G

Hej, I know this film is extra x-tra cheese, but I love it!

It is a trip back to the 80's. This film is cult defined. The clothing and the music is sooo good. Olle Ljungström in the band "Nümberg 47"-just the name makes me laugh inside, is hilarious as the "fascistic" band member.

Someone commented that the film is a too simple view of life as a teenager, I couldn't agree more! However I don't see this as being negative, rather the stereotypes are sometime so stupid that you can only laugh (and laugh good) at them.

I also enjoy all the Stockholm footage (Kolingsborg, Vanadisbadet mm), this however I guess is mostly if you have lived in Stockholm otherwise it's nothing special.

Although G is a lame film it has great music. I think more of it as a music film than a generation film. My favourite scenes are of course the live performances with Reeperbahn (as Nürnberg 47, an unsympathetic and decadent nationalist band) and Nasa who at the time still made wonderfully simple electronic pop with Swedish lyrics.

Among the best scenes are the settings in concert hall of Kolingsborg (as the Club G, run by the sleazy character wonderfully played by Magnus Uggla) where I've been many times since which gives the film an extra point for nostalgia. The place is about to be torn down i the rebuilding of Slussen in Stockholm that is about to begin within short.

Another memorable scene is the live show with Nürnberg 47 at Ljusdals Folkets Park and the backstage scene where Reeperbahn plays Venus In Furs while the members are occupied with the groupies, a key-scene in which Sebastian decides this is not the life for him.

Last but no least the performances of Barn with Niels Jensen are great in their New Romantic / Punk crossover style. The soundtrack of course is a given part of any good 80's record collection!

If you like the fashion and the music of the 80's, you'll love G! It doesn't get more 80's than this.

Another reason to see this movie is Olle Ljungströms great synth cover on Velvet Underground's "Venus in furs" (written by Lou Reed). It's fantastic!

G stands for 'gemenskap', which is Swedish for fellowship, the feeling of togetherness. This is the message of the movie - together we can help each other stay on the right path. Cute, but not exactly revolutionary news - not to mention its omitting of how difficult it actually is to feel togetherness, when things get complicated.

But in this movie, nothing is allowed to get complicated. We meet a few teens with very teenish problems, in their most over-simplified form, and see how they first succumb to different kinds of temptation, but later - yes, with the help of each other - manage to get free of them. It's all as easy as bread-in-a-box.

Of course, such simplified dilemmas and solutions function only with a moral which is just as simple - and it needs to be intolerant and conformist. Silly, too.

The film was a huge hit with teens, when first released - although it tried to teach them to 'stay in school' in every way. Critics despised it, for good reasons. Now, time has kindly been transporting it toward oblivion.

But one anomaly remains to be considered with this movie: With such an uncool moral oozing from it, how could it be a hit with the kids? Was it because the adult world expressed its contempt for it? That, teens can always relate to.

I gave this movie a 10, just because it is so bad that seems it was shot like that in purpose. A hidden gem in horrible movies. So glad I watched it!