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dove_from_above [Edit] [Delete] 48 replies 00:24, 13 February '07

Anybody else slightly disappointed with this film? I've just watched it, and it wasn't as good as I was expecting it to be

I thought the characters were a little unconvincing, the dialogue used was, at times, ridiculous and the music for most of the film didn't seem to fit right

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  • We had the exact same thread a few weeks ago.

    The characters aren't really meant to be convincing and the whole point of the dialouge is that its totally ridiculous. Its a complete film noir pastiche, and whether you like it or not kinda depends on whether you dig film noir.

    Thought_Dreams @elbam | 13 Feb '07, 00:34 | X
    • I love film noir

      and I thought it was mediocre.

      bobbygeorge @Thought_Dreams | 13 Feb '07, 00:59 | X
  • SNAP

    Thought_Dreams @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 00:47 | X
  • well, no

    not exactly.

    bobbygeorge @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:00 | X
  • i liked it

    I liked nora zehetner.

    harru | 13 Feb '07, 00:36 | X
  • yes

    i've said this in many threads, but i didn't like it at all. I agree that the dialogue was just cringeworthy at time, and that's without the terrible acting.

    There was some really good lines in it though.

    pretty_vacant | 13 Feb '07, 00:37 | X
    • yeah, but i still didn't like it

      i dunno, it just seemed a bit stupid. i didn't enjoy it at all, the dialogue was really forced, and they all sounded like they'd just been given the scripts and asked to read them really fast. Plus the 'love interest' giel was REALLY annoying

      The third rock from the sun guy was pretty good though :D but i didn't like his annoying sidekick.

      pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 00:45 | X
      • girl :(

        oh my hands

        pretty_vacant @pretty_vacant | 13 Feb '07, 00:46 | X
        • Does she mean her, or Laura?

          Emily didn't seem to be in it enough to justify being annoying. Laura was quite pretty, I thought. Bit of a small face though

          http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2731/Events/2731/NoraZehetn_Vespa_4238069_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Zehetner,%20Nora

          dove_from_above @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 00:52 | X
          • i meant that one ^

            pretty_vacant @dove_from_above | 13 Feb '07, 01:06 | X
            • I love her

              she's in heroes too!

              harru @pretty_vacant | 13 Feb '07, 01:07 | X
              • maybe i'm just jealous

                :)

                but i found her character incredibly irritating

                pretty_vacant @harru | 13 Feb '07, 01:10 | X
        • Oh yeah!

          I thought I recognised him. And I'm not really too much of a movie buff, so if the dialogue was intentionally ridiculous then that went completely over my head

          Does this make me stoopid?

          dove_from_above @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 00:46 | X
          • Nah.

            Its really a film buff kinda film. Which makes it awesome as an exercise in cinematic technique 'n stuff, but if you don't know the films its a pastiche of I can imagine it seeming pretty shit.

            Thought_Dreams @dove_from_above | 13 Feb '07, 00:49 | X
            • maybe that's it

              i'm not much of a film noir buff, i just like gory things

              pretty_vacant @Thought_Dreams | 13 Feb '07, 00:51 | X
        • I agree

          I love a lot of film noir but this film annoyed me like few others last year.

          bobbygeorge @elbam | 13 Feb '07, 01:09 | X
        • i loved it.

          i thought it was hilarious, and i'd put it alongside stuff like Sixteen Candles as teen movies that i'll never get bored of.

          i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 01:09 | X
          • it's no Mean Girls.

            bobbygeorge @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 01:10 | X
            • Mean Girls >>>>>>>>>>> Brick

              f'sho :D

              pretty_vacant @bobbygeorge | 13 Feb '07, 01:11 | X
              • i love

                the l-lo.

                bobbygeorge @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:15 | X
                • do one

                  she's fucking ace.

                  bobbygeorge @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:18 | X
                  • maybe

                    a pointy face IS cool.

                    I'll have to think about it.

                    bobbygeorge @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:20 | X
                    • thought about it.

                      pointy faces are cool. miss spherical phace.

                      bobbygeorge @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:35 | X
                    • :'(

                      i got told i look like her
                      is my face pointy?

                      pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:23 | X
                      • :D

                        http://hikethewhites.com/photos/fox.jpg

                        pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:27 | X
                      • are they calling her li-lo now?

                        like a plastic mat?

                        pretty_vacant @bobbygeorge | 13 Feb '07, 01:18 | X
                        • i'm going to cover her in washing up liquid an...

                          pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:23 | X
                          • i'm going to

                            run around with her and hit people on the head while they're sunbathing!

                            pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 01:25 | X
                          • dunno

                            ask wishpig. I'm just trying to appear cool.

                            bobbygeorge @pretty_vacant | 13 Feb '07, 01:19 | X
                          • i still haven't seen that.

                            i'd say it's a bit more knowing than most teen movies and John Hughes affairs, but it's got a great sense of fun and it's very upfront about its pretention.

                            i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @bobbygeorge | 13 Feb '07, 01:12 | X
                            • you're spot on

                              for someone who hasn't seen it.

                              bobbygeorge @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 01:14 | X
                              • oh, piss off, you nobber :D

                                i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @bobbygeorge | 13 Feb '07, 01:16 | X
                                • you weren't talking about Mean Girls?

                                  bobbygeorge @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 01:18 | X
                          • buy Mean Girls

                            borrow Heartbreakers.

                            Still, both worth repeat viewings.

                            bobbygeorge @elbam | 13 Feb '07, 01:19 | X
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