Comments on: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 1 Review

By: Dan Tester

Dan Tester — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:08:53 +0000

Memo, I understand your concern about my frame of mind before watching the movie.

But rest assured…at least once a month or so, I get a strong desire to see an aborted fetus on a bathroom floor, but rarely have an outlet.

My local video rental house can rarely offer me the medicine to appease this craving, but I promise you…man to man…in about three days, I will be purchasing the film ON DEMAND.

By: memo

memo — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:46:00 +0000

Wow, that’s a great ON DEMAND opportunity, though it’s weird that they can distribute it on cable when it’s playing in theaters- hey, who am I to question that? Though certainly, it’s not a “fun-filled adventure” so make sure you watch it in the right frame of mind- not exactly going to leave you with a belly full of laughs. Oh- I didn’t hear much about that John Lennon film, actually, not even in fancy-shmancy New York. I heard a lot more about that other doc that came out last year, the FBI vs Lennon or whathaveyou, which was apparently pretty interesting stuff, though I’m sure neither of them compare to “Across the Universe” for a rollickin’ good moptop time…

Oh, and Warren- I just remembered that I fired off an indignant letter to the NY Press about that review, and I just checked… they printed it! Actually, they hacked my letter into chunks (perhaps I was a tad verbose in the letter) so it’s a little clunky, but still gets my main point across, which is that that guy is an ass! I should have stuck in a link to cinemaspeak! What was I thinking???

http://nypress.com/21/5/news&columns/mailbox.cfm

By: Dan Tester

Dan Tester — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:41:42 +0000

Hey, this movie is available on my cable ON DEMAND feature right now. I might have to check it out. I really like that the cable service offers these independent films for purchase on cable, even when they are in theaters, for bumfucks like me, living in bumfuck.

There is also a movie available ON DEMAND called KILLING JOHN LENNON. Just wondering if either of you two “coasters” have been able to check it out. It sounds interesting.

I have not been able to check it out on the big screen. Because I think WILD HOGS is still in the theaters here.

By: Mr. Warren

Mr. Warren — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:57:05 +0000

Great review of a great film, Memo. We share the same brain on this one. This is admittedly nitpicking, but I wish a minute or two was trimmed from the dinner scene (which you discuss in the final paragraph). The film has such relentless momentum going at that point, and the length of that scene seemed to take a tiny bit of wind out of its sails.

“Some reviewers, like The New York Press‘ Armond White, trashed this film for taking abortion lightly and presenting the girls as some kind of feminist heroes.”

Huh???? Did Mr. White take a bathroom break during the shot of the aborted fetus on the bathroom floor? For certain, nothing in this film is taken lightly.