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| lshap |
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Hot Tub Time Machine is for those who found The Hangover too cerebral. Three old friends - John Cusack inexplicably among them - take a weekend trip to a ski resort they partied at in the 80's. They stumble into a hot tub that accidentally turns into time machine, spinning them back to the mid-80's.
That's it. I'm not making this up.
The film's only saving grace is that it doesn't pretend to be anything other than stupid & simple. It succeeds.
Ironically, I wanted to see Kick-Ass, which has gotten some good reviews, including Marc's, but I was voted down. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:25 pm |
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| Is the hot tub actually supposed to be a time machine, or is it one of those Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court things where for some inexplicable reason an action causes a character to go back in time? |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:32 pm |
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| I think when you go to a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" you get precisely what you deserve. And probably, precisely what you want. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:15 pm |
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Gentlemen Broncos is a complete quirkfest, but also has a fair amount of goofy charm. Every character is eccentric and self-absorbed, except our normal protag, who basically cringes and tries to navigate through all of the weirdness and solipsism, much in a young John Cusack style role. Even the house the boy and his mom live in is quirky, mostly roof, a kind of geodesic golf ball of a house.
Our teenage lead is a budding sci-fi writer. The film has three levels, his life enswirled in quirk, the low-budget imaginings of his sci-fi story, plus a no-budget filming of the same story done by some of his new friends.
The storyline is quite simple, as the main thrust of the film is growing up and surviving overwhelming quirk.
It's a pleasant enough film, though targeted to a teen audience -- somewhat reminiscent of Running with Scissors but mostly in the vein of Be Kind Rewind. Probably decent as a lighthearted rental, or something to randomly catch on cable.
The writer/director, Jared Hess, was also responsible for Nacho Libre (some goofy, but mostly unrealized promise) and Napoleon Dynamite (which I didn't see). |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:16 pm |
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| Gentlemen Broncos is quirky for the sake of quirky. Being offbeat is only interesting when things are occasionally onbeat. There is no contrast to the incessant weirdness, so the film has little dynamic. The one thing that makes Broncos worth a rental is Jemaine Clement (Flight Of The Conchords) in the role of a pretentious sci-fi novelist who exemplifies the term "mouthbreather". I think his character is intended to be a mashup of Stephen King and George Lucas. Very funny. While I'm no fan of Gentlemen Broncos, it is not nearly as painful an experience as the execrable Napoleon Dynamite. Broncos was huge boxoffice dud. Didn't even gross a million bucks. A real career killer for Jared Hess. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:05 am |
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| I haven't seen Broncos or Dynamite, but I saw Nacho Libre. I really liked Nacho Libre, Jack Black was very good and there were a lot of very funny scenes. The story was clever. Ridiculous, but a lot of fun. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:52 am |
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A local reviewer said that Hot Tub Time Machine was a movie whose title provided its own synopsis. Looks to me like a WFV, and then rent with intent of watching good actors have a bit of harmless fun. I like Lshap's...
"Hot Tub Time Machine is for those who found The Hangover too cerebral."
I am one who hugely enjoyed The Hangover, esp. the premise that it would be possible for a team of drunks to steal Mike Tyson's tiger.
Also planning to see All About Steve, just to see what Bullock's Razzie was all about. The strong cast, the concept of a crossword fanatic/stalker -- it all sounded like a formula for great comedy, so I'm interested in how it failed. Did they fail to put in a Will Shortz cameo? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:54 pm |
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NYT mini-review of a new Colombian film at the Tribeca FF:
Quote: Jorge Navas’s “Blood and Rain” will appeal to those who like their thrillers slow moving, dreamy and bummed out.
Set during one long, rainy night in Bogotá, Colombia, which here resembles some lower circle of hell, this film tracks the doom-struck movements of a cabbie on a mission of revenge and the beautiful drug addict he happens to pick up. Beyond the cryptic narrative, it’s clear that Mr. Navas is most interested in expressing his anger over the current state of things in Colombia. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:43 pm |
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Exit Through The Gift Shop
The film centers around an L.A. based Frenchman, Thierry Guetta, who owns a
vintage clothing store, who is obsessed with video taping. Through his cousin, the grafiiti artist Space Invader, he meets Shepard Fairey and Swoon and other artists. He films them, helps them, becomes a spotter for the cops, they welcome him into their world.
Through Shepard Fairey he finally meets Banksy, and becomes friends with him, following him. We see some footage of how Shepard, Banksy and Swoon get to do what they do . I loved seeing Banksy doing his thing on the Palestinian Western wall and the Guantanomo stunt at Disneyland, the phone booth. I wanted to see more..
After shooting tons of footage, Guetta, comes up with the worst, unwatchable movie ever made. Bansky, who’s voice is altered and is in darkness with a hoodie, makes the funniest comments and takes over the project, and turns the camera on Guetta, claiming he's more interesting. He suggests to him that Guetta should be the grafiffiti artist and the subject of this movie. Well, Guetta gets a tag line "Brainwash" and makes the worst imitations of Warhol, Banksy etc and has a huge show with celebrities and demands huge prices for his “work”
His self-promotion gets a bit tiresome but I must admit the guy is relentless or as one of his helpers says “retarded” Banksy says something like ” I like to help people, mentor them etc........not any more.His comments throughout the movie had the audience cracking up.
I was expecting this to be a documentary of one of my favorite graffiti/ street artists, Banksy, who fiercely guards his anonymity. But it’s a comment on art, what is art, is it art, galleries, hype, the mindless following of art enthusiasts. looking for the next big thing. Or is it? See for yourself, I recommend it. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:22 am |
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NYTimes had a good review of Exit Through The Gift Shop last week. Sounds good, but unfortunately is so below the radar that the good pirates of China are unlikely to churn it out for about 2 years (and possibly never). It sounds in the spirit of Welles' F for Fake.
Hmm .. here's an NYT review I hadn't read.
Okay... here's the one I did read/like.
I've only very quickly skimmed the first one.
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I forgot to mention that my favorite part of Gentleman Broncos was the opening sequence in which some pretty wild covers of mock paperback sci-fi novels were used to provide the various credits. It was clever, well-done and a nice mood set-up for the film.
So when GB pops up on cable soon enough, be sure to check in for the first few minutes at least. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:49 am |
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Marta and I saw Date Nite yesterday. It was much better than I'd been led to believe. I liked the two lead going in and had read that they ill used by the movie, but they were not at all. Their roles were very well suited to them and they were very good. I also read that it was only mildly funny. There were parts that were outrageously funny, especially a car chase that had me laughing my ass off and Marta laughing so much that she had tears streaming down her face.
In sum; I liked it a lot and Marta looovvvveed it! |
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| mirgun |
| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:05 pm |
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]Quote:" NYTimes had a good review of Exit Through The Gift Shop[ last week. Sounds good, but unfortunately is so below the radar that the good pirates of China are unlikely to churn it out for about 2 years (and possibly never). It sounds in the spirit of Welles' F for Fake"
Call me a liar (hahaa) but F for Fake is one of my favorite movies.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:13 pm |
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Re: Marc's comment--
I haven't been able to go out to the movies lately. Too busy with life, my own career, other stuff. I have posted about some of the other stuff to the usual no comment. Will get to the Coen forum as soon as it starts. |
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| mirgun |
| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:16 pm |
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lshap wrote: Hot Tub Time Machine is for those who found The Hangover too cerebral. Three old friends - John Cusack inexplicably among them - take a weekend trip to a ski resort they partied at in the 80's. They stumble into a hot tub that accidentally turns into time machine, spinning them back to the mid-80's.
That's it. I'm not making this up.
The film's only saving grace is that it doesn't pretend to be anything other than stupid & simple. It succeeds.
Ironically, I wanted to see Kick-Ass, which has gotten some good reviews, including Marc's, but I was voted down.
If you want to see a kick ass fun movie, you should see Kiss Ass.I want Hit Girl to be my daughter, I can use her on the subway..
From all that is written and said AND the title only, I don't think I want to pay to see Hot Tub |
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