there's an oral history for everything now:
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/20-years-later-an-oral-history-of-reality-bites
wow, i had no idea this was the first American film Emmanuel Lubezki shot.
When I read the screenwriter never had another film script produced, I thought "That would've never happened if she was a man," and "Rather just."
It only grossed $33 million tho.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Reality-Bites-quotesthis-i.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lclw100R4e1qb7evco1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Ha, yeah, I tweeted the same thing.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lclv97I2la1qb7evco1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
al leong you are making my day with these gifs
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
http://showrenity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tumblr_m8o46h5bSj1qdoy3ao1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
http://swamplot.com/how-is-houstons-reality-bites-neighborhood-doing-20-years-on/2014-02-18/
― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 20 February 2014 23:45 (ten years ago) link
http://jezebel.com/i-re-watched-reality-bites-and-its-basically-a-manual-1527955140/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 February 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
everyone in this movie talks like the people in that ben stiller show dandruff shampoo sketch, but he actually made this movie and is proud of it, somehow
― AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
at least he didn't write it
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 February 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
This used to be my favourite film bitd, I blame being a late virgin. Awffffuullll.
― Slight damage to cover on top corner (chewed by a kitten) (Craigo Boingo), Saturday, 22 February 2014 00:49 (ten years ago) link
ahem this is a DEFEND the indefensible thread. go peddle your hate speech somewhere else, raggett>:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link
From the Peter Travers thread:
You may think Reality Bites is just a bunch of white kids sitting around whining. If so, what's your glitch? It's also pure entertainment.― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:48 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:48 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
Garofalo says in that article I posted that she never thought at the time it was a Gen X thing, cuz she's almost as old as I am.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
She's three years younger than Rollins., born after JFK. It's not like I want to claim her, but I think she's ours.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 February 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
Not sure how I would have felt about this when it came out--I was 32 at the time, so still not exactly its target audience. Today, I thought it was okay. Hawke is very good, even when the script isn't. Probably the most I've ever liked Winona Ryder. Garofalo, I'll take Larry Sanders. Stiller made me wince a few times. The music was surprisingly inconsequential.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 May 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
I wanna tell you I hate this movie. Every day.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
It festers in its sewer.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
ENBB to thread so that we may FITE these evil poo poo-ers
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:01 (six years ago) link
Garofalo and Zahn much more appealing than putative stars
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
My opinion on this film tends to oscillate between mild approval and mild annoyance, depending on my mood, but it did inspire a terrific Siskel & Ebert review (not on YouTube at the moment, but available at this site, if you jump ahead 8 minutes into the video).
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:43 (six years ago) link
ilx acts like the content of this movie is some great affront to their own v serious 90’s aesthetic but the truth is Ethan Hawke was hot, the music was (mostly) great, Winona was cute, the endbuncha buzzkills
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:57 (six years ago) link
Ethan Hawke has the most punchable face in the world most days and it really hit a peak in this.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:00 (six years ago) link
see this ^ is the kind of attitude i’m talking about
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:01 (six years ago) link
I was not old enough to have a serious '90s aesthetic, I just really can't stand Ethan Hawke's face even though I like some of his movies.
― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
I remember making fun of this movie when I saw it in the theater. But it had Janeane Garofalo, who redeemed it. I think about it every time I fold sweaters.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:06 (six years ago) link
lol otm re sweater folding
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 05:41 (six years ago) link
Reality Bites vs. Singles, fite!
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 07:00 (six years ago) link
y not both <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 07:49 (six years ago) link
Bring on another raking over the coals!
https://longreads.com/2018/03/27/youve-reached-the-winter-of-our-discontent/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
2300 words is a "long read?"
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
You millennials with your 280 characters and your etc
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
I just read this entire thread again. I like how someone mentions David Spade as being in the movie.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
I obviously have always had problems with how bad Ethan Hawke looks while kissing on screen.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:14 (six years ago) link
Ha, I said he looks like he smells like a hairless cat on the Before Sunrise thread last week.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
"you got time to lean, you got time to clean" - David Spade in Reality Bites may be my favorite thing he's ever done.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
lotta dudes roll up itt to continually complain/whine/disparage Ethan and methinks the lads doth protest too much
Ethan is dreamy the end
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
So many problems with this movie but I still will watch it anytime it is on. I am only a tad bit embarrassed that I called Troy Dyer hot over a decade ago above.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
Had a similar moment listening to the Spin Doctors in the car recently tbf
― well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
Generation X was a terrible mistake.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:41 (five years ago) link
saw thread, came here to post this, but of course it was already covered 15 years ago:
Winona Ryder
― ModJ (ModJ), Monday, April 5, 2004 8:37 PM
― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:58 (five years ago) link
I guess the owners didn't want any sweet Gen X Airbnb bux
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/reality-bites-home-houston-demolition-permit-19385708.php
A demolition permit was taken out on the Houston fourplex at 409 W. Clay Street in the Montrose neighborhood, the city’s permitting center confirmed.Each unit of the property has one bedroom, one bathroom, a living and dining room plus hardwood floors, according to Apartments.com.A YouTube video of a walkthrough of the building on Thursday, showed the home in disarray with trash and debris scattered in multiple rooms, doors off their hinges, displaced furniture and even a cat tower left behind from the previous occupants. It's unclear when the residence will be demolished.
Each unit of the property has one bedroom, one bathroom, a living and dining room plus hardwood floors, according to Apartments.com.
A YouTube video of a walkthrough of the building on Thursday, showed the home in disarray with trash and debris scattered in multiple rooms, doors off their hinges, displaced furniture and even a cat tower left behind from the previous occupants. It's unclear when the residence will be demolished.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 01:00 (two months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qp9riQGrRI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 01:12 (two months ago) link
Would watch a split screen shot by shot reshoot of slacker then and now
― calstars, Saturday, 6 April 2024 02:10 (two months ago) link
There was a multi-director Slacker remake in 2011, and IIRC, they tried to match the locations.
A good chunk of the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRmEhJZhjI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 April 2024 03:16 (two months ago) link
Thanks for that
― calstars, Saturday, 6 April 2024 13:43 (two months ago) link
True story (or so I've been told): Winona Ryder's character, Lelaina, was named after the future wife of a former ILX'or.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 17:53 (two months ago) link
...and it's gone: https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/s/lqRzzW3MEB
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 23:15 (two months ago) link