Mr. Karenow and I are going out to dinner and then will rent a movie tonight, as there’s nothing out that we can agree on seeing or feel passionate about wanting to see. Our movie tastes aren’t terribly compatible; he’s not a big movie buff and I - well, am. I will see pretty much anything except for stupid comedies or formulaic romances.
He has stated he is interested in a comedy or a “quirky” movie. By that he means movies like Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, etc. We thought maybe Napoleon Dynamite. But the reviews are mixed on that and I’m not sure if I will like it. I like to see everything and my choice in the movie theatre would have been probably Bride and Prejudice… he says no to that because "it’s based on “Jane Austen”. Similar objections to a psychological thriller (“I don’t like scary movies”) and a political drama (“Not in the mood”).
So renting/viewing movies with the hubby is always contentious and infuriating because he won’t expand his horizons at all (except for movies like LOTR and Harry Potter, because he loved the books). He is very intelligent but not a movie guy.
With that said, can any one recommend a good movie for us to rent tonight? A comedy or black comedy would be best. It doesn’t have to be recently released.
Sort of, “IF YOU LIKED ROYAL TENENBAUMS, RUSHMORE, and HEATHERS, you’ll like…”
thanks so much! I don’t want to get pissed off in Blockbuster.
Definitely Eternal Sunshine. I’d also recommend De Lovely (it’s a bio of Cole Porter but the story style is very quirky), The Big Lebowski (or anything else by the Coen Brothers: *Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, etc.), Bottle Rocket (a full sibling of Tenenbaums), Kill Bill volumes 1 & 2, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Punch Drunk Love (it is Adam Sandler but it’s not Happy Gilmore Adam Sandler- he didn’t write this one), and any of the Chris Guest movies (Best of Show, Waiting for Guffman, Mighty Wind, Spinal Tap). There’s also new Rutles documentary (Can’t Buy Me Lunch) out as well but it’s gotten mixed reviews.
According to your specifications, I’d say Ghost World or The Big Lebowski. If he’s seen those, maybe something more obscure, like Clockwatchers or After Hours or Withnail & I.
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