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I loved the dishwasher-loading contest. Thought it was one of the most appealing part of the movie. Different strokes, I guess.
That was my favorite scene in the movie! I thought it was a sweet, goofy way to show Rachel's husband (I forget his name) finding his place in her family. It felt very real.
An interesting article on the creative background of District 9.
I didn't know much about the movie other than what I've seen in the trailers, so I wasn't aware that it was actually based in South Africa (due to the Peter Jackson connection, I thought the accents were Kiwi) and is an SF take on apartheid.
erika, did you like scene where they actually have a contest to see who can load a dishwasher the best?
I agree that it was too long, but I loved it because loading the dishwasher is such an individual family thing and everyone is always convinced they do it the absolutely perfect way.
And, actually, the larger-than-life movie-people thing has bugged me for a long time...remember, I'm Talky Movie Chick. So I'm not very bothered by the dishwasher thing.
Wow, I didn't know there was so much family angst about dishwashers! Maybe because I didn't grow up with one? It was about 12 minutes long, and ends with the dad finding a plate that belonged to the little brother. I also watched it at 2AM in a fit of insomnia, so I could just have been very impatient.
I really liked the dishwasher scene, too. I generally liked the movie, although the emotional blowout with her mother seemed a little too contrived. The mostly uncontrived remainder of the movie made up for that, though. It seemed rather Altman-esque, although I've never seen Altman's A Wedding, which I suspect was a major influence. Another thing I really liked: everybody's tense, oh-shit-here-comes-the-trainwreck look when what's-her-name, Anne Hathaway's character, stood to toast her sister/steal the limelight.
Another thing I really liked: everybody's tense, oh-shit-here-comes-the-trainwreck look when what's-her-name, Anne Hathaway's character, stood to toast her sister/steal the limelight.
That scene was fantastic. I really loved a lot of the movie, which is why I just wanted to edit out the really overly long parts to make it tighter. Much of the film felt like a documentary it was so real.
I believe she was "Kym,", and whose birthday did I forget to find room for that?(and doesn't that kreatif "Y" say a lot about her, too) Basically, what Corwood said. (I mean, I'd have put in a mom-blowout too, I think, but since when do people with Big Issues actually fight about that.specific. thing. My dad and I had one about a keychain once, that if you look closer, could have stood in for our whole relationship, but neither of us noticed till later. Or, actually, I didn't; I still have no idea what he thinks.)