Comments on: Trailer: Noah Baumbach’s ‘Greenberg’

By: jennybee

jennybee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:28:53 +0000

Meh. I’m not feeling it. I liked Squid & the Whale fairly well. Skipped Margot. I’m not feeling very sympathetic to this character. Too Garden Statey. Been there, done that.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:19:01 +0000

In theory I found it funny, but then I thought about it and it bugged me.

You can ignore me. I’m just cranky.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:46:16 +0000

I go to Starbucks and still found it funny. And the joke seems to be more on Stiller’s sitting down and actually writing that than on Starbucks. But this is a trailer, who knows how the picture plays.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:47:13 +0000

The Starbucks line is way too on the nose. They’re an easy mark and Baumbach’s hipster audience will chuckle knowingly and feel superior. I’m sick to death of that shit.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:24:25 +0000

I’m buying it so far, it looks like Baumbach’s most charming picture since Kicking and Screaming, and the Starbucks line is funny. Greta looks free of her “mumblecore” self-consciousness and might actually be appealing.

Giving this a shot. I’m also more sympathetic to Baumbach in general though.

By: sartre

sartre — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:48:27 +0000

[in voice of de Niro's Jake La Motta] Get ‘em all in a back room, smack ‘em around, no more don’t know what to do with themselves jerk-offs.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:19:43 +0000

there might have been a time in my life where this appealed to me more. 10 years or so ago. I can identify with a character who doesn’t know what to do with himself, but I’m finding it hard to sympathize. Snap out of it. Grow up.

By: sartre

sartre — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000

I loved Squid and pretty much loathed Margot. Based on the trailer I’m guessing this time I’ll fall somewhere in the middle.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:34 +0000

I’m with you – this guy speaks to segment of the population that I just don’t identify with. Lesser filmmakers have made a career out of it, I suppose, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re worthwhile films.

That said, I do like Stiller (especially as a straight comic actor), Messina, and Leigh, so I’ll probably be suckered into it.