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[Sub_Topical]

ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER!

Sorry.

I'll stop now.

[AugustWest]

ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER!

Sorry.

I'll stop now.

S'ok.  Know why?

Because it just doesn't matter.

[CortJstr]

ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER!

Sorry.

I'll stop now.

I've never actually seen a Meatballs movie but I used one as a clue in Taboo this weekend. I love it when random shit like this converges.

[littlefallsmets]

Accepted: If a movie involves a bisexual character refering to himself as "half-gay", it is most likely trying to be funny.

Accepted: If a movie involves Jeff Goldblum, it is funny whether it is trying to be funny or not.

Conclusion: "The Life Aquatic" is primarily a comedy.

My major problem with "The Life Aquatic" was that it was trying to be too many things at once. Almost any given sequence was entertaining in some form or another but... it was as though all the pieces did not come together as a whole.

However, for me, that isn't much of a problem. "Armeggedon" did one thing, did it exactly as it wanted to and was a completely terrible movie. "Titanic" very similar.

Aquatic... wants to be a screwball comedy about how dumb smart people are, sometimes... and it wants to be a whistful meditation on reality and magic and the human condition... and in places, it's almost an action movie, in places completely sincere, in places seemingly entirely ironic.

I think that's why it improves with multiple viewing and on DVD where... you can sort of look at each thread of the film and appreciate it without necessarily being overwhelmed by how those beautiful threads don't always weave together.

[Sub_Topical]

Because it just doesn't matter.

Example #1001a why this board is the best place ever to play straight man. Y'all don't miss the real punch line.

[slink]

I think that's why it improves with multiple viewing and on DVD where... you can sort of look at each thread of the film and appreciate it without necessarily being overwhelmed by how those beautiful threads don't always weave together.

I think you're onto something here. Life Aquatic, in many ways, is one of the few films I haven't really thought about as a movie. In any conventional sense it's a bit of a mess, although is paced well, but I just adore it, having it instantly become one of my favourite films.
Armageddon on the other hand, beign Micheal Bay, never really stood a chance - he's just a fuck*ng hack. Everything he does is so textbook, every turn has an action sequence, and you can't care about it  since all the characters are so one dimensional.
Have to say the thing I'm most anticipating at the moment is Pan's Labyrinth, which sounds excellent. The most I've seen of it is some stills and even those look incredible.

[wombat]

OK, we just saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  I thought it was fine, although something that one would probably have gotten a lot more of a kick out of at a younger age. But the Technical Staff found it 'completely idiotic.'  Or was it 'totally stupid.'  Anyway, you get the idea.

Quizzing him on what kind of movie he actually wants to see, apparently he would prefer either:

A. a movie where things blow up
B. a romantic comedy.

WTF! This man is wasted on me, obviously, because the last thing I want to see is a romantic comedy. But in the interests of domestic harmony I am open to suggestions in both categories.

In other news, we just watched half of Spike Lee's HBO documentary on Hurricane Katrina (it is four hours long so half is more than enough for one night) and I decided that we needed to buy a canoe. He disagrees on the grounds that we do not live in a city which is six feet below sea level. I think there is some flaw in this argument but I haven't been able to counter it successfully yet.

[jough]

Clearly Tech Staff has no sense of either humour or whimsy.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off is basically like treasure.

Chick flicks? That's what he wants to see?  Rent "Serendipity" - it may be more his speed.

[CortJstr]

It's not really either but I think that you should watch Sneakers. I don't know why, I just enjoy that movie.

[V-Adore]

I liked "The Lake House," which is not a comedy but is still plenty chick-y.

[AugustWest]

Two incredibly different movies that you should watch are "Tampopo" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales". 

[wombat]

I have not only seen Tampopo, I own the DVD. Now that's treasure. Although I also admit I will watch any kind of total crap if it's in Japanese or even set in Japan - a taste which I do sometimes regret, e.g. "Lost in Translation".

Really the Tech Staff does have a sense of humor, but I guess it's different. Whimsy may be exactly what it lacks, in fact.

[theinevitable]

...man, we've talked about this.

...

but anyway, I really liked Rushmore. Also: The Royal Tenenbaums was better than I remembered. And also:

42 Across: Royal Tenenbaum = This Achewood Cat, in a way.

[side_show]

A. a movie where things blow up
B. a romantic comedy.

I will get to work on a romantic comedy where the two romantic interests have bombs strapped to them.  The script is in early development, but the intent is to make it (as the critics will attest) "timelessly romantic and explosively funny."  I think I'll probably just re-write There's Something About Mary only the dog will be a bomb, Ben Stiller's c*ck will be a bomb, the jizz in Mary's hair will be liquid explosive, and Matt Dillon's teeth will be made of tiny bombs... the potential is obvious.

Also, if technical staff is all for romantic comedy and things that blow up, does he like that awful show with Ron Livingston in it... Umm... this one?  I've never seen it, but it seems to combine those two things.

[wombat]

We just saw High Fidelity. Having previously watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off, I am assuming that we have now wrapped up the Films Set In Chicago With Main Characters Who Talk Directly To The Camera film festival. Or are we missing something?