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| Author: | Bradley Witherberry [ Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
I have chosen the two words in my thread title very carefully: "freakin' " & "funny". Both apply equally to this black, black comedy. It is seriously twisted fun. Eeeps! And I had little hope for the director after his needlessly dour Squid and the Whale - - but, whaddayaknow? - - he pulls a masterpiece out of his ass for his "sophomore" creation. It's great... well I mean, it's sick... errrr... real... err... gawd knows... ... ... This is the kinda real life dysfunction we all experience in peripheral avenues of our own families, yet so seldom graces the screen. Yow! It's a dirty secret, alright. But not anymore, now that they done gone and made a movie out of it! I've been a crazy Nicole Kidman fanboy since I first glimpsed her in the first run of Dead Calm, so what can I say? Pretty much the same goes for Jennifer Jason Leigh, though her trail's been somewhat more wending since I set eyes on her in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. And even Jack Black, who I usually have a very limited taste for, deported himself quite tidily here. What a surprise! EXTRAORDINARY. |
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| Author: | billybobwashere [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
One of my parents' friends saw this, and he said that while he's sure people who haven't experienced anything like what this film deals with will enjoy it, it was far too reminiscent of the worst parts of his childhood for him to enjoy. He also thought Jack Black was out of place. He thought Kidman and Leigh were great, though. |
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| Author: | Bradley Witherberry [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
billybobwashere wrote: One of my parents' friends saw this, and he said that while he's sure people who haven't experienced anything like what this film deals with will enjoy it, it was far too reminiscent of the worst parts of his childhood for him to enjoy. Many (most?) people have a dysfunctional family - - some of them choose to deal with it by laughing and some of them choose to deal with it by crying. Personally, I prefer the former... 
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| Author: | billybobwashere [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
it wasn't just that it was dysfunctional to him [he loved Little Miss Sunshine, for instance], but he said that it far too seriously handled things that mirrored things that happened during his childhood. He said that as a result, he just got a buncha bad memories to return instead of enjoying a nice bizarre-family story. |
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| Author: | Shack [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
I hated Squid and the Whale, but I'll still see this. |
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| Author: | snack [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
Probably finally catching this later today. |
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| Author: | snack [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
Well, that was strange. I liked it, but I'm not sure "Freakin' Funny" is at all an appropriate response (regardless of the quality of the film). Bradford, this time your reaction doesn't so much confuse/amuse me as it scares me. |
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| Author: | Jeff [ Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
Shack wrote: I hated Squid and the Whale, but I'll still see this.  Heresy! |
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| Author: | newfoundglorysp [ Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Margot at the Wedding: Freakin' Funny!!! |
i thoroughly enjoyed the dark nature of this film, though Noah must change it up a little, his style will become tiresome, it was way too close to the squid and the whale in terms of layout and plot. |
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