rossmd-36584
Absolutely the best film of all time. This film defines life. Living, breathing, stupid spur of the moment moments, love, laughter, alcohol, friendship.
Astounding film.
Amazing soundtrack, fantastic cast matched by destiny.
This film is THE film.
Just astounding.
GeoPierpont
The audience is spoonfed only one redeeming moment in the entire film: our man Money finds a new babe and life turns a 180. Simple. Comb your hair, go outside. I guess it's a tad inspirational but total zip on the educational quotient.Given almost 20 years of fermenting, I soured on Favreau's talent with such a sophomoric script. He was just aching to get even with the one who got away and it shows the deepest desperation and underhanded cruelty. Very disappointed that these friends were more like mooches, used each other, mostly ignoring their emotional needs.Having difficulty discerning why nothing really happens here, save the Gretsky blood battle. I decided to watch this after an interview with Favreau and Tim Ferris, where he unabashedly was disarmed at the cult status of the film. Not sure what planet he sustains himself but this um, status, in hind sight would be an embarrassment and only admonition could prove elevating.High recommend for mega juveniles who know nothing of LA. Swingers is a complete miss out of left field.
SnoopyStyle
Mike (Jon Favreau) is suffering from the end of his six year relationship. He obsessively waits for her phone call as he tries to make it as a comedian. His friend Rob (Ron Livingston) from back east is struggling to get into acting. Trent (Vince Vaughn) is his talkative friend with the infamous words "Vegas Baby". The gang of friends try to pick up Babies and convince Mike that he's Money.Vince Vaughn is giving a way over the top performance. Jon Favreau's character is a little sad and pathetic. Their combo is amusing until it becomes annoying. What sold me is the scene with the phone calls. The first three calls are amusing. Then the movie goes for broke and gets to another level. There is pathetic and then there is really funny pathetic. As a writer, Jon has created a memorable character with Vince. It's the second movie for director Doug Liman and pulls it all together.
david-sarkies
This movie brings me to a bit of a dichotomy. The movie itself and the character interaction was good but the characters themselves irritated me. Basically we had the main character, Mike, had just lost his girlfriend, who said that she would give him a call. He is depressed (and this depression lasts 6 months) and his friend Trent tries to show him a good time. In the end he meets a girl who is in the same situation as he is and they end up going out.Mike spends the entire movie moping about his lost love and tries to extract sympathy from those around him. The problem here is that his girlfriend means everything to him, and when she is stripped away from him he has absolutely nothing left in his life. In fact he has quite a good life as he has friends, he is attractive, and his film career is on its way with a part in a pilot and hosting a comedy club. Yet he does not realise this, and in fact is so fixated on his ex-girlfriend that he ends up driving other girls away (though he elicits the sympathy of two waitresses in Las Vegas).His friend Trent is the opposite. He goes around with the belief that he is the greatest thing around. He believes that he can pick and chose his girls, and really treats them like sex objects. He cannot understand the deep rent in the relationship that Mike is experiencing. His answer is a couple of girls and pointless sex - that solves everything. His whole belief is undermined at the end when he believes that a woman is making baby faces at him when in fact she is making faces at her baby.What this movie does well is that it draws out the attitudes and beliefs of the characters. Even though they are annoying, they are real. People do feel depressed for six months after losing a love, especially if it is a relationship as such. I personally felt irritated over the characters, but the film itself was good.
AD
