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I’m curious to see how far Book Smart goes in the big awards.

 

The movie is gorgeous on top of everything else. Beautifully shot. A nightmare in wonderful New York 80s tones.

 

Depends on BO. Comedies that don't make money rarely get much attention. If it goes north of $40, got a shot. It's a hard R, so we'll see.

Lady Bird made $48 domestic, got five noms. But it also came out late in the cycle.

Booksmart will be helped by Olivia Wilde as director.

 

Well, it beats a bunny boiling on the stove.

 

SPOILER ALERT!!!! (For six-year-old movie)

I loved this movie and the twist is interesting, but not essential - particularly if you've seen other Simon Pegg movies like Hot Fuzz.

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Booksmart was really well done. The girls version of Superbad but with less raunch and better characters all around not just main leads.

 

Booksmart had depth. Superbad had none.

 

Movies about teen girls are deeper. Eighth grade, Edge of Seventeen, Lady Bird. The deeper movies about male adolescence - The Spectacular Now and The Perks of Being a Wallflower - aren't as well known. I guess Whiplash is out there. I think Whiplash has some BS in it, but it's a decent movie.

 

Watched "Wine Country" last night on the glowing recommendation of my in-laws. Holy fucking shit it was terrifuckingble. My god. I guess I was simply not the desired audience, but it was horrendous.

I don't even really like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but I recognize they are an objectively good comedy duo. So, with both on board for "Wine Country," they decided just to never have them share the screen together, which was really bizarre. And, apparently, they couldn't afford Melissa McCarthy, so they hired someone similar to play her role (poorly).

Bottom five worst movie I've ever seen.

 

My wife really liked Wine Country. I did not watch it.

 

Saw Bite the Bullet - a mid-70s western about an endurance race. Hackman is great as always, good cast, indecipherable script, bad editing and incompatible score, but the horses are phenomenal. Not as good as Hidalgo from a few years back.
Sometimes you realize why you haven't seen a movie you think you should have seen years ago.

 

It has moments but it's much too long. Most movies are. But when comedies are...