Comments on: The Kinks – Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin’ Bout That Girl http://staires.org/audio/910 A different song, a new experience, every day. This is staires! An adventure in listening. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brad http://staires.org/audio/910/comment-page-1#comment-584 Brad Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:35:15 +0000 http://staires.org/?p=910#comment-584 Napoleon Dynamite is probably the most offensive thing you could ever relate<br>Rushmore to. To go all FANBOI on you: Rushmore is 80x more hilarious than ND<br>could ever possibly be with it's... ugh! It's just BAD.<br><br>The two films (if ND can really be called a 'film' aside from within the<br>phrase 'presented by mtv films') share nothing.<br><br>As it stands, most of Wes Anderson's movies are just about sad regular<br>people with exagerated quirks, and at the end of it Rushmore is just about a<br>motherless boy with no understanding of how to control his emotions when he<br>develops a crush on his teacher. I think maybe the trick to relating to it<br>is to have, at one time, been absolutely obsessed with someone in a way that<br>was nearly out of your control. My youth was plagued by it.<br><br>Also it's funny as hell. And heart warming! "I always wanted to be in one of<br>your plays."<br><br>And the scene with Max crying ("Are you smoking?") is totally meant to be<br>somewhat funny, come on! He's so DRAMATIC, and Blume's reaction is... ah, le<br>sigh. Napoleon Dynamite is probably the most offensive thing you could ever relate
Rushmore to. To go all FANBOI on you: Rushmore is 80x more hilarious than ND
could ever possibly be with it's… ugh! It's just BAD.

The two films (if ND can really be called a 'film' aside from within the
phrase 'presented by mtv films') share nothing.

As it stands, most of Wes Anderson's movies are just about sad regular
people with exagerated quirks, and at the end of it Rushmore is just about a
motherless boy with no understanding of how to control his emotions when he
develops a crush on his teacher. I think maybe the trick to relating to it
is to have, at one time, been absolutely obsessed with someone in a way that
was nearly out of your control. My youth was plagued by it.

Also it's funny as hell. And heart warming! “I always wanted to be in one of
your plays.”

And the scene with Max crying (“Are you smoking?”) is totally meant to be
somewhat funny, come on! He's so DRAMATIC, and Blume's reaction is… ah, le
sigh.

]]> By: edRockMyke http://staires.org/audio/910/comment-page-1#comment-583 edRockMyke Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:25:44 +0000 http://staires.org/?p=910#comment-583 I didn't see Rushmore when it was first out, but I saw it last year. I had no reaction, really. I felt Max was a dick and entirely unrelateable. I enjoyed the scene where he broke down into tears, which I'm pretty sure was not the intent. I thought Bill Murray was good but other than that I didn't pick up on any of the joy that other people with similar tastes to me seem to find in that film. And I consider myself a fan of Wes Anderson, and was moved, possibly even fascinated by The Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.<br><br>On a similar note, I also saw Napolean Dynamite for the first time last year (I used to get the two films confused before I had seen either of them) and I enjoyed that a lot more; as much as I expected to given other people's reactions. Still not very relateable, but at least it was funny and had a charming atmosphere. I didn't see Rushmore when it was first out, but I saw it last year. I had no reaction, really. I felt Max was a dick and entirely unrelateable. I enjoyed the scene where he broke down into tears, which I'm pretty sure was not the intent. I thought Bill Murray was good but other than that I didn't pick up on any of the joy that other people with similar tastes to me seem to find in that film. And I consider myself a fan of Wes Anderson, and was moved, possibly even fascinated by The Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.

On a similar note, I also saw Napolean Dynamite for the first time last year (I used to get the two films confused before I had seen either of them) and I enjoyed that a lot more; as much as I expected to given other people's reactions. Still not very relateable, but at least it was funny and had a charming atmosphere.

]]> By: Brad http://staires.org/audio/910/comment-page-1#comment-512 Brad Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:35:15 +0000 http://staires.org/?p=910#comment-512 Napoleon Dynamite is probably the most offensive thing you could ever relate<br>Rushmore to. To go all FANBOI on you: Rushmore is 80x more hilarious than ND<br>could ever possibly be with it's... ugh! It's just BAD.<br><br>The two films (if ND can really be called a 'film' aside from within the<br>phrase 'presented by mtv films') share nothing.<br><br>As it stands, most of Wes Anderson's movies are just about sad regular<br>people with exagerated quirks, and at the end of it Rushmore is just about a<br>motherless boy with no understanding of how to control his emotions when he<br>develops a crush on his teacher. I think maybe the trick to relating to it<br>is to have, at one time, been absolutely obsessed with someone in a way that<br>was nearly out of your control. My youth was plagued by it.<br><br>Also it's funny as hell. And heart warming! "I always wanted to be in one of<br>your plays."<br><br>And the scene with Max crying ("Are you smoking?") is totally meant to be<br>somewhat funny, come on! He's so DRAMATIC, and Blume's reaction is... ah, le<br>sigh. Napoleon Dynamite is probably the most offensive thing you could ever relate
Rushmore to. To go all FANBOI on you: Rushmore is 80x more hilarious than ND
could ever possibly be with it's… ugh! It's just BAD.

The two films (if ND can really be called a 'film' aside from within the
phrase 'presented by mtv films') share nothing.

As it stands, most of Wes Anderson's movies are just about sad regular
people with exagerated quirks, and at the end of it Rushmore is just about a
motherless boy with no understanding of how to control his emotions when he
develops a crush on his teacher. I think maybe the trick to relating to it
is to have, at one time, been absolutely obsessed with someone in a way that
was nearly out of your control. My youth was plagued by it.

Also it's funny as hell. And heart warming! “I always wanted to be in one of
your plays.”

And the scene with Max crying (“Are you smoking?”) is totally meant to be
somewhat funny, come on! He's so DRAMATIC, and Blume's reaction is… ah, le
sigh.

]]> By: edRockMyke http://staires.org/audio/910/comment-page-1#comment-510 edRockMyke Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:25:44 +0000 http://staires.org/?p=910#comment-510 I didn't see Rushmore when it was first out, but I saw it last year. I had no reaction, really. I felt Max was a dick and entirely unrelateable. I enjoyed the scene where he broke down into tears, which I'm pretty sure was not the intent. I thought Bill Murray was good but other than that I didn't pick up on any of the joy that other people with similar tastes to me seem to find in that film. And I consider myself a fan of Wes Anderson, and was moved, possibly even fascinated by The Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.<br><br>On a similar note, I also saw Napolean Dynamite for the first time last year (I used to get the two films confused before I had seen either of them) and I enjoyed that a lot more; as much as I expected to given other people's reactions. Still not very relateable, but at least it was funny and had a charming atmosphere. I didn't see Rushmore when it was first out, but I saw it last year. I had no reaction, really. I felt Max was a dick and entirely unrelateable. I enjoyed the scene where he broke down into tears, which I'm pretty sure was not the intent. I thought Bill Murray was good but other than that I didn't pick up on any of the joy that other people with similar tastes to me seem to find in that film. And I consider myself a fan of Wes Anderson, and was moved, possibly even fascinated by The Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited.

On a similar note, I also saw Napolean Dynamite for the first time last year (I used to get the two films confused before I had seen either of them) and I enjoyed that a lot more; as much as I expected to given other people's reactions. Still not very relateable, but at least it was funny and had a charming atmosphere.

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