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This film looks atrocious and makes me wish I never lived in Palo Alto

posted 17 years ago by WednesdayAlgernon
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Okay...as someone who lived in Palo Alto for 10 years, it's nice that there is a movie being made about it. But good God, I think the trailer was, without exaggeration, the most generic, cliche trailer I have ever watched. It barely looked real to me, it looked more like a parody of this kind of movie. I mean, seriously..."Dude! No! These are supposed to be the best years of your life!" The cutesy guy who won't go talk to the girl, the sappy music at the end, ugh...not to mention the lesbian scene, yeah that was reeeeal classy. This is just my opinion, but I'm afraid when all is said and done I'm going to wish I had never even heard of Palo Alto.

[–] dr_sweetpea 17 years ago

You sound like a negative prick. Period.

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[–] midastouchlost 17 years ago

i agree that it doesn't look like a film that is totally original,
but i think it looks very heartfelt and genuine.

it looks like the refreshing type of film that you can watch over and over again and still find something to identify with each time

Bang, bang
my baby shot me down

[–] WednesdayAlgernon 17 years ago

You are free to think that, but I'm entitled to my opinion. Period.

[–] dxblazer1499 17 years ago

im offended by one specific part of ur ignorant statement...about the "sappy music at the end"
the song is "This Heartbreak World (Graduation)" by Matt Nathanson...who is an INCREDIBLE songwriter who NEVER uses cliche lyrics and is a brilliant songwriter...maybe if you took time to listen to the words, you wouldnt make such ignorant statements.

[–] osumarko 17 years ago

Matt Nathanson is my Jesus.

[–] Somebodysomeone69 17 years ago

i just saw it at a private screening and let me tell you.. the trailer doesnt do it any justice; its basically a completley different movie, those lines you mentioned really arent cheesy when your watching it, its much more of a situational comedy then the dramatic cliche film the trailer portraits

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[–] mattjt21-1 17 years ago

Matt Nathanson is my jesus as well, and I hope that this movie is better than the trailer.

[–] korndiddy 17 years ago

I saw the film at Tribeca today, and as others have already said, the trailer does the movie no justice. It really is a great movie, one of the best that I've seen at Tribeca this year, if not THE best. The movie takes place in Palo Alto since that is where the writer and director grew, but by no means is it particular to the town. And don't worry, it doesn't make the place look bad. Hey, I wouldn't mind living there after seeing this movie.

[–] dxblazer1499 17 years ago

matty nay nay IS jesus
damn straight!

[–] guzzy123-1 17 years ago

Interestingly enough, the producer, writer, and director all grew up together in Palo Alto.

[–] vikeif 16 years ago

they were all high school friends (q&a session after UCLA screening woot!)

[–] rabidshark 16 years ago

I feel ya man. I'm from Escanaba.

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[–] jstnxprsn 10 years ago

Could be worse. You could live in Menlo Park, so stop whining.

Btw, there are no classless lesbian scenes, only classless viewers of same.