Comments | musicaljinn: Suck and the Whale

musicaljinn

Suck and the Whale

Jul 16, 2006 22:44

Wow. I just saw "The Squid and the Whale" and it was...truly horrible. Really, I can't understand how anyone could like this movie, it had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I just wanted to bitch about it on LJ cuz I want some sort of retribution for the 1.5 hours of my life that I lost.

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musicaljinn July 17 2006, 22:47:00 UTC

You may be right about the humor thing, however, a child rubbing himself on a bookself, then wiping his semen on a row of library books just doesn't seem very funny to me at all. But as far as the acting goes, I think that they did do a very good job, however, I just didn't like the characters they portrayed. Jeff Daniels did a great job being a complete asshole father who almost rapes 20 year old students...I just didn't find ANY of the characters appealing in any way. Moreover, what was the film trying to say? What am I supposed to take away from this film?--That the world has instances of these fucked up families and that it sucks? No thank you. I'd rather watch a film for a message, a point, rather than simple reality-show style shock value. I can see where the film was 'reaching' for humor, with the kid cursing when he would miss a shot in tennis...but things aren't funny to me when the characters that you're supposed to laugh at are so unredeamable and completely unlikeable as they are in "Squid and the Whale". At least ( ... )

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Re: Suck and the Colin musicaljinn July 17 2006, 22:30:50 UTC

Likewise. Btw, when are the 'Inside the Park' auditions?

Re: Suck and the Colin practicalfool July 18 2006, 01:40:29 UTC

speaking of SUCK

:-)

leisuredynamics July 18 2006, 16:28:04 UTC

i loved the 'squid and the whale'. the characters were unique, the acting was unique, and the story was approached in a really new way. my parents divorced when i was in high school, and i felt like the writer(s) really took some of those key moments of awkward humor that one experiences through such times and made it into a solid and engaging piece of film. i can watch it over and over again without hesitation.

the film could've been incredibly pretentious, but it thankfully was nowhere near that. if i were making films right now, 'the squid and the whale' would probably be something i'd be happy to direct and develop. it's personal, it's honest, and it's a really fun snapshot of 80's brooklyn. the art direction, production design, and overall cinematography was completely fresh. that is really important to me when i take the time to watch a movie.