tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1586030650577604540..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Urban Haute BourgeoisieSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-39619602776506102692018-04-28T20:16:30.922-05:002018-04-28T20:16:30.922-05:00I remember you disliking this and I understand why...I remember you disliking this and I understand why you did. I wasn't a fan of <i>Naked</i>, either, but I think there are clear differences here. The main character of <i>Naked</i> is admittedly pretty hateful, but he doesn't come with the staggering privilege of the characters in this movie. That's what my problem is here. These are characters who are so smugly privileged and believe they deserve it. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-88530536564414616032018-04-28T08:56:21.360-05:002018-04-28T08:56:21.360-05:00I'm in the minority with you 100%. Dan unwitti...I'm in the minority with you 100%. Dan unwittingly challenged this to me once (in a randomized, anonymous challenge thing. I think it was a secret santa challenge or something), and I immediately knew it was him when that line came up. That's the only positive memory I have of this movie, is that I discovered where "Public Transportation Snob" came from, and Dan is literally the nicest guy on the entire internet. Otherwise, I absolutely loathed this movie. The characters are horrendous and completely unwatchable. I can't even get behind the dialogue, really. And this is coming from the guy who loves "Naked"--another movie with horrible characters but great dialogue... except there, I loved it. I just don't get this one.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-89236867107481805962018-04-27T07:54:42.789-05:002018-04-27T07:54:42.789-05:00I think I get where you're coming from, and th...I think I get where you're coming from, and that almost certainly has to be where others come at this as well. I can't get beyond the "Get over yourselves!" aspect of the characters. Even Tom, who is supposed to be more or less our avatar in the film is an insufferable ass.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-88670563207739825272018-04-27T07:23:25.792-05:002018-04-27T07:23:25.792-05:00I thought I would have a similar response to you, ...I thought I would have a similar response to you, but ended up being completely charmed by it (in reality I would NOT want to spend time with them, and would have to resist yelling "Get over yourselves!"). I felt a tension between the pretension of the young people and the reality of their lives, that it masked a fear of the future which they are aware will hit them soon. I felt this particularly as the group begins to break-up at the end. That being said, I was often laughing at them more than laughing with them at their jokes.<br /><br />I also loved the references to Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, but that is a particularly personal enjoyment. I certainly don't begrudge your dislike, it does present itself as surface and has little plot to escape from them. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.com