Really Good
These unknown actorz were amazin and felt like a docu. Really transported me back in time tho i don’t live in west coast and we were in2 bmx.
shareI am looking forward to seeing this movie.
I am not particularly a fan of Jonah Hill but I want to give it a chance. It seems interesting!
People surprise me and and my opinions can and do change when I start seeing good things from certain people. I hope this will be a positive experience.
I will post a followup after I see it.
Did you watch it?
I checked it out last night.
I was not initially sure that I was going to like it. It took me a little while to really warm up to the film, and for probably about 20 minutes I was like, "Ehhhhhhh, I dunno man. Is this what the film is? Am I just going to watch this punk kid wander around for 85 minutes being a punk kid in low-rent LA."
But once the characters and their interactions really came into focus, I discovered the emotional core of the film and I got pretty invested. It's a good movie. Very indie in its style, and feels almost like it was made in the 90s, not just set in the 90s (all the way down to the 4:3 aspect ratio). Overall, I think that Jonah did a good job here and has made a solid directorial debut.
My problem is that I am too honest for my own good.
For that reason I didnt reply (and hoped that this too shall pass)
When I stated that I am not particularly a fan of Jonah Hill, THAT is an understatement.
To me has been swimming in a cesspool for his acting career. So when making a movie he had two choices. Either rise above that level, or take the level to a new all time low.
Im sure that you can tell at this point, where I stand.
I will NEVER AGAIN subject myself to ANYTHING he is remotely associated with, regardless of who else may be involved.
He has proven that he is incapable of ANYTHING but filth and stupidity and any other negative thing he can drag into the equation.
What TRULY saddens me is he has seemingly won the admiration of his young star in the movie who; God forbid, may think that this is what life is all about.
I SINCERELY hope that he will chose a better roll for himself in the future and find a better person as a roll model. He never would have starred in this if here were my kid.
I feel I need to take a shower now.
BTW
I re read your definition of the main character as a "punk kid".
What I saw was a kid who was horribly abused by his older brother and pretty much ignored by his mother and was looking for somewhere to "fit in".
What he chose was group that was far lower than punk kids, and could serve only to drag him down to the inevitable low that was achieved.
I actually hate seeing kids in horrible situations like this. At the end, he might well have been dead. The notion of everyone who nearly killed him, sitting around in a hospital room with the mother singing "kumbaya" (not literally) is NOT reality.
So now I have addressed some issues of the movie, not just the director.
Hmm, I see. I actually was just thinking the other day that Jonah Hill done pretty well for himself. It looked like he was just going to be typecast as the funny fat guy for his entire career, but then he somehow managed to break out of that with films like Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street, where he not only got to flex his dramatic muscles but also got to work with some of the best writers and directors in the business.
I haven't seen it yet, but I have also heard good things about Maniac.
As for Mid90s, I think he was trying to portray a particular time and place, and what life was like for a certain segment of people in Los Angeles during that time and place. It felt pretty authentic to me, in that regard. I don't think that Hill was making much of a moral judgment call in either direction, but just trying to show life for the mixed bag that it was, and also trying to show how real friendship can arise even in imperfect situations.
To be honest, I didnt see Wolf of Wall Street ....... and I cant say I'm sorry at this point.
People call me a "prude" about the fact that a severe dose of filthy language is a definite turn off. Frankly for what this movie is, it was 10 times over the top of what it needed to be.
I havnt lived a totally sheltered life but I feel that this was more than an exaggeration of any sort of reality.
I actually went back and added to my original reply. I dont know if you saw that part. I addressed some of the parts of the movie, not just my feelings about Hill.
I'm sorry to say that this stuff upsets me but it does.
Kids aren't usually born BAD. The main character was NOT a BAD kid. He was in a BAD situation at home. He made a HORRIBLE choice of who to associate with.
In NO universe should these kids be called "friends". I DO give a speck of credit that the black kid seemed like the person of the best character but that doesnt say too much overall.
Once underage drinking and driving is involved, there is NO LOVE for ANYONE who nearly kills a kid. NO PARENT in their right or wrong mind is going to "cozy up" to ANYONE who puts their kids life in jeopardy under these circumstances.
Of course we are spared from any need of resolution to the story. Are we to believe that these kids lives are truly changed in any way........ other than being sent to detention homes; which is what would happen.
I dont see this as much of reality and it gets off to easy with its foul talk, racism, defiance of the law and lack of real consequences to all of the above. It doesnt teach us anything worth knowing and to my estimation it creates a very bleak non reality to how things in life really work.
I think you probably won't understand it if you never grew up in an environment like that.
You're right that his life was tough, but there was a little more sunshine there than you seem to be able to see. Certainly, these kids really were his friends. They spent time together and watched out for each other. Perhaps they weren't perfect, but they were a family of sorts, illustrated by the ending where everyone was there at the hospital trying to look after him.
I'll agree with you that the idea of a parent so easily forgiving someone for putting their son's life in jeopardy as we see in the movie is unrealistic. But when you're young, you do stupid things. I certainly knew a lot of people when they were young who would smoke and drink and just generally be rebellious and act young. That's part of growing up.
You say that the main character wasn't a "bad" kid. I agree. I don't think any of them were.
Just when I thought that I was pretty much DONE with saying anything more on this movie. noticed the following:
I was in Walmart walking past the REDBOX.
There on the movie listings was Mid90s listed under COMEDY. Yes you read this correctly; COMEDY. I actually checked IMDB who lists it as COMEDY DRAMA.
Now this begs the question, WTF is FUNNY in this movie. What is even satirical, or humorous or any other noun of humor?
Kids spewing endless profanity is "comical"? Endless racial references are FUNNY. A decent kid being beat up by an olger brother wgo is more than twice his size is FUNNY. Kids drinking and wrecking a car and almost killing a kid is FUNNY.
This is a SAD MISERABLE EXCUSE for entertainment and anyone who would in ANY way reference this as something Comedic is seriously fukced
Huh. Well I agree that that is odd.
The only genuinely funny scene that I can remember was the scene with the security guard. That did have me laughing. But clearly this is not a comedy. It's a coming-of-age drama.