Jay Kelly on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I agree it was fine. Not terrible, not amazing. It was very sentimental in a way that felt a little cheap to me. It's more stylized and less naturalistic than most Baumbach movies, which I didn't love -- I think his movies pack more punch when they feel more real. But I think this was an intentional choice, to highlight the degree to which Jay feels like he's an actor playing himself in a movie. They were heavy handed with that theme, but also it kind of worked? I though the stuff with Billy Crudup and the scenes on the train were the best parts, and that everything in Italy was meh. Also the Ben character felt miscast -- Patrick Wilson feels generic in that role whereas every other casting choice felt very intentional and specific.

This - it felt so meta. Along with the Studio on Apple- why do we want to see that world?

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Anonymous wrote:Teen daughter walked through when I was watching Wolfs with GC and Brad Pitt... I started to try to explain how hot they used to be... then just gave up. They are completely not relevant to her!

Maybe she'll have a Christopher Plummer or Brando moment one day and will post on DC Stratosphere People (DCSP) how hot Brad Pitt used to be!

My 17 yr old DD thinks Pitt is hot now.

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I have to watch it because I ran into GC & AS filming this movie in Pienza the summer before last.

GC looked great in real life, and it sure made for fun tourist chatter 😘

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Love Adam Sandler but Clooney is so full of himself. He's one of those people I can't forget is himself and not the character.

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Anonymous wrote:Love Adam Sandler but Clooney is so full of himself. He's one of those people I can't forget is himself and not the character.

Ita

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Watch the new interview of Adam Sandler by David Letterman on Netflix. Really interesting. Sandler majored in drama at NYU and it makes sense because I think he's a good actor. He seems like a good guy. David Letterman seems to love him like a little brother or son.

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Anonymous wrote:Watch the new interview of Adam Sandler by David Letterman on Netflix. Really interesting. Sandler majored in drama at NYU and it makes sense because I think he's a good actor. He seems like a good guy. David Letterman seems to love him like a little brother or son.

I just watched that and thought I should give Jay Kelly another try. I tried it for like five minutes and it felt… cringe? as the teens say. Too stylized and sentimental? What that one PP said!! Haha. Agree that AS seems like a mensch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Watch the new interview of Adam Sandler by David Letterman on Netflix. Really interesting. Sandler majored in drama at NYU and it makes sense because I think he's a good actor. He seems like a good guy. David Letterman seems to love him like a little brother or son.

I just watched that and thought I should give Jay Kelly another try. I tried it for like five minutes and it felt… cringe? as the teens say. Too stylized and sentimental? What that one PP said!! Haha. Agree that AS seems like a mensch.

PP here. I liked the interview but not the movie. Don't bother.

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I watched it and it felt like such a self-serving movie for Hollywood and actors in general. Painfully so.

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Watched it this past weekend.
The storyline, odd dialogue and overly-stylized settings really threw me. Everything was so unrealistic that I had totally convinced myself that GC had died or was in a coma after the parking lot fight scene (fade: white screen) and that the rest of the movie was either a dream or some alternate afterlife that his evil spirit was stuck in.
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Wow, I was way off. The writing was just lazy and the acting was nothing memorable.

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Not sure if I'm going to bother watching this. The preview was such a turnoff - pretty much just saying "Jay Kelly" over and over again.

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny and touching. Great cast.

+1
I agree and really enjoyed it. I think it speaks to those of us who are at a certain age and/or crossroads in life. The movie is about the choices one makes and how no matter the choice, life is complicated.

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It was clear what the last line was going to be from the first scene. It felt like the whole movie was built around making it work and to a large degree they did, but it lacked subtlety.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love Adam Sandler but Clooney is so full of himself. He's one of those people I can't forget is himself and not the character.

Ita

+2

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I was really looking forward to it because I'm a big Clooney fan but got so bored about 1/3 into it I just walked away. Later I tried to watch the rest of it but no, just as bad.

I feel like this movie was ultra hyped in the media with fake or paid good reviews from critics but they knew it sucked or they would have kept it in theaters longer before free on Netflix.