Author Topic: Unpopular Movie Opinions (2008 - 2010)  (Read 643058 times)

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #870 on: August 19, 2008, 04:03:35 PM »
But I will always have a soft spot for Reality Bites - no matter how bad it is.

It isn't bad at all.

I think it perfectly captures post-college life.
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« Reply #871 on: August 19, 2008, 04:07:07 PM »
But I will always have a soft spot for Reality Bites - no matter how bad it is.

It isn't bad at all.

It's dated, kinda pithy...
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« Reply #872 on: August 19, 2008, 04:08:10 PM »
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I think it perfectly captures post-college life in the 90s.  :)
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« Reply #873 on: August 19, 2008, 04:12:16 PM »
It's dated, kinda pithy...

I don't think "dated" is a negative.  I don't think it's a bad thing if a film represents the time in which it was made.

Regardless, even if you don't get all the references, the essentials of the story are timeless.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #874 on: August 19, 2008, 04:16:28 PM »
I get all of the references but also - I just didn't find Ethan hawke's character all that sympathetic...he was kind of an ass...immature.
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« Reply #875 on: August 19, 2008, 04:17:42 PM »
I'm only hearing negative: no, no, no - bad.

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« Reply #876 on: August 19, 2008, 04:17:48 PM »
Winona will always be that cute pixie headed girl who turns out to be batshit crazy...in my younger days, I would have dated her.

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« Reply #877 on: August 19, 2008, 04:20:14 PM »
I'm only hearing negative: no, no, no - bad.

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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #878 on: August 19, 2008, 04:21:36 PM »
I get all of the references but also - I just didn't find Ethan hawke's character all that sympathetic...he was kind of an ass...immature.

I still agree with Ebert's original review. This movie is missing two scenes. One where Ryder tells of Hawke for being an insufferable ass. Two where Still tells off Ryder because he saved her movie with some clever editing and a joke about pizza.
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Re: Unpopular Movie Opinions
« Reply #879 on: August 19, 2008, 04:23:36 PM »
Edit:

I think it perfectly captures post-college life in the 90s.  :)

I agree. It came out when I was a junior in college, and I loved it in large part because it resonated so much with my life then. I watched it again recently, and it didn't hit me the same way and I did find Hawke's character whiney (something I didn't see at all earlier); however, I still do love the film for what it captures and for what it captured from my life then. Apart from Hawke, I like all the characters - they feel real to me. Actually, now that I'm thinking of it, even whiney Hawke feels real - I had a boyfriend in college who was very much like him, constantly moaning about his philosophical angst.  :)