What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2010, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I don't understand you at all.

It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, the scene where they are recording screams or the scene where they have to keep doing retakes with that old guy, if you don't find that funny, then I just don't understand you, at all.

It's been about nine years since I watched it so I don't remember it in great detail, but I know I found the kitchen cabinet part and his pronunciation of "coven" kind of funny. The section where Uncle Bill keeps screwing up his lines was funny until you realize that he clearly suffers from dementia, which of course makes Mark Borchardt look kind of predatory with the amount of money he's mooching off of him. That hardly qualifies it as "one of the funniest movies I've ever seen" though, especially when the rest of it is just downright depressing.

boo boo · 02-17-2010, 06:23 AM

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I do think there are things about it that are sad and depressing, the guy does have some serious flaws, but everybody has flaws, Mark seems like a very desperate guy, I can see that being depressing, but I share his enthusiasm as an inspiring filmmaker, that's what drives the whole film for me and I found myself rooting for him even if I found some of the things he did to be questionable and even if he isn't terribly talented.

I can make a sure bet his films are better than anything Cassavetes has ever done though, I know that's not saying much.

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2010, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I can make a sure bet his films are better than anything Cassavetes has ever done though, I know that's not saying much.

I know you have some kind of grudge against John Cassavetes but having never seen any of his movies I have no idea whether or not Mark Borchardt is a better filmmaker than him. I will say that from what I remember Borchardt's movies looked pretty awful.

boo boo · 02-17-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I know you have some kind of grudge against John Cassavetes but having never seen any of his movies I have no idea whether or not Mark Borchardt is a better filmmaker than him. I will say that from what I remember Borchardt's movies looked pretty awful.

They also look very entertaining.

As for Cassavetes, yeah, for my money the most overrated filmmaker of all time. Shadows and Woman Under the Influence, those movies are preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeety bad.

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

They also look very entertaining.

They just looked kind of lame to me.

boo boo · 02-17-2010, 09:59 PM

Now you're just being contrarian for the sake of it, that's my job buddy.

333 · 02-17-2010, 10:01 PM

I just watched Youth in Revolt a couple of nights ago.

SIXTEEN YEAR OLDs DO NOT SPEAK LIKE THAT!

Sparky · 02-17-2010, 10:11 PM

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I don't think it's depressing at all, I thought it was very touching and inspiring, these are two guys who really enjoy what they do, they set a goal for themselves and eventually succeed, what's to be depressed about?

I don't think the intention was "ooh look at these two losers make a sh*tty horror movie, laugh at them", I think Chris Smith just found them to be two very interesting, likable guys, and they are.

I love this movie, but to each his own I guess.

It was depressing because at you look at all these dude's whose lives are ****ed. His fat friend's brain is obviously melted from some major drug abuse. The main director is a clear alcoholic. They all still live with their parents.

Dudes been a paper boy for 30 years. Don't get me wrong, they're all still loveable, its just sad to see how stuck they are.

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2010, 10:11 PM

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Now you're just being contrarian for the sake of it, that's my job buddy.

So are you saying the reason I thought the movies looked lame when I saw clips of them back in 2001 was because I could magically see your posts nine years in the future and just really, really wanted to disagree with you for no reason whatsoever?

boo boo · 02-17-2010, 10:14 PM

Yeah, that is exactly what I'm accusing you of.

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It was depressing because at you look at all these dude's whose lives are ****ed. His fat friend's brain is obviously melted from some major drug abuse. The main director is a clear alcoholic. They all still live with their parents. Dudes been a paper boy for 30 years. Don't get me wrong, they're all still loveable, its just sad to see how stuck they are.

Eh, I wasn't too depressed by it but maybe that's because I'm not much better off than these people so I relate to them a lot more.

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333 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 965	I just watched Youth in Revolt a couple of nights ago. SIXTEEN YEAR OLDs DO NOT SPEAK LIKE THAT!