for no reason.There are a bunch of bad shots, like one in the church where it just pans over the church's floor. Also, the pacing of this movie is bad. Everything is rushed, Johnny's death is completely glossed over and they cut out a bunch of stuff. In the beginning of the movie, when Ponyboy is shoved over by his brother Darry, instead of a long dramatic pause, it just quickly cuts to Ponyboy running away. There is music playing over every scene almost. And in the gang war towards the end of the movie, you can't tell who is who. The movie does have some good stuff, like the plot is interesting, Dally's death is well shot, but there are just too many flaws for it to be called a good movie.Final Verdict:5.7/10 A poorly paced mess of a film, with a few redeeming qualities.

Irishchatter This movie is really part of the "Jocks Vs Greasers" franchise. It clearly states us on what it was like during the 1960s when poverty and rich didn't get on with each other. It reminds me of how Catholics and protestants didn't come to agreement with each other during the troubles in Northern Ireland. All of this fighting was just completely nonsense and pointless.I think it wasn't Johnny's fault for killing one of the socs because they really were crazy for trying to drown him. Jesus, all they cared about was the looks and not the personality! I would worry more of the personality then the looks.It was too bad Johnny died from burns trying to save the children in the old church building which was himself and ponies hideout. Why the hell were people there especially children? That gave me goosebumps and confusion! It didn't give us a chance to know what really happened! It was also too bad Dallas had to die from the police as he was going mental! It was pretty much the loss of Johnny that triggered him to become angry. I really thought Matt Dillon looked gorgeous during his youth, he looks so much like James Franco! Cherry probably should've taken him regardless if he was acting like a dope. However, he still was a cutie back then regardless hahaha! Good film but some scenes are tear jerking!

azred-19780 The Outsiders is a very powerful book with so many deep meanings behind it. I went through many emotions during reading this, and most of the chapters I enjoyed reading. Although it is very well written piece, it is sort of monotonous at times. As well as this, the characters, settings and plot were sometimes hard to follow. Out of 10 stars, I would give it a 7 because I did thoroughly enjoy it. It moves at a good pace, and it is very well revised. 8th graders is a good audience for this piece, and they can get many valuable lessons while reading it. The movie barely differed from the book. However, the movie is at a very very slow pacing and it was very boring to me.