You know when you're talking to someone you think is like totally happening in a far out way and they ask if you've seen their favourite movie and you lie and say you seen "parts of it" because you don't want to seem like a total pop culture pariah? Yeah, we do too - and we hate ourselves for it! That's why we're vowing to watch at least one movie we've put off, ignored, rejected or just plain-out forgot about every week from now on. Join us as recount the popping of our cinematic cherries, complete with awkward, over-analytical details!
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YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
DATE RELEASED: December 1, 2000
DATE ACTUALLY WATCHED: December 10, 2010
WHY NOW?: No fancy reason. It was on TV and I have had it on my must-see list for years. Mainly because I pretty much worship everything Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney do.
WHY NOT THEN?: It came out when I was 11. And while I was a pretty ahead-of-years kid in terms of movie selection (see: me as a 5-year-old choosing Clueless over The Great Panda Adventure), I'm not sure this would have made it on my radar. I was too busy roaming the horror section and trying to seem brave.
EXPECTATIONS:
- A bunch of well-written, Sundance-approved bro-sis verbal sparring
- Skeletons peeking in and out of closets
- Laura Linney ugly crying, and in turn, making me ugly cry
- Mark Ruffalo rockin' lumberjack chic like nobody's business
- A stoic-yet-sweet small town backdrop
- That shaky cam style that every indie filmmaker seems to love
