Friday, September 15, 2006
movies for 20-somethings are officially ridiculous. "The last kiss" a remake of an italian movie starring Zach Braff as (surprise!) a confused 29 year old who struggles with the theory and practice of being a grown up. Starring opposite as the alluring but naive college student is the painful Rachel Bilson. arggh. Has the line between actor and type-cast monkey become this blurry or does this sort of synergistic role selection help to reinfornce the suspension of disbelief?
Adding insult to injury is a film adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake" starring Kal Penn (the guy from Harold & Kumar) as Gogol. Ms. Lahiri apparently makes a cameo as "Aunt Jhumpa" in the movie. I am disheartened.
Adding insult to injury is a film adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake" starring Kal Penn (the guy from Harold & Kumar) as Gogol. Ms. Lahiri apparently makes a cameo as "Aunt Jhumpa" in the movie. I am disheartened.
# posted by 8yearoldsdude @ 4:21 PM 
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If you want to be heartened, rent the movie that The Terrible Last Kiss remake was based on. L'Ultimo Bacio is an awesome movie -- it's totally sexy and dark. There's no neuroses here, just Italian guys who can't keep it in their pants. Sounds sophomoric, but it's strikingly well done, and the sequel to it, called Remember Me, has some pretty dark messages about relationships as well.
But yeah, eff Z. Braff.
J.
But yeah, eff Z. Braff.
J.
# posted by 
: 10:43 PM
: 10:43 PM
Britt, I hear you. I can't stand Garden State. It is a trite, smug little movie that doesn't contain a single original thought. It had a good soundtrack, and there were some funny individual jokes, but I didn't like any of the characters, and I couldn't figure out why so many of the people around me were laughing so hard.
I knew far too many people at Yale of whom Garden State's characters reminded me. Back then, I wanted to shake all of them and ask: "Why are you so fucking needy?" and I still want to shake them and ask why they're so fucking needy now. Apparently, college co-eds and 20-somethings are in love with Zach Braff because he acts like a girl. Natalie Portman's character exists solely so that there's somebody in the script to cheer him up. It sucks.
To quote the Onion, since when is: desperate, clinging need cute? Emotional constipation almost noble? Obsessive neurotics charming?
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I knew far too many people at Yale of whom Garden State's characters reminded me. Back then, I wanted to shake all of them and ask: "Why are you so fucking needy?" and I still want to shake them and ask why they're so fucking needy now. Apparently, college co-eds and 20-somethings are in love with Zach Braff because he acts like a girl. Natalie Portman's character exists solely so that there's somebody in the script to cheer him up. It sucks.
To quote the Onion, since when is: desperate, clinging need cute? Emotional constipation almost noble? Obsessive neurotics charming?
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