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Old 05-05-2015, 06:28 PM   #10191 (permalink)
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Youse ever seen "Brazil"?
All 3 versions. Which is your fave of the 3?

Office space is not frat boy comedy.

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What makes "Office Space" such an amusing treat is that it is chock-full of deftly defined characters. Starting with its stars, virtually every actor on whom the camera lingers even briefly gets to shine: Diedrich Bader as Peter's laid-back next-door neighbor, a contented construction worker; Stephen Root as the apprehensive, dithering and vaguely threatening most-put-upon worker in the entire office; and Todd Duffey's obnoxious waiter are but three standouts in a cast that includes Richard Riehle, Joe Bays, Orlando Jones and William King, who also contribute equally fine work.

Judge constantly finds humor in everyday exasperation: Michael coping with the coincidence that his last name happens to be Bolton; Joanna having to put up with King's relentless boss, who insists that 15 buttons with silly sayings on them don't show enough "flair" when Duffey sports a whopping 37; everyone in Peter's office wrangling with a computer printer constantly breaking down.

Working with astute production designer Edward McAvoy, Judge subtly evokes the creeping, relentless homogenization of modern life and the piling on of trivial soul-withering regulations that reflect a steady, mindless insistence on workers to conform, eroding them of their sense of individuality and freedom--even while insisting that they "express themselves."

The more you peer beneath the surface humor of "Office Space" the scarier and more serious its vision of contemporary existence becomes.
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:48 PM   #10192 (permalink)
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The main character of that movie is almost like a messianic figure, foreshadowing the evolution of mankind. Or at least I hope he is.


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Old 05-05-2015, 07:21 PM   #10193 (permalink)
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And I have seen neither. I don't enjoy "frat comedy" and I certainly don't like Chevy ****ing Chase nor Rodney bleeding Dangerfield.
Youse ever seen "Brazil"?
Gilliam's Brazil is one of my favourite movies. And I think Office Space is better. You're being a real fuddy duddy right now, and the only person it's harming is you.
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Old 05-05-2015, 07:25 PM   #10194 (permalink)
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Gilliam's Brazil is one of my favorite movies. And I think Office Space is better.
Thinking about it they actually have quite a bit in common theme wise.
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Old 05-06-2015, 05:37 AM   #10195 (permalink)
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You've never even seen them! You can't claim not to like something you haven't even seen. That's so... Trollheart.
What are you talking about? I've seen both the movies I mentioned, didn't like them. I have no interest in watching the other two. So ****ing what? It's not a crime. Get off my back.
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All 3 versions. Which is your fave of the 3?
I was unaware there were three. I've only seen the one but I love it.
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I never said it was. I was referring to Animal House.


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Yeah yeah. Like I said, get off my back. I couldn't care less about those movies, seeing them or being converted. My choice.
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