What do a brilliant shut-in trying to solve a crime, a pop star, and a math teacher have in common? They're all characters in two pretty good new movies.
I remember when Marry Me was just a webcomic. That story has been floating around in development for a long time at this point, so I'm glad they were able to get it done.
I'm also not a Fallon fan, and I enjoyed Marry Me. If it helps, the movie positions him as part of the media circus that is making her life so difficult, so he comes off as kind of a bully and a jerk. It's probably not how The Powers That Be intended this corporate synergy to work. But in our current You're Wrong About/Save Britney moment, late night monologues making fun of a celebrities having a rough time REALLY isn't a good look.
Yeah it just seems so unlikely that anyone would be watching Fallon *live* in 2022, you know? If someone showed her a snippet of a monologue, that would make more sense. Really, it's never been my favorite device, but Fallon made the film's failure to consider a workaround more frustrating. And you make a good point about the dogpiling on hard-luck celebrities for sure.
Owen Wilson have real flair for bringing spark to otherwise mediocre movie, but boy me wish he not had to do that so often. But it seem like no one besides Wes Anderson all that interested in putting him in good movie.
Yes. His career has been a bit of a letdown, perhaps because he had different ideas of what he wanted for it than he might have signaled in those Anderson movies-- not least because he wrote on a couple of them.
Keith- watched Kimi this weekend based on your review. Can't believe you didn't mention how the last 20 min takes a hard swerve into being a Sam Raimi movie!
The setup is reminiscent of The Conversation, but most of the film is much more Hitchcockian, with the obvious nods to Rear Window. It was fun, but parts of it felt like a first draft, honestly. The whole thing kinda seemed like Soderbergh did his version of NaNoWriMo and created an entire movie in a month, without any time for polishing it up. I wish it had leaned harder into the satire aspects.
I remember when Marry Me was just a webcomic. That story has been floating around in development for a long time at this point, so I'm glad they were able to get it done.
So...exactly how much Jimmy Fallon? Because that might determine how likely I am to watch this.
Two on-in-the-background monologues and an appearance. It's more than I'd like, to say the least. But it's not like he's a real supporting player.
I'm also not a Fallon fan, and I enjoyed Marry Me. If it helps, the movie positions him as part of the media circus that is making her life so difficult, so he comes off as kind of a bully and a jerk. It's probably not how The Powers That Be intended this corporate synergy to work. But in our current You're Wrong About/Save Britney moment, late night monologues making fun of a celebrities having a rough time REALLY isn't a good look.
Yeah it just seems so unlikely that anyone would be watching Fallon *live* in 2022, you know? If someone showed her a snippet of a monologue, that would make more sense. Really, it's never been my favorite device, but Fallon made the film's failure to consider a workaround more frustrating. And you make a good point about the dogpiling on hard-luck celebrities for sure.
Owen Wilson have real flair for bringing spark to otherwise mediocre movie, but boy me wish he not had to do that so often. But it seem like no one besides Wes Anderson all that interested in putting him in good movie.
Yes. His career has been a bit of a letdown, perhaps because he had different ideas of what he wanted for it than he might have signaled in those Anderson movies-- not least because he wrote on a couple of them.
Once you get taste of that sweet Lightning McQueen money, it tough to go back!
Keith- watched Kimi this weekend based on your review. Can't believe you didn't mention how the last 20 min takes a hard swerve into being a Sam Raimi movie!
The setup is reminiscent of The Conversation, but most of the film is much more Hitchcockian, with the obvious nods to Rear Window. It was fun, but parts of it felt like a first draft, honestly. The whole thing kinda seemed like Soderbergh did his version of NaNoWriMo and created an entire movie in a month, without any time for polishing it up. I wish it had leaned harder into the satire aspects.