Moist... - Smashed (2012) Discussion

[–] sue-534 11 years ago

It didn't fit the movie and it was out of place for him to say that.

Long-timers in AA know better than to hit on a newly-sober member of the group, let alone a married one. She should have reported him and he would have been asked to leave that group. What he did was very unhealthy for himself and for her.

I understand we are all human and make mistakes but his mistake as a regular, who helps get sponsors and such, shows he was not in a position yet to be doing that.

That said, I laughed too. It was ridiculous.

"the only way through it is through it " -Jackson Browne

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[–] nickryder9 11 years ago

Very funny, but I don't think any relatively normal guy would ever say that to any girl, especially if you are her boss and she's married. It was the only part of the movie that didn't ring true.

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[–] DryDesertAir 11 years ago

I just imagined a friend of mine fvcking up by saying the same thing to Mary Elizabeth Winstead in that situation. He himself has a crush on her and it just seems like the kind of thing he'd say for some reason. Anyway, yeah I laughed too for about 10 minutes wondering what the hell just happened. Everything he said during that scene just made me cringe.

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[–] orangerunner 11 years ago

The comment came out of left field for me too.

It struck me that he was a very lonely guy who has maybe been immersing himself in the porn world. I think he just misjudged what is appropriate in the porn world with what's acceptable in the real world.

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[–] hodie 11 years ago

That was really creepy. Some people are sicker than others. Nine years "sober," and hitting on a newly sober woman who was not only married but who worked for him.

Get me a bromide! And put some gin in it!

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[–] blacknyellowsquid 10 years ago

I agree it was creepy. I guess they were going for....comic relief? But it was bad. It did vaguely remind me of something that happened to a friend, haha. But still...it seemed they were trying to be cute about it but it was creepy and I'm not sure why it was in the movie?

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[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

It's certainly an unexpected, funny scene.

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[–] jharmon64 11 years ago

The come on was perfect for the movie.

Even him "going to far" would have been great for the movie.

But his vocabulary for that moment was out of place and ridiculous.

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[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

This scene may have been even better if she had no dialogue. Just a few odd looks.

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[–] TommyJarvis82 (2473) 2 years ago

I think the filmmakers just wanted to hear Mary Elizabeth Winstead say that line.

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[–] mattiasflgrtll6 7 years ago

I did not expect that line at all, and it made me laugh so hard. What a *beep* up thing to say to someone you have a crush on!

Out of place however I wouldn't say it quite was. Offerman's character said he had (outside of the AA meetings) felt very lonely, and so insecure that he didn't even know how to talk affectionately to women anymore.

Like another poster said, he probably got it from porn and just blurted it out, but he did so unconsciously. His brain wasn't his friend at that moment.

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[–] [email protected] (1288) 7 years ago

Just watched the movie.. I think it wouldve been better for him to just have been a friend helping another friend out. The typical man hits on a woman thing was just not authentic in this scene. Also, at the end, it would have been a nice twist that Charlie got himself sober, and that still , they couldnt reunite because the original connection they had was getting wasted.

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[–] [deleted] 5 months ago

MOIST!

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