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durdencommatyler wrote:Young Adult is by far the least of the Jason Reitman films that I've seen. I think I'm ready to just say that I don't think Diablo Cody is a very good writer. She has wonderful and interesting ideas but can't ever seem to fully get there.

But thank every god imaginable for Charlize Theron.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Young Adult is by far the least of the Jason Reitman films that I've seen. I think I'm ready to just say that I don't think Diablo Cody is a very good writer. She has wonderful and interesting ideas but can't ever seem to fully get there.

But thank every god imaginable for Charlize Theron.

Im a huge fan of YA. Charlize is incredible and her character is so fucking interesting. The scene with her and the sister...damn, that was something else.

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Farmer John wrote:I watched Barton Fink for the first time the other day. I liked it (I think). Someone smarter than me would need to explain what it all means. John Goodman was great. (was he the devil?)

Oh man. There are lots of deep dive musings on it out there, and I believe some posit that Goodman was the devil. At its heart, it’s about the nature of high art vs art-for-commerce.

Or is it about the cost of creativity

And about how his ego ruins what he wants to achieve.

Or maybe a retelling of a classic biblical parable

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Farmer John wrote:I watched Barton Fink for the first time the other day. I liked it (I think). Someone smarter than me would need to explain what it all means. John Goodman was great. (was he the devil?)

that one definitely took another viewing and some online articles

There are few movies that I've craved outside thoughts/opinions about less than Barton Fink. It is perfect. And other people's interpretations could only lessen what I got from it. I don't even want to hear the Coens talk about it.

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durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Young Adult is by far the least of the Jason Reitman films that I've seen. I think I'm ready to just say that I don't think Diablo Cody is a very good writer. She has wonderful and interesting ideas but can't ever seem to fully get there.

But thank every god imaginable for Charlize Theron.

Im a huge fan of YA. Charlize is incredible and her character is so fucking interesting. The scene with her and the sister...damn, that was something else.

It's an interesting idea for a character, yes. I agree. And thank god Charlize plays her. But I wanted so much more.

If you’re up for it, I wrote a long and rambling critique of how much I hate the Cody/Reitman movies on here on Rm somewhere. Though YA is one of the few that I do like.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

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tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Young Adult is by far the least of the Jason Reitman films that I've seen. I think I'm ready to just say that I don't think Diablo Cody is a very good writer. She has wonderful and interesting ideas but can't ever seem to fully get there.

But thank every god imaginable for Charlize Theron.

Im a huge fan of YA. Charlize is incredible and her character is so fucking interesting. The scene with her and the sister...damn, that was something else.

It's an interesting idea for a character, yes. I agree. And thank god Charlize plays her. But I wanted so much more.

If you’re up for it, I wrote a long and rambling critique of how much I hate the Cody/Reitman movies on here on Rm somewhere. Though YA is one of the few that I do like.

Yeah I'm with VG here, I liked Young Adult a lot. I also liked Jennifer's Body, though it's a totally different film. But Cody has been involved in some truly awful projects. Juno is near-unwatchable for me now without intense feelings of cringe, and Tully is maybe one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:Odd. I’d think they’d be angry and offended.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Spoiler: show

i hated those kids. fuck them, they deserve to be dead

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VinylGuy wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Odd. I’d think they’d be angry and offended.

why? I think being tired and doing all kinds of stuff while having a baby is pretty common. To have post delivery depression is also very common.

Yes but hallucinating a caretaker while putting up with your shitty husband and his even shittier brother feels like Reitman has really low expectations for women

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.