A Childhood Favorite That Over Time Has Proven To "Stay Gold".

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.

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!

I had to watch this movie for an English class. It was hard to follow the story-line and take notes at the same time. The movie differs a lot from the book. It was hard to watch and understand the movie considering it is 2015 and the movie was made in the 80's. They also appear to be older than the book says they are. In the book Pony is 13, but in the movie he's like in his 30's. The movie is also very short and leaves out key points from the book. The movie was much worse than the book, in my opinion. It does have a good life lesson that people can learn and use in life. I suggest age 13 plus for this movie. This movie was a good lesson, but hard to watch and understand.