we can start a nu thread
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 July 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=14&v=TL-B8SdE6D0
god, this is stilted - I don't expect better of Gerwig, but Baumbach feels like he's regressing the more contact he has with mumblecore people
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 27 July 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
frances ha > while we're young > mistress america is a v good run of movies imo fyi
― johnny crunch, Monday, 31 August 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
baumbach is the closest thing to rohmer that currently exists and roughly no one presently cares but whatever i guess
― johnny crunch, Monday, 31 August 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
deserves its own thread
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 August 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
Clearly Hong Sang Soo is the modern Rohmer. And I care a lot about that being acknowledged!
― Frederik B, Monday, 31 August 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
NB not really anywhere close to ER
and yeah you ppl have to get less fucking lazy about starting threads
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:01 (eight years ago) link
what about greenberg
― nose, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:05 (eight years ago) link
noah baumbach is the closest thing to 2004 - 2007 woody allen that currently exists, kinda like late woody allen only with less visual finesse. frederik one trillion percent otm.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:12 (eight years ago) link
noah baumbach is the closest thing to 2004 - 2007 woody allen that currently exists,
no need to be insulting
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
I liked this movie. Baumbach and Gerwig push whimsy so far out that it's in danger of just drifting away yet it never does. Some of the best dialogue I've heard in an American movie too.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
frances Ha or MIstress America?
just saw the latter - some really LOL moments at the ex's house in that one.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 7 September 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
MA. The ex's house scenes are choreographed like a ballet (Dean Wareham is the only sour note).
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 September 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
yeah otm. baumbachs timing / dialogue / editing have been so strong in these last few
― johnny crunch, Monday, 7 September 2015 23:54 (eight years ago) link
even like throw away lines just ring perfectly to me like when they first arrive at the connecticut house and the guy is like "holy shit those pregnant women are super smart"
― johnny crunch, Monday, 7 September 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
YOU PPL BETTER NOT BE TALKIN BOUT MISTRESS AMERICA
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 September 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
whadya mean "YOU PPL"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
i loved when the leftover pregnant lady finally acknowledged that they kept offering her alcohol to drink
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's "Mistress America"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
Not sure if I hated Damsels in Distress or just wasn't in the mood for it. I like the film before it and like some of the film after it, so I don't think Noel Baumbach's gone off the Wes Anderson deep end. Megalyn Echikunwoke was incredibly beautiful. Thought for sure I spotted Lauren Ambrose from Six Feet Under in a classroom scene, but she's not listed in the credits, so I guess not. Still haven't seen Mistress America.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 November 2015 06:30 (eight years ago) link
? damsels in distress is a whit stillman movie
― just sayin, Sunday, 15 November 2015 06:32 (eight years ago) link
Um, oops...the whole time I'm thinking, "This is the same guy that made The Squid & the Whale." And I almost made mention of the Metropolitan allusions.
I don't think it changes my reaction to the film, although it does help explain a lot.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 November 2015 06:42 (eight years ago) link
#NotAllGerwigsAreBaumbachs
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 15 November 2015 07:55 (eight years ago) link
Although to be fair this thread at times served as a "Rolling Greta Gerwig" one.
― Jesus Krist of Novoselic (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 15 November 2015 07:57 (eight years ago) link
Interesting experiment, though...That's the first time I've ever sat through an entire film thinking it was someone other than the actual director. And of course it would have altered my reaction if I'd remembered it was Stillman. I don't know that I would have liked it any more, but I certainly would have had an easier time getting my head around it.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 November 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
dunno why I've never met a Benji
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 September 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
I just watched this for the first time. I hated it. Maybe it's already aged poorly? I am now hate reading glowing reviews of this when it came out.
― Yerac, Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:23 (six years ago) link
what does aging poorly mean?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
My issues with the movie seem to have already been mentioned in this thread (I just read through it). GG is charming but the character is unsubstantial and basically a really pleasant idiot at 27. I feel like I used to enjoy movies like this more. I liked the first couple of seasons of Girls, I still like Kicking and Screaming. Now it just all invokes Kendall Jenner giving the police a pepsi in the middle of a protest. I did enjoy the Paris scenes (this should've just been a longform commercial for Miu Miu or something) and Dean and Britta. I am also remembering a conversation I had with a well known music critic a long time ago when the show Felicity was still on air. I thought the show would've totally been his jam but he hated it because he had to see boring, overprivileged white NYU students every day so why would he want to also suffer through watching it on tv.
― Yerac, Thursday, 10 May 2018 13:29 (six years ago) link
I am now talking about this movie with A friend who is a huge Greta Gerwig fan. "So, I know how much you hate Fleabag, I was watching Frances Ha and I finally understood why you hate Fleabag so much." Her "You know I hated Frances Ha, right? With the heat of a thousand white hot suns!"
― Yerac, Thursday, 10 May 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
saw this for the first time last night and found it very affecting. was really mesmerized by gerwig and her awkward sincerity, the way she speaks to strangers as if they’ve been friends for years, her love for dancing even though she’s awful at it, that aimless trip to paris, how deeply she longs to be loved while simultaneously lacking any real interest in romance
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 April 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
I like it more with each re-viewing. I always forget Dean Wareham's in it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 April 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
watched this again last night. what a perfect little movie — the goodness of frances is almost too much to bear
― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:12 (three years ago) link
I'm still crushing on her roommate.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Loved this movie
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
On Netflix again! Still love it.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 February 2024 19:30 (three months ago) link
annual rewatch tonight. I just adore everyone in this movie so much
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, 10 February 2024 04:45 (three months ago) link