Hmmm. I dont beleive you for some reason....Since the film has gotten good reviews so far. Maybe you didnt like it. Dont be such a drama queen and say the entire audiance hated it.
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mitchfive
16 years ago
you see that's the thing I thought i was being cynical in my reaction but at least 75% of the 100 or so people in the theater were embarrassed to have seen it.
It hasn't really had any true reviews just some fanboys who want to see mischa barton's nipples.
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phelps_jaime
16 years ago
ok, I have to put my two cents in.....
I worked on the film, and I happen to like it. Before you berate me, yes! I know Mischa Barton is an idiot and I could tell you horror stories, but I love Reece. I liked the style of the film, and if you didn't then you probably didn't get it. No harm intended in that comment!
The film is supposed to be a tribute to the old Nior Detective films mixed with all the crappy high school drama that YES does happen in the real word.
It may not have happened at your school, but I guarantee it did happen.
So I respectfully disagree with your opinion but it is still your opinion.
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16 years ago
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mitchfive
16 years ago
I'll give you this much the music was good, but the rest seemed pretty lazy, lines like "I want you, well you can have me" or "my parents aren't home. you could be my daddy" where just too ridiculous to believe, and I think you mean film NOIR
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keep-sweet
16 years ago
"The film is supposed to be a tribute to the old Nior Detective films mixed with all the crappy high school drama that YES does happen in the real word."
Oh really? Then everyone watch Brick instead.
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16 years ago
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jonathanbroux
15 years ago
i third!
If you want to see high school film noir, Brick is the ONLY way to go.
And if you liked Brick, check out Miller's Crossing
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AbsofArabia
15 years ago
DEFINITELY
not sure how this one will turn out, but Brick is fantastic
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thegreatmezuzah
15 years ago
I saw this film at Sundance and it is very different from Brick. The fact that they are both about high school kids investigating a mystery in the style of a film noir is the only thing in my mind that connects the two. Other than that this movies is a comedy noir. It's extremely hilarious throughout and the mystery is also incredibly intriguing. Mischa Barton is nude in the film but probably not the way all you masturbating dudes wish she was. They didn't just think "hey! we'll get everyone to come to our film by having Barton naked!" The scene is effective, heartbreaking, and hilarious all at the same time. I can't wait to watch this film again. And if you didn't like it then I guess it wasn't your kind of movie but please don't paint it as a huge dud of a film because then you'll scare away the people who will enjoy this film.
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AnthonyAmmo
15 years ago
Well, that correction of the spelling of "noir" was certainly obnoxious.
But I guess you've never accidentally switched two letters while tpying (see what I did there?).
In any case, I haven't seen the movie so I can't vouch for its quality, but a line like "my parents aren't home. you could be my daddy" sounds exactly like the right kind of thing for a teen movie satarizing film noir.
Consider this rapid-fire dialogue scene (an all-time classic noir sequence) from 1944's Double Indemnity:
Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don't you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He'll be in then.
Walter Neff: Who?
Phyllis: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?
Walter Neff: Yeah, I was, but I'm sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.
Phyllis: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.
Walter Neff: How fast was I going, officer?
Phyllis: I'd say around ninety.
Walter Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.
Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.
Walter Neff: Suppose it doesn't take.
Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.
Walter Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.
Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.
Walter Neff: That tears it.
Too ridiculous? Well, I'm willing to wager that is the kind of dialogue the film-makers had in mind when they were writing lines like the ones you gave examples of.
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nalegun
12 years ago
**spoilers**
this movie is a comedy built over a noir homage/thriller. the audience laughing at those lines is the correct response, even if they were laughing for the wrong reason. she is playing him for a sucker the whole movie, and all those lines are supposed to sound that way because it's letting you, the audience member, know she's conning him.
i thought the movie was fairly well done overall, and while it's easy to want to compare this to Brick, Brick was playing it straight while this was supposed to be a comedy overall and it's using the noir homage/thriller template to do it. the humor is occasionally more subtle than some people appear to realize.
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scarletgerl
11 years ago
I thought this film was brilliant....subtley wrapped in recognizable parody. Sublime in it's obvious nods to the cliched corn of the film noir genre. (Oxymorons intended), hilarious! Loved the writing, loved the acting (for the most part), loved Reece Thompson (I think he's really under utilized in Hollywood!), loved the characters (they were so awful and crude in such a compelling way, lol)and loved the camera shots and angles. Favourite scene: beer pong...so perfectly blocked, shot and executed, from Reece's FUNKE and sexy dance moves to the high school newspaper chick enhancing the scene (loved how her dance and feather boa contrasted with the teenage choice of plastic drinking cup,haha). Drunk chick at party loses balance and knocks over the lamp, breaking the spell along with it. Great laughs! I'd like to see the out-takes on this film too, especially the scene where Bruce Willis has the bad boys lined up giving them the old sarge routine...I bet they had to shoot that one a few times, don't know how the could have kept a straight face, haha. Yeah, I really liked this movie a whole lotta levels!!
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scarletgerl
11 years ago
P.S. Did I mention I also loved the music and where they placed it in the scenes (especially the already mentioned beer pong bit)? Brill!
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covergirl10452
9 years ago
I loved Reece Thompson too, especially with that gum chewing. However, he knew how to be a follower. I'm dead serious. Later on in the movie when Franchesca was involved with Bobby Funke, he did display moves like a follower would. Basically, that girl never liked him nor Paul. She used both of them. They were like dogs on a leash. That's what it reminded me of when Franchesca got caught. I guess you can say you he was still wearing a dog leash around his neck. Bobby's classmates told him that girl was using him and he didn't listen. He realized that he became Franchesca's dog too. She told him to do something and Bobby did it, especially when he engaged in intercourse. He really let her tug on his leash. Better yet, picture Bobby and Paul getting belly rubs by Franchesca. How pathetic is that? I was shocked and disgusted by the ending when I found out she was behind the stolen SAT exam because that's what it reminded me of. Like Bobby said "You played me, you played Paul, you played the whole d--- school." In the end, he walked away like a man, but I liked the fact that Clara Diaz did the honors of tugging on his leash away from Franchesca the she-devil when she tugged on his jacket. That was romantic and cool. He stood up for what he believed in and got his leash tugged one more time. For the record, I think Bobby ended up with a new girlfriend which was Clara. He liked her too. I think she really liked him.
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orinvee
15 years ago
"you see that's the thing I thought i was being cynical in my reaction but at least 75% of the 100 or so people in the theater were embarrassed to have seen it."
So, are we to believe that you interviewed 100 people that you saw the movie with and at least 75 of them said they were embarrassed to have watched it?
I'm sorry, m5, but you are much less believable than the film could ever be.
In fact, I can only conclude that you are a flat-out liar, for whatever purpose.
You didn't even watch the movie, did you?
"It hasn't really had any true reviews just some fanboys who want to see mischa barton's nipples."
BTW, the last time that I saw Mischa's nipples was in the movie, "Lawn Dogs". They didn't do anything for me then, either. She was 11.
It's her eyes, m, it's her eyes.
If I want to see nipples, I pull out a Marisa Tomei movie.
Ask your doctor if thinking is right for you
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YammaD
15 years ago
I didn't even finish watching it. It was so lame and boring I just couldn't endure the waste of my time!
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