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On Little Miss Sunshine + Dark Comedy
Zephyr_Fate
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Okay, so, I saw this movie last night. Heard it was the funniest film of the year, unanimous reviews praising it's comedic nature. I found out it was a dark comedy soon afterwards, and immediately began to compare it to The Royal Tenenbaums, which was extremely hilarious. I found that LMS was just too light-hearted, pulled too many punches. I rarely laughed during the film and I just cannot understand how it's the "best comedy of the year".
Could anyone explain the humor I was missing out on? Steve Carell was damn funny, I admit.
Could anyone explain the humor I was missing out on? Steve Carell was damn funny, I admit.
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though, there's an excellent "overrated movie" thread nearby that would be perfect for this subject.
That review makes sense. To be honest, though, there wasn't really any good comedy movies this year anyways.
I hear Borat was pretty popular.
yup. en-pee-fucking-argh!
As for it being the funniest, I can't really think of another. Maybe Thank You For Smoking, but I can't remember if that falls in the time slot.
I don't watch comedies usually so....
She is not that fat at all.
...though frankly, the idea of a beauty pageant for seven-year-olds is highly disturbing. In fact, I found that entire scene disturbing until the end.
You should find the HBO sepcial on kiddie beauty pagents. If it dosn't turn your stomach, nothing will. FYI: It was on the whole Jon Benet Ramsy ordeal several years ago.
And as for funny movies this year? Thank You For Smoking was pretty good, and Borat.
Bruce McCulloch's CD Shame Based Man is my current definition of dark comedy.
The characters are wonderful, and the acting is superb. Honestly, the characters are the reasons I found myself liking the movie so much. They're all so interesting and, dare I say it, believable, that I'm consistently drawn into their stories. Maybe it's the "NPR crowd" in me, but both times I saw it in the theatres I loved it.
All this talk about the four extra endings in the DVD have me excited as well, even though I thought it ended on a pretty appropriate note.
I'm not getting the refference.
I think it was actually the characters. I hated the stupid emo teenager, the craaaazy uncle is incredibly cliched, Steve Carrel actually was kind of funny, mom and dad were both tepid, and the little girl was both fat and had barely any lines anyway.
It was just so... barebones.
Maybe that's more of a reflection on my nature, however.
edit* OK, after typing this, I looked over on my bed and found The Royal Tenenbaums, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, and The Squid and the Whale just sitting there. Irony + Karma = lol
So the reason you are different from other people is because they are stupid and you are better than them.
Home Run Loren! Hi5!
It has no bearing on the movie whatsoever. I was just a little surprised when people were like "no, the girl wasn't fat at all."
Because she totally was.
The actress is not fat. Olive is.
well, i saw it at a film festival hosted by michael moore, so it wasn't tough to guess the demographic of a lot of the people there. in that respect, having gone to a unitarian church until my late teens, and having seen a lot of unitarians participating in the film festival in various capacities, yes, i am objectively better than many of the people i was watching it with. i have better taste in movies, i am more atheistic, cleaner shaved, a snappier dresser, bluer eyed and whiter.
Dear Loren,
I have declared Little Miss Sunshine to be a great movie. Your taste is below mine. Please cease and desist.
Poldy
Dear Poldy,
Are you still a goddamn hipster?
Love,
Loren
Anyways, LMS annoyed me. Maybe it was the theatre I was in, maybe it was because the amount that everyone yelled started to get to me. Maybe it was the insessant honking of the broken horn that tipped me over the edge.
Royal Tennenbaums is one of my favourite movies, The Life Aquatic I enjoyed but was stoned so it really sat well with my state of mind at that point. LMS... meh. I didnt dig it whatsoever
But I thought TRTB and Life Aquatic sucked to, so take it with a grain of salt I spose.