pimp post #3: nick & norah's infinite playlist.
If you want to see a "quirky" teenage romantic comedy with a fun female lead, Michael Cera being Michael Cera (George Michael from Arrested Development remixed into something resembling another character, maybe - but that's okay because we love him anyway) and a soundtrack stuffed full of highly pretentious indierock music, you might think you want to see Juno.
You're wrong. What you really want to see is this movie.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist completely rises above tryhard quirkiness and music so pretentious it's cringeworthy. It's fun and "different" in all the right ways, and even manages to be heart-felt. Put it this way: it's everything Juno was for a lot of people, and completely failed to be to me personally.
Based on a novel of the same name (seen above), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist tells a story of one night in New York. Nick (Michael Cera) is still hung up over his ex, who he keeps making mixtapes to, despite the fact she largely doesn't care and throws his mixes out -- to be discovered by Norah (Kat Dennings), who on the other hand loves them. They run into each other on a venue where Nick's band (composed of him and his gay best friends) and are soon united by a common mission; to see the obscure rock band Where's Fluffy?, whose show that night is at a secret location somewhere in New York City.
The movie's not perfect; some plot point seem a little awkwardly construct and a few jokes miss their target. And the soundtrack is of course, largely of bands I've never heard of, but luckily even the pretentious indierock interludes never end up irritating. And at its core, the film is delightful and funny and captures a lot of the teenage determinence, awkwardness and hopefulness. The dialogues aren't too snappy but still have wit, the teens aren't too adult but still mature in that way teens want to appear like.
The Jerk-Offs
The side characters are great and the movie features a puzzlingly large number of guest appearances. Most of them I recognized by face ("oh that guy from SNL!"), not name but recognized nonetheless and their cameos are usually really funny.
Kat Dennings is fantastic as Norah, who's of course as moviepretty as you can imagine but still believable about having issues with her self-appearance and worries about guys liking her for who she is.
Both of the love birds have their hang ups, and their path together doesn't end without misunderstandings and uncertainty. The way the romance develops is great, though, and feels very real, even though most just-out-of-high-school teens don't fall in love while chasing an obscure band and tracking down a drunken friend throughout New York City.
It's just a damn sweet, solid movie, and I heartily recommend you rent it if at all possible.
I thought the voice over in the official trailer was really fucking annoying and even though none of the clips on the movie's youtube page were the best bits of the movie or contained why I liked it so much, here's one I found not-that-annoying:
I was going to link to the place I first heard about this movie but uhh, it's not in text form anywhere so nevermind. Instead I will link to AfterElton.com's review of the film, which focuses on the gay characters of the movie. It's as positive as mine, even though the perspective is naturally different. :)
If you watch it, hope you enjoy!
You're wrong. What you really want to see is this movie.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist completely rises above tryhard quirkiness and music so pretentious it's cringeworthy. It's fun and "different" in all the right ways, and even manages to be heart-felt. Put it this way: it's everything Juno was for a lot of people, and completely failed to be to me personally.
Based on a novel of the same name (seen above), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist tells a story of one night in New York. Nick (Michael Cera) is still hung up over his ex, who he keeps making mixtapes to, despite the fact she largely doesn't care and throws his mixes out -- to be discovered by Norah (Kat Dennings), who on the other hand loves them. They run into each other on a venue where Nick's band (composed of him and his gay best friends) and are soon united by a common mission; to see the obscure rock band Where's Fluffy?, whose show that night is at a secret location somewhere in New York City.
The movie's not perfect; some plot point seem a little awkwardly construct and a few jokes miss their target. And the soundtrack is of course, largely of bands I've never heard of, but luckily even the pretentious indierock interludes never end up irritating. And at its core, the film is delightful and funny and captures a lot of the teenage determinence, awkwardness and hopefulness. The dialogues aren't too snappy but still have wit, the teens aren't too adult but still mature in that way teens want to appear like.
The Jerk-Offs
The side characters are great and the movie features a puzzlingly large number of guest appearances. Most of them I recognized by face ("oh that guy from SNL!"), not name but recognized nonetheless and their cameos are usually really funny.
Kat Dennings is fantastic as Norah, who's of course as moviepretty as you can imagine but still believable about having issues with her self-appearance and worries about guys liking her for who she is.
Both of the love birds have their hang ups, and their path together doesn't end without misunderstandings and uncertainty. The way the romance develops is great, though, and feels very real, even though most just-out-of-high-school teens don't fall in love while chasing an obscure band and tracking down a drunken friend throughout New York City.
It's just a damn sweet, solid movie, and I heartily recommend you rent it if at all possible.
I thought the voice over in the official trailer was really fucking annoying and even though none of the clips on the movie's youtube page were the best bits of the movie or contained why I liked it so much, here's one I found not-that-annoying:
Click to viewI was going to link to the place I first heard about this movie but uhh, it's not in text form anywhere so nevermind. Instead I will link to AfterElton.com's review of the film, which focuses on the gay characters of the movie. It's as positive as mine, even though the perspective is naturally different. :)
If you watch it, hope you enjoy!