Now available on VOD - sounds like my kind of thing :-)
Just found out about this movie last night when I was checking my TV's (I have Verizon FIOS) latest On Demand arrivals and this came up. Checked out the trailer...looks good. Hopefully your providers are carrying it now, too.
From a review: "Clinton Moisey is an iconoclastic, artisan action-figure designer who still lives in his mom’s basement, and is, by the standards of the world, a full-blown loser. But Clinton doesn’t have time to care about what others think of him..."
Ok, that's all they had to say. I'm hooked...sounds right up my alley. They had me at "cat" and "loser" :-) Everyone seems so afraid to be themselves these days, especially online (the one place I CAN be myself and have the nerve to put myself out there - go figure lol), but one thing I've learned is that what the world thinks is overrated. Screw the world and "normal" people. Losers and cats rule :-) Weird is good. Own who you are and make the best of it. So I guess, over the last few years, I've been trying to become more ok with my flaws and quirks, and be more accepting of myself. Realizing that some people are just "different" and that doesn't have to be a bad thing...its all how you see yourself. Coming to terms with my "loser-ness", I suppose :-)
People aren't perfect, so why are people so hard on "losers" (and slackers) anyway? And film critics (and wanna-be internet film critics) are among the harshest of the bunch. Haven't they ever felt like misfits? Not everyone's wired the same, you know. They end up sounding like those judgmental, empathy challenged, self righteous, stick up their butt a-hole bullies we all hated in school. Why "grow up" if it means being just like them? No thanks. If people want to know my thoughts on most "grown-ups", just read The Little Prince :-) Or The Catcher in the Rye. Or I'm just an empath, so I naturally eschew Social Darwinism and feel more kindness, compassion, and understanding than most to people like that (me).
I admit its rare for other people to "get" me. But at least most so-called losers are good hearted and that counts for something, right? At least we're not hurting anyone. Better than being a dick IMO. Better a slacker than an evil Wall Street type or others with "ambition" who are always working to screw us over. Everyone puts "charisma" on a pedestal these days, but they forget most cult leaders, dictators, and sociopathic scumbags who just use and manipulate people are pretty charismatic, too. At least we're real.
Not everyone has to be all Type A, "alpha", and super driven. You can still be a good person without all that. People try to pressure me to be that way and it just doesn't work. Its just not me. Just makes me want to withdraw. People at my last job tried to make me that way and I had to choose to walk away while I still had my health and some of my sanity intact lol Not everyone's "strong" enough for the rat race. I tried, believe me, but some of us have to try to find our own path in life. Its a tough road, but conforming would be even worse. So I'm tired of movie characters being judged or seen as "unlikeable" just because they're not all Type A or whatever. Just because they're "losers". Like I said, people that judgmental just come off as a-holes (and I know I'm judging, too...not saying I'm necessarily better, just different).
But yeah, I've really gotten into quirky, awkward, and offbeat “dramedy” type movies like this over the last few years. They definitely speak to me and where I'm at in my life. They seem more true to the human condition than most Hollywood fare. Most of the time people just make me want to withdraw, even online, but sometimes if I'm lucky those movies and characters actually make me feel some connection to the human race still. Reminding me I still like people...or at least the idea of them (even if in reality they usually let me down). I guess its just nice to have something to relate to, so you don't feel so alone. And f__ck anyone who finds that pretentious. Hey, someone had to finally say it and call people out on their BS. People who dismiss indie stuff as pretentious or whatever just because they themselves can't relate piss me off. Everyone's life experience is different. Try a little empathy.
Anyway...will watch this movie on VOD tonight. I don't post here much and I admit sticking your neck out in this world isn't easy (even online), so hopefully the movie and main character (and cat!) deserve and live up to the stand I just took for them :-) I admit that its interesting how I more often make these type of posts for movies I've yet to see as opposed to films I've already seen and enjoyed/related to. Not enough hours in the day, I guess. Such a slacker, I know... ;-)
Apparently its also started a limited theatrical run as well (though nowhere near me). Ok, rant over. Laugh at me, delete my post, say its "inappropriate", I don't care. Says more about you. Make some "smart" reply for your buds, I won't read it. Said everything I wanted to say and got other things to do than worry what internet hardasses think. Just had to get all that off my chest, take a stand, and speak from the heart. Losers Club 4 Life :-)
PS - Real men love cats :-P
"That's the theme of my movies: The victory of the battered idealist in a cynical world."