Defend the Indefensible: "Reality Bites"

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

at least he didn't write it

This used to be my favourite film bitd, I blame being a late virgin. Awffffuullll.

ahem this is a DEFEND the indefensible thread. go peddle your hate speech somewhere else, raggett
>:(

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

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.

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.

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.

I wanna tell you I hate this movie. Every day.

It festers in its sewer.

ENBB to thread so that we may FITE these evil poo poo-ers

Garofalo and Zahn much more appealing than putative stars

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).

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 end

buncha buzzkills

Ethan Hawke has the most punchable face in the world most days and it really hit a peak in this.

see this ^ is the kind of attitude i’m talking about

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.

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.

lol otm re sweater folding

Reality Bites vs. Singles, fite!

y not both <3

Bring on another raking over the coals!

https://longreads.com/2018/03/27/youve-reached-the-winter-of-our-discontent/

2300 words is a "long read?"

You millennials with your 280 characters and your etc

I just read this entire thread again. I like how someone mentions David Spade as being in the movie.

I obviously have always had problems with how bad Ethan Hawke looks while kissing on screen.

I obviously have always had problems with how bad Ethan Hawke looks while kissing on screen.

Ha, I said he looks like he smells like a hairless cat on the Before Sunrise thread last week.

"you got time to lean, you got time to clean" - David Spade in Reality Bites may be my favorite thing he's ever done.

lotta dudes roll up itt to continually complain/whine/disparage Ethan and methinks the lads doth protest too much

Ethan is dreamy the end

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.

Had a similar moment listening to the Spin Doctors in the car recently tbf

Generation X was a terrible mistake.

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

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qp9riQGrRI

Would watch a split screen shot by shot reshoot of slacker then and now

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

Thanks for that

True story (or so I've been told): Winona Ryder's character, Lelaina, was named after the future wife of a former ILX'or.

...and it's gone: https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/s/lqRzzW3MEB

Our long national nightmare is over.

It's totally Ethan Hawke's fault.

I'd rather blame Stiller.

For the movie that is.