I just saw thus travesty of a movie, I thought the scenery did not look loke my beloved home city Tucson AZ, I wasnt, it was filmed in Alberquerque (maybe spelled wrong) New Mexico.
I felt it was a badly made amaturish film.
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Sir Jay
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That's because the city of Tucson refused to let them film there. If you had an issue with that particular detail, you should talk to your city officials.
But then again, since you thought this movie was a travesty, maybe it was a good thing it wasn't filmed there.
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Who are you calling a cootie queen?! You lint licker!!!
Meh...all that desert sh*t looks the same to me. I'm living in Scottsdale currently, and hating it.
shareOkay, first of all, badly made? Amateurish? You obviously don't get satire.
And the creators of the film were meaning to film it in Tuscon, AZ, but since the film was so critical of the town, they were not permitted to film there, so they had no choice but to film in New Mexico.
Albaquerque may have not been EXACTLY like Tuscon, but it basically gave the rest of the country a pretty good idea of what it was like: lots of southwestern art and hideous landscaping. Pretty much a hell-hole.
And don't say I don't know, I live in Tempe, I've passed through Tuscon many a time, and man, that place is depressing.
We all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I.
I loved this movie and I live in Tucson.
Please do not bash Tucson!!! I love Tucson, just because it's not big like Phoenix doesn't mean it's a hell whole. And, passing through Tucson does not give you the right to make such a rash characterization of this town!!! Live here for a couple years and you'll see that it's a great place to live!!!
I may have been a bit harsh in my original post, and I'm sure that Tuscon is a great place to live, but there's no denying that it's not the most exciting town in the world.
We all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I.
I lived in Tucson for five years. I liked that I could ride my bike through the desert. Other than that, pretty much a hell-hole. No offense, just calling it like I saw it.
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"Please do not bash Tucson!!! I love Tucson, just because it's not big like Phoenix doesn't mean it's a hell whole."
In fairness, Phoenix is probably worse than Tucson. They don't call it "America's Ugliest City" for no reason (and yes, they really do call it that). I've been to Arizona, twice, including both Phoenix and Tucson, and basically, I'd be inclined to characterize Arizona as "a Hell hole." But the human spirit is such that some people will always love the place where they grew up, and while a certain sort of person will look down on such people as parochial provincials, "hicks," "townies," etc., in reality its a great quality that people are fortunate to have. Healthy, normal people should love the place they grew up in (its called "loyalty," and if someone doesn't have any, there's probably something wrong with them), even if its not a place people who grew up elsewhere would ever desire to live. The protagonist and his wife were not from Tucson, but rather were people who'd moved there, presumably because that's where he found a job opportunity in drama teaching, so they didn't have any emotional bond to the place.
Gamera is really neat! He is made from turtle meat! We've been eating Gamera!
I'm pretty sure it was filmed in New Mexico because it is a lot cheaper to film there. But Tucson is a nice city, I'll admit many parts of it are ugly and depressing, but the area around the U of A campus and the Foothills are great parts of town. Hamlet 2 portrays Tucson just as well as Raising Arizona portrays Tempe.
shareI really hope that when you twice hit the key next to the one you meant to type that this was in fact a joke relating to this film not being where shot where it was supposed to be. Otherwise it would have simply been a badly made amateurish post.
shareSouth Tucson = Hell hole
North Tucson = pretty nice place to live
"Albaquerque may have not been EXACTLY like Tuscon, but it basically gave the rest of the country a pretty good idea of what it was like: lots of southwestern art and hideous landscaping. Pretty much a hell-hole."
1) It's spelled Albuquerque
2) Every town/city has unattractive areas. Just because the majority of this movie was filmed in those older, less attractive areas (AND in the autumn), does not mean the city is a "hell-hole"
3) I don't know a single person who actually collects southwestern art. Only tourists buy that crap.
4) I don't think an ignoramus from TEMPE is qualified to make any judgements on any cities, period. Your brain is probably fried from the triple digit heat in THAT hell hole.
5) Good day
Lol, I'm sorry I spelled Albuquerque wrong. I didn't mean to offend you.
I WAS JOKING with the "hell-hole" thing. Can you not take a joke? I realize that Tuscon isn't a horrible place.
By southwestern art, I meant also southwestern architecture and the other arts. It's impossible to avoid those. But southwestern art doesn't really overpower the town.
Lol, are we in some kind of AZ town war or something? It's hypocritical to say I'm ridiculous for calling your hometown a hell-hole and then you call mine one. It's stupid, and you're being way too sensitive.
We all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I.
No, Tucson is a horrible place. I lived there for five years. The people are unfriendly and the town is a bunch of dilapidated buildings and an ugly air force base. The only nice part of the city is the university, which looks quite lovely.
The rest of that place is shat though.
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A Serious Man: A-
Where the Wild Things Are: C
Taking Woodstock: C
i'm pretty sure i got the satire and i would describe this movie as amateurish. it was a solid effort but too much of it felt like it was trying to hard. much of the satire and jokes felt forced, and i felt like i was being hit over the head with its eccentricities. almost like the movIe was saying "AREN'T I CLEVER?? LOOK AT ME I'M SO DIFFERENT!!!"
long story short, too many of the jokes fell flat. but still a funny and entertaining movie.
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Everybody should keep in mind when riding on the freeway past some town that freeways by necessity go through ugly parts of any town. Nobody allows them to go through the good parts, and they have to buy a lot of land, cheap.
This means they usually give passing drivers a view of Portland cement, the power plant, the treatment plant, blighted neighborhoods, etc. Let's not be judging every town on what we saw driving through it.
"Everybody should keep in mind when riding on the freeway past some town that freeways by necessity go through ugly parts of any town. Nobody allows them to go through the good parts, and they have to buy a lot of land, cheap.
This means they usually give passing drivers a view of Portland cement, the power plant, the treatment plant, blighted neighborhoods, etc. Let's not be judging every town on what we saw driving through it."
This is a very valid point, however, I'm not sure it really applies to Tucson. A quick look at a map will verify that there is almost no place in the USA that Tucson is one the way to. If you're in Tucson, you're destination is probably Tucson. Unless you're coming up from Mexico.
Gamera is really neat! He is made from turtle meat! We've been eating Gamera!
It was filmed on Albuquerque's west side, and at West Mesa High School also on the west side.
New Mexico offers much incentive for film makers to make their movies in New Mexico, more so than neighboring states, and so the movie was made in New Mexico.
Satire is supposed to be funny...but this movie, hmmmmm....
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Many films shoot in cities and claim them to be others. How many times has Toronto been New York?
share"Supposed to be in Tucson AZ.. I was not"
"my beloved home city Tucson AZ, I wasnt, it was filmed in"
Good god man, what the hell is wrong with your "t" key!?!
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I lived in Tucson for a year and thought it was a pretty sweet place to live. The South side is a little rough (cough,cough...too many illegal Mexicans) but overall I prefer it over Philly where I currently live. The only thing that is better about Philly is that we have pretty good sports teams in 3 of the 4 major sports. I could tell that this wasn't filmed in Tucson within the first 10 minutes of the movie. The southwest does all look similar but that is to the untrained eye. I didn't mind the movie badmouthing Tucson because in movies like this they always want to make the place they are from sound crappy. Overall this movie was pretty much what I expected and that was completely average. There is nothing extraordinary here and makes me wonder what some people see in it that makes them say it is so wonderful.
shareWhere dreams go to die?!?!
Then WHY is Dominick Cruz a successful fighter in the UFC?? He was born and raised in Tucson and I wouldn't say his dreams are dead LOL.
No, but seriously, I also live in Arizona. Phoenix.In Chandler.
Granted, desert may not be everyone's cup of tea, as beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And while, yes, a lot of the landscape may look desolate and gross, I actually like desert landscape, it can be very beautiful and I'm not exaggerating.
I've been to Tucson a few times, and even though it's not my home town, I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a teensy little offended just for them taking such a big shot at a part of AZ lol.
BUT that being said, I can take a joke and realize that there are UGLY ASS parts of cities EVERYWHERE lmfao it's not specific to one place guys.
I thought the joke was that the main guy was such a failure. he was blaming his own inadequacies on a city lol wtf?? That's hilarious when you think about it haha.
And hey, there are illegals everywhere...and whites, and blacks, and asians, so yeah to put down an area based on a group of people is incredibly stupid and ignorant. B.itch.
STILL, glad that other people came to talk about it :)
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