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This Movie Grated on My Nerves

posted 11 years ago by ovationpro
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I shouldn't let movies like this irritate me as badly as they do, but it happens anyway. There actually needs to be a specific "hipster" genre, so I can know for sure what I'm getting myself into. With a title like Stuck In Love and stars like Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly, it threw me for a loop.

I'm growing tired of seeing movies portraying high school/college kids as these smart, deep, and sophisticated beings. I'm not saying you can't find one, but they're few and far between. Even worse, they're always attractive in movies.

The characters are all a bunch of melodramatic elitists, especially Samantha, who was borderline intolerable. She's a smart, attractive, yet overly cynical 19 year old writer with a book being published. She doesn't believe in love or marriage, and basically acts like the stereotypical guy when it comes to sex and relationships. This level of cynicism and misanthropy is far too unrealistic for someone without much life experience/any real trauma. Then, of course, she abandons this mentality and falls for the sweet, smart guy because she finds him reading to his dying mother. Barf.

The dweeby son who finds the perfect opportunity to punch a guy after said guy pushes his dream girl is a total movie cliche. Never happens in real life. Also, given that the object of his affection was a sexually promiscuous 16 year old with a history of drug problems, he should have run for the hills. Harsh yes, but true.

The McDonald's remark made by Kinnear's character annoyed me. The problem with Gen-Y kids these days is they think everything is beneath them, and comments like this exacerbate that notion.

Basically, this movie is about a privileged, snobbish group of people with made up problems where everything works out perfectly for everyone in the end. And I can't say I felt any sort of joy or relief for any of them.

[–] annagary97 11 years ago

"Basically, this movie is about a privileged, snobbish group of people with made up problems where everything works out perfectly for everyone in the end."

So pretty much the life of Middle-America suburbian kids today. Seems pretty accurate to me, save for the mom coming back at the end.

[–] ematerso 11 years ago

I know a lot of East coast (as opposed to middle American) kids, both high school and college age and they do not act at all like the kids in this movie. Drinking and drugging in a private home by underage kids would now leave parents open to prosecution.

This movie is actually beneath contempt. Despicable characters, doing despicable acts (giving drinks to an underage girl and the bar tender agreeing because of a tip?????) A totally pretentious and offensive and obnoxious male character lead. Just awful.

[–] Elliot1976 11 years ago

The eating cereal for dinner in your bathrobe cliche scene, was really annoying too. Oddly I thought that was the most annoying scene after the punch the mean jock boyfriend at a party scene.

[–] ScorseseStan 11 years ago

Considering their occupation and their father, having deep and sophisticated characters actually made more sense then they usually do in this particular film

Some of the cliches did take away from the film a bit

Lily Collins is cute though

[–] amyrocks93 10 years ago

I agree. This movie was a poor man's "Crazy Stupid Love." It tried to be too much like it, down to the divorced husband who visits his ex-wife's house to make sure she's okay... are you kidding me? Parts of this movie are directly transposed from the latter film, only you don't feel any sympathy or attachment to any of the characters because they are snobbish and annoying. At least Crazy Stupid Love had story lines that made a little sense and actually resolved. I would have thought that a movie with such big names would have attached some merit to the project, but it couldn't fix poor writing and character development.

[–] gymclasslondon 10 years ago

This film maybe has to be for teenage hipstes because everything was just perfect for means relatable.. It was more then a film for me. Ps I eat cereals for dinner

[–] page8701 10 years ago

"I'm growing tired of seeing movies portraying high school/college kids as these smart, deep, and sophisticated beings."

"Also, given that the object of his affection was a sexually promiscuous 16 year old with a history of drug problems, he should have run for the hills."

So you're upset that the kid was deep, smart, and sophisticated, then you're also upset that he made a typical dumb-teenager decision? Make up your mind.

Yes, the characters were haughty and snobbish, but that was the point. The actors did a great job portraying their characters. And I think it's quite naive to believe that a college age kid, even one who grew up in a wealthy family, couldn't ever have problems or be cynical. It is equally naive to think that privileged people have "made up" problems. Everyone has problems, even elitist, well-to-do people, and I think the movie quite accurately portrayed this.

If you don't like the movie because you don't like the characters, that's fine. The same thing often turns me off from a movie/series also. But your criticisms that the characters have made up problems and don't act like people would really act don't hold water. Their motives, actions, problems, feelings, and fears are all very real and believable.

Super Ninja must have heard that The Expendables 2 will be pg13: "I want to barbecue Chuck Norris."

[–] ovationpro 10 years ago

"So you're upset that the kid was deep, smart, and sophisticated, then you're also upset that he made a typical dumb-teenager decision? Make up your mind."

Being deep, smart, and sophisticated doesn't prevent you from making an occasional dumb decision. These aren't mutually exclusive things. Besides, I'm not upset that he made a dumb decision. It's the stupid movie cliche that annoyed me.

[–] ricardolivo 10 years ago

You are right about almost everything you say imo, but you are wrong when you let this get to your nerves. Classic Cliche? sure!. Next scene the complete opposite of a cliche, something thats just impossible? do it. Too unrealistic? so?. Overly forced scene? C'mon I've seen way worse. Don't Barf. Swallow. ;)

[–] HalBanksy 10 years ago

The McDonald's remark made by Kinnear's character annoyed me. The problem with Gen-Y kids these days is they think everything is beneath them, and comments like this exacerbate that notion.

I don't think you can define an entire generation of people from one line in a fictional film. That being said I completely agree with your comment. All the characters were hammy clichés, and I found the acting surprising mediocre. I thought Logan Lerman was good, but he always seems to just 'play himself' in every film.

And I don't exactly have expert knowledge of the world of authors - but I found the storyline of a 19 year-old student already having a full publishing deal completely unrealistic.