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'Trash'


Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Gris - Aug 20, 2005 5:42:48 pm PDT #6599 of 10002
Hey. New board.

Adam Pascal is, regrettably, not as good as he was on the original recording.

Sigh. And I almost hate him even on that. I DO hate him on the Aida soundtrack, oh my God the PAIN.

I'm really glad they got everybody else back, but I wish they had recast Adam Pascal. The fact that he continued to open Broadway musicals after Rent is one of those things that annoys me to no end.

ETA: Actually, I'm rather glad they recast Mimi too. The oddness of the girl's voice in the OCR (and I'm blanking on her name right now for some reason), though often appealing, would probably have issues in the movie.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2005 5:48:41 pm PDT #6600 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I saw 40 Year-Old Virgin this afternoon. Pretty much hilarious through and through, and it made me sympathize with a Steven Carell character when I usually wish for them to be victims of drive-by shootings. The wax removal scene had me laughing so hard I teared up, as did Paul Rudd's psychotic break in the electronics store with the camcorder. I only had two qualms: (1) the vibe between Carell and his co-workers quickly began reading as too long-term buddyish for them to have befriended him so recently. (2) Catherine Keener's character having the volcanic accusatory reaction to finding out about Steve's borrowed porn stash just felt completely unreal to me. This is supposed to be a fortysomething woman with three children and a grandchild, who got the former by involvement with bad boys—I just cannot buy that the concept of men enjoying porn came as such a life-altering shock to her. That's a reaction I'd expect from a sheltered co-ed dating away from the watchful eye of her parents for the first time .


Jessica - Aug 20, 2005 5:54:56 pm PDT #6601 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

But she was also already freaked out and hurt and confused by his seemingly pathological refusal to have sex with her. Having a gigantic and personalized porn collection added to that? I'd be thinking serial killer too.


Gris - Aug 20, 2005 5:55:07 pm PDT #6602 of 10002
Hey. New board.

Oh yeah, I also saw 40-YOV today. I, too, greatly enjoyed it.

My favorite part, actually, was the reference to Space Nuts. This was especially funny to me because, well, I've watched that movie. I have it on my computer, in fact. It is one of the funniest science fiction comedies I've ever seen - I watch it regularly, skipping through the sex scenes, just for the brilliant one-liners. I wish they had shown more of it. (I didn't spoiler any of this because, well, it's such a minor spoiler that I don't think it even possibly matters.)

For other thoughts, see Matt's post. I agree with him.


Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2005 6:26:44 pm PDT #6603 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

My favorite part, actually, was the reference to Space Nuts.

Ha! That's awesome. I know of it through the aforementioned Pornucopia.


Scrappy - Aug 21, 2005 4:48:53 am PDT #6604 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Watched Coffee and Cigarettes last night. Don't know why we didn't get to it until now, as we are both massive Jarmusch fans. Really loved the Waits/Iggy segment and the Molina/Coogan one. And Cate Blanchett killed.

Not top of the line Jarmusch. but worthwhile nonetheless. It needs to percolate in the back of my mind as all his films do.


Lyra Jane - Aug 21, 2005 10:46:16 am PDT #6605 of 10002
Up with the sun

We also saw 40-year-old Virgin. I think it's the first comedy I've realy loved in quite a while -- the humor seemed to grow out of the situations, not be imposed from without, and I always appreciate that. I liked that the characters felt real (even Trish's teenage daughter was a person, not a hissy fit on legs), and the last scene had me gasped over in hysterics. (And then Patrick told me it's an exact tribute to Hair, which I haven't seen, and I lost it even more.)

Awesome movie.


Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2005 10:54:55 am PDT #6606 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Damn. From the trailers, I didn't really think it was that hysterically funny, but everyone's been saying it...is.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2005 1:17:34 pm PDT #6607 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Dude, trust me—I'd be the first in line to crucify a Steve Carell comedy if it weren't good. This is almost like me recommending a Will Farrell movie.

I would not, however, have recommended that the guy who sat in the row in front of mine bring his third grader to giggle uncontrollably every time a body part was mentioned in or out of a joke.


P.M. Marc - Aug 21, 2005 5:16:58 pm PDT #6608 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Dude, trust me—I'd be the first in line to crucify a Steve Carell comedy if it weren't good. This is almost like me recommending a Will Farrell movie

Dude.

It can wait for DVD though, right? It's not run-out-and-get-a-sitter-good, is it?