Author Topic: I bring you this year's Juno/ Little Miss Sunshine (Read 4221 times)

Eric P · « **on:** March 05, 2009, 10:36:10 PM »

http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/03/03/must-watch-full-trailer-for-marc-webbs-500-days-of-summer/

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:39:42 PM »

Dude looks like an even less attractive version of Heath Ledger.

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:46:30 PM »

jesus @ the first 10 seconds. name-dropping bands is so gay when done wrong.

EvilBoris · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:53:59 PM »

ugh and the unknown pleasures shirt.
'I'm SID!!'

it's just one adolescent character after another for gordon levitt.

evilbore favourite deschanel also slumming in cutesy festival pap here with Dano as the bemused kid this time

Being a mattress salesman is the latest hip thing for kids I guess.

Eric P · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:55:41 PM »

EvilBoris · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:56:40 PM »

double.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:02:09 PM »

Little Miss Sunshine was actually good though

Cheebs · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:09:28 PM »

Quote from: BobbyRobby on March 05, 2009, 10:46:30 PM

jesus @ the first 10 seconds. name-dropping bands is so gay when done wrong.

Yeah but Morrisey/The Smiths are fucking awesome.

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:26:49 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on March 05, 2009, 11:09:28 PM

Quote from: BobbyRobby on March 05, 2009, 10:46:30 PM
jesus @ the first 10 seconds. name-dropping bands is so gay when done wrong.
Yeah but Morrisey/The Smiths are fucking awesome.

they could have been talking about the Who, and it'd still be lame.

what i saw was two characters acting aloof, who had more passion about showing off the fact they like the Smiths, than liking their music.

it's one thing when that type of thing happens in real life, but when i think of someone writing that script, thinking it's important enough to put in a movie, it really rubs me the wrong way.

Mandark · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:16:31 AM »

LMS is good and Juno is a fine romantic comedy.

They just get used as cultural turf markers for some weird intra-nerd showdown, which is lame. That's what music criticism is for.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:20:26 AM »

lms is tolerable and juno is awful. mandark is secretly sentimental!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #11 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:24:50 AM »

Juno sucked. Little Miss Sunshine was okay. Prole vindicated.

Mandark · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:26:48 AM »

Hey, I'm openly a softie.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Willco agrees with Prole. Mandark vindicated.

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Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:28:49 AM »

Juno is piss poor at the very best. Little Miss Sunshine is a barely passable rental. The kind of movie that your girlfriend brings over and you pretend it is anything better than a waste of time in hopes of getting laid.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:29:36 AM »

LMS was ok. Juno was a shit stain. This looks like ass.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #15 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:31:40 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on March 06, 2009, 12:29:36 AM

LMS was ok. Juno was a shit stain. This looks like ass.

It won't stop a wave of hipster doofuses calling it one of the best movies of the year

Mandark · « **Reply #16 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:33:25 AM »

All I'm saying is that Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, or Indie-ish Comedy In Which People Come Together At The End X is objectively no more treacly than anything Brad Bird has done post-Simpsons and everyone loves his work.

So sentimentality can't be the trigger here. Since everyone always brings up band namedropping as Juno's major sin, spillover from the Garden State/Wes Anderson backlash is probably the cause.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #17 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:42:31 AM »

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Little Miss Sunshine is a barely passable rental. The kind of movie that your girlfriend brings over and you pretend it is anything better than a waste of time in hopes of getting laid.

yes, it has a special association for me too

cool breeze · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:53:45 AM »

I echo the same remarks the sane people here have said; LMS is so-so while Juno is garbage. I'm not going to make up my mind on this 500 Days of Summer movie yet since there are other crappy movies that could give off a similar vibe: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/gigantic/trailer

just to make it clear, 500 days of summer looks like crap, but Juno of 2009? not sure about that yet

clothedmacuser · « **Reply #19 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:55:42 AM »

Great. Now there are fanboys for film genres. Even worse is that this is ground zero for Pixar lovers who hate Sundance stuff.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:56:32 AM »

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Since everyone always brings up band namedropping as Juno's major sin, spillover from the Garden State/Wes Anderson backlash is probably the cause.

it's more fun to blame misogyny tho.

clothedmacuser · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:02:03 AM »

That's this years Juno/Little Miss?

It's a fucking rom-com. Just because it came from Sundance doesn't mean they are all the same. They aren't related. It's a festival not a production company.

This looks like the sort of crap that should have Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan in it. Not the crap that gets called an indie darling and wins a spirit award.

Hmm. I pushed reply instead of edit.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #22 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:05:08 AM »

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OH MY GOD i love the beginning of the trailer!!!! He's listening to "There is a Light that never goes Out" by the Smiths!!! holy shite, that's good writing, cause its true, no ever listens to the Smiths anymore!! (Except myself and a close friend of mine)

This movie looks so great. I like both the previous trailer and this one, amazing stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you Alex !!!!!!!! I can't wait

Conrad on Mar 3, 2009

awww

etiolate · « **Reply #23 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:27:19 AM »

Zooey always plays the girl who's crazy, but maybe just crazy enough to like a guy like yourself.

Also, wtf is wrong with you people. Some mad self hatred going on here.

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #24 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:13:59 AM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 06, 2009, 01:05:08 AM

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OH MY GOD i love the beginning of the trailer!!!! He's listening to "There is a Light that never goes Out" by the Smiths!!! holy shite, that's good writing, cause its true, no ever listens to the Smiths anymore!! (Except myself and a close friend of mine)

This movie looks so great. I like both the previous trailer and this one, amazing stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you Alex !!!!!!!! I can't wait

Conrad on Mar 3, 2009

awww

this movie is such a contrived, hipster fantasy. main character is minding his own business when he gets approached by a quirky, beautiful girl who compliments him on the song he is listening to. they are now kindred spirits, and have connected on some emotional level because she happens to like the same song. this is because he, like many hipsters, has cultivated an eclectic, hip musical taste to substitute the lack of an engaging personality. rather than actually being cool, they can just like cool things and still feel like they're better than all the normal people.

it gives me the same feeling of myself being 15 and pretending to like a band more than i did to impress a girl. it's embarrassing and pathetic.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:21:41 AM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 06, 2009, 01:05:08 AM

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OH MY GOD i love the beginning of the trailer!!!! He's listening to "There is a Light that never goes Out" by the Smiths!!! holy shite, that's good writing, cause its true, no ever listens to the Smiths anymore!! (Except myself and a close friend of mine)

This movie looks so great. I like both the previous trailer and this one, amazing stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you Alex !!!!!!!! I can't wait

Conrad on Mar 3, 2009

awww

Reb · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:53:55 AM »

Quote from: BobbyRobby on March 06, 2009, 02:13:59 AM

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 06, 2009, 01:05:08 AM
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OH MY GOD i love the beginning of the trailer!!!! He's listening to "There is a Light that never goes Out" by the Smiths!!! holy shite, that's good writing, cause its true, no ever listens to the Smiths anymore!! (Except myself and a close friend of mine)

This movie looks so great. I like both the previous trailer and this one, amazing stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you Alex !!!!!!!! I can't wait

Conrad on Mar 3, 2009

awww

this movie is such a contrived, hipster fantasy. main character is minding his own business when he gets approached by a quirky, beautiful girl who compliments him on the song he is listening to. they are now kindred spirits, and have connected on some emotional level because she happens to like the same song. this is because he, like many hipsters, has cultivated an eclectic, hip musical taste to substitute the lack of an engaging personality. rather than actually being cool, they can just like cool things and still feel like they're better than all the normal people.

it gives me the same feeling of myself being 15 and pretending to like a band more than i did to impress a girl. it's embarrassing and pathetic.

Ahhh, the venom of self-hate! Let the people enjoy what you are now to cynical to tolerate.

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:09:23 AM »

Quote from: Rebiak on March 06, 2009, 02:53:55 AM

Quote from: BobbyRobby on March 06, 2009, 02:13:59 AM
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on March 06, 2009, 01:05:08 AM
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OH MY GOD i love the beginning of the trailer!!!! He's listening to "There is a Light that never goes Out" by the Smiths!!! holy shite, that's good writing, cause its true, no ever listens to the Smiths anymore!! (Except myself and a close friend of mine)

This movie looks so great. I like both the previous trailer and this one, amazing stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you Alex !!!!!!!! I can't wait

Conrad on Mar 3, 2009

awww

this movie is such a contrived, hipster fantasy. main character is minding his own business when he gets approached by a quirky, beautiful girl who compliments him on the song he is listening to. they are now kindred spirits, and have connected on some emotional level because she happens to like the same song. this is because he, like many hipsters, has cultivated an eclectic, hip musical taste to substitute the lack of an engaging personality. rather than actually being cool, they can just like cool things and still feel like they're better than all the normal people.

it gives me the same feeling of myself being 15 and pretending to like a band more than i did to impress a girl. it's embarrassing and pathetic.

Ahhh, the venom of self-hate! Let the people enjoy what you are now to cynical to tolerate.

self-hate? because i mentioned something lame i did as a teenager?

i hate the fact that liking good music has become an inclusive club. the fact that people get off on being into music common people aren't. this type of thinking has ruined current music scenes. it's a selfish personality flaw that stems from insecurity, and i don't like seeing it championed in movies.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #28 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:55:42 AM »

I didn't like Juno as much as I thought I would, coming off the fact that has 2 recent AD stars in it and Ellen Page is a hometown girl (on my Canooook side of the fam). I was pretty 'meh' about the whole affair.

I'd mind more the band name-dropping onscreen peen measuring if it wasn't an absolute truth that we all have to suffer these douches on a day to day basis. To blame these movies for not hiding this inescapable fact is unfair.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #29 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:59:34 AM »

we need a thread filled with discussions fueled entirely by band references and obscure film quotes

BobbyRobby · « **Reply #30 on:** March 06, 2009, 04:24:32 AM »

Quote from: Mamacint on March 06, 2009, 03:55:42 AM

I didn't like Juno as much as I thought I would, coming off the fact that has 2 recent AD stars in it and Ellen Page is a hometown girl (on my Canooook side of the fam). I was pretty 'meh' about the whole affair.

I'd mind more the band name-dropping onscreen peen measuring if it wasn't an absolute truth that we all have to suffer these douches on a day to day basis. To blame these movies for not hiding this inescapable fact is unfair.

I agree, movies should reflect reality. That's my problem with this film (judging by the trailer) and others like it. those types of people should be represented in movies, but realistically. It seems like the makers of the film are desperately trying to penetrate the mainstream and make those douches you encounter every day cool and acceptable.

Gorgeous girls don't approach introverted nerds, and respect them because of their taste in music/movies. When they do, it's only if they have displayed value in other ways, such as being confident, good looking, or interesting. Movies like this propagate delusions and make the introverted nerds worse off.

clothedmacuser · « **Reply #31 on:** March 06, 2009, 05:34:39 AM »

Quote from: BobbyRobby on March 06, 2009, 04:24:32 AM

I agree, movies should reflect reality. That's my problem with this film (judging by the trailer) and others like it. those types of people should be represented in movies, but realistically. It seems like the makers of the film are desperately trying to penetrate the mainstream and make those douches you encounter every day cool and acceptable.

Gorgeous girls don't approach introverted nerds, and respect them because of their taste in music/movies. When they do, it's only if they have displayed value in other ways, such as being confident, good looking, or interesting. Movies like this propagate delusions and make the introverted nerds worse off.

Not a fan of action movies are you? Back on topic I will add that this is a romantic comedy and therefore the most contrived of movies in all of moviedom. The limits of reason will be strained and your intelligence insulted in the name of cuteness.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #32 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:30:40 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 06, 2009, 12:16:31 AM

LMS is good and Juno is a fine romantic comedy.

They just get used as cultural turf markers for some weird intra-nerd showdown, which is lame. That's what music criticism is for.

I agree with this sentiment.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #33 on:** March 07, 2009, 06:26:11 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 05, 2009, 10:58:04 PM

Looking at IMDB, I don't think Joseph Gordon Levitt wants challenging work.

nah, mysterious skin was pretty decent.

This movie looks like a pretty mediocre teen romantic comedy. I can't decide from that trailer how watchable it is.

Draft · « **Reply #34 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:02:37 PM »

The Smiths are indie?

I mean.

The Smiths have been pretty popular for like 2 decades...

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #35 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:04:45 PM »

Finally watched the trailer.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist version 2009 confirmed.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #36 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:12:27 PM »

Quote from: Draft on March 07, 2009, 12:02:37 PM

The Smiths are indie?

I mean.

The Smiths have been pretty popular for like 2 decades...

And "There is a light that never goes out" is well known by people who aren't even Smiths fans.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #37 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:20:36 PM »

Eh, I don't know, I think it looks okay.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #38 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:26:10 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on March 07, 2009, 12:20:36 PM

Eh, I don't know, I think it looks okay.

I thought so too, but I was probably blinded by Deschanel's beauty.

And it seems impossible for characters on screen to talk about music without it looking awkward and forced, yet teens and 20-somethings endlessly talk about music irl.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #39 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:28:10 PM »

Yea, spend some time on a campus and you'll see...people talk exactly like that. But replace The Smiths with Lil Wayne, or if the person is really hip, Radiohead

Diunx · « **Reply #40 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:28:58 PM »

I liked lms, that girl was insanely cute /no pedo.

Cheebs · « **Reply #41 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:35:15 PM »

LMS was fun. Like an indie National Lampoon's Vacation.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #42 on:** March 07, 2009, 02:05:09 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 07, 2009, 12:28:10 PM

Yea, spend some time on a campus and you'll see...people talk exactly like that. But replace The Smiths with Lil Wayne, or if the person is really hip, Radiohead

I talk Radiohead all the time with my campus buddies

TVC15 · « **Reply #43 on:** March 07, 2009, 05:31:03 PM »

I dunno. It might be bad and I certainly won't see it, but I thin k the inclusion of JGL prevents it from being immediately tossed into the Juno and Garden State (sorry Eric P, LMS isn't a bad flick at all) garbage bin. Also, I really only found the beginning of that trailer to be painful, and that makes sense since the movie is probably planned to be marketed similar to the aforementioned flicks. I don't watch romcoms, though, so I will never know. JGL generally picks interesting flicks, though, even if they aren't that good (

Brick

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Draft · « **Reply #44 on:** March 07, 2009, 05:39:30 PM »

Quote from: diunx on March 07, 2009, 12:28:58 PM

I liked lms, that girl was insanely cute /no pedo.

No pedo, indeed. She's like 30.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #45 on:** March 07, 2009, 05:41:47 PM »

What was so bad about LMS? What's so trendy to hate about it.

If it's because they use a Sufjan Stevens song, well then HOW DARE THEY

Lafiel · « **Reply #46 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:02:24 PM »

The characters in juno weren't bad. (since it had jason bateman & michael cera of AD fame in it), i also like ellen page. But damn the music was awful and all the name-dropping indie shit was annoying as. $:-\$

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #47 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:06:15 PM »

Where is Steve Guttenberg? We need more Guttenberg in these type of movies, even if its a fatherly figure giving fatherly advice.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #48 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:11:38 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 07, 2009, 09:07:47 PM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 07, 2009, 09:06:15 PM
Where is Steve Guttenberg? We need more Guttenberg in these type of movies, even if its a fatherly figure giving fatherly advice.

He's filming Police Academy 8.

I assumed that was a joke, but a trip to the imdb set me straight. $:-\$

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #49 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:50:23 PM »

The fuuuuuuckkkkk

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #50 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:17:03 PM »

The ending of LMS is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #51 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:24:12 PM »

Quote from: Malek on March 07, 2009, 09:11:38 PM

Quote from: Green Man on March 07, 2009, 09:07:47 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on March 07, 2009, 09:06:15 PM
Where is Steve Guttenberg? We need more Guttenberg in these type of movies, even if its a fatherly figure giving fatherly advice.

He's filming Police Academy 8.

I assumed that was a joke, but a trip to the imdb set me straight. $:-\$

I was about to check imdb just to make sure I wasn't being punked, but after I typed in the page the first thing that caught my eye was that Madea Goes to Jail and the Jonas Brothers are number 1&2 at the box office, this caused me to close my browser and slit my wrists. Someone call 911 plzkthnx

Cheebs · « **Reply #52 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:27:59 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 07, 2009, 10:17:03 PM

The ending of LMS is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Yep. Great cast too.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #53 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:51:01 PM »

To be honest the ending of LMS is the thing I didn't like about it. $:-\$

Cheebs · « **Reply #54 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:53:24 PM »

It's fantastic the first time you see it, cause it comes out of fucking nowhere. It loses its luster in rewatches though.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #55 on:** March 07, 2009, 11:21:43 PM »

Not really. As a comedy, LMS was massively overrated. I didn't have a problem sitting through it but I didn't get the gushing reviews.

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Author Topic: I bring you this year's Juno/ Little Miss Sunshine (Read 4221 times)