Sideways

Sure, why not. I'll just mail it from work and say a guest wanted one.

edit: Unless, y'know, I can mail it normally in an envelope.

[Edited on Jan 10, 2005 by capitalistfig]

i saw it about a month ago..
i didn`t love it,
and i didn`t hate it.

Wow most people didn't like it because of why I liked it. It was real. A little too real. This movie was great, but maybe because I saw no hype. And Birdy, the marriage thing is not being reinforced by this movie. Marriage was a joke, and has been a joke for a long long time now. Yeah the guy is a scumbag, and that doesn't make marriage a joke. They deal with it in a real manner. The guy that NEEDS to have sex and feels validation from sex is an archetype that has been around since before I was born.

Anyway it was a very good movie and I understand why peopele don't like it. I can't recomend it to many people because it's way to realistic to be a movie.

I agree 100% with the comments that it is funny and sad without being awkward. Perfect description.


Added: Sandra Oh is fucking hot.

[Edited on Jan 11, 2005 by Pip]

I can't really argue with this, per se...I mean, you like what you like. I hate Gone With the Wind because I hated all the characters and I don't like period pieces. But still, just one thing...you did get that you aren't supposed to admire these people at all, right? I mean, the movie never offered any sort of excuse for their behavior at all.

Yeah.... I know... I know....

It wasn't so much Sideways only that made me feel like this,
but a lot of movies I've seen lately.
I just happened to see this one the night before I saw this thread and I took everything out on this one film.

Misdirected, totally, but it was this movie that set me off.

Everything you said it true.

But I guess I also expected something totally different from the film.
I hadn't read any reviews, I only had heard friends recommend it.

I'm just seeing all these movies lately that are "real",
but I am missing good old fashioned story telling.
Life is dissapointing and directionless as it is.
When I go to the movies, I guess I just hope not to be reminded of it.

I shoulda just gone to see Incredibles again and avoided this whole mess.

A bit like Lost In Translation: pretty good and even occasionally deeply moving, but if it's 'film of the year' then it's been a slow year.

That last bit there...are you still talking about your vagina? 'Cause I'd heard that too, like all over the intranet.

I just saw this a week ago and I thought it was really good.
I went through the full hype cycle. When it first came I heard a lot of good things. Then it was almost like too much talk about it so it made me not want to see it. I finally watched it with lowered expectations and I really liked it. It was the kind of movie that can stay with you for a while

The other oscar movies on the other hand like Million Dollar Baby and Aviator were cliched and overrated as far as I was concerned. Aviator was actually more original but DiCaprio so far has just not been that good in the Scorcece films he's been in.

Someone said that this movie appeals to critics because they can relate to the Miles character.

Sideways is funny like how things are funny in real life.
It might help to appreciate this if you are closer to the 40 year old range.
This movie has what I'd consider the mark of excellent writing -- authentic characters and situations and not being able to predict what's going to happen scene to scene.





[Edited on Mar 13, 2005 by obadiah]

I thought it was good but not great.

Interesting ironic bit follows.

From Sideways:

Paul Giamatti (as Miles Raymond)

" No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am not drinking any fucking Merlot".

Fact: The 1961 Cheval Blanc that Miles is saving for a special occasion is a blend of the Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes that he specifically dismisses throughout the movie. The Merlot content varies between 1/3 and 2/3 in any given vintage.

[Edited on May 05, 2005 by AndersWolleck]

There was a pretty good moment when he was expounding about pinot noir to the girl, and it was sort of a parable about himself. That was a good scene. The rest of the movie, eh.

I like it... but I like whiny guys with fucked up lives. Reminds me of myself.

Any time you have the shlub and the delusional "ladies man" drinking is a good time!

Loved it!