4815162342 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 The 3rd act of SLP is fine and hits all the right emotional notes, it just feels a bit too simple and Hollywood after the more Russell-y first 2 acts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 The 3rd act of SLP is fine and hits all the right emotional notes, it just feels a bit too simple and Hollywood after the more Russell-y first 2 acts. Now that is a clever way to put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (500) Days of Summer has a perfectly happy ending. I didn't like the ending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (500) Days of Summer has a perfectly happy ending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (500) Days of Summer has a perfectly happy ending. Well it did have a perfectly happy ending. It was just a little too perfect for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I guess in Futurist's world, the only happy ending for a romcom is the one where the guy and the girl stay together, even when they are, like, completely wrong for each other. It's "edgy" and so totally not happy when they both learn from the experience and move on, separately, to better lives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altbum Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Someone posted a fairly lengthy review: http://agentchinesesecret.tumblr.com/post/63087443041/american-hustle-screening 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I didn't like the ending. (500) days of summer is a manchild fantasy. I hated it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I guess in Futurist's world, the only happy ending for a romcom is the one where the guy and the girl stay together, even when they are, like, completely wrong for each other. It's "edgy" and so totally not happy when they both learn from the experience and move on, separately, to better lives. The guy and the girl saying together is the most unimaginative and unromantic conclusion to a romantic story/movie. There is a reason why Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the greatest romantic stories of all time and is the exact reason why Titanic was such an iconic movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (500) days of summer is a manchild fantasy. I hated it. I liked it when I first saw it but the second time you're like .... oh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) SLP should have stuck with either dancing or fantasy football + mental illness. All three elements put together didn't work for me. Edited October 4, 2013 by Jack Nevada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (500) days of summer is a manchild fantasy. I hated it. Did you see Ruby Sparks? Brilliant satire on the neckbearded fantasy of the manic pixie dream girl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Did you see Ruby Sparks? Brilliant satire on the neckbearded fantasy of the manic pixie dream girl. I gotta check it but yeah that Manic Pixie manchild dream trope in indie movies is fucking grating me. Every time I see an Indie movie about a sad sack manchild "falling in love" with a Manic Pixie hipster I want to puke.("Especially you Jenny Beckman. Bitch." The scriptwriter is a pathetic moron.) (If you promise me Ruby Sparks is like Eternal Sunshine and discards/discontructs that frustrated male fantasy for a more genuine approach of human relationships). Edited October 4, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I love the final act of SLP. The scene where their score is revealed... :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) I gotta check it but yeah that Manic Pixie manchild dream trope in indie movies is fucking grating me. Every time I see an Indie movie about a sad sack manchild "falling in love" with a Manic Pixie hipster I want to puke. Its a really smart movie, cause it reveals just how misogynistic the trope really is. The basic idea is that author Paul Dano writes his dream girl and she magically appears in real life as Zoe Kazan. Dano can change her personality any way he likes. There's cutesy shit like singing cute songs and wearing flower dresses and all the other stuff you see MPDG's doing. Then the movie takes a pretty upsetting turn when Dano makes the girl "filled with effervescent joy". I wont spoil more, but it goes to some really dark places that take a lot more balls than your average romantic comedy. Edited October 4, 2013 by Jack Nevada 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 And I just realized my boy Woody Allen basically created the Manic Pixie Dream Girl cliche I hate so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 And I just realized my boy Woody Allen basically created the Manic Pixie Dream Girl cliche I hate so much. Woody Allen is one of my favorite directors but he has always been a bit of a douchebag when it comes to women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Woody Allen is one of my favorite directors but he has always been a bit of a douchebag when it comes to women. Jade Scorpion had Charlize Theron breaking into Woody's apartment and damn near fingering herself over just how attractive he is. Woody was like 67 at the time. At least his wife in To Rome With Love was only 20 years younger than he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (If you promise me Ruby Sparks is like Eternal Sunshine and discards/discontructs that frustrated male fantasy for a more genuine approach of human relationships). Sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ruby Sparks is a great movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
