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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Stand by Me
Sean-Furlong-1989 — 12 years ago(August 25, 2013 06:47 AM)
Girls feel free to answer too.
I would say I am the Gordie of the group. I was the shy, bookish one and my siblings and cousins were the popular, sporty etc type. I was always compared to my relatives.
I saw this film for the first time when I was 14 and identified with Gordie, even now 10 years later Gordie still reminds me of myself.
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areyouforcereal — 12 years ago(August 26, 2013 07:23 PM)
I'm a girl but I would say that I'm a mix between Gordie and Vern.
I say Gordie because I am the shy, bookish girl of the group. I also love to write.
I'm also the goofy, awkward "butt-of-the-joke" one of the group much like Vern.
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ms-zanadu — 12 years ago(September 05, 2013 03:00 PM)
For myself I would say a bit of each main character
. Gordie for being on the shy and imaginative side ( as been told by other folks over the years ) , Vern for being taunted by my peers ( when I was his age especially ) , Chris for his understanding of friendships or trying to break up fights between friends when needed , and Teddy for being proud of my parents even if they were not perfect ( of course my parents would have never done what Teddy's father did to him
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Zaxzar — 12 years ago(December 07, 2013 08:34 AM)
I was definitely Gordie. I relate to him so well. I was somewhat shy and even at a young age loved writing. I would write stories. I would wish for a friend like Gordie had in Chris who was somewhat the opposite of him. Someone who was more outgoing, had more a bad ass reputation but who protected him.
But in later years I can relate to each of the kids. They all have traits I had at some point in my life.
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ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 12 years ago(December 17, 2013 04:24 PM)
I was a cross between Gordie and Vern, so the husky but naive dreamer who was the brains behind the lead guy who was my best friend who was so much like Chris Chambers come to life.
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lockedforediting — 12 years ago(January 03, 2014 10:51 AM)
That's a tough one! I wish I could say I was Chris in this film but I'm more a Gordie with Teddie's temperament. Chris was so cool though, and mature so perhaps I'll kid myself I'm most like him.
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fistoffury — 12 years ago(January 08, 2014 08:59 PM)
I would be most like Chris, a natural leader and an all around tough guy with a bit of a rocky past. I am not like Chris, however, in the sense that I don't get involved in stuff Im not supposed to get involved in, such as when Chris tried to break up an argument in a restaurant which led to his demise.
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pjpurple-1 — 12 years ago(April 02, 2014 07:13 PM)
Another Gordie here! I used to fill up notebooks with stories, poems and a magazine that I created. I was the editor and all the columnists. ha But thankfully, I did not have the bad relationship with my parents that Gordie did.
I was somewhat like Chris too, kind of mature for my age. That was probably because I was the oldest and I had to watch my younger siblings a lot. -
PeteRose — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 06:15 PM)
I am so Gordie, always have been. I would love to be Chris, and I have had many friends like him or Teddy and definitely some Verns. I am a storyteller, a brooder, and I perhaps had the best friends I ever had when I was twelve. The only obvious difference would be I am gay, so I guess I a gay Gordie (some might argue a regular Gordie)
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TwoThousandOneMark — 11 years ago(August 13, 2014 03:32 PM)
I'm a Gordie.
My father passed when I was 12yrs old, & that was 1990 when this movie was still pretty fresh.
It was one of my favs before that time, & as I aged it eventually became my #1 of all time.
The last line of the movie, as well as the 3 best friends I grew up with near mimicking Gordie's (an athlete, a jokester, & a guy 2yrs younger than us- all of whom grew apart as we aged ourselves), has always been awesomely precise.
I honestly have never read a more accurate sentence my entire life.
I still feel like Gordie sometimes, unsure of the future even as I'm an adult. That sounds weird yet I know I'm not alone there.