Anyone else in love with Kevin?
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first_rule_of_fightclub — 11 years ago(November 25, 2014 02:18 PM)
Well, it wasn't a cell phone, Jack. But your point is well taken. Kevin and Kirby stalked their crushes and Alex and Billy couldn't be faithful to one woman.
That makes it sound like I hate this movie, but I really like it. I could've done without the Kirby character, though. -
LadyDi4476 — 9 years ago(August 02, 2016 09:07 AM)
Shut the hell up you goofy bastard, you only boned Leslie once and now you are making wedding plans!
lmao! I know I always want Leslie to smack him upside the head with the receiver when he says that! Talk about delusional!
Andrew McCarthy was very cute in the '80s, but Kevin was not an appealing character. When he was wasn't stalking Leslie he was being a typical brooding "I hate life" writer. I like his scenes with the prostitute because he seemed a bit more relaxed and not like he was putting on an act.
I thought he was cutest in Pretty In Pinkand Heaven Help Us.
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AnneGirl2 — 11 years ago(November 24, 2014 06:23 PM)
When I saw "St. Elmo's Fire" in the movie theater in the 80s, the audience broke out in applause when Kevin told Leslie that he was totally in love with her. Clearly, his character was a fan favorite. The writers should have had Leslie choose Kevin over Alec. But their lovemaking was just about Leslie needing to break away from Alec.
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rascal67 — 10 years ago(June 07, 2015 04:06 AM)
When I saw "St. Elmo's Fire" in the movie theater in the 80s, the audience broke out in applause when Kevin told Leslie that he was totally in love with her. Clearly, his character was a fan favorite.
McCarthy's Kevin, should have been 'clearly' 'gay', like the movie alluded too, until it decided to cop out. Oh, he can be suggested 'gay'; but not really 'gay', as we don't want to offend or scare the simpleminded sheep away, as this was only the 80's. Kevin, (McCarthy), looked gay and dressed gay and Schumacher was a 'schmuck', for selling out.
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shmourtney — 9 years ago(May 03, 2016 09:06 AM)
Don't worry, they fixed this in the remake, "Reality Bites." Steve Zahn's character is gay, so that rounds out the group in the way Kevin didn't. I think him being in love with Leslie is what makes Kevin so bitter and cynical. Even before Alec starts screwing around, I think he knows (since they are best friends) that he's not with Leslie for the right reasons, or that somehow he's not right for her, which fuels his bitterness. I don't think it's simple jealousy, but the cheating really got to him.
I think also Alec could tell that Kevin liked Leslie. I think it made him feel superior. He immediately jumped on Kevin when Leslie accused him of cheating- it's possible that she discovered some evidence or someone else saw him with one of his fancy women about town, but he knew Kevin carried a torch for Leslie, and accused him first. He totally lost his cool, and part of it was because he lost his perceived superiority (including over Kevin). -
felicia-blake-1 — 10 years ago(August 10, 2015 07:15 AM)
I loved Kevin in this film also. When I first watched this I was at an impressionable age and actually believed any guy secretly in love with me would reveal themselves to me in the same way he did to Ally Sheedy in St Elmo's Fire.
Never happened - Still gutted about that.
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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 03:14 PM)
Well, she didn't really love him. That one night stand was just that she was angry about Alec. Kevin seemed to be very negative about stuff and it is so dumb when he is in Jules' apt. and she is telling him he is gay and he just leaves. Why didn't he prove he wasn't gay by taking her into the bedroom and having sex with her?