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Post by ck100 on Oct 19, 2018 14:27:55 GMT
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Oct 19, 2018 14:35:24 GMT
I saw it around the time it came out, and wasn't very impressed (and I was a BIG Kasdan fan). It just came off as a bit too pretentious for me, and it had a pretty superficial take on race relations while thinking it was something deep and profound.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 19, 2018 15:43:37 GMT
I remember liking it a lot at the time. I watched it again probably five years ago or so and still found it touching and enjoyable.
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 19, 2018 23:45:16 GMT
Boring and pretentious. It also rips off elements of Boyz in the Hood.
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Post by rudeboy on Oct 19, 2018 23:48:49 GMT
Danny Glover and Alfre Woodard were very good but I didn't care for it overall, particularly the baby subplot and the eye-roller of an ending.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 20, 2018 0:23:00 GMT
Best part was seeing Jeremy Sisto as a kid
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 20, 2018 0:30:44 GMT
I liked it a lot. Need to watch it again. Fan of just about everyone in it, especially Kevin Kline and Steve Martin and Danny Glover and .… ! I tend to like ensemble movies with multiple intermeshing stories like this one .  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 0:51:51 GMT
I remember thinking it was really weird. Just something about it, that I can't put my finger on exactly.
Uh, just weird ok.
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Post by Sulla on Oct 20, 2018 1:13:08 GMT
It's among my favorite movies. Having been to the Grand Canyon four times, I have to say Danny Glover's character is right. It puts things into perspective. I love how after Steve Martin gets mugged and shot he resolves to make better, meaningful films instead of gratuitously violent ones. Then after he gets out of the hospital when asked about his resolution he says "oh, fuck that!" And referring to Tim Burton's character... "Why he's the next Martin Scorseez!" |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 1:20:03 GMT
Horribly heavy-handed and trying too hard.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 20, 2018 1:22:53 GMT
I remember thinking it was really weird. Just something about it, that I can't put my finger on exactly. Uh, just weird ok. She found a baby? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 1:35:52 GMT
Also, hate Steve Martin in serious roles. Especially as the total creeper in Shopgirl.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 20, 2018 1:52:13 GMT
Also, hate Steve Martin in serious roles. Especially as the total creeper in Shopgirl. am curious … just who / what DO you like ? |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Oct 20, 2018 1:52:38 GMT
Pretty sure I've seen it, probably not long after it was originally released, but barely remember it. Can't see myself revisiting it.
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 21, 2018 23:24:44 GMT
I seem to remember that after it came out and bombed, Kasdan blamed the public, or as he referred to them, the "civilians" who
just didn't get the concept of it, implying that those in the film industry were part of some elite special force of artists.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Oct 21, 2018 23:38:59 GMT
It was OK, but nothing I would actively seek out to rewatch.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Oct 22, 2018 2:52:18 GMT
I remember thinking it was really weird. Just something about it, that I can't put my finger on exactly. Uh, just weird ok. Yeah, that's how I feel about it to. It was just so random and there was nothing in it to get me grounded or into it. Like they are just standing around then things start shaking and they go, "Earthquake!" OK now let's throw in a mugging of Steve Martin. Then an abandoned baby. The husband has an affair. Now let's all go to the Grand Canyon! Are we watching a soap opera or a movie? |
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