Stayin Alive Hangi Filmde
Angie Troia
Nadine sits in front of Jake, Devon and Lexy when they arrive to Incarnate Lord during Father Bryce's sermon. She introduces herself and asks what they are in for. When the students go up for communion, she explains to them that she sinned this morning and can't take communion until she confesses her sins.
Lexy is chosen to be Nadine's new roommate, where Lexy asks to have the bed closest to the door. However, Nadine tells her she has to stay close to the bathroom due to her bladder condition, and Sister Catherine adds she hasn't wet the bed in weeks. As Lexy removes her makeup, Nadine comments on how she's never been friends with someone so pretty before. Lexy retorts that they aren't going to be friends as she doesn't plan on staying long. Nadine comments that no one does, and that she has been here since seventh grade as her parents couldn't control her.
Sometime in the day, Nadine finds Chucky in the stairwell and hides him under her bed. During the night, Lexy goes through Nadine's dresser drawers and finds a collection of random things inside. She admits that she has kleptomania and steals things, which is the reason for her being at Incarnate Lord. While she sleeps at night, Chucky attempts to leave their room but is spotted by Lexy causing her to scream. Nadine wakes up and also screams at seeing Chucky alive, alerting everyone in the hall and Sister Ruth. Lexy tries to calm Nadine down, who thinks it's her fault the doll came to life, as God is punishing her for her kleptomania. Lexy urges her to say nothing.
The next day, Nadine and Lexy meet with Jake and Devon, who reveal they have captured Chucky. They intend on finding out what this Chucky is hiding, as they believe he is gathering information on them. After three days they are still unsuccessful, so they decide to brainwash the Scout Chucky. First they overload his senses with violence, then they allow Nadine to play him family friendly cartoons until the morning, causing him to finally become docile. Nadine takes an immediate liking to him and volunteers to watch Good Chucky as the others go to class. She talks to him about her mother's death and her close relationship to her cat Mr. Pasta until she has to go to class, leaving Chucky in Lexy's care.
Nadine stops by the confessional booth to confess her sins to Father O'Malley. She talks about Lexy's drug problem, as she recognizes the signs of addiction because her mother was also an addict. She also talks about how mean Trevor is, and about Chucky's existence as a living doll being a violation of everything she believes in. Once she finally finishes talking, she asks Father O'Malley what her penance is, and is surprised to hear she must perform 400 "Hail Mary's". After she leaves the booth, she finds a pile of rosary beads on the floor, and puts as many as she can into her pocket before walking away.
Walking back upstairs, she is shocked to discover neither Lexy nor Chucky in the room. Nadine runs out and heads towards the girl's bathroom, finding Lexy in one of the stalls. Lexy explains that she cannot handle the stress of trying to keep up the appearance of being the cool and chill one while the weight of Jake and Devon fighting, Chucky, her mother Michelle, and Trevor bears down on her. Nadine offers to be a friend to Lexy, and holds her hand until she calms down. Returning to their room, they are horrified to see Trevor's corpse on their floor just as Sister Ruth draws near for her room inspection. They drag Trevor's body into the closet, cover the bloodstained floor with blankets and stuffed animals, and sit on the floor just as Sister Ruth enters. Nadine follows her around the room during the inspection and asks her inane questions about their previous health lesson, to the point that Sister Ruth cuts the inspection short and gives them the all-clear before leaving. While Nadine cleans the room and questions what to do with Trevor's corpse, Lexy begins having withdrawals from the Clonazepam and leaves to go to the bathroom with Trevor's drug stash. Nadine follows, and tells Lexy the story of her mother's death. She was a drug addict, and when Nadine was in the fourth grade, she came home from school and walked in on her mom unconscious. Crying, Lexy comes out of the stall and hugs Nadine. The two then flush the drug stash down the toilet, and walk back to their room.
When they return to their room, they discover that Trevor's corpse has been taken. They go to Jake's room and wait for Devon to come back, explaining what has happened. As Chucky becomes confused about his evil past and fears hurting his friends, Jake decides to baptize him and asks for Nadine's help. In the chapel Nadine leads the baptism, and she and Jake become Good Chucky's godparents.
The next day, Devon and Lexy have gone missing, as they went searching for the Chucky known as "The Colonel". As punishment for their disappearance, Father Bryce puts the school on lockdown, forcing the students to stay in their rooms. During the evening, Nadine and Lexy sneak out and through the window to Devon and Jake's room. They discuss their plans on how to fight the Colonel, and decide to wait for him to come to them. Nadine arms them with weapons that she had stolen. Just then, they hear a metal scraping noise coming to their door. It is revealed to be the Colonel, but he collapses to the ground and dies as Andy stabbed him in the head with scissors.
Andy, Devon, Jake, Lexy and Nadine are locked in the room by Dr. Mixter, who takes Good Chucky with her. Managing to open the door, Andy tackles her and they fall down a flight of stairs. Good Chucky runs away and up the stairs, scared that Dr. Mixter is trying to kill him, and Nadine follows close behind. They end at the tower, where Good Chucky insists that he doesn't deserve her as he is still bad. Nadine reminds him that he has been baptized, and his godmother is here to protect him. Chucky questions if that is like a fairy godmother, and then asks if she knows what fairies like to do. When she comes over to hug Good Chucky, he pushes her out of the window, remarking that "fairies like to fly". She falls to her death, landing on a statue of the Virgin Mary.
After Nadine's death, Lexy is incapable of handling it and attempts to overdose on Clonazepam. She then begins to hallucinate Nadine as an angel, and they discuss her relapse on drugs and her considering suicide. Nadine reassures her that people care about her and that she will get through this as Lexy is the bravest person she knows. Although Lexy apologizes to her for not being able to save her, Nadine comforts her, telling her to talk to Jake and Devon about her feelings. She then disappears, leaving Lexy alone.
rocky iv dendiğinde akla ilk gelen şey tabii ki de konusu: yapay bir şekilde gl hale getirilen sovyet boksrn 100% organik bir şekilde kendini hazırlayıp kalbi ve ruhu ile savaşan amerikan boksre kendi sahasında yenilmesi. ama filmin akılda kalan bir başka zelliği daha var: neredeyse bir mzik klibi şeklinde ekilmesi.
bill conti'nin gonna fly now'ının gazına gelip kim bilir ka insan spor salonuna yazıldı. şarkı filmin nne geti desek abartı olur ama şarkının film ile btnleştiği ve de şarkıyı filmden aldığımızda rocky'nin byk bir kan kaybedeceği aşikar. zaten bu şarkı rocky ii ve rocky iii'te de kendine yer buldu. bunun dışında filmde yer alan conti eserleri de ok iyidir. going the distance da bir o kadar gaza getirici bir alışmadır mesela. redemption da etkileyicidir. geri tm bu şarkılar gonna fly now'ı oluşturan ana rocky temasından ok uzaklaşmayan eserlerdir.
birincisi kendisinin 1983'te saturday night fever'ın devam filmi staying alive'ın ynetmenliğini yapması. john travolta'nın oynadığı bu film dans, zellikle de disko mziği, konusuna odaklanmış ve de bee gees tarafından desteklenen soundtrack'i başarı toplayan bir alışmaydı. ikincisi ise stallone'un country mzik divası dolly parton ile 1984'te ektiği rhinestone ki bu film de bir mzikal. hatta stallone filmde şarkı bile sylemekte. yani o dnem stallone'un alışmaları mzik dnyası ile zaten dirsek temasının bile tesinde. bir de rocky iv ekilmeden nce amerikan dnyasına mtv denilen bir gerek girmişti. artık şarkı denilen şey sadece kulaktan alınan değil, grsellerle desteklenen bir rn haline dnmşt. bununla beraber film mzikleri kimine gre sıkıcı klasik mzik besteleri yerine mtv'de dinlenilen şarkılara dnerken, mzik klipleri de kısa filmlere evriliyordu. stallone, zaten orijinal rocky'nin antrenman sahnelerinde "gonna fly now"ı yle bir kullanmıştı ki sanki bir klip ekmişti bile. rocky iii'n başında da eye of the tigert'ın (ki demo versiyonudur aslında) rocky'nin ykselişine eşlik etmesi de bir video klip gibidir. rocky iv'te ise bu trendin neredeyse sınırlarının zorlandığını gryoruz. bir film eleştirmeni iin can sıkıcı bir hamle olsa bile bu seimin da rocky iv'e yıllar boyunca unutulmayacak kendine has bir tarz yarattığını da sylemek gerek.
şans eseri o sırada bill conti, karate kid ile meşguld ve de rocky iv'te alışamayacaktı. ancak conti'nin stallone ile anlaşmazlık iinde olduğu da başka bir iddia ki bana bu daha mantıklı geliyor. bill conti gibi kendini kanıtlamış bir adamın yıllarca emek verdiği rocky serisinde dnemin popler şarkıcıları arasında kaynama gibi bir duruma tamam demesi zor. zaten rocky iii'te eye of the tiger'ın glgesinde bir kez kalmış. hatta aslında eye of the tiger'a karar verilmeden bill conti, bir bestesini rocky iii'te kullanması iin stallone'a nermiş ancak bu fikir reddedilmiş. conti de you're the best adlı şarkıyı karate kid'e vermiş. o şarkı da iyi bir başarı kazandı. karate kid ile rocky serisinin mzikal anlamdaki tek bağlantısı bu değil. karate kid'in soundtrack'inin de rocky iii'te olduğu gibi bir survivor bestesi ile aıldığını gryoruz. ancak bu sefer bill conti iin ortada bir problem olduğunu syleyemeyiz keza survivor'ın aldığı the moment of truth bir bill conti bestesi. velhasıl rocky iv ncesi stallone şunu biliyor: bill conti yeni filmde yer almayacak ve film bol bol 80'ler tarzı biraz abartı rock ve pop şarkıları ile gazlanacak. bu gazlamayı da scotti bros adlı plak şirketi sayesinde başaracak. scotti bros, survivor'ın plak şirketi. "eye of the tiger" bir klasik olunca stallone, rocky iv soundtrack'i iin survivor'ın şirketi ile anlaştı ve de albme girecek sanatıları bu plak şirketinin anlaşmalı sanatılarından setiler. yine de elbette araları doldurmalık bir film mziği lazım. peki bunu kim yapacak? bu isim conti'yi taklit mı edecek yoksa 80'lerin ruhunu mu yansıtacak?