Sunday afternoon, devoid of witticisms.

[mosca]

There's still time to do this thing. Seriously, it's a no-commitment challenge, and you give me an excuse to read poetry. And then you write stories and other people read them and leave feedback and it's just how fandom is supposed to be.

What? Fairy tales are nice.

justababyduck and I went to see Little Miss Sunshine last night. I was disappointed, because I

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[norabombay]

Thank you for the heads up on LMS.

I have a huge embarassment squick. And while I can occassionally forgive it in the name of physical humor- because as embarassing as it is, everyone slips in cow patties sometimes.

But when it's emotional? No. I simply can't watch.

I was undecided about the movie- it sounded good. But I think I'm going to skip it.

[mosca]

Yeah, the whole movie is very much emotional embarrassment humor, some of it physical but more of it situational. There are times when I have a high tolerance for that, as in Wedding Crashers, but LMS also takes itself very seriously. Like, it thinks it's a film, not just a movie. And I'm watching it going, no, you're a movie that revolves around humiliating its characters, get over yourself.

[likeadeuce]

I'm glad you felt that way about Little Miss Sunshine -- I thought I must be missing something. I mean, it was cute and had some good dialogue, but I didn't find it remotely believable. I kept feeling like "Garden State" and "Arrested Development" had bred, and had a child that they thought was more appealing than it actually was and were trying force it on me -- "See how cute she is!"

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[mosca]

That's exactly what bothered me -- it was so intent on drawing attention to its own awesomeness. And it wasn't... all that awesome.

[kindkit]

For some reason I really enjoyed Little Miss Sunshine, despite recognizing that the whole thing was incredibly contrived. And my usual, very serious inability to watch characters be embarrassed didn't even kick in. Go figure.

I agree with you, though, that Steve Carrell's performance is the best thing in the movie. Our very first glimpse of him, when he's just staring into space and his eyes are so bleak . . . it's incredible, and I still haven't been able to get that look out of my mind.

[mosca]

It's hard to predict what will work for one person but fail for another, you know? I'm glad the movie worked for you. I'm always kind of sad when things don't work for me. I'm a pessimistic snob, but I'm that way because I want to like everything.

Carell played a tragic character in a comedy, which always intrigues me. You're right -- he does so much just with his eyes.