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Things are a little wacky right now between Alonso launching his new book and my knee surgery. We’re doing the best we can to get to movies these days - Christy
“Andrew’s Whiny Road Trip to Redemption” is a Hack Job. iPhone audio was shit with Ally Sheedy. Retro video and filmstrip F/X hilariously bad. The ending reeked of “anyone have idea of how to end this? Obvious budget was spent on Hughes clips & music over Production…. btw: No mention of Michael Anthony Hall today?!…… Watch “Still” doc about Michael J Fox to cleanse memory of this.
I saw Tuesday on Tuesday and loved your review and the movie. One metaphor stood out to me, the cleaning scenes. Each character had a scene involving cleaning and the feeling was so different with each character. This was beautiful storytelling. Thank you both for your thoughtful reviews.
Having had her own very recent, very close brush with death, I imagine this role would’ve been very cathartic for Julia. I think that’s probably what she meant by not being able to play this role at earlier points in her life.
This movie sounds very interesting, and I was very on board to hear what this was going to be about. HOWEVER, once you guys said that the daughter's name is Tuesday, I cringed and my heart sank. Now i haven't seen the movie so I don't know the relevance of "Tuesday" (does Death come to visit her on Tuesday, is the daughter named Tuesday going to die on Tuesday?) but really this is a writer's device to tie together the name of a character with a theme or underlying significant issue making it all seem artsy and significant. Other examples are Pieces Of April, The Savages, Beloved, Good Will Hunting (great movie VERY eye-roll title).
Wow, I really feel like I saw a different movie than you guys here. I felt like there were many decisions that just felt ridiculous and strange here. I mainly felt like this probably would have made a better 20-min short film than a feature.
"Hall is apolitical, although during a 2020 interview on RU-vid, he described Republican president Donald Trump as "great" and further stated "I think what he's done for the country is incredible" maybe that si why nobody wants to really talk to AMH
🦜Thank you two!!!🦜 Also, on your guys HIGHLY recommended Challengers votes, I finally saw! 🎾 🎾🎾🎾🎾!!! 5 balls outa 5 on that flick!! ✨’LOVEd’✨it !!!! 👟🏓💫 THIS is My Movie of the Summertime!!!!🍿
An interesting review, interest is there for me especially with how Alonso described the turns it takes. Julia seems to always nail her roles and come across really naturally. So glad Christy mentioned "Enough Said", I really liked that movie. Gandolfini was so great in it as well.
Reading the youtube comments I feel most people commenting on this movie just enjoyed it because it evokes memories of the 80s for them, even if those memories have nothing to do with The Breakfast club or it's other related movies. Even for me I'm going.. Oh yeah, the 80's, that was great, there was vhs and things.. And I was only a young kid in the 80s. Why is it people relate the brat pack to themselves so much? None of us were movies stars.
Haven't watched it yet, but hearing death is a bird reminds me of Sandman TV show & comic as Death is personified as a twenty something cheery goth girl. People keep doubting Julia Louis Dreyfus. Even though she started in comedy; she is capable of drama and has gone through stuff in her personal life.
Personally, the only members that I thought were great actors....were Downey Jr, Spade, Penn & Hutton. All the others in my eyes were mostly eye candy...Again, just my observation.😁😁😁
I think the term Brat Pack unnaturally broke up the gang prematurely. Eventually they would have all gone their destined ways but one jealous writer made it happen too soon. As we were robbed of a few more classic 80's movies...🥲🥲🥲
This sounds like a movie I'm going to love. Hopefully it'll get a theater release soon here in Spain 🤞(many A24 movies go directly to streaming, if they even get to be released here)
My showing had two walkouts, but also had a middle aged woman clearly very moved while the credits rolled. It's one of those movies. JLD is amazing in this odd, but affecting movie.
I was pulling for this movie. I want to see more independent creative movies. But this was badly paced, poorly produced, and boring. It was was only an hour and a half long but I felt like I was watching an endless pointless episode of Andor. If I were a producer I would be very mad at the director for investing in an expensive effect and then doing nothing with it. There are some impressive visual effects, but they add nothing to the story. Shape-shifting talking Macaw, looks great, but why? You could have made a costume. This should have been a 20 minute short film and it would have lost nothing.
I saw Tuesday on a Tuesday (a happy coincidence) and I loved it so much! I hope it's remembered during awards season because it's worthy of recognition.
Speaking of the eyeline, I saw Julia interviewed and she said the actor was actually there where the parrot was, not a tennis ball on a stick. I'm assuming when it's of that size they built the CGI around him. I saw it on a Sunday. Glad to see Alonso has recentered his book on the shelf in back.
I have a hard time with JL-D. I'm on the board and was one of the co-founders of Right 2 Dream Too, a hybrid village/shelter here in Portland, OR. Our 18 members live on site and provide shelter (as well as food, clothing, hygiene kits, medical supplies, etc.) for up to 60 people a night. We are right next to some grain silos that display the name Louis-Dreyfus. I can't help but think of her family as old guard capitalists who help create and mold an economic system that leaves so many on the streets. It may not be fair to her, but there it is.
As usual, you two are terrific and always entertaining to watch…but I must make mention of Christy’s always excellent observations and perfect articulation of observations.
For those who are saying that Andrew is using the article as an excuse for his failures... It sounds more like it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Andrew thought Hollywood was seeing him the same way he saw himself through the article. He allowed it to control him and his destiny. Emilio felt the same way. They were so young. Whereas it didn't affect Demi and Rob Lowe. Demi went on to have a huge career. In reality the article was only one man's opinion. Personally, I thought the author was kind of jerk. He admits that the article was a bit scathing. But then tells Andrew he wouldn't change a thing. But then he also tells Andrew his feelings were hurt that the Times magazine guy who went on Donoghue apologizing for his profession about the article. Oh, boo hoo. He can dish it out but he can't take it. I think the writer liked the attention it brought him and didn't care how it affected these young actors. I also think the writer was very jealous of Rob and Andrew. At first, I didn't love the doc. I too thought more could have been done. I thought the beginning should have been reaching out to all of them, and then gathering them all together for a reunion. Would havve loved to hear stories about shooting scenes on the set. But towards the end when Andrew went to the author's house, I thought this is interesting. Andrew wasn't whining throughout the movie about the same thing. He was getting everyone's thoughts and perspectives on what happened before meeting with the author.
