Look, I was a teenager who was also an outcast and wanted to get laid, but how many freaking movies do we have to see about nerdy str8 boys wanting to get laid? You guys get everything from American Graffiti to Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Superbad and what do I get? Another Gay Movie. Enough already.
And the nincompoop cops were SOOOO not funny--they were cringe-worthy--I kept hoping McLovin would accidently shoot them. If it weren't for Michael Cera's impeccable comic timing, Superbad would barely register.
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Saw 'Superbad' again. Close to perfect for its genre. While the cops really do come from nowhere and have little to do with the film, they're an inspired contrivance, incredibly funny. It's incredibly well-acted and I still laughed until I genuinely felt pain during the Pictures of Dicks montage. This film really seems to understand what it means to be an outcast, a straight-up outcast struggling to get laid...even if the third act elevates their stock a little bit which is understandable. Watching 'Knocked Up' again later, but 'Superbad' managed to impress more on a second viewing. Let it be said that while Judd Apatow is a master of corralling talent together, Greg Mottolla molded the tighter film with no loss of performance.
"How's the despair?"
Sleuth: Sorta entertaining for a misdirected unecessary remake of a work not that great to begin with (I'm referring to the original Shaffer play). Indeed, if Damien still awards the Sidney Lumet Obfuscation award, Kenneth Brannagh should be a lock.
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days: Best film I've seen from 2007. Granted, I've only seen six films, but it's still amazing.
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days: Best film I've seen from 2007. Granted, I've only seen six films, but it's still amazing.
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Apparently, Michael Pitt is sexually attractive. I don't get it, either, Sabin--he's too twinkish for my tastes. I'd much rather romp with his Murder By Numbers co-star Ryan Gosling.
"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
Ohhhh, those lips, those eyes, that . . . (well, if you saw The Dreamers you know what I mean) lAkash wrote:HA! Ok Damien, Ethan Hawke I get (minus the bad teeth), but Michael Pitt? He's the poor man's Leo.
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SILK (François Girard). **
A 19th century Frenchman in to Japan This film posits itself as a romantic epic, and stints on both the romantic and the epic. It's also one of the most sluggishly-paced and ponderous films I've ever sat through. Essentially nothing happens, although we do follow our hero on three grueling journeys to Japan, although these are presented in short prettified scenes (tho they're not especially pretty, the cinematography having a muted, brownish tint.
Everyone speaks with American accents -- Keira Knightley comes across as a soccer mom -- and the actors perform with the stilted over-earnestness of a high school drama club. Thedialogue is equally stilted -- there's even a line: "I met with Pasteur. He's a clever fellow." Girard's Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould is one of my favorite movies of the 90s -- I have no idea how he could haave messed up so badly.
Note to Self: Stop going to movies just because Michael Pitt's in them.
A 19th century Frenchman in to Japan This film posits itself as a romantic epic, and stints on both the romantic and the epic. It's also one of the most sluggishly-paced and ponderous films I've ever sat through. Essentially nothing happens, although we do follow our hero on three grueling journeys to Japan, although these are presented in short prettified scenes (tho they're not especially pretty, the cinematography having a muted, brownish tint.
Everyone speaks with American accents -- Keira Knightley comes across as a soccer mom -- and the actors perform with the stilted over-earnestness of a high school drama club. Thedialogue is equally stilted -- there's even a line: "I met with Pasteur. He's a clever fellow." Girard's Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould is one of my favorite movies of the 90s -- I have no idea how he could haave messed up so badly.
Note to Self: Stop going to movies just because Michael Pitt's in them.
"Y'know, that's one of the things I like about Mitt Romney. He's been consistent since he changed his mind." -- Christine O'Donnell