Honestly, s1ocki? Chandler Bing.
(don't hurt me)
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Dan with the quality-sitcom refs going over our heads
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
-- HI DERE, Thursday, February 7, 2008 9:16 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
you're such a monica.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Does that mean we're fucking???????????
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
so what if he's a shit, alfred? the whole conceit of the movie is the redemption of a once-decent guy who's turned/been turned into an asshole by the unpleasant business of his life. why would you honestly begrudge his elevation at the end of the film? his return to humanity from asshole crotchetyhood?
he's redeemed by loving a boy named Ngudu via penpal letter and Kathy Bates teaching him the joys of obese sex?
My point is that the film says nothing new about alienation and the effect of bureaucracy on the soul. Nicholson's remark at the time that he found a way to play Schmidt by combing his hair a certain style illustrates just how shallow his/Payne's approach was.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT
You are Mac from "Night Court". I am Michael from "Good Times".
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ actors always say shit like that. xp
― gff, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
lololol. xp.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
they actually got gay-married on the night court season finale
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
if "saying something new" is the benchmark of success, i don't know how you handle a vast majority of films, not to mention ILX
xpost
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"Ndugu," I mean. I almost wrote "Nboootie" – that's how Jack says it anyway.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
gukbe, have you ever been to the movies?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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OH NO
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
You are Rin Tin Tin. I am Mr. Ed.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i saw jurassic park 3
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
-- HI DERE, Thursday, February 7, 2008 9:27 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
in real life mr. ed raped rin tin tin to death :(
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
jp3 was garbage, and i say this as a defender of jurassic park 2: the lost world
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously, it was as unwatchable as a movie featuring sam neill, william h macy, tea leoni and michael jeter could possibly be
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
leoni is the only one who seems to "get" the dinosaur thing
it may have already been said and ties in with judgementalism issue alluded to upthread but maybe the greatest thing about this movie is that all of the main characters remain reasonably likeable throughout and i found it quite easy to sympathise with them all fairly evenly.
― blueski, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm thinking both. little double feature action.
I don't think either of these movies include that.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
S1OCKI WE'RE DOOMED
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
yr defending lost world?
that's the worst of the three by far
xxx-post
― latebloomer, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
jp3 is good. barely 80 minutes. 10 minutes of set up, then drop 'em on the island, let 'em run from dinosaurs, then military shows up, end. i appreciate a film that does what it's meant to without taking up too much of my time.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
jurassic 3 is better than 2 (altho 2 seemed a lot better the second/third times)
― blueski, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
lost world sooooo bad
― s1ocki, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
JP3 vs. T3
jp3 had better dinos and was mercifully short
xxxxxx-post
ha
― latebloomer, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't see JP3 but T3 was fucking awesome.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
jeezus, Payne & Taylor really did (co-)write Chuck & Larry. Have they disowned the result?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ending of T3 v ending of About Schmidt
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
obviously Jurassic Park 4 is going to be the best movie ever you guys
― blueski, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
lost world ending is garbage but theres goldblum & the seriously exciting trailer/cliff scene
t3 is better than all these movies though really
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
you'd figure after sideways being pretty successful, payne wouldn't have to crank out shit* like 'chuck and larry', which makes me think he really wanted to do it.
*even if one thinks sideways is "shit", it is certainly a different kind of "shit" than chuck and larry
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYy0H1wuMYA
― latebloomer, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
payne disowned chuck & larry after sandler came on, insisting it was 'sandlerized' - his o.g. ending was the two dudes actually falling in love
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Nicholson's remark at the time that he found a way to play Schmidt by combing his hair a certain style illustrates just how shallow his/Payne's approach was.
It's very, very common for actors to find their way with little things like this. What Nicholson said he did here is called "working from the outside in" and it's not a superficial way to approach a character.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
played by dan and slocki xp
― and what, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Nicholson's remark at the time that he found a way to play Schmidt by combing his hair a certain style illustrates just how shallow his/Payne's approach was what a hilarious motherfucker Jack really is.
― blueski, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Morbius, would you rather have to watch the Wire or Chuck & Larry?
― Jordan, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
It's very, very common for actors to find their way with little things like this. What Nicholson said he did here is called "working from the outside in" and it's not a superficial way to approach a characte
Yeah, I know, the Brits do it all the time, but it didn't work here.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
More here: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives/2007/07/payne_and_taylo.php
― jaymc, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
The only time that approach has worked for Jack is in Prizzi's Honor.
Damn it, why do you people have to be entertaining on a day when I have so much work?
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, what?
― gff, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe the greatest thing about this movie is that all of the main characters remain reasonably likeable throughout and i found it quite easy to sympathise with them all fairly evenly.
OTM - everybody in Election does stupid/wrong shit and is fairly delusional, but each is also humanized and made sympathetic at key points in the film.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
here meaning, in this movie, or in america? xp
Uh, pretty sure he meant the movie, otherwise he would have said "doesn't".
― HI DERE, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
meaning on ILX
― blueski, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link