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Originally posted by Rudey
Well when you said "Watching people be miserable is not my idea of a good time", I didn't understand how you took a comedy and made it into an upsetting film.

Also, most independent films have tended to be focused on darker subjects...

This wasn't the most independent of films but when it was first shown, it was only in select theatres and I appreciated the film before people started making quotes about merlot in between their Napolean Dynamite verbage.

-Rudey

Though I respect you for branching out from the usual blockbusters, whether or not you were the first or the last person to see it doesn't change the quality of a film. I, too saw it when it was only in certain theaters, and that didn't help me. I appreciate indie films for their unique cinematography and quirky subjects, but this movie just seemed to lack that for me... The main characters were either unhappy 90% of the time, or cheating on their fiancee. It's all just a matter of personal opinion

does sideways really qualify as an independent film? i mean it still cost $12M and it hit nearly every theatre in america...I'm not sure indie film and that really go together that well.

from my experience guys loved the movie & girls hated it. Could it have anything to do with a distinct distate for the Wings guy being a prick?

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Originally posted by UKTriDelt
Though I respect you for branching out from the usual blockbusters, whether or not you were the first or the last person to see it doesn't change the quality of a film. I, too saw it when it was only in certain theaters, and that didn't help me. I appreciate indie films for their unique cinematography and quirky subjects, but this movie just seemed to lack that for me... The main characters were either unhappy 90% of the time, or cheating on their fiancee. It's all just a matter of personal opinion

What you said doesn't make sense.

Part of the indie appeal is that it isn't in widespread release. This wasn't early on.

Part of the indie appeal is touching on more emotional subjects. It doesn't make sense that you would like independent films but this one sucks because it had unhappiness in it.

And also, there was quite a bit more than unhappiness in this and ultimately it was happiness with everyone being satisfied.

-Rudey

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Originally posted by SigmaChiCard
does sideways really qualify as an independent film? i mean it still cost $12M and it hit nearly every theatre in america...I'm not sure indie film and that really go together that well.

from my experience guys loved the movie & girls hated it. Could it have anything to do with a distinct distate for the Wings guy being a prick?

It hit every theatre after some time in its screening. Prior to the buzz about it, it was only in select theatres.

Quite a few of the indie studios are owned by the major studios and the distribution often goes through them anyway...

-Rudey

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Originally posted by SigmaChiCard
from my experience guys loved the movie & girls hated it.

Maybe so. Sideways is the worst movie I've ever seen in my 26 years of life and I've seen some STUPID movies.

I remember once when I was in high school, my friend and I decided to get this weird little basketball movie. It turned out to be a home video-type thing about playing basketball and stuff. I'm not talking documentary either. Imagine some kids putting a video on the side of a basketball court and then playing a game. That's how bad it was. I have no idea why it was even at Blockbuster. So weird.

But, with Sideways, I couldn't even finish it! I was so mad that I'd rented it based on reviews.