Comments on: Charlie Bartlett

By: Easy A » DVDs Worth Watching

Easy A » DVDs Worth Watching — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:47:15 +0000

[...] I was reminded of the overlooked Charlie Bartlett. In that film, the lead gets himself in trouble trying to help out his classmates with mood [...]

By: velma

velma — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:28:40 +0000

LOL, “in fact” much? Too early for me today.

By: velma

velma — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:27:47 +0000

To Dave, this is a bit late but, I LOVE Harold and Maude, and I turned 20 this January! I think that as an artist, “cult classics” have been thrust upon me. In fact, no one I hang out with hasn’t seen the movie, as well as some other classics, like The Birds, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and The Graduate. A LOT of people I know my age love these movies! In fact, the classes on filmography and movies in my high school showed several of these movies, all in fact except for Rocky, with obvious reasons xD!

My friends and I often catch ourselves singing the time warp, and also, I often find myself complaining about the repetitive use of “Scarboro Fair” in The Graduate! It’s irritating!

Regardless, I feel like in no way are these movies out of reach to anyone in my generation. They’re very accessible and timeless, so the allure doesn’t fade as time goes by.

Also, several, several people I know, including myself, have seen and loved many an Audrey Hepburn feature, even the rarely talked about Two For The Road. ^_~

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:48:38 +0000

Roger Ebert’s review of “The Life Aquatic” has a wonderful aside about Bud Cort to the effect of “…Zissou, accompanied by a bond company stooge (Bud Cort — so THAT’S what happened to him!)…”

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:19:47 +0000

Yeah, Bud Cort is “up there” in “Dogma”. Definitely.

As to modern culture fracturing shared entertainment, “Cult” films have exactly the opposite problem. There is no reason to be part of the keepers of true knowledge if even the unwashed masses have the same access. When “Rocky Horror” is shown late on FOX, dressing up for a Midnight Matinee loses some of it’s cache.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:31:05 +0000

Bud Cort was the little old man in Dogma, by the way, so he’s up there. And you make excellent points about venues for cult films; the only dedicated outlet I’m aware of is TCM’s Friday nights, and what kid wants to admit watching that channel? I agree, it’s harder to find shared entertainments throughout our culture.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:09:40 +0000

My wife’s cousin, who just turned 30 a few days ago, claims “Harold and Maude” is one of her favorite movies. I can’t tell if she’s sincere or if it’s an affectation. I CAN tell you that I made the same claim when I was 20 (kinda creepy now that I think about it, 20 years later) and that it was definitely an affectation. It wasn’t so much that I liked it as I sensed there was something subversive about being into the cult movies of the previous generation (How old is Bud Cort now?) while heaping disdain on whatever was popular at the time.

So, the 30-year-old cousin… I suspect she is not what you mean by the “current generation.” If you mean today’s 20-year-olds, I suspect it’s been forgotten. How does a kid even find out about “cult films” today? When I was a kid, I was most influenced by the offerings at the local art-house cinema, (which was one of the few places I could kill a few hours on a free evening before I could get into bars)and the hacky, fanzine-style writing of the film critics in the local free newsweekly (these people have all taken up residence in cyberspace now – not slamming bloggers as a group but we all know how hard it is to separate the wheat from the chaff).

There are so many more entertainment options today and so many more points of access that there are fewer and fewer common denominators today. I used to see the same regulars at the art-house cinema I frequented in high school and you could bet that they had all seen “Harold & Maude,” “Pink Flamingos,” etc. Would the same be true today?

By: todd dezago

todd dezago — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:18:58 +0000

hi, johanna!

funny.
sharon and i were watching steven spielberg’s “taken” on disc tonight (at a friend’s insistence) and i kept saying that i’d seen that kid in something else since then. we turned off the dvd, and were met with anton yelchin in an ad for charlie bartlett. i’m sure he’s been in other things, but that’s all i know…
movie looks good–and now on YOUR recommendation…
thanks for the great review(s)!!
todd