'Empire Records' (the movie) - C or D?

And the worst part about it was that it sparked a thousand dumb-asses coming up to me at Michigan Wherehouse Records and saying "Is that really what record stores are like?" while filling out applications that I threw away as soon as they walked out the door.

Well, hold on now, maybe it's an accurate portrayal of Delaware record stores.

Therefore I'm afraid you are all assholes.

The "suicidal girl" character makes me want to squirm out of my skin.

it is a mystery to me.

Teenagers eat it up though.

And therefore Times Square, which stressed him (Allan Moyle) out so much that all his hair fell out.

That is all.

I absolutely hated it the first time I watched it, and was hesitant to see it a second. But it was that second viewing that it started to get better -- and then with the third, I liked it even more. I guess I've seen it six or seven times now, but not recently.

Wait, you know all the characters???

-- Jordan (jordancohe...), May 17th, 2003.

Jordan is OTM.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

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You are most like Gina. You are confident in your
sexuality. You want romance, but you don't get
it often. Maybe this is because men suck at romance. Nonetheless, you are happy with just some good sex. You like to be the center of
attention and appear very confiden, but you have lower self esteem than most people would think and you try to make up for what you lack
by hiding your real self behind your exterior. Chances are, your family life kind of sucks and you don't get along with your parents, especially because they don't approve of most of what you do.

Which Empire Records character are you?
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You are most like Lucas. You can be somewhat irresponsible, but you don't ever regret what you do. You are pretty stylish, but without much effort. You are intelligent and philosophical. You speak your mind, despite the consequences. It is difficult for you to accept change because you have been passed around a little bit and you long for stability in your life. You could really do a lot with your verbal abilities and your intelligence. As far as family life, you were most likely adopted. Please kill yourself now.

On a whim I decided to get the soundtrack as I remember being fond of it in ’95. I’m embarrassed. Even the Edwyn Collins number comes off as terrible.

I hate my childhood.

horrible piece of shit

quite like the song Renee Zellwegger sings

also "damn the man"

what's it doing in atlantic city lucas?

recirculating.

Liv Tyler's underwear is gigantic, like a pillowcase, in this movie....

Can anyone identify the records in the listening booths while AC/DC's "If You Want Blood, You Go It" is playing in the store? One is obviously The Carpenters. Ten City's State of Mind is another. But I can't identify what the punky boy is thrashing to and what the moony hippieish couple is listening to. Help?

really awful movie, but i am kind of in love with Ethan Embry, the one who plays 'Mark.'

This movie is fantastic but yeah, in a awful way.

I was SO in love with Ethan Embry when this came out but have you seen him now? He hasn't aged well.

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yeah, i looked him up and realized he'd aged terribly. but he is so cute in Empire Records.

I know like adorable to a ridiculous level. So sad!

I was at a club in LA drunk off my ass once and recognized the guy DJing as the rocker dude from Empire Records whose name I remembered (even in my inebriated state) is Coyote Shivers. So I went up to him and was like, um were you in ER? It was, in fact, him and I walked off with two really shitty CDs of his that later because embarrassingly guilty pleasures.

I also saw a little person on little crutches OD in that club that night. That's a whole other story though.

Never saw it, but it struck me as something that would make me hate my fellow human being (more than I already do).

hey man anything with Rory Cochrane in it can't be that bad...

(oh wait, CSI: Miami...Fuck!)

Man, this movie is fucking awful.

Awful beyond compare

and it just keeps getting worse

Would probably actually pay to read Alex in NYC liveblogging watching this film for the first time

getting my phone blown up with "Happy Rex Manning Day" texts since last night thanks to being copied on a stupid MMS thread that everyone is now replying to. fuck this movie1

anyone who doesn't like this movie is a big pooper

imo this movie is really bad but i love it

what does that make me

I think I watched the first fifteen minutes or so once. At the very least I must've given up on it before it even got to this Rex Manning thing, cause I don't recognize that dude at all.

happy rex manning day neanderthal

I hate this film. It's just not even kitschy and funny bad, it's just boring and terrible bad.

ty qualx!

I think my issue with the movie is it feels so paint-by-numbers. every character/moment feels like boxes ticked on a checklist.

Love how this film is basically the third part of a "youth rebelling through music trilogy" from director Allan Moyle that also
includes the amazing Times Square (1980) and Pump Up the Volume (1990). All 3 films have amazing soundtracks, but
Pump Up the Volume is probably the most poignant (and, being a teacher, I've always liked its message about a school alienating
vulnerable kids as a way of making money-a prescient look at the charter school "revolution").

this movie was not good but i am slightly surprised that people are that offended by it that they think it's like THE WORST movie ever

it ain't Congo bad, no

Always wanted to see Times Square. Never seen the appeal of empire records.

this is a great bad movie.

I remain somewhat baffled by the fact that totally unmemorable lines from this pandering piece of garbage have become quotables for people my age and younger.

the shoplifter stealing rap and metal cds and getting the condescending "see this is why yr so ANGRY" speech from the wisecracking sensei employee always annoys me. not cos I fit the description, mostly cos it's just a lazy eyerolly sequence. same thing with the dance sequence to AC/DC.

despite approaching things from a slightly different topical angle, this movie has more in common with Airheads than it would like to admit, in terms of its attitude. whether that's a good or bad thing is up to you!

I loved Pump Up the Volume.

Never seen Empire Records. Heard from many folks it's awful.

The soundtrack rules. My introduction to both Orange Juice and the Innocence Mission.

i think part of the appeal of this movie is falling in love with it when you are btwn the ages of 10-15 and you are also like on track to growing up to be a total music nerd who loves music so much

yeah i probably first watched it around 14/15. but it's such a weird movie to get angry about! just a dorky stupid 90s movie at the tail end of the dorky stupid 90s movie cycle. i guess music nerds take it seriously because "music".

What are its peers? Mallrats? Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead? I'm having trouble remembering this particular cycle--though maybe I've just forgotten most of them on purpose.

I hate this film. It's just not even kitschy and funny bad, it's just boring and terrible bad.

― emil.y, Sunday, 10 April 2016 13:48 (9 hours ago) Permalink

I hated this the first time I saw it, back when it was new. Years later, I saw it a couple more times and ended up really liking it. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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