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Post by criterionmaster on May 18, 2006 15:33:48 GMT -5
  DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES INCLUDE - New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Noah Baumbach - New Dolby Digital 5.1 audio remix - New video interview with writer-director Baumbach - New video conversations featuring Baumbach and cast members Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton, and Carlos Jacott - Rare deleted scenes - Conrad and Butler in “Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation,” a short film from 2000, directed by Baumbach and starring Kicking and Screaming cast members Carlos Jacott and John Lehr - Brief 1995 interviews with Baumbach and the cast, originally broadcast on IFC - Theatrical trailer - PLUS: A new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Post by criterionmaster on Sept 9, 2006 0:45:37 GMT -5
Pretentious is an understatement. I just watched this and I cannot stand how pretentious this film was, it just irritating the hell out of me. It felt like a cheap Wes Anderson rip-off (which is not a good thing). Almost everything the characters said I hated. Nothing about this film gives it any right to be on Criterion. I gave it the few points because of a couple things I liked, only because I am an idiot, like the whole name all 9 Jason movies thing. STAY AWAY from this one!
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Post by PTAhole on Sept 9, 2006 4:02:09 GMT -5
Well, the movie came out before Bottle Rocket, so it's not a Wes Anderson rip off, but it does look pretentious.
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Post by captainofbeef on Sept 9, 2006 9:30:06 GMT -5
I thought it was great. The banter during the film is EXACTLY like what my cousins and her college friends say. The thing about the crosswords, my cousin says that kids in here dorm do the crossword everyday. I thought the film was more quirky than pretentious. And c'mon, how could you not love Chet???
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Post by criterionmaster on Sept 9, 2006 16:50:33 GMT -5
PTAHole - If I didn't say this I meant to. "It felt like a Wes Anderson rip-off." Not that it was one; I was just saying it felt like one. lol
CoB - I HATED Chet and the reason I hated the film is because I hate this whole generation and they way they talk. I HATE it! And even if some of the stuff actually happens, other things in the film were way to over the top and unbelievable. The characters felt like caricatures when they should have been more real (I forget some examples but I know there were some). The whole film, and the fact that it will be in a collection with Fanny and Alexander, sickens me.
Quirky = Wes Anderson
Pretentious = Kicking and Screaming, Garden State, etc.
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Post by criterionmaster on Sept 11, 2006 9:49:49 GMT -5
I forgot to say that it treads a thin line. I either would have liked it or hated it. I know for a fact blackmoses will like this film. But I guess it's like all film, subjective. I have my reasons for hating it, why do you like it so much?
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