Bull Durham and Fight Club came along at just the right times for me. I'd just got into the Cubs the year before BD came out and they were
winning!
FC I had no interest in whatsoever. I'd seen the trailers and thought it was just boys beating on each other (now I can appreciate a movie that boasts only that but back then I wanted more from a flick). My girlfriend called me up one night and asked if I'd seen it. I sighed an annoyed, "no" like why would I ever? She said, "forget what you think you know. You're coming over tonight." I slept over at their house after being blown away by the film that night. I was the first one up in the morning and watched it again first thing.
Tin Cup I thought was going to be hilarious because of the chemistry of the principals when I saw them on Oprah of all things. It failed to deliver for me.
I've only seen bits and pieces of Fight Club because Brad Pitt bores me to tears. Even Clooney and Cheadle together could only make him watchable for one movie.
Juliana! Watch Tin Cup with me!!
Okay! Can we watch A Knight's Tale, too?
Man, I miss smart comedy. With few exceptions, it seems like the only available flavors right now are either romantic comedies (ecch) or dumb-guy-kick-in-the-nuts comedies (ewww).
I think this leaves out the biggest names in comedy right now, the Apatovian crew. I didn't love Tropic Thunder but it also doesn't fit up there. Same with, say, Juno. I think smart comedy is pretty healthy right now, but will always be somewhat endangered because it doesn't do well overseas.
Okay! Can we watch A Knight's Tale, too?
Hell yeah! After all, I own it.
Men With Brooms? Contains Paul Gross. Naked. That's usually enough of a draw for peeps. Plus, it's a sports comedy about CURLING. How awesome is that?
Does
Hot Fuzz
count as smart?
Men With Brooms? Contains Paul Gross. Naked. That's usually enough of a draw for peeps.
I enjoy Men With Brooms! Lesse, we've got naked Paul Bellamy in AKT, naked Paul Gross in MWB... We need more naked time movies.
I liked BD and FC. But I think I like Men with Brooms better than either one.
Slap Shot's my favorite sports movie after Bull Durham. Then the original Bad News Bears.
Men with Brooms
ack I can't get on Netflix to add it. In fact I can't seem to get on any website except b.org and google. Is this because I downloaded that Fall Out Boy mixtape yesterday?
