Guest El Satanico Report post Posted April 10, 2003 It's a critically acclaimed 2002 movie, which for some reason was nonexistent in theaters despite starring many well-known actors. It's a dark comedy/drama coming of age story, which has hints of Catcher In The Rye in it. Read the full review Here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest red_file Report post Posted April 10, 2003 IIRC, the movie caught some flack because it focused on the idle rich. When I saw it, a friend of mine couldn't stop complaining that it was unrealistic that Igby had problems if he came from such a well off place; I, on the other hand, sympathized with Igby and realized that money and upper class priviledge brings its own problems. It was a pretty good movie, but it examine the faults of a world that a lot of people either don't understand, or just want to hate, so it shouldn't be surprising that it didn't do all that well. A quibble in your review: you said that you like movies filled with unlikable characters and that this was such a movie, but then say that you could relate with Igby's sarcastic nature. Does that not make him likeable to you? Just something that jumped out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted April 10, 2003 A quibble in your review: you said that you like movies filled with unlikable characters and that this was such a movie, but then say that you could relate with Igby's sarcastic nature. Does that not make him likeable to you? Just something that jumped out. Can't believe I didn't notice that before. I can see how you would've misunderstood what I meant. What I meant was, he's what most people would consider to be an "unlikable" type of character, but that I can personally relate to him. Does that makes any sense at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MDH257 Report post Posted April 11, 2003 I loved Igby Goes Down. The reason most people have never heard of it is because United Artist (owned by MGM) only released it to art houses and not mega-plexes. They did the same thing to Ghost World. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted April 11, 2003 I loved Igby Goes Down. The reason most people have never heard of it is because United Artist (owned by MGM) only released it to art houses and not mega-plexes. They did the same thing to Ghost World. Well Ghost World I can understand, as it would've been a hard movie to sell to the gen pop. Igby Goes Down could've been sold on the name value of the cast alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest red_file Report post Posted April 11, 2003 What I meant was, he's what most people would consider to be an "unlikable" type of character, but that I can personally relate to him. Does that makes any sense at all? Yes. I understood what you meant, but it does seem to make the use fo the previous statement wonky. Perhaps a statement of how you appreciate non-traditionally likeable characters would work better. It does lead me to a side question: is it really possible to enjoy a movie in which there is no character that you like or identify with at least a little? The reason I ask is: I can't think of any movies that I like wherein I don't find at least one character likeable, to me. I'd be very interested in hearing the appeal. Igby Goes Down could've been sold on the name value of the cast alone Perhaps. Perhaps not. Culkin is an unknown who gets a little reflected fame from his brother. Pullman and Goldblum are decent character actors who've been in some hits, but haven't been known to carry movies well. Peet seems to have a t.v. following, but most of her recent films have done poorly. Most of the fame Danes once had is gone. Phillippe is certainly a rising star, but I'm not certain he really has all that much name value yet. Sarandon seems to be the only legitimate name in the cast. Not saying that the others are not fine actors, just that it doesn't seem likely that they'd draw do well in drawing an audience. Fairly comparable with Ghost World and Tadpole. I'm not sure how any of them could've been sold to larger audiences. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted April 11, 2003 The movie is one big ball of yummy. I rented it 'cause I heard Ryan Phillipe rocks it and sure enough, he does (as does the whole cast.) Anybody who says that Phillipe is only a pretty face and lumps him in with Prinze Jr., Lillard etc. needs to check this movie out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted April 11, 2003 What I meant was, he's what most people would consider to be an "unlikable" type of character, but that I can personally relate to him. Does that makes any sense at all? Yes. I understood what you meant, but it does seem to make the use fo the previous statement wonky. Perhaps a statement of how you appreciate non-traditionally likeable characters would work better. It does lead me to a side question: is it really possible to enjoy a movie in which there is no character that you like or identify with at least a little? The reason I ask is: I can't think of any movies that I like wherein I don't find at least one character likeable, to me. I'd be very interested in hearing the appeal. You're right, I worded it very poorly. Still not sure how I didn't notice that. I was trying to say that unlikeable characters don't affect my personal enjoyment of a movie, because I can usually find something to relate to. I wasn't actual saying that I like movies with characters I personally hate or can't relate to. Hopefully that clarifies it. Thanks alot for reminding me that my writing sucks at times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
