This is almost hard to review, I have so many good things to say
about it. In fact, I might have to keep it short for once. Keep in mind
I saw this in Seattle last night, with about 3 dozen people about our
age who were "gen-x" (though I hated the term) and were in their
20's when the comic came out. I actually didn't read it much,
because it was way, way too much like me and the people I knew.
Anyway, you can bet it was a live crowd who clapped when "the
end" came up on the screen.
What can I say? There's people who probably won't 'get' this
movie; either they just were completey into another culture in their
teens or 20's (the type the movie made fun of), or are too young to
realy identify (though I doubt most teenage girls will have a
problem). Absolutely perfect casting, needless to say, Buscemi
steals the movie, which is saying a lot. Miss him playing sarcastic
losers? See it. And stay till the end credits are over for a real treat.
Best after the credits' scene I can remember seeing, period.
I can't even tell you the number of times we couldn't even hear
dialogue because everyone around us (and us, of course) were
laughing or cheering at the top of their lungs. Some characters
didn't even have to *say* anything, they'd just show up and look so
much like a Clowes cartoon, or someone you see in town, that
people roared with laughter. Ileana Douglas is perfect, as always,
as the art teacher from hell. Doug, the guy from the mini-mart,
-well, again, we couldn't hear anything he even said, because
everytime he so much as walked onscreen, the audience just
ROARED through the whole scene (and after the scene ended).
It was pretty touching in parts, and about as realistic as a script
gets. Oh, why the hell am I even trying to put into words how
incredible this movie is? I'm not THAT good of a reviewer (and take
a look at how many movie's I've reveiwed, and how long the
reviews are). Just go see it.
20 out of 10 stars.
about it. In fact, I might have to keep it short for once. Keep in mind
I saw this in Seattle last night, with about 3 dozen people about our
age who were "gen-x" (though I hated the term) and were in their
20's when the comic came out. I actually didn't read it much,
because it was way, way too much like me and the people I knew.
Anyway, you can bet it was a live crowd who clapped when "the
end" came up on the screen.
What can I say? There's people who probably won't 'get' this
movie; either they just were completey into another culture in their
teens or 20's (the type the movie made fun of), or are too young to
realy identify (though I doubt most teenage girls will have a
problem). Absolutely perfect casting, needless to say, Buscemi
steals the movie, which is saying a lot. Miss him playing sarcastic
losers? See it. And stay till the end credits are over for a real treat.
Best after the credits' scene I can remember seeing, period.
I can't even tell you the number of times we couldn't even hear
dialogue because everyone around us (and us, of course) were
laughing or cheering at the top of their lungs. Some characters
didn't even have to *say* anything, they'd just show up and look so
much like a Clowes cartoon, or someone you see in town, that
people roared with laughter. Ileana Douglas is perfect, as always,
as the art teacher from hell. Doug, the guy from the mini-mart,
-well, again, we couldn't hear anything he even said, because
everytime he so much as walked onscreen, the audience just
ROARED through the whole scene (and after the scene ended).
It was pretty touching in parts, and about as realistic as a script
gets. Oh, why the hell am I even trying to put into words how
incredible this movie is? I'm not THAT good of a reviewer (and take
a look at how many movie's I've reveiwed, and how long the
reviews are). Just go see it.
20 out of 10 stars.