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I'll get into my rant about the Oscars later. I have other fish to fry. I just got back from the screening of "She's Out Of My League," at the Springdale Cinema DeLuxe.
I have to say, I liked the movie, I thought it was actually pretty funny, in a really awkward way. I couldn't really decide if I liked the message the movie was sending or not. The idea was that Kirk, a sort of awkward geeky guy, was the object of desire for Molly, a woman that every other guy in the film seemed to instantly lust over. First thing's first: the vast majority of the characters involved are horribly shallow. This is up to and including the male lead. It's not his fault, he was written this way, and honestly with the way his friends treat him, it's no wonder he has self-esteem issues. The relationship is awkward not entirely through the fault of the romantic leads, they actually seem sweet together. It's their friends that keep insisting that there's no way this could work through some ridiculous mathematical maneuvering. Add in a pair of truly detestable exes, and some very funny, yet really awkward moments. Something else: See this film with someone you are comfortable seeing sexual humor with. Really, I cannot stress this enough, if you're going to be embarrassed talking to the person you saw this film with about men shaving each other's testicles...Well, just choose your movie partners carefully. The message is supposed to be simple: Nobody's perfect, and you shouldn't put people on pedestals that you cannot reach. This is probably something that they missed in the marketing department. Like I said, I liked the movie, really, it was a fun throwaway comedy that ranks right up there with say, American Wedding. What irks me though is the marketing machine.At the theater, we were greeted by people from a salon, you know, because they want to make you more attractive than you are, and then instructed to go to their Facebook page, where we could upload our photos and have people "rate" us.
The point of the damn movie is to stop judging yourselves and others, and stop comparing yourself to all the other people around you, and maybe, just maybe you could be happy! So what do the monkeys in marketing do? They give you the antithesis on their Facebook page!
End rant #1.
Begin Rant #2.
I know we got the tickets for this screening for free. This does not mean that normal theater etiquette does not apply. This goes for the three teenage boys behind me. And yes, even though they were all 18, they were very much boys. Here's a tip junior: Just because someone is speaking in the front of the theater, does not mean it's a callback, nobody wants to hear your idiotic commentary over the poor girl just trying to do her job. Also, if I wanted a running commentary over the entire goddamn film, I would have gone to a Rifftrax showing, where I would have paid to hear someone that is actually clever and/or funny commenting over the movie. Yes I know that Alice Eve (female lead) has very attractive breasts, the cinematographer and the director both made it a point to showcase them early on in the film. Your statements are unnecessary.
Is this too much to ask? I ask this mostly because I didn't have any place to go in the theater once it was full and the only people that left during the film were the older couple sitting next to me that were somewhat put off with the film being very blunt, and the children behind them being obnoxious.
I have to say, I liked the movie, I thought it was actually pretty funny, in a really awkward way. I couldn't really decide if I liked the message the movie was sending or not. The idea was that Kirk, a sort of awkward geeky guy, was the object of desire for Molly, a woman that every other guy in the film seemed to instantly lust over. First thing's first: the vast majority of the characters involved are horribly shallow. This is up to and including the male lead. It's not his fault, he was written this way, and honestly with the way his friends treat him, it's no wonder he has self-esteem issues. The relationship is awkward not entirely through the fault of the romantic leads, they actually seem sweet together. It's their friends that keep insisting that there's no way this could work through some ridiculous mathematical maneuvering. Add in a pair of truly detestable exes, and some very funny, yet really awkward moments. Something else: See this film with someone you are comfortable seeing sexual humor with. Really, I cannot stress this enough, if you're going to be embarrassed talking to the person you saw this film with about men shaving each other's testicles...Well, just choose your movie partners carefully. The message is supposed to be simple: Nobody's perfect, and you shouldn't put people on pedestals that you cannot reach. This is probably something that they missed in the marketing department. Like I said, I liked the movie, really, it was a fun throwaway comedy that ranks right up there with say, American Wedding. What irks me though is the marketing machine.At the theater, we were greeted by people from a salon, you know, because they want to make you more attractive than you are, and then instructed to go to their Facebook page, where we could upload our photos and have people "rate" us.
The point of the damn movie is to stop judging yourselves and others, and stop comparing yourself to all the other people around you, and maybe, just maybe you could be happy! So what do the monkeys in marketing do? They give you the antithesis on their Facebook page!
End rant #1.
Begin Rant #2.
I know we got the tickets for this screening for free. This does not mean that normal theater etiquette does not apply. This goes for the three teenage boys behind me. And yes, even though they were all 18, they were very much boys. Here's a tip junior: Just because someone is speaking in the front of the theater, does not mean it's a callback, nobody wants to hear your idiotic commentary over the poor girl just trying to do her job. Also, if I wanted a running commentary over the entire goddamn film, I would have gone to a Rifftrax showing, where I would have paid to hear someone that is actually clever and/or funny commenting over the movie. Yes I know that Alice Eve (female lead) has very attractive breasts, the cinematographer and the director both made it a point to showcase them early on in the film. Your statements are unnecessary.
Is this too much to ask? I ask this mostly because I didn't have any place to go in the theater once it was full and the only people that left during the film were the older couple sitting next to me that were somewhat put off with the film being very blunt, and the children behind them being obnoxious.