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Big Fan trailer, you guys:
There’s a lot of defensiveness among Professional Entertainers about being “kept in a box.” These guys are always complaining about it. “It’s so hard to do something different.” “Everyone wants to keep you within the limited confines of your pre-determined media image.” “Just because I made Duets doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be allowed to have a lifestyles newsletter called Goop.com dedicated towards a self-satisfied life of bourgeois satisfaction!” And cetra. But all of that whining is missing the point. People aren’t derisive of these Entertainers just because they’re doing something new. They’re derisive of these Entertainers because they’re doing something new badly. It’s not that it’s just too weird to see a basketball player rapping so much as it’s that you cannot rap, Shaquille O’Neal.
The point is that it’s really easy to do something different if you do it well. Comedians, just as a totally random example picked for no reason at all, can take on serious dramatic roles if they are good in them. It’s when you indulge yourself in some weird wish fulfillment that outclasses your actual talent that things become a failure pile in a sadness bowl. (Thanks for the tip, JCA.)
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Looks awesome. Can’t wait.
Patton Oswalt played a heartbreaking character in an ep of “Dollhouse”, as well as a stint as a schlub in “The United States of Tara” (from the mind of Diamanda Colby!) so his dramatic range is pretty established. This looks great.
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From the writer of The Wrestler, eh? And isn’t he wearing the same flannel as Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler? The one that let’s you know he’s blue collar?
“From the flannel that brought you ‘The Wrestler’…”
This is pretty much what Patton would be like if he ever met and got beat up by Stan Lee. So its not that much of a stretch.
I can’t wait for the sequel when Patton goes back in time and kills George Lucas.
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Eh, my cynicism is taking a break for the day: I think this looks awesome and I love Patton Oswald. OK back to regularly scheduled negativity…i mean being realistic.
I’ve already seen this (yes, it’s good), and I’d say it’s less of a drama and more of a reaaaaaallllly dark comedy.
Hooray for Patton Oswalt! Flex that acting muscle. Ratatouille is the still the best.
can’t wait.
The difference between doing a comedy bit about a man child football fan and a serious drama about said man child is not in the acting so much as the editing and cinematography
“This one’s a keeper” -Peter Travers.
Billy Wilder’s Fortune Cookie. Big Fan is like the downer remake.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060424/
no lie, this trailer gave me the chills. it looks awesome, what an original idea for a film.
can’t wait for this film and i’m sure everyone involved knocks it out (and turincub is right, Oswalt was superb in Dollhouse) but this trailer feels rushed. the editing is all over the place. and the music. wow. they couldn’t get Nickelback to score the thing? too conventional and vanilla, which i’m sure the film isn’t.