Girls feel free to answer too.
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PeteRose — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 06:15 PM)
I am so Gordie, always have been. I would love to be Chris, and I have had many friends like him or Teddy and definitely some Verns. I am a storyteller, a brooder, and I perhaps had the best friends I ever had when I was twelve. The only obvious difference would be I am gay, so I guess I a gay Gordie (some might argue a regular Gordie)
Give me some skin.
I'll see ya.
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TwoThousandOneMark — 11 years ago(August 13, 2014 03:32 PM)
I'm a Gordie.
My father passed when I was 12yrs old, & that was 1990 when this movie was still pretty fresh.
It was one of my favs before that time, & as I aged it eventually became my #1 of all time.
The last line of the movie, as well as the 3 best friends I grew up with near mimicking Gordie's (an athlete, a jokester, & a guy 2yrs younger than us- all of whom grew apart as we aged ourselves), has always been awesomely precise.
I honestly have never read a more accurate sentence my entire life.
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Zaxzar — 11 years ago(August 15, 2014 07:08 AM)
I still feel like Gordie sometimes, unsure of the future even as I'm an adult. That sounds weird yet I know I'm not alone there.
No you're definitely not alone. Actually it doesn't sound weird at all. One of my favorite lines of the movie was at the beginning with the narration saying that it happenned in 1959 "a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years"
Mr. Grady, you
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sauerKRaut92 — 11 years ago(September 23, 2014 08:14 AM)
I'd like to say a combination of all of them. I was never into sports, had a brother who was a really popular athlete, I enjoy reading and writing; so I'm Lachance in those ways. I came from an alcoholic family and I thought I was going to end up like them, and I was always kind of the peacekeeper in our group of friends; so Chris. As a preteen, I was overweight and was the but of a lot of jokes from my "friends"; Vern. TeddyWell, not so much I guess. We all have our Teddy moments though.
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threehundreddogs — 11 years ago(March 26, 2015 10:02 PM)
i identified a lot with teddy. im reckless and angry and people think im strange. its actually rare for me to identify with someone this much. i find it easier to relate to kids though, haha. but whatever. i think one of the great things about this movie is how everyone can relate to at least one of the kids. nice thread good stuff.
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highschoolkiller — 10 years ago(April 13, 2015 06:40 AM)
gordie. I love writing and i have lot of imagination. But as far as i can remember, i was Always writing stories in my notebooks.
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Marquis_Aurelius — 10 years ago(June 17, 2015 07:30 PM)
I agree with you on Gordie. When I was younger, he was everything I was. I think today as I am a 30 year old male, I still familiarize with the Gordie character amongst not only in my social group, but family and my work environment as well.
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Robbmonster — 10 years ago(September 10, 2015 07:35 AM)
I'm most like Gordie, no doubt. A slight touch of Chris (leadership qualities), a bit of Vern (innocent humour), and not much of Teddy to speak of.
That's one of the strengths of the film, though. The characters are so well-drawn from real life that everyone can see a bit of themselves or someone they know in each of them.
Growing up in a small country town (as I did), my friends and I WERE those kids. Camping out, going on adventures, feeling misunderstood by out parents, dealing with older/tougher/dumber kids, it was all there.
Never defend crap with 'It's just a movie'
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DeadandBuried81 — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 05:03 PM)
A mix between Teddie and Chris
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