Weatherman

[Ray_Gun]

I went and saw this movie last night. I don't want to say it was bad because I kind of liked it. It was just a really odd movie. Kind of like Seinfeld. It was a movie about nothing. It was as if you were a fly on the wall for a random week of this guy's life. It was oddly entertaining though.

[S.E. Hardy]

I liked it... it was like a studio indie film. It was a character study, and it worked as such.

[static]

Imagine if Steven Spielberg read the script for American Beauty, and then he asked the Farrelly Brothers to direct it. That's pretty much what The Weather Man is.

 

Something that someone i know said. I'm not sure what he meant exactly.

[crazycanuck]

Yeah, I've heard it's a bad American Beauty rip-off.

Speaking of, I just watched American Beauty for the first time last week and was vaguely disappointed.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

i really want to see this movie

[OWJeeves]

It was excellent.

 

There's a definite similarity to American Beauty, but it's not a ripoff. American Beauty had a more comedic premise/cartoonish execution than Weather Man, which is more rooted in a dramatic plot, with some funny dialogue here and there. Definitely not a comedy.

 

One of my favourite movies of the year.

Edited October 31, 2005 by OWJeeves

[squall17]

i cant say why exactly, but i have been drawn to this move right from when i first saw a commercial for it

i will be seeing it sooner or later

[crazycanuck]

I'll wait till it comes to UVic.

[jwhale11]

i thought it was hilarious, what he wrote on the piece of paper at therapy was sooo funny

[HoboFactory]

Just saw it today, not bad.

[Shiri]

I thought it was pretty good too, I was expecting much and it was a nice surprise.

[sodamntired]

loved the weather man

 

reminded me a lot of myself (or who i will/would become in coming years)

 

SPOILER:

 

SPOILER (Highlight to View)

The Part where he got into the car with his dad and his dad had "Like A Rock" playing in the car made me tear up...and when he began to give the Eulogy at his father's "funeral" and the lights went out...and when they came back on, nobody remembered that he was talking...reminded me so much of myself...just the kind of "who's that guy? oh, no one important" self-image I believe other people feel about me.

 

 

I just love that movie...I'm going to have to pop it in right now.

[shindig]

I took the dad's advice that you should always carry some money in your wallet. It's good idea in the age of debit/credit card payments failing etc.

[MuttersomeTaxicab]

Gahhh! Another movie I've been dying to see!

 

Alright. Study break this weekend will be devoted to watching at least ONE movie I missed in the past eight months.

[Janney]

ill have to rent it later.

[redragon]

To me you really have to enjoy dry humour to like this flick and Michael Caine was brilliant as always.