Cathy was cute too but her acting was pretty bad. He's cute so that helps, but his acting wasn't great and it ruined some of the scenes. The main character, Bryon, was sometimes enjoyable to watch and sometimes hard to watch. And of course, Morgan Freeman was awesome as he always is but his part wasn't major in this movie. The acting was pretty bad, except for Emilio Estivez who actually was enduring and cute. And, lack of developing the story on this point really makes you only half appreciate the characters and their conflicts (and in this case, not even their resolution). Unlike previous adaptations of Hinton's novels, even those not directed by Coppola, they really fail to portray the struggles that the characters realize in the book. And yes, they unfortunately acquiesced to the Hollywood happy ending, and in the sappiest way, despite all of the problems that the characters endure.
Hinton's novel always portrayed a struggle from the brother who is looking out at things that, by his perception, have become (or always were) seriously out of control. Plus, as another viewer already mentioned, they shifted the focus on characters so that superstar Emilio Esteves becomes the center of attention. The whole mood looks like something out of a music video, with Craig Scheffer coming off more like a guy who broke off a long relationship with a girlfriend rather than dealing with a rambunctious brother (in addition to other things). I think it is in part the chemistry among the characters. I would've attribute the mediocrity of the movie, or at least the inability to really put forth all that the novel did, was because it was not directed by Francis Ford Coppola (who directs 'The Outsiders,' and does a fabulous job with 'Rumble Fish'), except 'Tex,' which was a pretty good movie, was likewise not directed by Coppola. 'That Was Then, This is Now' was the last film adaptation (although the TV series for 'The Outsiders' follows five years later after the release of this movie). Hinton's novels as a kid: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish (which in my opinion, is the greatest film adaptation in the series despite everyone's fascination with The Outsiders), Tex, and That Was Then This is Now. Now is right up there with Tex, Rumblefish. Some of the best acting in both their careers.
The key scene is when we learn as Estevez confides to Scheffer just what it is He gets involved in deeperĪnd deeper and threatens to bring Sheffer in with him if Sheffer does not heed Estevez is on the road to career criminality. Estevez is carrying a lot around, many of us do and we react to it in different But Sheffer is starting to think that may be if I grow up their just After his parents killed themselves, Emilio Estevez is taken in by his best friendĬraig Sheffer and his mom Barbara Babcock. They are on a street to nowhere in their lives. That Was Then, This Is Now is the story of two working class youths who look like
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