More Unpopular Movie Opinions

[sardonictart]

Aug 24, 2016 19:33:54 GMT -4 Smilla said:

This one might be more like 'sacrilege' than unpopular opinion. Bridesmaids is, um, not funny. I finally saw it yesterday and it not only failed to make me smile, it was borderline upsetting in parts. I like the director and McCarthy, et al, but that film was not anyone's best effort.

I'm one of the ones on the board that hated it (and I'm not watching that dreck again to make sure that I still do). It's hard to link on my mobile, but we have a thread on the movie here, and we go through what we like and didn't like about it. The gist of my dislike was that I thought that it was mean-spirited, and that it felt like two different scripts sewn together to make one movie (one of which I absolutely despised). So, I don't think you're alone in your dislike at all.

[Mutagen]

The annual Greecie Bridesmaids discussion!

I was one of the ones who liked it, although I went in expecting to hate it, so that may have helped.

[mrpeanut]

I think Kristen Wiig deserved an Oscar nomination for that performance.

Just a terrific feat of comedic naturalism; the plane scene always leaves me in stitches.

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Aug 27, 2016 16:13:05 GMT -4 mrpeanut said:

I think Kristen Wiig deserved an Oscar nomination for that performance.

Just a terrific feat of comedic naturalism; the plane scene always leaves me in stitches.

I totally agree. She had a lot of tricky stuff to pull off and I think she did it well, but then I'm biased because I've never hated her. For a while there the prevailing internet opinion was that she sucks.

[groovethang]

Aug 27, 2016 16:13:05 GMT -4 mrpeanut said:

I think Kristen Wiig deserved an Oscar nomination for that performance.

Just a terrific feat of comedic naturalism; the plane scene always leaves me in stitches.

"Whatever you say, Stove"

[Ginger]

Aug 26, 2016 11:59:07 GMT -4 Mugsy said:

If she and Maya Rudolph are such great friends, why not say up front, "Look, my business failed, I'm barely scraping by, there's no way I can afford a designer dress and a weekend in Vegas." Maya would have said, "Sorry, I got all caught up in this wedding shit, and my new rich friend sometimes sweeps me up in this high end stuff." and then figure out something that works for everyone. That's what real life friends do.

See, I thought Maya Rudolph was a really shitty, self-involved friend who showed absolutely no sensitivity to the fact that her best friend was unemployed, living with her mother, obviously couldn't afford to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on *her* wedding, and was generally going through a tough time and needed friendship.

I was a little disappointed that the movie mostly endorsed the idea that brides are incredibly self-involved and materialistic and that's perfectly ok.

[chonies]

I think that's part of what made the story about the friendship work, though. I haven't seen it in a while, but IIRC Lillian/Maya's wedding was not entirely her decision--it was a combination of statusy things from the fiance's family and other things. I thought the oversized wedding was depicted as over the top (puppies, light show, etc.), and also it became a vortex that Lillian had a hard time escaping (not atypical for wedding planning) but also a sort of force that pulls lots of friendships apart, like whether someone went to Hometown State College or Faraway U, or has a baby or not, or gets super religious, etc.

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I got that impression too. Her boyfriend was obviously from a much wealthier family than her, and she seemed nervous about fitting in with them and got sucked into all the crazy rich people stuff.

[chonies]

Thanks for the detail, roisin! I also remember Lillian being initially uncomfortable with the ticket to wealthy-people life she suddenly got, but as she slipped toward that, Annie felt even more alone, and that moved the story along.

And for the record, I liked the movie quite a bit, but I haven't seen it more than a few times and it doesn't rank very high on my all-time list--but I do think it's misunderstood. : )

[lea1977]

I never understood why Annie didn't move in with her mother after her business folded and applied to be a pastry chef somewhere instead of living with those shitty British people.