Rick Meyer
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Pen Cap Chew said:
Sounds good. I just added it to my Blockbuster Online queue.
Garden State & LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
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Sounds good. I just added it to my Blockbuster Online queue.
NathanPresley
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yes, because ALL dysfunctional families are the exact same lol
DavidBeier
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<B>Garden State-5</B>-Man I dislike this film. If I wanted to see someone masterbate on celluloid the way Braff does here I would........Ok, I can't think of a funny way to end this metaphor because I really don't wanna see anyone masterbate on celluliod. Rather I'll just say that this was self indullgent bullshit.
For a long time there was the rather cliched genre of the single woman coming to terms with herself and finding love. They'd usually conclude with some kind of self-affirming declaration and then either running off with the man of her dreams or occasionally rejecting him. This genre then spun off the "gay man coming out film" that we see often in a lot of young writers. Same basic thing only this time it's a young man coming to terms with the fact that he's gay and finding love (I've seen my peers produce drivil like this over and over). Usually ends with him coming and telling those who are unaccepting (usually his parents) that they better deal with it then him running off with the man of his dreams (I'm sure there's a lesbian equivelent but I haven't read one). Braff has now taken the genre to new hights with the "strait guy coming out film." He might as well be telling his father at the end that he's gay or a woman because everything else in the movie is pretty much connect the dots in this formula. I guess I'm more willing to forgive the "gay coming out movie" since I assume it's still not easy being a homosexual in this country and some melodramatic screenplay theropy may be a neccesity for some. But Braff has no excuse for this crap. It's self indulgent tripe, clearly somewhat autobiographical, where he writes himself a lot of cheesy validation and a happy ending. I was ironically really looking forward to this movie but it really left a bad tast in my mouth.
All that said, despite my hate of the film's self-indulgence and shallow-ness, it has it's moments. Some of the dialogue is funny (other parts are not), and a lot of the sequences are surprisingly well shot and of course helped a lot by the score. It's not a terrible movie but it's no where near what anyone has made it out to be. If I'm gonna watch someone masterbate on film I'll stick to Woody Allen. At least he's funny and a lot more honest when he does it.
<B>Little Miss Sunshine-7</B>-Also doesn't quite live up to the hype but is more enjoyible. The tone of the film itself is a bit too telagraphed and often forced for my tastes. Greg Kinear's character is completely unsufferible (even when he's supposed to be redeeming himself) and the son Dwayne is too much of a cliche to be interesting. Thankfully, the rest of the cast is fantastic. Alan Arkin, Abilgail Breslin, Toni Collette, and Steve Carral (who knew he could act?), all deliver wonderful performances that manage to make the sometimes forced writing feel natural. If ever there was proof of the wonders good acting can do for a film it's this. There are also a number of hilarious moments (and a number that aren't as funny as they think they are) and the film is much more entertaining than not when all is said and done.
For a long time there was the rather cliched genre of the single woman coming to terms with herself and finding love. They'd usually conclude with some kind of self-affirming declaration and then either running off with the man of her dreams or occasionally rejecting him. This genre then spun off the "gay man coming out film" that we see often in a lot of young writers. Same basic thing only this time it's a young man coming to terms with the fact that he's gay and finding love (I've seen my peers produce drivil like this over and over). Usually ends with him coming and telling those who are unaccepting (usually his parents) that they better deal with it then him running off with the man of his dreams (I'm sure there's a lesbian equivelent but I haven't read one). Braff has now taken the genre to new hights with the "strait guy coming out film." He might as well be telling his father at the end that he's gay or a woman because everything else in the movie is pretty much connect the dots in this formula. I guess I'm more willing to forgive the "gay coming out movie" since I assume it's still not easy being a homosexual in this country and some melodramatic screenplay theropy may be a neccesity for some. But Braff has no excuse for this crap. It's self indulgent tripe, clearly somewhat autobiographical, where he writes himself a lot of cheesy validation and a happy ending. I was ironically really looking forward to this movie but it really left a bad tast in my mouth.
All that said, despite my hate of the film's self-indulgence and shallow-ness, it has it's moments. Some of the dialogue is funny (other parts are not), and a lot of the sequences are surprisingly well shot and of course helped a lot by the score. It's not a terrible movie but it's no where near what anyone has made it out to be. If I'm gonna watch someone masterbate on film I'll stick to Woody Allen. At least he's funny and a lot more honest when he does it.
<B>Little Miss Sunshine-7</B>-Also doesn't quite live up to the hype but is more enjoyible. The tone of the film itself is a bit too telagraphed and often forced for my tastes. Greg Kinear's character is completely unsufferible (even when he's supposed to be redeeming himself) and the son Dwayne is too much of a cliche to be interesting. Thankfully, the rest of the cast is fantastic. Alan Arkin, Abilgail Breslin, Toni Collette, and Steve Carral (who knew he could act?), all deliver wonderful performances that manage to make the sometimes forced writing feel natural. If ever there was proof of the wonders good acting can do for a film it's this. There are also a number of hilarious moments (and a number that aren't as funny as they think they are) and the film is much more entertaining than not when all is said and done.
NathanPresley
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what are some of your favorite movies davidbeier ?
just curious
just curious