sbktex
Joined May 2000
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I've seen a lot of senseless and juvenile films in my day and have a pretty thick skin. This movie stunk and was insulting at every level.. Just for kicks, whenever I see a repulsive stinker I look at the ads to see what stiff had to sell their soul to give any cred to an outright bomb. As I saw this well after the DVD release, it was too late to scan newspaper print blurbs, but I'm floored that Ebert gave it three stars and the IMDb User rating is +6. I haven't seen formulated, brainless, waste-of-time drivel like this in years, and that's saying a lot. I'm even incensed over who dignified this crap with a cameo! Would anyone know how Tim Robbins got into this? Vince Vaughn?
There may be water cooler cult comedies (Caddyshack, Marx Brothers, etc..) and there are generations of machine-gun comics (a la Henny Youngman, Dangerfield), but this film is riddled with Field's signature classics.
Ninety percent of Field's complete dialog/script should be automatically dumped in the Memorable Quotes section, granted one has any sense of Field's remarkable delivery/demeanor. "He fell out of a window and my friend caught him on the first bounce" is just one of many gems. The visuals ("but allow me to give you another hearty handshake") and mannerisms (closing tophat scene) are the best of the genre.
This is time capsule material..
Ninety percent of Field's complete dialog/script should be automatically dumped in the Memorable Quotes section, granted one has any sense of Field's remarkable delivery/demeanor. "He fell out of a window and my friend caught him on the first bounce" is just one of many gems. The visuals ("but allow me to give you another hearty handshake") and mannerisms (closing tophat scene) are the best of the genre.
This is time capsule material..
Sorry I don't have time to read the 800+ word explanations of all the missing pieces that passed by me, but I gave my honest 'DVD effort' (replaying ANY section I felt I needed to) to this and came away with less then nothing. Cerebral mood painfully vaporizes after what you think is finally the payoff.
I rated it a '2' for some subconscious Kidman factor or guilt (leftover kudos from Dogville and Moulin Rouge) and its marginal urbane feel.
There were at least a couple shots that dragged on uncomfortably long (the theater closeup for one) which is counter-intuitive to any analysis..
You generally can't quantify cinema, but so much more has been done with much less.
(Yes, my Summary title text is Roxy Music)
I rated it a '2' for some subconscious Kidman factor or guilt (leftover kudos from Dogville and Moulin Rouge) and its marginal urbane feel.
There were at least a couple shots that dragged on uncomfortably long (the theater closeup for one) which is counter-intuitive to any analysis..
You generally can't quantify cinema, but so much more has been done with much less.
(Yes, my Summary title text is Roxy Music)
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