I don't think nostalgia is that bad. Did you see the recent remake of True Grit? Did you know that The Adventures of Pete & Pete is actually kind of genius and still holds up extremely well? Wet Hot American Summer was a nostalgic look at 80's summer camps and summer camp movies, and also a very funny movie. Sure, for every True Grit there are five other awful remakes out there, but isn't that kind of like the typical ratio of bad-to-good movies? 5:1 seems right, but I dunno, I'm not a mathy person.
On a strictly factual note, the argument that we're suddenly in some super nostalgic time in our culture is kind of ridiculous and just wrong. Nostalgia has always run rampant, forever and ever. People in the 60's pined for the simplicity of the 50's. People in the 70's wished they were in the 60's again so they could be cool. In terms of culture, movies have been being remade almost literally since movies were invented. Before board games, filmmakers were turning every classic book in existence into a movie. Rick from Casablanca (best movie of all time no nostalgio) was nostalgic as a mofo. "We'll always have Paris," right? If he's cool with it, then we all should be, too.
BECAUSE HE'S HUMPHREY BOGART.
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"There's an ex Mrs. Coconuts. But I'm taking applications to fill the position."--Mr. Coconuts
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"When are you gonna have me on? I've got so many funny stories, like this one time when I got in a car accident with an illegal. I'll save it for the stage."--Mr. Coconuts
Hollywood Blvd is trashy, but you're wrong about Downtown LA. Sure, there are sketchy parts, as there are with any large downtown area. But there is tons of great theaters, restaurants, bars, art galleries, the shooting range Gabe talked about is awesome, and then there is this awesome sausage/beer garden with a mid-century modern/industrial bent to it that is just around the corner from it, there's this sandwich shop called Cole's that has the best French dips I've ever had and then--this is awesome--it has a genuine fucking speakeasy inside of it called Varnish that makes the best cocktails I've ever had, and there's also the Disney Concert Hall which is a beautiful piece of architecture and then MOCA is down the block which has some great Jackson Pollacks in it, and there's this really cool nightclub that's in the basement of the old Edison electric plant and to be honest the clientele gets a little douchey but I've been there twice and you kind of have to go because it's in the basement of an old fucking power plant and that's awesome.
Anyways, downtown LA is great. Everyone shut up about it.
Here is the Harrison Ford quote in context:
Although LaBeouf tells me that Harrison Ford privately applauded his outspokenness, Ford recalls the conversation differently. "I think I told him he was a fucking idiot," the famously reticent star says. "As an actor, I think it's my obligation to support the film without making a complete ass of myself..."
I side with Harrison Ford.
I have not seen this movie, but I have seen the trailer, and I remember thinking, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT VOICE HE IS USING?!"
Gabe, please address the voice. Does he use that voice in the whole movie?!
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"Hey, I got a suggestion for you, why don't you try being funny? Huh? Right?"--Mr. Coconuts
She (her intern) was writing an article about gardening, so she talked to her gardener for tips. That doesn't seem like a bad idea. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say her gardener is probably not a day laborer she found outside the Home Depot, and also guess that he's probably paid well and is in fact a legitimate expert. (And also, just because he's the "resident expert" doesn't mean he's live-in help. Resident expert could just be a turn of phrase.)
Wouldn't it be more awful if Gwyneth was claiming all this gardening expertise for her own, and never gave credit for her beautiful garden to a gardener we all damn well know exists?
I mean, she's annoying, but not because of this.
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"Congratulations, you commented on an internet website. Yeah, you guys are real winners. Anyways, it's Friday which means time to take the business suit off and put on the Parrothead! Woo!"--Mr. Coconuts
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"Wastin' away again in Margaritavilla. Now that's real music. Jimmy Buffet doesn't need blue puppets to make a great song."--Mr. Coconuts
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"Uh oh, here comes the fun police, right on time. Make sure your kids don't go see any fun movies this summer!"--Mr. Coconuts
biggersmaller Knicks jersey.