Lancemc
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Tsk tsk, Laz. 3-minute rub-job through the jeans >>>>> Greater than the most important motion picture of all time.
Lancemc said:Then you must not have seen very many movies this year. I wasn't crazy about Juno, but damn, there were tons of worse titles this past year. How many did you see?
Lancemc said:Then you must not have seen very many movies this year. I wasn't crazy about Juno, but damn, there were tons of worse titles this past year. How many did you see?
joyfulgirl said:I thought it was a great year for film. Comedies, though, in general are not my favorite genre, although there are certainly some notable exceptions.
LemonMacPhisto said:How can you see if I've seen it yet with your head up your ass?
No spoken words said:
Name, then, please, your Top 5 comedies of all-time. For my edification, if for no other reason.
joyfulgirl said:
Are you talking to me?
joyfulgirl said:
of all time?? Really? That's hard. I porbably can't do "of all time" but I can do "off the top of my head" though not right now. The top 5 will include Annie Hall and perhaps even some shameful Hugh Grant guilty pleasure.
joyfulgirl said:
Are you talking to me?
joyfulgirl said:Against my better judgment, I finally saw Juno since it was the only nominated picture I hadn't seen. I absolutely hated every minute of it. I almost walked out but then I got obsessed with how much I hated the dialogue and I continued to sit there to see how bad it could get. I am astonished that it is even mentioned in the same breath as the other nominations. The worst movie I saw during the last 12 months.
Oh, and I also hated it.
LemonMacPhisto said:I enjoyed it for what it was, even if it wasn't something I'd see myself doing or saying every day, you know?
FitzChivalry said:
Wow, Joyful, that seems a tad harsh.
Yes, I completely agree, at times the dialogue felt *very* written. But it came and went in spurts. And, when it was full-blown unrealistic, it was distracting.
But I felt there was much more to the movie that more than made up for those spurts of unrealistic dialogue. I thought the plot, pacing, and above all, acting were all great. So many of those actors conveyed so much outside of the dialogue.
For me the movie had heart. And not cheesy, saccharin, sappy heart. But real, genuine, cathartic heart that flowed from the plot and characters. And that is the reason I liked it a lot.
Is it Oscar worthy? I'm not sure. I'm kind of against only deep, meaningful, solemn movies that take themselves so seriously being the only films that are deemed "Oscar worthy". It'd be nice to get some more comedies or quirky films in there.
I agree there were a lot of great movies last year. And I think Juno definitely belongs somewhere on that list.
joyfulgirl said:Well, I am reluctant to use the "overrated" word when millions of people resonate with something I didn't like. I'm not sure if people just want to be in on the joke or if they're truly into it, if not everything about it then parts of it. The theatre I was in was packed with people howling laughing at every joke and, I sensed, getting weepy at the end. Who am I to dismiss that? All I can say for sure is that it missed the chord in me that it struck in everyone else.
I agree with you about the second half--much better than the first--and Jennifer Garner's character melted my heart a little bit,which means I have to revise what I said earlier. I guess I did feel some heart in it after all. But not all that much.
No spoken words said:
I've yet to see it, and, likely won't until it's on cable/satellite.
Do not forget to post a Top V comedies of some variety, I'm always curious to see what makes people laugh. At your leisure, of course.
joyfulgirl said:
But, here are some movies that always make me laugh a lot, and every time I'm channel-surfing and one of them is on, I stop and watch it all the way through and enjoy it all over again.
1. Annie Hall - I mean, it's just the best, right?
2. Manhattan
3. The Graduate
4. This is Spinal Tap
5. About a Boy / High Fidelity tie (just to pick something from the last decade though I'm sure there are better ones that I'm not remembering)
More recently, I saw Knocked Up because I really loved 40 Year Old Virgin--so charming and real--but I hated Knocked Up.