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Re: I loathe you (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Thanks, Tyler! I am honored - seriously, what a nice thing to say. (But if you do get inspired to review Lawn Dogs at triumphant long last, go for it!)
And no, I haven't read Sandlin's books, but you're the second person to tell me I'm missing out, so perhaps I'll find time to rectify that.
cheers,
- Brian
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Dec 11 '03
7:42 am PST
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plus... (Reply to this comment)
by tigger500
u dug Skipped Parts and that is eerie...because I adore that one too...
have u read Sandlin's books? he's hilarious
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Dec 03 '03
7:35 pm PST
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I loathe you (Reply to this comment)
by tigger500
i've been trying to write a review of this film for 2 years...i even posted as sh*tty one on here before...and i hang my head in shame just thinkin bout it.
You have nailed it! This is one of the finest pieces of writing i've ever read on this site.
i adore this film and you have definitely done it justice.
Kudos!!
tyler
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Dec 03 '03
7:21 pm PST
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Outstanding! Thanks for telling me: Let future comment-section readers note that Darren and Nate watched and loved this movie.
As for your quibble, i agree, and modified it to just read "It carries the weight of a fairy tale". That's praise, of course -- fairytales tend to be the stories we learn earliest and remember best.
Where i get the idea, aside from the beginning and end, is just that a lot of the basic idea for the story seems very elemental, and most of the main characters (Devon, Trent, Devon's parents, Brett) could very easily have been born as archetypes, from beautiful beast to wicked stepfather to evil prince. It's just that Lawn Dogs wasn't content to _leave_ anyone as archetypes, and so we have all these vastly real moments, as well as characters (Sean, Nash, Trent's parents) who simply don't fit any fairy-tale roles at all. I still sense the basic setup. But i freely admit i might be imagining.
cheers,
- Brian
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Jul 20 '03
3:03 am PDT
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Re: north-going zax (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
"Zaxaroplasteion". It turns out to mean, in fact, "pastry bakery", in Greek.
Whew! At least one of us has a memory.
Fish-brained,
Becky
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Jul 07 '03
8:08 pm PDT
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north-going zax (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
"Zaxaroplasteion". It turns out to mean, in fact, "pastry bakery", in Greek. But it still _sounds_ like an oppressively stark 23rd-century complex where surgery is performed on Dr. Seuss characters, so i, for one, still think it'd make a great band name.
helpfully,
- Brian
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Jul 04 '03
10:00 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Who Let the Dawgs Out? (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
i had a student last semester named Tiixaenya
Wow, that's a truly incredible name.
Zaxarobrian
Oh, no! I forgot how to spell that bakery in Arlington!! Was that it? I knew I would forget. I should have written it down. I can't remember anything if I don't write it down. Aargh.
Becky
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Jul 03 '03
9:17 pm PDT
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Re: Nobody's Fool (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Yes, Jer. Good call!
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Jul 03 '03
2:47 pm PDT
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Re: Who Let the Dawgs Out? (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
I would say he should resist for three weeks and then give in to his lust.
Noted! Interviewing for any jobs as an advice counselor, by chance?
As for your darling Tiina, i had a student last semester named Tiixaenya. I never could figure out which letters were unnecessary, despite my suspicion that several were.
- Zaxarobrian
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Jul 02 '03
9:10 pm PDT
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Re: Skipped Parts (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Oh! I'm sure i noticed the existence of a book Skipped Parts while watching the movie's credits, but otherwise it's news. I'm sure the movie is probably horrible as an adaptation of the book: such is the nature of the genre. On it's own, it was an excellent movie, but you'll probably never know, just as i'll never go see the movie Paul Newman (whom i admire) made of Richard Russo's great Nobody's Fool.
cheers,
- Brian
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Jul 02 '03
9:07 pm PDT
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Re: Keep Off the Lawn (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Thank you, Steph! Any advisors wandering by late may feel free to add an MH to make up for the one Steph couldn't give me. Enjoy the movie! Well, except the sad bits.
-Brian
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Jul 02 '03
9:04 pm PDT
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Re: Rushmore vs. Lawn Dogs: the imaginary duel (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Voxy-
Mikey, Mikey, i failed to make myself clear -- Rushmore (a 1998 film) followed Lawn Dogs _chronologically_, #1 in its own year's glamour pool. I apologize for any implied slander.
Now that I go back to read said paragraph, I see that it is plain as day. This rabid Rushmore fan jumped to a conclusion, and before he knew it his mania and his foaming mouth distracted him from what you were really saying. In the light of day, I apologize.
You, and friend Andy, are both back in my good books.
-mike (who like Santa, actually has a 'good book')
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Jul 02 '03
10:28 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Shiit and Giggles (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
Briian,
but Trent definitely pronounced it "shiit".
That's hilarious because I met a woman this weekend whose name is "Tiina." She pronounces it "Tina," but my friends and I got hours of amusement out of pronouncing everything with an extra syllable.
Easily amused,
Beecky
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Jul 02 '03
9:02 am PDT
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Who Let the Dawgs Out? (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
Brian,
Fantastic review of a movie I've never heard of but am now dying to see.
how long should a man resist a cute girl who climbs trees and howls at the moon and wants to see his ugly scar from when he got shot?
I would say he should resist for three weeks and then give in to his lust.
B
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Jul 02 '03
8:50 am PDT
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Keep Off the Lawn (Reply to this comment)
by disinclined
Brian,
Wow. If only I had an MH button, or if I were smart enough to follow the arcane ritual that can artificially create one, I'd award it to you for this review.
I feel such an urgent need to add this to my Netflix queue that I don't even have time to complete this comm
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Jul 01 '03
9:04 pm PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Nate:
As a small and lithe moron, i agree with your judgment that my opinion is to be valued above Ebert's. Thanks for the praise, and i hope you enjoy Lawn Dogs.
- Brian
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Jul 01 '03
2:53 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Geez! (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Thank you, Sue! Wow, i had no idea that asking was the procedure for collecting MH's. I'll keep that in mind.
best,
- Brian
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Jul 01 '03
2:51 pm PDT
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Rushmore vs. Lawn Dogs: the imaginary duel (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Mikey, Mikey, i failed to make myself clear -- Rushmore (a 1998 film) followed Lawn Dogs _chronologically_, #1 in its own year's glamour pool. I apologize for any implied slander.
Obscure Movie Reviewers' Club Co-Founder and Co-President,
- Brian
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Jul 01 '03
2:50 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Shiit and Giggles (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Voxy-
Lawn Dogs was Andy's favorite movie of 1997, followed by Rushmore at the head of its year's class, so clearly Andy does rock.
Wait a sec. Andy had Rushmore behind Lawn Dogs. Now, I haven't seen the latter, but I can guarantee it's an inferior movie to the former. I'm starting to question this Andy guy's tastes.
Personally, i find the Rules of Attraction's willingness to patiently wait its turn something of a betrayal of its principle, but ah well.
Well gee, it's got Rules right there in its title. You'd think it would at least know how to follow them.
Unless It changes and mutates over the course of the film, and starts bubbling and turning green. Does it?
Well, not really. But he does sprout new patches of hair each time, in new and interesting places on his body. Does that help?
but Trent definitely pronounced it "shiit".
Excellent. I love it when the mother of invention, necessity, is also the mother of meaning.
-mike
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Jul 01 '03
9:54 am PDT
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Re: Re: Geez! (Reply to this comment)
by millinocket,  in Movies
Oh, man!
Sometimes (especially early in the morning) I forget I have that MH button, you know? And this review definitely deserves it, big time. So there it is, my friend. I hope a whole bunch of people see this because of this review, it's a very good movie.
Sue
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Jun 30 '03
10:22 pm PDT
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Re: Shiit and Giggles (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
No! We want to know what Andy thinks! Andy rocks!
Well, Lawn Dogs was Andy's favorite movie of 1997, followed by Rushmore at the head of its year's class, so clearly Andy does rock. His favorite movies of 2002 were the Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and the Rules of Attraction, but those haven't snuck to the top of my Netflix queue yet. Personally, i find the Rules of Attraction's willingness to patiently wait its turn something of a betrayal of its principle, but ah well.
Mr. Rockwell bore his birthday suit in last Christmas' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He bore it a lot, actually. I'm telling you because you seem impressed by this kind of thing
Honestly, him baring it once per movie seems pretty adequate to me. Unless It changes and mutates over the course of the film, and starts bubbling and turning green. Does it? Man, that Chuck Barris was wild.
I wonder if your newly-found way of dodging the Eps Naughty Words Censor also doubles as a comment on the accents in this film. It'd be most simpatico if Trent and Devon pronounced "shiit"
Devon didn't use such language, but Trent definitely pronounced it "shiit". Though since i discovered this spelling trying to figure out a usable name for the Princess Mononoke character not quite known as "Ashiitake", a drawl clearly isn't mandatory.
thayank y'all ayever so kahndly,
- Brian
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Jun 30 '03
7:22 pm PDT
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Re: Geez! (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Hey! Neat. Someone who can actually RE-watch this film: don't meet many of those people. Especially not gifted-writer someones with power and influence. As you enjoy this one, remember who sent you to see it, and remember how much he'd probably enjoy one of those pretty Most Helpful ratings.
Mind you, you're allowed to write your _own_ rave review, and you're even allowed to write it more wittily and insightfully. But that's not the end-all of helpfulness. Who's with me, people?
cheers,
- Brian
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Jun 30 '03
7:14 pm PDT
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Re: I Don't Know How We Missed it (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
You missed it because the conspiracy wanted you to miss it. Or because you confused it with the arcade game Lawnmower Man, which happens a lot and would be a mistake. But i'm delighted to help you and yours make up for lost time.
best,
- Brian
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Jun 30 '03
7:01 pm PDT
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Shiit and Giggles (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
Voxy-
Having now seen Lawn Dogs for the third time, I am quite sure that this 1997 film is my favorite movie ever
How come friend Andy, the one "who has long earned himself permanent trust as the person who influenced [you] to watch Lawn Dogs, Amores Perros, Tape, and Rushmore, [and who] selected the New Zealand film the Price of Milk as his favorite movie of 2001" didn't get a name check here? You think we are at all interested in what your tastes in movies are? No! We want to know what Andy thinks! Andy rocks!
Sam Rockwell – who single-handedly salvaged Box of Moonlight, and also stripped naked, as a character actor the previous year
Mr. Rockwell bore his birthday suit in last Christmas' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He bore it a lot, actually. I'm telling you because you seem impressed by this kind of thing, and didn't want you to miss any shots of Sam's tuchus floating around in the cinematic ether. Yr welcome.
I wonder if your newly-found way of dodging the Eps Naughty Words Censor also doubles as a comment on the accents in this film. It'd be most simpatico if Trent and Devon pronounced their shits, "shiit", like it had two syllables instead of one, as if they were filthy-mouthed rejects from the cast of the Dukes of Hazard.
Anyway, enough horsing around. This review certainly lives up to the level of admiration you have for the movie. Kudos.
-mike
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Jun 30 '03
12:40 pm PDT
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Geez! (Reply to this comment)
by millinocket, in Movies
Brian,
This is a hell of a review! It's been awhile since I saw Lawndogs, I think it's time for a re-watch. I do particularly remember loving that scene on the bridge, with him holding up the comings and goings of the vaunted gated ones. Fabulous.
Sue
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Jun 30 '03
11:52 am PDT
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I Don't Know How We Missed it (Reply to this comment)
by Granniemose
But that's an error I hope to remedy shortly.
Great review - makes me want to go to Blockbusters NOW.
Virginia
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Jun 30 '03
6:54 am PDT
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