When I watched Alex yell at his mom like that, so aggressively, I got the feeling Seth Rogen in real-life is similar. I could totally see him sounding like that if he ever gets in fights with his gf/wife (dunno what his relationship status is). Anyone else feel uneasy during that scene? Possibly I'm a bit sensitive to it because I had an ex who was sort of like that.
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I will admit that when Joyce snapped at Alex was a rather shocking scene since I know that she was an overbearing mother at times but she meant well for her son and he seemed to have thought of his mother as a pain in the ass.
shareI guess what that really means is that he is a good actor. Honestly that is such a stupid cheap shot. I thought the scene was good because it was a reminder in this kind of holiday movie that tempers fray and families have arguments. Here I think Rogan really stretched his acting chops, because there were a couple of places in the movie where he was really channeling the character ... there is quite a bit too this little movie. I was kind of sad to see it not get much recognition, but I think this is one of those movies that is going to have people watching it for a long time as word leaks out that it was good.
shareThat scene actually is a good one because you feel for both of them. The adult who just needs some space v. mom who means well but doesn't know when to back off. And there is something about the confines of a hotel room that make everything worse. Pretty realistic - I've been there with my mom and had to bite my tongue to not beg her to stop talking and trying to be involved in everything I'm doing, reading, watching...
shareWell not everyone has such a loud dominating voice like that, so I bet he uses it when he needs to.
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I wouldn't be surprised if you're a little extra-sensitive to it, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm always overly sad, for example, when a mother and child are separated in a movie. (And I'm not sure why -- I got to enjoy my mother nonstop for 50 delightful years.)
But I'm an actor (obviously not a well-known or successful one) and know a lot of other actors, and the emotions and behavior and vocal qualities they have access to when performing really doesn't indicate what they are or can be like in real life relationships.
I think the scene was great, I'm very close with my Mom *I took her to see this* but there are times I want to snap and tell her to back off and leave me B....but I usually just remember she means well and there will be a time when I will miss her nagging. I think both Barbra and Seth did a good job in that scene, I related to it because I have snapped and my Mom had snapped back and told me to give her the respect she deserved and I would think "If I didn't then I would of snapped a long time ago" lol....but its normal for Mothers/Sons to have that kind of disagreement =)....I don't have arguments with anyone else like I do with my mom sometimes, but its because we love each other and are comfortable enough around each other to be very honest.
shareThat's weird, I actually thought Seth Rogen was a bit unnatural doing that.
sharemoans83: I do not think you should ever make that kind of assumption about any actor playing a role. When I was a young child, I thought Margaret Hamilton would be a mean person because she played the Wicked Witch of the West. My mother told me she was actually a very nice person.
shareI'm just surprised Joyce said *beep* =)
shareLOL not on camera though!
shareI thought that was comically ironic, and possibly by design. In all of Seth Rogen's other movies, he drops the "f-bomb" constantly, and in this movie, you kind of wonder if he's going to be the one dropping them, when it's BABS herself who utters the only one.
sharenot at all, I found her character obnoxious and it was actually a fitting response FINALLY after the character wore at you for the first 40-50 minutes of the film. I'm actually almost disappointed his character apologized. he told her to shut it when she was talking his ear off after a failed deal, she got him punched in the face. he STILL needed to start the apology process.
@Sobertoaster, I totally agree with you. The only reason I felt uncomfortable is because I could sympathize with Seth's character, and the fact that his mom still tried to put him in his place with the "you will respect me" line, actually ticked me off. Yes, she was a caring mom, but she was overbearing, and there were plenty of times when Seth's character DID bite his tongue to not snap off on her because she is his mother. SHE NEEDED to have some boundaries for herself, instead of demanding respect from him. She had already pathologized him by saying that he had problems, and she embarrassed him in front of an ex-girlfriend because she had made assumptions about their prior relationship that turned out to be wrong. She's lucky that she had an adult child that was willing to put up with her and was as respectful as he was, because there are a lot of people who would have really limited contact, and even cut communication due to an overbearing parent like that.
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