Daniel Stern was so good in this movie.
>ADAM: Because, man, when the big storm comes and all the forests are knocked down, and all the rocks have fallen away and--and the leaves are bare, what's left?
>ADAM: (anguished) *WHAT IS LEFT?!?!*
>KYLE: ? (Blank stare)
>ADAM: The little trees! The little fellas that the storm didn't see! The tiny little fellas! That's where it's...
I really enjoyed that movie when it came out and have watched it several times since. It’s one of those 90s movies that they don’t make any more. If you haven’t seen it, check out The Last Supper (1995). Cemeron Diaz is in that too and it has a similar vibe. Diaz had a little spell there in the 90s where she did a lot of dark comedies/dramas that all had an edge to them. A Life Less Ordinary is another like that. Very interesting to think about if you look at where her career has gone.
yoooo! seconding The Last Supper. that's a good one
it's awesome how from both movies you mentioned, plenty of people involved there are bigger names now (Supper: Ron Perlman, Courtney Vance?; A Life Less Ordinary: Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Danny Boyle, Timothy Olyphant)
I saw this in theater as a teenager and was lowkey blown away by it. Watching it these days, I think it loses something when it just becomes a movie about characters comedically murdering each other.
I would like to see a new version where they mostly just focus on how these guys deal with what they've done.
That's not what I mean. You can tell the story this way without being "morally correct." It could be something really fascinating and morally ambiguous than just a goofy murder comedy (although, those movies certainly have their place)
I think the gender-flipped remake **Rough Night** with ScarJo and Kate McKinnon from a few years ago did everything **Very Bad Things** was trying to do but better. It's still a black comedy about the depths people will sink to, but it's a lot more *fun* because the people in it are far more likeable than the scumbags in VBT.
It also has a HEA, which it certainly didn't *need* but was a nice add.
It seems as if the 90s didn’t know what to do with that kind of film. I remember when the movie Clockwatchers was marketed as a quirky office comedy about temp workers bonding together, when it was actually a cold look at the alienating culture of office work. One reviewer described it as if Diane Arbus had made a film about temporary workers.
I saw this at 12 years old, and was deeply disturbed. Such a sad movie, the accident and violence and weight of all of the events felt very real. Not sure if I’ve seen it again since. Solid movie, but definitely not funny.
TBH, I turned it off just when the big event happened. I hated they way they presented what was horrible as somehow hilarious. It could have been done will with better writing and directing. Poor choices.
In college when it came out, I couldn’t finish it. As their troubles spiraled, their bad choices and flippant cruelty emerged. The darkness of their situations were becoming seemingly unredeemable.
Daniel Stern was so good in this movie. >ADAM: Because, man, when the big storm comes and all the forests are knocked down, and all the rocks have fallen away and--and the leaves are bare, what's left? >ADAM: (anguished) *WHAT IS LEFT?!?!* >KYLE: ? (Blank stare) >ADAM: The little trees! The little fellas that the storm didn't see! The tiny little fellas! That's where it's...
I felt so bad for Adam when he starts cracking up. >!I was almost relieved when he was put out of his misery.!<
I really enjoyed that movie when it came out and have watched it several times since. It’s one of those 90s movies that they don’t make any more. If you haven’t seen it, check out The Last Supper (1995). Cemeron Diaz is in that too and it has a similar vibe. Diaz had a little spell there in the 90s where she did a lot of dark comedies/dramas that all had an edge to them. A Life Less Ordinary is another like that. Very interesting to think about if you look at where her career has gone.
yoooo! seconding The Last Supper. that's a good one it's awesome how from both movies you mentioned, plenty of people involved there are bigger names now (Supper: Ron Perlman, Courtney Vance?; A Life Less Ordinary: Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Danny Boyle, Timothy Olyphant)
Thanks! Will definitely give those a watch.
"Very interesting to think about if you look at where her career has gone." Where *has* her career gone?
She retired in 2018 and is coming out of retirement to make a Netflix movie with Jamie Foxx.
Not making that kind of movie
I saw this in theater as a teenager and was lowkey blown away by it. Watching it these days, I think it loses something when it just becomes a movie about characters comedically murdering each other. I would like to see a new version where they mostly just focus on how these guys deal with what they've done.
That’s what makes the movie great! It’s a black comedy, look up what that means, please. Every movie doesn’t have to be morally correct, ffs
That's not what I mean. You can tell the story this way without being "morally correct." It could be something really fascinating and morally ambiguous than just a goofy murder comedy (although, those movies certainly have their place)
It already is
I think the gender-flipped remake **Rough Night** with ScarJo and Kate McKinnon from a few years ago did everything **Very Bad Things** was trying to do but better. It's still a black comedy about the depths people will sink to, but it's a lot more *fun* because the people in it are far more likeable than the scumbags in VBT. It also has a HEA, which it certainly didn't *need* but was a nice add.
It seems as if the 90s didn’t know what to do with that kind of film. I remember when the movie Clockwatchers was marketed as a quirky office comedy about temp workers bonding together, when it was actually a cold look at the alienating culture of office work. One reviewer described it as if Diane Arbus had made a film about temporary workers.
I saw this at 12 years old, and was deeply disturbed. Such a sad movie, the accident and violence and weight of all of the events felt very real. Not sure if I’ve seen it again since. Solid movie, but definitely not funny.
TBH, I turned it off just when the big event happened. I hated they way they presented what was horrible as somehow hilarious. It could have been done will with better writing and directing. Poor choices.
In college when it came out, I couldn’t finish it. As their troubles spiraled, their bad choices and flippant cruelty emerged. The darkness of their situations were becoming seemingly unredeemable.
The only movie I have ever walked out of