Punch Drunk Love

[Dixon Carter Lee]

We got a tape and watched it the other night. Weird, hallucinatory, not completely successful, but so much better crafted than nearly everything the studios crap out that I can't help wishing Anderson the best of luck in his career, and I hope to see many more of his films as the years go by.

Have you seen it? No? Go.

 

[Azwed]

want to have not yet it is on the list

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Adam Sandler is perfectly cast as a passive/violent manic depressive bipolar freak with a heart of gold.

Thank God Robin Williams didn't get his hands on this movie.

 

[sunstruck]

It's the one Adam Sandler movie my husband refuses to see, so I'll be going solo. lol

Is it sweet? Should I bring tissues?

 

[Azwed]

Agreed.


Did you see One Hour Photo?

 

[rosco rathbone]

The editing, sound and especially Sandler's hyper-wired performance made that movie almost unwatchable to me. It did far too good a job of putting you in his head.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Missed One Hour Photo, though I hear it's good.

Is Punch Drunk Love sweet? You would think so, by watching the trailers. And my wife and I snuggled on the couch with popcorn and wine, expecting that, but, er, not really. It's got a definite sweetness, mixed with some nervy unpleasantness. This is not your mother's romantic comedy.

 

[Problem Child]

want to have not yet it is on the list

Sure, Yoda. Whatever.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

The editing, sound and especially Sandler's hyper-wired performance made that movie almost unwatchable to me. It did far too good a job of putting you in his head.

I had that same experience when I saw "After Hours" the first time. It was almost too nerve-wracking to watch.

 

[Rambling Rose]

Really? I thought it was brilliant right out of the gate. Even years later it still holds up.

 

[sunstruck]

Brilliant but unsettling.

I think the two best movies for making me feel disturbed and edgey and uncomfortable were Kids and Requiem for a Dream. By the end of both films I was hugging my knees and trying to decide if I was glad I saw it or not.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Brilliant, yes. But nerve-wracking. I've had late-night, Greenwich Village dates with weirdo actresses before. The movie made me jumpy -- in a good way.

 

[Jewelz]

I would like to see it. Your reviews sound inviting.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

We also had a tape of "Signs", so it was a weird night.

 

[Mia62]

I saw it the week before it came out. Anderson wrote the script with Sandler in mind as the lead. Sandler was amazing in it. The whole thing was quirky in the extreme yet almost real. You could actually imagine that there are people like that out there.

We loved it. Go look up Ebert's review on it. He actually LIKED it. He even went up to Sandler and apologized for saying in some previous interviews that Sandler couldn't act.

 

[tortoise]

Brilliant but unsettling.

I think the two best movies for making me feel disturbed and edgey and uncomfortable were Kids and Requiem for a Dream. By the end of both films I was hugging my knees and trying to decide if I was glad I saw it or not.

There was a Mexican movie that came out a few years back that put me through the wringer emotionally, called Amores Perros. Brilliantly executed, but absolutely harrowing. We went out to dinner afterward, but barely said a word.

 

[Rambling Rose]

Once Were Warriors had that effect on me.

 

[tortoise]

Oh yeah. Another excellent, but harrowing film, Rose.

 

[alexandraaah]

Saw it and liked it. I thought Sandler was really well cast.

I went to college with Paul Anderson and he still owes me $50 from when the Bulls beat the Lakers in 91', I think it was.

Irrelevant, but it bugs me.

 

[tortoise]

I am definitely putting PDL on my list, along with that new Spike Jonze joint (heh), Adaptation. I absolutely loved Being John Malkovich.

 

[aly*]

Brilliant, yes. But nerve-wracking. I've had late-night, Greenwich Village dates with weirdo actresses before. The movie made me jumpy -- in a good way.

I still love that movie. I read that Dunne was told to refrain from sex for the filming to add to the tension. Don't know if was true of course, but i felt his tension, where ever it was coming from.

I'm a fan of Anderson, too. Thanks for the review Dixon, haven't seen it yet.

Oh I want to see that too, tortoise! Cage better show what he is made of, I've been worried about 'em.

 

[lavender]

This is a bold statement, and I'm not sure I'll be saying the same thing 6 months from now, but Punch Drunk Love might just replace Annie Hall and maybe even The Apartment as my #1 favorite romantic comedy of all time. (and DCL's right, this isn't your mother's romantic comedy)

*SPOILERS*

The scene in the grocery store where he's buying the second big mass of pudding cracked my shit up.

"That's that."

 

[teddybear4play]

It's the one Adam Sandler movie my husband refuses to see, so I'll be going solo. lol

Why? Does he fear a movie that might actually be good?

"Nah, hon, you go buy yourself, I'll just pop in Billy Madison here."

TB4p

 

[Weevil]

Why? Does he fear a movie that might actually be good?

"Nah, hon, you go buy yourself, I'll just pop in Billy Madison here."

TB4p

Hold on, are you talking shit about Billy Madison?

 

[Eve32]

Adam Sandler is perfectly cast as a passive/violent manic depressive bipolar freak with a heart of gold.

Thank God Robin Williams didn't get his hands on this movie.

You did say Adam Sandler, correct? I'm surprised.