I didn’t really mean Pretty in Pink is a better movie, but I did feel like the socioeconomic angles in Lady Bird were presented in a more didactic way than in PiP. Where Lady Bird had flaws for me was in some tell-don’t-show tendencies.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
fairI feel like the attempt at understatedness in movies like LB mean we get more extended dialogue about “we don’t have the money!” where in obvious comedy it’s typified by a character just rolling up in a junket car with oil smoke coming from the hood as it lurches to a stop
― mh, Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:42 (six years ago) link
quirk off the top of my head: early 90s outsider pink hair, jumps out of a car, runs for class office every year, buys lottery ticket, nudie mag, smokes on birthday, teacher shenanigans, did they ever say why she wanted to be called Lady Bird? Saorsie Ronan is soooo good in this though and Chalamet has dreamy eyes.
― Yerac, Sunday, 22 July 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
all of that stuff felt like things an "alternative" kid far from being actually that rebellious or countercultural would really do, rather than someone dreaming up "quirky" things to add "quirky" charm to a false character.... ymmv tho. i will also cop to being close to lady bird's age/generation, and so it feeling even close to "right" in getting the feel of what teenagerdom/high school felt like to me in that period goes a long way in me identifying with and finding it realistic.
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 22 July 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
I was a high school girl in the early 90s and I was a college rock/120 minutes kid, it still felt quirky. I just wanted the movie to be better and less obvious. It was so close.
― Yerac, Sunday, 22 July 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
wasn't it supposed to take place in the early 2000s? 2003 or something? i think the early 90s were a massively long time ago in lady bird years.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:57 (six years ago) link
i guess i thought her quasi rebellious hair and clove-smoking were supposed to seem like perennial pursuits of the kind of girl who wants to distinguish herself from her peers and still remains more or less normal. there was nothing esp outstanding about her. i liked that about the movie tbh.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:59 (six years ago) link
Derp, yeah it says 2002, I don't know why I thought 90s. Maybe because of the use of Crash.
― Yerac, Monday, 23 July 2018 04:01 (six years ago) link
Slums is a much better movie
― No angel came (Ross), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:00 (six years ago) link
Ladybird is good but it’s been done way better
Suburbia - slums - little miss sunshine ♥️
― No angel came (Ross), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
did they ever say why she wanted to be called Lady Bird?No they didn’t, I watched it again to see if I missed anything but this is never explained! wtf
― Centipedes? In this economy? (wins), Monday, 23 July 2018 11:58 (six years ago) link
that's one of the good things about it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 23 July 2018 12:26 (six years ago) link
Lots about this movie felt auxiliary, like sometimes it was nice that certain characters were not expanded on too much but given their moment but some major characters felt underdeveloped to me, like the Mom (despite a wonderful performance).
― No angel came (Ross), Monday, 23 July 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
when you're a teen, are moms ever really knowable
― mh, Monday, 23 July 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
fwiw I took the musical choices of LB and her friend to be kind of this nerdy friend thing where they were still really stuck on the songs that came out when they were in middle school
― mh, Monday, 23 July 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
What I liked most about LB was that it seemed made with a light touch which also suggested confidence/assurance. I loved when it indulged silly and absurd humor, like the football coach's stage directions.
The movie didn't really "stick with me" but definitely charmed and entertained.
― rip van wanko, Monday, 23 July 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
i guess tuition got too expensive in NYC for Lady Bird :/ https://t.co/sG7T6LBuB4— m (@myownprividaho) September 4, 2018
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
She shouldn't have taken that magazine!
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
wow @mugshotbaes is an obnoxious concept
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
absolutely but I won't deny I legitimately lol'd at this the moment I caught it
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 18:57 (six years ago) link
I was yesterday years old when I found out Beanie Feldstein is Jonah Hill's little sister.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
you can see it in her face, but yeah, this is not widely known i dont think
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
oh weird.
― akm, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
this was great. so, so many killer lines
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
I watched it a few days ago and didn't actually care for it!
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:25 (four years ago) link
You monster why on earth not
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:27 (four years ago) link
I can't remember, I was drunk.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
:)
Watching a movie drunk seems weird
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
not sure id actually seen saoirse in anything, tbh. jesus shes note perfect and better in this.
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
doing anything drunk seems weird, because youre drunk
Saoirse Ronan is the best
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
She hasn't given a bad performance yet.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
I taught this film last fall -- my students love it.
I’m way overdue to see Brooklyn.
― silby, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:35 (four years ago) link
Alfred I should reiterate that I recall that your review you linked upthread really touched me.
― silby,
There's a pandemic on!
I do love Saoirse, though. A LOT.
I know the film makes her dowdy deliberately but I think she's astonishingly beautiful and she is so simpatico.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link
oh! Thank you! *hugs at 10 feet*
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:36 (four years ago) link
Brooklyn is old-fashioned solid-good film making and it is great and she looks incredible throughout. It has finesse.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:38 (four years ago) link
I found it very moving, much to my surprise.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
yes, I did too
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:41 (four years ago) link
and Emory Cohen is cute as fuck
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
yes, looked him up straight away.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:45 (four years ago) link
He is not cute anywhere else.
his character in the novel is a perfect smouldering flame
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:46 (four years ago) link
he's kinda creepy-cute. intriguing.
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:47 (four years ago) link
I guess that's good/clever casting! xp
― current (jed_), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:51 (four years ago) link
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: Just because something looks ugly doesn't mean that it's morally wrong.
GINNI THOMAS: You think dead children aren't morally wrong?
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: No. I'm just saying that, if you took up close pictures of my vagina while I was on my period, it would be disturbing but it doesn't make it wrong.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 September 2024 22:57 (one month ago) link