MOVIES THREAD

What was the problem with the dialogue? Vaginas?

 

just put in the breakfast club. been a few years. seen it so many times but noticed something: carl the janitor was the school's man of the year.

 

Uninspired, boring dialogue that had nothing to do with the film's plot. Tarantino is better than this script. Especially the one scene where the girls are eating breakfast, which seems to drag on forever and get nowhere. Maybe it's supposed to be paying homage to Reservoir Dogs and its breakfast scene, but it just falls flat. This time, Tarantino failed with his usual shtick of style over substance.

 

I agree with boston on this one. The breakfast scene in particular was gratuitous and had pretty much nothing to do with the plot. The actresses are engaging for sure, and some of the dialogue was decent, but it was overlong and a little too precious for me.

On the other hand, the car chase was maybe the best one ever put on film.

 

I'm a huge Scarlett and Laura Linney fan, but I hated this movie... It was just depressing and there was barely a laugh at all...

I saw it on an airplane and I usually like anything I see on a plane (Big Hogs) and I thought it was terrible... One of the worst I've seen this year...

 

The prelude to the chase made me think of the Steve Martin line in Planes, Trains & Automobiles when he says, "these stories you tell might be a lot more interesting if they had a point."

 

it's not about having a point. they were 4 chicks talkin' chicktalk, over a meal. how many of you have friend? (raise your hand if you do). how many of you have more than one friend (raise your hand if you do). how many of you with your more than friend and y'all go get something to eat? (raise your hand if you do). how many of you have more than one friend and y'all go get something to eat and engage in conversation? (raise your hand if you do). how many of you with more than friend and y'all go get something to eat and engage in conversation that really doesn't have a point to it, but that conversation is engaging because you're amongst friends around whom you can say anything without the fear of feeling like an idiot; yet if you do feel like an idiot, your friends don't bust your balls too much cuz they're your peeps.

point to that convo? none whatsoever. the convo was just one scene before the lead-up to the car chase. and yet, there *was* a point. the whole impetus to the car chase is that zoe bell (she is an uber-cutie, and that brogue ... goodness gracious. always loved me a Kiwi) ... but anyway, zoe bell's character is now in the u.s., and her dream is to play "ship's mast" with a 1970 dodge charger with a 440 engine. and what does she do during this chickie convo? she pulls out the Lebanon Gazette (see, newspapers *are* still alive!) because she's been a susbscriber in New Zealand for a month scouting out ads for a 1970 dodge charger with a 440 engine. lo and fucking behold! she finds one!

so that teensy piece of info -- a newspaper ad from the lebanon gazette -- is part of a far-ranging convo about NOTHING! what do you think seinfeld was about? nothing. and yet, it was about everything.

and that's what the 4 chicks talkin' chicktalk was all about: everything (bell foreshadowing with the dodge charger 440 engine newspaper ad) and absolutely nothing.

one other thing for the guys: how many times have you been somewhere, like a restaurant or whathaveyou and see a group of chicks talking? haven't you ever wondered what the chicks are talkin' about? don't you wish you could be a fly on that table to hear if what they're saying means anything in the greater good of the world? i sure as hell do.

with this convo, it felt like tarantino was opening a can that few of us male worms are privvy to at-close range. that's why i enjoyed it so much. plus, it was engaging, and funny, and cute, and chicky-toughy.

 

Just saw it, and I couldn't agree more. At first, the idea of him and a dog in a movie for so long seemed ridiculous, but this turned out to be a great film.

 

interview ... not bad. buscemi was ok at times. same with sienna miller. 2.5 stars.

fast food nation ... good stuff. 4 stars.

 

Like I intimated above, I believe the problem was the plumbing involved.

 

Not having read the book or, for that matter, any reviews, I went to see it without knowing the vampiric overtones. It was very enjoyable because those weren't overplayed.

 

the darwin awards ... it's not without its charms. winona is still really cute. joseph fiennes has good chops, and yo, adonel foyle has a non-speaking cameo; much like his other career. 2.5 stars.