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By: James Eric

James Eric — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:48:51 +0000

You’re talking to a guy who loved WAITRESS, and thought LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was one of the most entertaining films of the past few years. Is it a groundbreaking artistic achievement? Not in the slightest. But I’ll take that kind of escapist entertainment over NORBIT or TRANSFORMERS anyday.

It doesn’t have to be deep, and there is nothing wrong with cuteness in a movie. JUNO has intelligence, wit, and manages to have moments of pure cuddliness. Expect that to get a boatload of nominations this year as well.

Without having seen it, can I still refer to the new Jack Nicholson and Morgan “I Narrate Belly-Button Documentaries” Freeman movie as THE FUCKIT LIST?

By: Patrick Ripoll

Patrick Ripoll — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:01:11 +0000

And the only reason I make a point to say that Little Miss Sunshine is not a challenging movie is that people make special note of it’s “darkness” and it’s “indie-ness”, so I feel the need to point out that it is hardly those things. And it still could have been a great movie, if the other elements raised it to such, but they didn’t. It was kinda funny, but not that funny. The characters were quirky, but shallow. Everything about it is just average to sorta-above average. So it’s merely an enjoyable movie, but I think since it’s unearned oscar nominations and wins, people feel justified in championing it as a great piece of cinema. Which it ain’t.

By: Patrick Ripoll

Patrick Ripoll — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:31:04 +0000

I don’t look down on people who only go and see easy movies. They just don’t have good taste in movies. That’s no way to judge anyone.

By: Tinyfolk

Tinyfolk — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:06:47 +0000

But isn’t blaming a film for not being “challenging” just kinda throwing a log into the whole “movies must be teh importantz an artisticz” fire? I just get wary of pretentiousness of any stripe. I love when a movie IS challenging in some sort of way, but not every movie is, and some are cute and fun, and some are made to make people happy with everything they already know and believe without telling them anything new at all. Which is fine. That’s why music fans go to see documentaries about how great their favorite bands are. The word “cloying” just really grinds my gears because it smacks of a sort of intellectualistic machismo that fuggin’ bugs the shit out of me. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m not going to go out and see the latest movie based on a Mitch Albom book, but I don’t think there’s anything to be gained from feeling superior about that, or from look down on people who do enjoy it.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:33:48 +0000

To join the Little Miss Sunshine debate, I think that it was good, but not as good as it gets credit for being. Honestly, if you walk around my high school, you’ll hear kids praising it for being avante garde and really speaking to their souls or whatever, but unless you’re a sixteen year old trying really hard to be “indie” and cool and trying to find yourself, it really doesn’t do that. Yeah, it’s a good movie, but not as good as it’s made out to be.

By: Patrick Ripoll

Patrick Ripoll — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:09:40 +0000

I’m not using cute in a derogatory way. In the article, when I talk about Bucket List and I say “cute” it’s because when I worked at Blockbuster that’s the word I heard 40-something year olds use 90% of the time when describing a movie that they enjoyed because it didn’t challenge them in any way. I don’t think cute is a bad thing at all. Juno is a movie that looks very cute that I am very excited to see.

As for cloying, it is. The entire film is designed around making this family learn to love each other. The plot never really feels like it’s occurring naturally from these characters, it feels forced.

It’s not like I have it out for Little Miss Sunshine. I went into it expecting to enjoy it, and I did. But it’s just like you said: it’s a forgettable experience.

By: Tinyfolk

Tinyfolk — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:28:26 +0000

I’m not saying that I disagree with your evaluation of the movies you’re talking about, but I really take exception with the usage of “cute” as a derogatory word. That shit pisses me the hell off. As for “cloying” i feel like most of the time it’s just a way of saying “i don’t like this film because i’m not disposed toward liking this kind of thing, but i’m going to blame it on the film/music/whatever rather than chalk it up to taste.”

There’s my rant. My girlfriend uses cloying in the same way and i take umbrage then as well. That said, I think Little Miss Sunshine was amusing to watch once, and ultimately forgettable, but not in any way worthy of bile, necessarily, apart from awkward attempts at literariness.

By: Patrick Ripoll

Patrick Ripoll — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:00:41 +0000

I would be surprised if The Bucket List was as good too, but like I said, I’m not equating the two in terms of quality.

And Little Miss Sunshine’s screenplay didn’t do it for me. It’s funny, but not that funny. It’s got ok characters, but nothing really memorable. It has themes, but they’re all dealt with in very simple and obvious ways. It’s above average, definitely, but the reason it got so much attention wasn’t because it was one of the best movies of the year, it’s because it was one of the most accessible.