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The bar scene should have been edited out.

posted 11 years ago by imbluzclooby
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I thought the weakest and most annoying segment of this movie was the silly bar scene where Dodge celebrates his birthday. Watching all the young wait staff act zany and goofy ruined my hopes for this to be a sincere drama.

I mean, come on! Do we really need to see a gaggle of Generation Y kids kiss and hug each other like there is no tomorrow? This scene dragged on far too long. It should have been edited down to no more than 5 minutes in length and could have been executed much better.

[–] hka-3 11 years ago

It should have been edited down to no more than 5 minutes in length and could have been executed much better.

The bar scene lasts a little more than 4 1/2 minutes. I like that the employees are doing things they would normally not do at work: Smoke at the front podium; allowing animals in; doing tricks behind the bar with bottles and breaking them; doing what's normally referred to as sexual harassment; using foul language with the customers; creating food that's not on the menu, etc...

The bar employees seem rather "manic" - probably because they're stoned and/or drunk, since the world is about to end. It could be like that in real life with a place like that, with employees who know the world is ending and are used to having to be as friendly as possible, because their work basically requires it. I don't imagine that the place could stay open much longer since food and beverage shipments have probably ended or are about to end -- which could explain some things such as chefs getting "creative" with the menu and using donuts as hamburger buns.

It's appropriate that Penny thinks the party atmosphere at Friendsy's is great, while Dodge is not comfortable with it, yet makes the best of it, then Penny learns more about Dodge's past.

[–] thepayster 11 years ago

Well put. Would the OP have preferred a 5-minute scene focusing on religions? I thought this scene was great, & I'd like to think I'd be in the Friendsy's camp of accepting the apocalypse.

[–] hka-3 11 years ago

Thank you. I thought the scene was great, too. TJ Miller and Gillian Jacobs nailed their roles (as did pretty much everyone else who made cameos in the film).

[–] Franco_Zed 11 years ago

I assumed the staff was all on ecstasy or something similar.

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[–] hka-3 11 years ago

That's quite possible . I may have been too focused on the weed and alcohol they were showing or referencing.

[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

while the service wasn't super fast, i say leave the scene in!

We have a pool and a pond...pond be good for you.

[–] hka-3 11 years ago

Right on! One day I shall have a burger with a donut as a bun . Have you tried that?

[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

not yet!

We have a pool and a pond...pond be good for you.

[–] danasider 9 years ago

Yeah, definitely ecstacy (among other things). The female waitstaff actually said "I'm rolling" which is a term tied to ecstasy (in which someone rolls ecstasy or has taken ecstasy and is subsequently high off of it). Don't get how OP didn't realize this and acts like them all behaving in such a manner is weird, when they are acting that way because they are high and horny.

[–] anni_boo 9 years ago

of course they were all rolling hard. i mean they even had glow sticks to kinda let us all know they were on ecstasy, that and the hair touching... even people who have never raved associate glow sticks with this drug.

i wish they would have extended the heroin scene though, watching everyone nod out one by one ... haha. major cinema right there.

[–] joerattz (6) 6 years ago

> even people who have never raved associate glow sticks with this drug.

Well...I guess some of us do now. :-)

[–] mbarkr 11 years ago

I totally agree. Such an odd scene. I don"t know if they were doing improv, or something, and they kept a scene that should have been cut? It was either that... or really crappy acting. It felt like a had selected the "Play movie with all deleted scenes" option.

Other than this scene - - I was pleasantly surprised by this film. A charming little movie.

[–] chains01 11 years ago

Completely disagree, this scene had my wife and I laugbing the hardest at the theater in the movie. Same with the preview audience we saw it with (we were at a press screening we got through the cinema club at UWM), that seemed like a favorite of a lot of people I kniw that have seen the flick.

[–] hka-3 11 years ago

It's good to know that a lot of people enjoyed that part. You're lucky you got to see it in the theater. When this film came out I was so ready for the apocalypse hype to be over with, that I didn't watch this until it first aired on HBO recently.

[–] chains01 11 years ago

I really got lucky actually, I saw it at a free press screening!

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[–] tmatt6 11 years ago

Watching all the young wait staff act zany and goofy ruined my hopes for this to be a sincere drama.

It wasn't supposed to be a "sincere drama" it is supposed to be a comedic drama or dramedy if you will.

[–] esskayess 11 years ago

Completely useless scene and one of the reasons the movie ultimately doesn't work. The meandering storyline made me anxious to get the world over with.

[–] clever-username 11 years ago

While I agree that this scene was tonally different than the rest of the movie.

It was also one of the best scenes.

I'm sure imbluzclooby would have enjoyed another downer of a scene where an insurance adjustor or house cleanner head scratchingly shows up to a job they couldn't possibly like.

But these kids, when faced with the end of the world, went back to their party job and let loose just a bit more than they do on a regular basis.
I wondered if they even tried to get TGI Fridays to buy the scene as a product placement.

[–] General_Friday 11 years ago

I wondered if they even tried to get TGI Fridays to buy the scene as a product placement.

Hahaha! Right?

That would just be the best advertisement ever, and it would definitely bring in a wave of young customers.

- The General has spoken.

[–] fuzzy_maiden 11 years ago

^the bar scene fit perfectly fine, I dont see any problem with it...but it all depends on perspective (where YOURrrr head is at).
Namaste.

[–] scottylans 11 years ago

The bar scene was awful and the product placement annoying :/