This is totally late but whatever, my message will be heard! In a forest of day-old blog posts with no one to read them. You missed my point, Matt. I am not accusing Gabe of hating on the movie because it is woman-friendly; I am calling him on failing to recognize that woman-friendliness at all beyond trivializing it and the cause of female representation in media. Which is maybe a tall order for the internet, but I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't think Videogum were usually more insightful/less offensive than this.
Oh no, a not-romantic comedy about women doing something goofy instead of sexy/horrifying! They're not even dancing or doing gymnastics! And it features the triumphant return of Alia Shawkat to the screen and Ellen Page not being obnoxious and several SNL alum. And gross, it was written and directed by women. You're right*, this is totally lame and it is absolutely appropriate to make fun of it with the title of a groundbreaking feminist work.
*You're wrong and I am pretty irritated, even if it doesn't look like the best movie ever.
The Passion of the Christ is an extremely horrible movie, but not so much because it's bad at being what it's supposed to be. It's just that what it's supposed to be is an extremely horrible thing, and should be shunned. I still regret putting any validating money towards its existence.
Aziz is coming up with Raaaaaaaandy's material himself, right? Apatow always seems into letting funny people (snap alert) do their own thing, which is awesome but doesn't necessarily assuage my doubts about the movie. I need to know who to give credit for the most baller death of all time.
While this video is indisputably awful, it really doesn't have much in common with the Single Ladies video other than having two backup dancers. For example, that video was great and this one is indisputably awful.
I'm surprised at Leighton's abjectly stupid "I am having fun" dancing face. For someone who's made a career out of playing disdainful bitchery well, I would have thought she could at least manage a sexy smirk over ~:D (emoticon science).
Awww, Lindsay who loves all the same boys and Amy Poehlers and box cats as me! I feel so artificially close to you and will creepily follow your many endeavors to the best of my creepy abilities. It's not goodbye, it's just see you later, right? :(
I don't want to rain on the Gabe parade or anything, but what's up with this, Videogum?
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I can only get here through individual posts on Google Reader. The more you know :(
It's the pastiche of random non-box-related images that makes this trailer a compelling piece of art. Late 70s prom dress! Santa Claus! James Marsden's werewolf hair! Escalator of death!! What, no clown, old-fashioned victrola, or foreboding empty canoe?
Aaron Sorkin is not only an adult who has actual writing talent, but an adult who finds frequent occasion to have his characters deliver righteous screeds about how everyone on the internet and/or who has ever pissed him off is a loser in cat pajamas and/or neocon idiot. I am laughing, but only so I don't die of a tumor, which if I had it, I would name Danny. (Like Aaron Sorkin names all his characters.)
I am a large-breasted sidesleeper, and I have never once thought, "if only I had a tube to stick between my boobs." This was probably a failure of imagination on my part.
"when you've lost all sense of control
and your thoughts have taken your toll
and your mind breaks the spirit of your soul"
New party game! What's the next line?
this butter knife is adequately dull
I've got a sham marriage I'd like to anull
my weeping tears are filling a bowl
Actually he probably says that last one in the next verse, can't make myself listen far enough to find out.
In junior high we had an entire dance game (mainly consisting of rolling around and pointing fingerguns at each other) set to Sabotage. This was the late nineties and I'm 25 now - that 23 year old has no excuse.
When I was in Americorps my boss liked to make everybody watch this movie to inspire us to perform community service other than the community service we were already volunteering to do. I got out of it somehow, though, possibly citing the time I was on a plane where Pay It Forward was playing and in the three glances I spared at the screen surmised the entire plot of the movie.
*You're wrong and I am pretty irritated, even if it doesn't look like the best movie ever.
Also: "You're sure I probably won't know him?" "Definitely probably not!" If you don't take this offer, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella will lose all respect for you and punch you.