Friday, August 29, 2008

Dan In Real Life


So, I expected a comedy. It's Steve Carrell and Dane Cook. Who would believe that a film with these two comedic geniuses would not really be a comedy. Sure, it's funny. It's obviously funny. But it's not about 40 year old men who can't get any ass and it's not about a young sexy doctor who makes everyone marry people when they sleep with him. It is very much about real people. It's about paranoid, sad but funny people who live absolutely real lives.
I know from watching this movie that I am going to have 3 girls and that those girls are going to end my life, rather quickly. I can't have girls, and this movie will show you why.
The movie has a great soundtrack, a real James Taylor feel to it. If James Taylor had a soundtrack that went through his head while he was making peanut butter and banana sandwiches with honey, that theme music would be found in this film.
The first time I find out that my daughter has a thong, I am going to beat her silly. I mean... I won't really beat her silly, but I will think about it. Also, I will not buy a station wagon ever. I mean, I don't even think they even make them any more, do they? 
Why are teenage girls so dramatic? I hope that I have mute children. I hope that they are perfectly healthy, but I hope that they are mute, from the time they are 6 until they are 22. I don't think that would stop them from getting jobs, or living their lives, but it would keep me sane.
The movie looks really good. It has a very honest feel about it, one that you don't see too often in films. Well, you see it in Little Miss Sunshine. So, I guess you see it in Steve Carrell movies. There's something inherently honest about both Carrell and Cook, and Frasier's father. Only a perfectly honest human being could drive an orange station wagon without slitting their own wrists. 
Has anyone ever actually read "Everyone Poops"? I haven't, but I hear it's wonderful. 
It's movies like this that make me really wish that I had hair. I mean, you see his hair all cool and parted  and you think man, I wish I had hair. The soundtrack to this movie was obviously written around a campfire and I don't think that's such a bad thing. I actually think that's a fantastic thing. 
24 minutes into the movie you will suddenly want to slit your own wrists due to the uncomfortableness of it all. 
Anyone who liked Juno will like this movie. The two have similar sounds and feels, they're both hilarious while still being truthful and honest. They're real while still being interesting. It's like a good, funny, honest version of In The Bedroom, which was one of the worst movies ever made. 
"This corn is like an angel".
I hope that when I'm like 39 years old, my mom can still severely discipline me like Dan's mom does.
When it comes to the point that you are having an actual argument with your 15 year old daughter, you have lost your mind. You are actually insane. 
There is a talent show that takes place in this movie that will touch your soul in a variety of ways, ways you did not even know were possible. If you are a human person and you watch this movie without tearing up, you are in fact dead. You are deceased. 
Plan to be surprised with this movie. 

5 comments:

chrisss said...

epiccc review.

i concur mostly.

Anonymous said...

I watched the movie,
turns out I am dead.

I felt like it was talking down to me, not directly, but how like when you look up from your drinks and conversations at a pool party to tell the little kid that yes you were watching his cannon ball off of the diving board and yes it was a huge splash and you'd love to see him try again, when really you just wish he'd go inside and watch tv and let you enjoy the party.
You're a teacher you understand how to fake it with kids. "yes Jimmy those two black blobs and red blocky shaped scratch fest is the best firetruck I've seen all year, you're parents must be proud. Now go eat some more glue"

I wish people in Hollywood would stop making "real" people feel so condescending. I suppose it's hard to relate to real people when they treat you like gods.

You are right about the thong thing though. That's going to be rough.

Richard said...

Do they make underwear for girls that is not a thong?

Anonymous said...

Dude, don't be dissin the wagon. More space than an SUV, 2x the mileage, better handling, faster, and environmentalists don't hate you for having one.
Also, great for gettin it on in the back, but that leads to kids...which is ok, since you already have a wagon for their stuff!!

Helen Wright said...

They actually still make station wagons but they call them estate cars now and I would own one of them before any minivan!

Callum and I found the movie a little dull, but you're right...the soundtrack is great. It's written by one guy who was there throughout the whole movie. My friend has it. She thought the movie was great and cried through most of it. We'll give her a break, she was pregnant!