The Girl Next Door

Started by Film Student, February 02, 2004, 06:56:03 PM

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Film Student

February 02, 2004, 06:56:03 PM
After reading an interview with the director at AICN, I'm actually really excited about this movie... sounds like it could be another "Fast Times" or "Risky Business"...  The soundtrack alone will have me in line on opening day; apparently someone raided my CD collection for this movie, and I'm very very happy about it (Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, David Bowie, The Who, Jesus and Mary Chain... I mean, good god... this could very well achieve Cameron Crowe-level greatness)...

Anyway, thoughts?
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nix

#1
February 02, 2004, 07:11:47 PM
Judging from the trailer, I thought it would suck major ass, but damn, that's a good soundtrack.
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Fishbulb

#2
February 03, 2004, 08:15:13 AM
I saw a sneak preview of it and I enjoyed it. The acting, direction, and music are all a notch above what you would expect for a teen comedy. The "Risky Business" comparisons are apt. The main kid in the movie (who I didn't really like in "The Emperor's Club") did a good job, and his two friends were amusing too. Elisha Cuthbert really didn't have to do much except look hot, but she did that well. Timothy Olyphant ("Go") is hilarious in his role; his is the standout performance of the movie for sure.

If I had to offer one complaint, it would be that I thought the movie was a little long for a comedy of this type. The cut that I saw was a little shy of two hours long. I'm not sure if they're going to cut anything out before it comes out on March 12th. It's not that I didn't enjoy the movie, it's just that near the end I was kind of noticing that it was getting a little long.
There's probably a few extraneous scenes they can take out without hurting the movie too much.

MacGuffin

#3
March 09, 2004, 10:04:26 PM
I saw the trailer for this in front of "50 First Dates" and thought, "When did they remake Risky Business?" Now I see I'm not the only one:

Quote from: Film Studentsounds like it could be another "Fast Times" or "Risky Business"...

Quote from: FishbulbThe "Risky Business" comparisons are apt.

Trailer here.



Release Date: April 9th, 2004 (wide)

Cast: Elisha Cuthbert (Danielle), Emile Hirsch (Matthew Goodman), Timothy Olyphant (Kelly), James Remar (Hugo Posh), Maria Arce (Chloe), Nicholas Downs (Bob), Paul Franklin Dano (Klitz), Dane Garretson (Ryan Wenger), Brandon Irons (Troy), Brian Kolodziej (Derek Miller), Sung Hi Lee (Ferrari), Ulysses Lee (Samnang), Chris Marquette (Eli), Autumn Reeser, Laird Stuart (Mr. Ruether), Amanda Swisten (April), Nicholas Thomas (Glenn), Olivia Wade (Whitney Parker), Jacob Young (Hunter)

Director: Luke Greenfield (The Animal)

Screenwriter: David Wagner and Brent Goldberg (writing team of National Lampoon's Van Wilder) and Stuart Blumberg (Keeping the Faith)

Premise: An ambitious high school senior, Matthew (Hirsch), with dreams of a career in politics is overjoyed to discover that his new neighbor, 19-year-old Danielle (Cuthbert), is absolutely beautiful, and they fall in love quickly, head over heels. Their relationship is put to the test, however when he discovers (along with the rest of the town, eventually) that she used to be a... porn star (Olyphant plays her ex-boyfriend; Remar plays a skin flick producer she used to work for).
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Weak2ndAct

#4
March 09, 2004, 10:10:13 PM
To make this kind of movie, have it be fucking rated R, and not have Kim Bauer getting naked is like bringing a knife to a gunfight (sorry, 'Untouchables' on the brain).  Just stupid stupid stupid.

Ghostboy

#5
March 09, 2004, 10:14:23 PM
I really liked the trailer, for two reasons: the music and Ms. Cuthbert. There's a chance that I'll really like the movie...and I've never seen Risky Business, so perhaps it'll seem completely fresh to me..

Banky

#6
March 10, 2004, 08:45:34 AM
yeah for some reason this trailer is reall appealing to me as well.  I really dig the use of music and the cheesy tagline does not even bother me.  I think the FvJ kid looks pretty funny in this.

SoNowThen

#7
March 10, 2004, 10:07:31 AM
Cuthbert = goddess


May I stress, yet again, that she is an Alberta girl. Oh yes, that's right. Come to the prairies, folks. Land of milk and honey.

Or beer and chicks.

Whatever.


So why is this rated R then???
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When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Banky

#8
March 10, 2004, 01:22:55 PM
Quote from: SoNowThen

So why is this rated R then???


theres nudity

heres a link to a rated r trailer with some of the nudity

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003080001-2004091134,00.html


i heard that the nudity is in a good John Hughes kind of way and not in a teen gross out comedy kind of way

Banky

#9
March 10, 2004, 01:33:09 PM
well i guess i stated that wrong.  Joblo's review said that the movie itself was more of a John Hughes teen sex comedy as appose to the gross out type teen comedies that have become so popular.  So no i am not dissapointed and am really looking forward to this movie.


heres a pic that will help promote the movie


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bonanzataz

#10
March 10, 2004, 02:24:17 PM
so... I'M seeing this movie.
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MacGuffin

#11
March 10, 2004, 02:32:08 PM
Quote from: Bankyi heard that the nudity is in a good John Hughes kind of way and not in a teen gross out comedy kind of way

Quote from: BankyJoblo's review said that the movie itself was more of a John Hughes teen sex comedy

:yabbse-huh:  What John Hughes movies are these people watching? Nudity is non-existant in a Hughes film, and it's not like "Sixteen Candles" or "Weird Science" is "Porkys" or "Losin' It."
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Ghostboy

#12
March 10, 2004, 02:44:36 PM
The UK trailer plus the American trailer makes me want to see the movie even more.

Pas

#13
March 10, 2004, 02:48:29 PM
Weirdly I can't wait to see this. Like, only a little less than KB2

SoNowThen

#14
March 10, 2004, 02:50:16 PM
Can someone clarify, cos I'm at work: Cuthbert is nude in this movie / uk trailer???
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.
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