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Oooooo, Ford at Fox. Sexy.
Raiders
12-01-2007, 02:51 PM
Didn't Alan Parker's wonderful Shoot the Moon get a DVD release this week?
Hugh_Grant
12-01-2007, 03:00 PM
Didn't Alan Parker's wonderful Shoot the Moon get a DVD release this week?
According to Amazon, it was released on November 6th.
Can't believe I missed that because it's a personal favorite of mine whose DVD release I've been anticipating for years.
Raiders
12-01-2007, 03:01 PM
According to Amazon, it was released on November 6th.
Can't believe I missed that because it's a personal favorite of mine whose DVD release I've been anticipating for years.
Hm. Yeah, I thought it hadn't been released yet. Good to know!
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What the fuckingshit.
Spinal
12-01-2007, 04:23 PM
Erik the Viking!
OK, it's not that great. But still funny enough to be worth a watch.
Trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPR3w751JE)
Kurosawa Fan
12-01-2007, 04:31 PM
Renting:
Lady Chatterly
The Lubitsch Set
The Ford at Fox films
Erik the Viking!
OK, it's not that great. But still funny enough to be worth a watch.
Trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPR3w751JE)
:|
This is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Top ten worthy.
Spinal
12-01-2007, 04:41 PM
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This is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Top ten worthy.
Stop that.
ledfloyd
12-01-2007, 04:43 PM
i'll probably buy the wire at some point.
how many times are they going to rerelease the wallace and gromits?
Stop that.
But... but it is one of the worst movies. Ever.
Ebert's review. (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19891027/REVIEWS/910270305/1023)
eternity
12-01-2007, 04:52 PM
BUY:
Superbad
RENT:
The Nanny Diaries
Lady Chatterlay
WTFs of the Week (trust me there's a lot of them):
24: Season 6 for the most over the top cover I have ever fucking seen.
Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular for obvious reasons.
Erik the Viking for reasons that don't make it bad, but gloriously WTF in so many ways.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 04:57 PM
Lady Chatterly and the Lubitsch set. Superbad was meh and The Hottest State was lame.
eternity
12-01-2007, 05:00 PM
Superbad was mehTake it back.
Also, why did they put Alicia Keys name on The Nanny Diaries cover instead of Paul Giamatti? Dickmove.
Kurosawa Fan
12-01-2007, 05:02 PM
Superbad wasn't meh. It was awful.
Sxottlan
12-01-2007, 05:05 PM
Wow. The Last Man on Earth's cover isn't trying to be I am Legend's teaser poster at all is it?
Nothing this week.
Sycophant
12-01-2007, 05:21 PM
I've already got my The Wire set ordered from Amazon.
My friends and I have plans for an Erik the Viking party.
I'm also interested in the Ford at Fox and Lubitsch in Berlin collections.
And everyone should watch Exiled. I've had my Hong Kong disc for over a year now. The movie's incredible.
Spinal
12-01-2007, 05:24 PM
But... but it is one of the worst movies. Ever.
Ebert's review. (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19891027/REVIEWS/910270305/1023)
Nonsense. It's not nearly that bad. Again, I'm not saying it's wonderful. But it's no Yellowbeard.
Spinal
12-01-2007, 05:26 PM
Superbad wasn't meh. It was awful.
Took the words right out of my mouth. It must have been while you were kissing me.
*hopes Meat Loaf reference isn't lost on Match Cut*
megladon8
12-01-2007, 05:28 PM
I'll get Exiled, and possibly The Last Man on Earth.
Weeping_Guitar
12-01-2007, 05:51 PM
Buy:
Bergman Four Masterworks
Rentals:
Lubitsch set
Pirates of the Caribbean
Nanny Diaries
Watashi
12-01-2007, 06:22 PM
That Superbad cover is awful.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 06:28 PM
Superbad wasn't meh. It was awful.Took the words right out of my mouthNonsense. It's not nearly that bad. I'm not saying it's wonderful. But it's no Erik the Viking.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 06:30 PM
Nanny Diaries
Lady Chatterlay
The Girl Next Door
Exiled
Watashi
12-01-2007, 06:32 PM
Nanny Diaries
....only you.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 06:47 PM
Take it back.I cringed as much as I laughed, if not more (seriously, who thought the menstral blood on the jeans was funny?). And it's just so slight and insignificant--I mean, yet another movie about horny teenage boys attempting to get booze for a party? Was that really worth two hours of my life? I would've been better off seeing Hairspray a second time.
Kurosawa Fan
12-01-2007, 06:48 PM
Took the words right out of my mouth. It must have been while you were kissing me.
*hopes Meat Loaf reference isn't lost on Match Cut*
That kiss was almost worth the negative rep I received. :|
I'll definitely get The Wire season 4 and BSG: Razor.
Spinal
12-01-2007, 06:54 PM
Nonsense. It's not nearly that bad. I'm not saying it's wonderful. But it's no Erik the Viking.
Have you seen Erik the Viking?
Spinal
12-01-2007, 06:54 PM
That kiss was almost worth the negative rep I received. :|
What? We're using neg rep for differences in taste now? :confused:
Kurosawa Fan
12-01-2007, 06:57 PM
What? We're using neg rep for differences in taste now? :confused:
Apparently. It was made reciprocal, I can assure you.
lovejuice
12-01-2007, 07:04 PM
i don't like superbad either. i give a film the benifit of doubt since also don't find 40 years old virgin funny.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 07:05 PM
Have you seen Erik the Viking?No. I just felt like playing the deja-vu game.
I would've been better off seeing Hairspray a second time.Superbad is better than Hairspray. I hate to pull a Watashi, but John Travolta in the fat suit trying to speak/sing with a female voice in a Boston accent is the clincher. Superbad is also more subversive, for how it spins subtle tragedy out of the very arrested adolescence that some misguidedly criticize it for.
But... but it is one of the worst movies. Ever.
Ebert's review. (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19891027/REVIEWS/910270305/1023)
No, it's not. Like Spinal said, not great, but pretty funny (mostly for Python afficionados)...a trifling pleasure, as it were.
Watashi
12-01-2007, 07:46 PM
I hate to pull a Watashi
You should never hate such a thing.
number8
12-01-2007, 07:59 PM
Pretty awesome week. I can't wait to watch Exiled again. That movie is incredible. I'm glad I got to see it in theaters.
Also, The Wire season 4! Finally!
Oh, and that 24 cover is ridiculous.
soitgoes...
12-01-2007, 07:59 PM
The Ford at Fox set will keep me busy for awhile.
D_Davis
12-01-2007, 08:03 PM
And everyone should watch Exiled. I've had my Hong Kong disc for over a year now. The movie's incredible.
Hell yeah it is. And hey, they didn't screw up the cover like they did for Infernal Affairs!
Took the words right out of my mouth. It must have been while you were kissing me.
*hopes Meat Loaf reference isn't lost on Match Cut*
Rep.
No, it's not. Like Spinal said, not great, but pretty funny (mostly for Python afficionados)...a trifling pleasure, as it were.
Sigh.
I still love you. Don't worry.
jesse
12-01-2007, 08:26 PM
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Oh wow... I've been waiting for this since I first heard he was going to do this. I've been terribly curious. For years.
New York, New York, which is probably the only Scoresese feature film I'm actually interested in seeing anymore.
May check out Lady Chatterley at some point... and definitely The Hottest State.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 08:33 PM
Superbad is better than Hairspray. I hate to pull a Watashi, but John Travolta in the fat suit trying to speak/sing with a female voice in a Boston accent is the clincher. Superbad is also more subversive, for how it spins subtle tragedy out of the very arrested adolescence that some misguidedly criticize it for.I didn't find Travolta any more distracting than seeing Divine in the original, but putting that asside, it's a supporting role. As for subversive, I found Superbad to be eerily conformist; basically, the friendship between the two guys ("I just wanna go to the rooftops and scream, 'I love my best friend, Evan'") is seen as an obstacle to their having a "normal," heterosexual relationship with boring girls who want to hang out at the mall.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 08:58 PM
basically, the friendship between the two guys is seen as an obstacle to their having a "normal," heterosexual relationship with boring girls who want to hang out at the mall.The ending is a lot more uncertain and bittersweet than that, I think. It's about boys who are desperate to mature beyond their adolescent funk in ways that aren't conducive with one another. They are no longer right for each other, and the tragedy is in the underlying buildup to the inevitable crossroads. The two cops represent the nostalgic desperation for a lost adolescence that dramatically underscores what's at stake for these young men. They can either cling together within their ying-yang-balanced comfort zone and risk winding up like the pack of losers in Knocked Up, or they can attempt to move on, even if just in baby steps by hanging out with girls at the mall, which in my experience is how it begins for many guys. In essence, it is preaching against sniggering male adolescence while expressing grief for the fateful losses in friendship that often result from leaving this stage of development behind, all in a milieu that is easier to accept than Knocked Up, for the sheer fact that "boys will be boys" is more honest and relatable than "men will be boys". It's like a teen sex comedy version of Y Tu Mama Tambien, and as such a scenario that I personally relate to. I actually walked out of the screening in an introspective state.
ledfloyd
12-01-2007, 09:07 PM
Oh wow... I've been waiting for this since I first heard he was going to do this. I've been terribly curious. For years.
should be good. i'm going to see him in DC over christmas.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 09:41 PM
The ending is a lot more uncertain and bittersweet than that, I think. It's about boys who are desperate to mature beyond their adolescent funk in ways that aren't conducive with one another. They are no longer right for each other, and the tragedy is in the underlying buildup to the inevitable crossroads. The two cops represent the nostalgic desperation for a lost adolescence that dramatically underscores what's at stake for these young men. They can either cling together within their ying-yang-balanced comfort zone and risk winding up like the pack of losers in Knocked Up, or they can attempt to move on, even if just in baby steps by hanging out with girls at the mall, which in my experience is how it begins for many guys. In essence, it is preaching against sniggering male adolescence while expressing grief for the fateful losses in friendship that often result, all in a milieu that is easier to accept than Knocked Up, for the sheer fact that "boys will be boys" is more honest and relatable than "men will be boys". It's like a teen sex comedy version of Y Tu Mama Tambien, and as such a scenario that I personally relate to. I actually walked out of the screening in an introspective state.Y tu mama tambien is a teen sex comedy version of Y tu mama tambien, and in that movie, the two guys even kiss--in addition to being funnier, having better actors, production values, cinematography, etc.
As for Superbad, I think that the characters' options are so narrow reflects the film's conservative agenda. Not to get all Robin Wood about it, but the evidently loving relationship between the two leads is seen as an obstacle to "growing up," which in this context means going to a good school (and presumably, getting a dull but well-paying nine-to-five job) and getting married. Talk about a living hell, but in the terms of the movie, anything outside this would mean never getting laid, ever; any kind of alternative lifestyle is beyond the filmmakers' imagination.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 09:55 PM
Y tu mama tambien is a teen sex comedy version of Y tu mama tambien, and in that movie, the two guys even kiss--in addition to being funnier, having better actors, production values, cinematography, etc.Y Tu Mama Tambien is a better movie, no doubt. I meant a teen sex comedy in the American, Hollywood vein. It's more conservative, sure, but this more accurately reflects my adolescence than Y Tu Mama Tambien, and I'm sure the same goes for most guys who even remotely relate to the characters in Superbad.
As for Superbad, I think that the characters' options are so narrow reflects the film's conservative agenda. Not to get all Robin Wood about it, but the evidently loving relationship between the two leads is seen as an obstacle to "growing up," which in this context means going to a good school (and presumably, getting a dull but well-paying nine-to-five job) and getting married. Talk about a living hell, but in the terms of the movie, anything outside this would mean never getting laid, ever; any kind of alternative lifestyle is beyond the filmmakers' imagination.The relationship between the two is a comedically exaggerated form of the sort of ultra-dependent bond that most young men share with their best friends at that age, I think. Otherwise, you are extrapolating beyond the scope of the movie, and it appears to me that you are doing so on the basis of Knocked Up. If anything, Superbad illustrates the possibility of merely tumbling into a steady job as being deadening, thanks to the multi-faceted subplot with the police.
Bosco B Thug
12-01-2007, 10:28 PM
As for Superbad, I think that the characters' options are so narrow reflects the film's conservative agenda. Not to get all Robin Wood about it, but the evidently loving relationship between the two leads is seen as an obstacle to "growing up," which in this context means going to a good school (and presumably, getting a dull but well-paying nine-to-five job) and getting married. Talk about a living hell, but in the terms of the movie, anything outside this would mean never getting laid, ever; any kind of alternative lifestyle is beyond the filmmakers' imagination. It's strange to justify such a numbskulled film so uncompelled by formality, but for being such a numbskulled film so uncompelled by formality, it achieves quite a formality as breathlessly harrowing and oppressively aware of its view of reductive, uninspiring life trajectories (and the complacency with them) i.e. must get alcohol, must get sexed, must college, etc. It recalled Scorsese's After Hours for me (haven't seen Y Tu Mama Tambien).
I used to be such a rabid fan of 24 back in the first two or three seasons. Now I'm in the "I can't believe I used to like you" state. :lol:
baby doll
12-01-2007, 10:36 PM
The relationship between the two is a comedically exaggerated form of the sort of ultra-dependent bond that most young men share with their best friends at that age, I think. Otherwise, you are extrapolating beyond the scope of the movie, and it appears to me that you are doing so on the basis of Knocked Up. If anything, Superbad illustrates the possibility of merely tumbling into a steady job as being deadening, thanks to the multi-faceted subplot with the police.I don't think I'm extrapolating at all (for the record, I haven't even seen Knocked Up). We know that George Michael and McLovin' are both going to university (I don't remember whether Chris Penn was simply going to a different one or not at all, but I believe he was going to a different, lesser school), and since we have no indication that they intend to study arts, theater, philosophy, etc., we have to assume that they're going to university because they want "good" (read: well-paying) jobs when they get out (if any of them are passionate about anything, it must have alluded me). And I don't think we can read the cops as a vision of things to come, since the cops are working class while the three leads are all middle class.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 10:44 PM
It's strange to justify such a numbskulled film so uncompelled by formality, but for being such a numbskulled film so uncompelled by formality, it achieves quite a formality as breathlessly harrowing and oppressively aware of its view of reductive, uninspiring life trajectories (and the complacency with them) i.e. must get alcohol, must get sexed, must college, etc. It recalled Scorsese's After Hours for me (haven't seen Y Tu Mama Tambien).I think if the film were aware how uninspiring the characters' life trajectories are, it would make the alternatives evident to us (if not the characters). As it is, the film exists in a closed system where the characters can either have boring jobs and never get laid, or have boring jobs and get laid--nevermind that it seems to be set in some parallel universe where there are no interesting girls.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 10:50 PM
I don't think I'm extrapolating at all (for the record, I haven't even seen Knocked Up). We know that George Michael and McLovin' are both going to university (I don't remember whether Chris Penn was simply going to a different one or not at all, but I believe he was going to a different, lesser school), and since we have no indication that they intend to study arts, theater, philosophy, etc., we have to assume that they're going to university because they want "good" (read: well-paying) jobs when they get out (if any of them are passionate about anything, it must have alluded me). And I don't think we can read the cops as a vision of things to come, since the cops are working class while the three leads are all middle class.Most adolescent guys tend to fixate on superficial male-centric concerns. At the end of high school, booze and girls are where it's at. This is stripped away throughout the night to reveal the humanity behind these socially self-conscious veneers. It's funny because that's how most of us were, and I imagine it's funny even for outsiders, but the characters aren't buried beneath the innuendos. The movie is less about the very act of scoring (and thus the equating of scoring with social ascension over peers) than it is about how these desires (and the ways they are pursued) reflect the growth in these characters. It's about the way we were, not the way we are, and it is told within the parameters of these kids' field of vision.
The cops aren't necessarily a vision of things to come so much as emblems of perpetual arrested development. We don't know their background, nor does it particularly matter. This isn't a sociological treatise.
baby doll
12-01-2007, 11:05 PM
Most adolescent guys tend to fixate on superficial male-centric concerns. At the end of high school, booze and girls are where it's at. This is stripped away throughout the night to reveal the humanity behind these socially self-conscious veneers. It's funny because that's how most of us were, and I imagine it's funny even for outsiders, but the characters aren't buried beneath the innuendos. The movie is less about the very act of scoring (and thus the equating of scoring with social ascension over peers) than it is about how these desires (and the ways they are pursued) reflect the growth in these characters. It's about the way we were, not the way we are, and it is told within the parameters of these kids' field of vision.
The cops aren't necessarily a vision of things to come so much as emblems of perpetual arrested development. We don't know their background, nor does it particularly matter. This isn't a sociological treatise.We know they're cops and that one doesn't need a college degree to join the force. And we know that cops don't get payed especially well. George Michael, McLovin and possibly Chris Penn are all going to university, and none of them are particularly athletic, which makes them unlikely candidates to become cops.
Saying that the story is told within the kids' field of vision reminds me of the defense for Lost in Translation that it was okay for Sofia Coppola to take a shit on Japan because it was true to how the characters felt about their experience, although I was less bothered by what self-absorbed ass-holes the two leads were than Coppola's complete and uncritical identification with them. Again, the comparison with Y tu mama tambien is instructive, because the presence of the older woman, the all-knowing narrator and Cuaron's camera movements provide a broader perspective on the narrative than is available to the characters. Here, the "bittersweet" ending is predicated on the least appealing version of heterosexuality and social conformity I can recall seeing in a movie that allegedly thought it was a good thing.
Ezee E
12-01-2007, 11:06 PM
Superbad is one of my favs of the year still. The reasons have already been listed, and I thought it was hilarious from beginning to end. Better then Knocked Up.
I should be getting The Wire anytime now.
The patriotic 24 cover is hilarious.
Bosco B Thug
12-01-2007, 11:35 PM
I think if the film were aware how uninspiring the characters' life trajectories are, it would make the alternatives evident to us (if not the characters). As it is, the film exists in a closed system where the characters can either have boring jobs and never get laid, or have boring jobs and get laid--nevermind that it seems to be set in some parallel universe where there are no interesting girls. I don't know, many films work by using a closed system as an allegorical contrivance, and while here it seems more like a happenstance from Rogan's earnestly feverish and reckless approach to the script, I think the film works when not taken so literally (if we can't take it so far as to calling it "allegorical"). It's so concentrated in its portrayal of rote, change-fearing, uninspiring minds, acting stupidly, that it seems critical, unimposing, and uncertain of any possible "right" (conservative or alternative) path for these characters. Its rather schematic conclusion, a simultaneous-admonishment-and-acquittal of socially unprogressive mindsets, surprisingly doesn't take too much ambiguity away from its milieu.
Anyway, I find it funny and intriguing that the two boys' relationship represents arrested development as well as possible liberalization of "homo-affection" or a homo- dependecy for a sense of worth and mattering to someone. Their realization of how much they depend on each other is a step forward from previous ideas that how much they matter to each other depends on how they posture masculinity and help obtain alcohol with each other.
Haha, anyway. 24 cover, yes, very ridiculous!
number8
12-01-2007, 11:37 PM
Well, to the best of my recollection, Superbad had no political satire in it, which is what Y Tu mama Tambien is.
number8
12-01-2007, 11:41 PM
I used to be such a rabid fan of 24 back in the first two or three seasons. Now I'm in the "I can't believe I used to like you" state. :lol:
I'm more in the "I can't believe you keep digging yourself into a grave" state, because I still think those seasons that I enjoyed are some of the best entertainment one can have from a TV action thriller. I'm now embarrassed to admit to people that I'm a fan, but hell, I can't lie. It was a great show.
But yes, a fittingly crappy cover for a shitty, shitty season.
Rowland
12-01-2007, 11:42 PM
We know they're cops and that one doesn't need a college degree to join the force. And we know that cops don't get payed especially well. George Michael, McLovin and possibly Chris Penn are all going to university, and none of them are particularly athletic, which makes them unlikely candidates to become cops.Like I said, that wasn't what I was getting at. You are right, they probably won't become cops. *shrug*
the "bittersweet" ending is predicated on the least appealing version of heterosexuality and social conformity I can recall seeing in a movie that allegedly thought it was a good thing.Did the movie think it was a good thing? After all, it's not like they have a choice in the matter. They were accepted at different Universities. It doesn't even attempt to figure out what the future holds for these kids... the last shot, which I can imagine being interpreted as their assimilation with the dull mall culture with their new girlfriends or whatever, struck me as thoroughly uncertain. This movie is the coda to a particular chapter in these kids' lives, and a fairly convincing, funny, and moving one at that. Cuarón's movie may have a broader, more critical perspective, but I think Superbad succeeds on its own terms as a looser, more personal approach to similar material. They fit into their own niches just fine.
Regarding your notion that the kids don't project any personal growth, I'm reminded of Theo Panayides' review, in which he surmised that Superbad is even more tragic than Y Tu Mama Tambien, because the kids will grow into exactly the sort of arrested developments found in other Apatow-related works, perhaps by interpreting the ending as you have. I don't follow that interpretation, but it might appeal to you.
Bosco B Thug
12-02-2007, 12:12 AM
I'm more in the "I can't believe you keep digging yourself into a grave" state, because I still think those seasons that I enjoyed are some of the best entertainment one can have from a TV action thriller. I'm now embarrassed to admit to people that I'm a fan, but hell, I can't lie. It was a great show.
But yes, a fittingly crappy cover for a shitty, shitty season. Yeah, I'll stick by faithfully to, let's say, the "Sherry Palmer" years. :P
The liberal college environment has admittingly gotten me cowed into semi-shame. I didn't watch the 6th season, but that cover has me morbidly curious. Way to pigeonhole!
baby doll
12-02-2007, 12:16 AM
Did the movie think it was a good thing? After all, it's not like they have a choice in the matter. They were accepted at different Universities. This movie is the coda to a particular chapter in these kids' lives, and a fairly convincing, funny, and moving one at that. Cuarón's movie may have a broader, more critical perspective, but I think Superbad succeeds on its own terms as a looser, more personal approach to similar material. They fit into their own niches just fine.
Regarding your notion that the kids don't project any personal growth, I'm reminded of Theo Panayides' review, in which he surmised that Superbad even more tragic than Y Tu Mama Tambien, because the kids will grow into exactly the sort of arrested developments found in other Apatow-related works, perhaps by interpreting the ending as you have. I don't follow that interpretation, but it might appeal to you.Looking at his review, I have to disagree majorly on one point: Jonah Hill isn't so much Chris Penn-like as he looks exactly like him (I keep referring to him as Chris Penn simply because it isn't worth the trouble of remembering his name).
Putting that asside, I'm still not convinced the movie knows the ending is tragic. Of course, it's not like the characters could do more with their lives than take the most obvious path--they're not Lily Bart in "The House of Mirth"; they're average, middleclass, white teenagers who will no doubt turn into average, middleclass, white adults. It's not a tragedy if they don't go to art school or study philosophy because not everybody can be interesting. Like their girlfriends. Not interesting. Maybe it's just their declaration of love for one-another that's throwing me off.
Rowland
12-02-2007, 12:23 AM
Maybe it's just their declaration of love for one-another that's throwing me off.Or your apparent contempt for "average, middleclass, white" people. I don't know if they qualify as WASPs. ;)
baby doll
12-02-2007, 12:34 AM
Or your apparent contempt for "average, middleclass, white" people. I don't know if they qualify as WASPs. ;)I assumed they were both Jewish, but I suppose there are boring people in every race. As for middleclass, as some one who grew up middleclass, I know all too well how dull middleclass aspirations are. Sometimes on Facebook, some one I haven't seen since high school will add me, and even though they're only in their early 20s, they're already married and dropping kids and have very boring jobs. I'm just grateful that Facebook has eliminated the need for high school reunions, so I don't actually have to interact with any of these people five years from now.
Ezee E
12-02-2007, 12:37 AM
I assumed they were both Jewish, but I suppose there are boring people in every race. As for middleclass, as some one who grew up middleclass, I know all too well how dull middleclass aspirations are. Sometimes on Facebook, some one I haven't seen since high school will add me, and even though they're only in their early 20s, they're already married and dropping kids and have very boring jobs. I'm just grateful that Facebook has eliminated the need for high school reunions, so I don't actually have to interact with any of these people five years from now.
:rolleyes:
baby doll
12-02-2007, 12:42 AM
:rolleyes:I hate the eyerolling emoticon. I mean, what are you rolling your eyes at, exactly?
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Yes, please.
I've already pre-ordered The Wire, Season 4.
Will also rent Pirates and Chatterly.
Ivan Drago
12-04-2007, 04:08 PM
I still stand by my statement that Superbad is a masterpiece. I'm waiting for the Unrated version for Christmas.
Cops don't get paid well?
Generally don't have degrees?
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origami_mustache
12-05-2007, 12:41 AM
Saturday Night Live Season 2 - exclusive Andy Kaufman screen test + Bill Murray joins cast.
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