The Spectacular Now (2013)

Simply Perfect

As Good As It Gets

A different way of telling a story

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Main character drinks and drinks and encourages others to do the same with no real consequences. I found the story flat. Watched it for the actors (and the high rating on IMDB), but they couldn't lift it up. Disappointed.

Enter the typical higschool drama love story. Starring the contemporary Hollywood pretty boy and his female counterpart. It shamelessly utilizes over-used movie tropes to prey on teenage girls' desires to see their dream relationship acted out on screen. The the skill to write teenage dialogue is as elusive to it's forty-something screenplay writer as six figure income is for a Fine Arts graduate. There's a scene where they make out in the rain. This movie has none of that. Teller kills it. The scenes with young people aren't a conversation cringefest. There's actually a theme and allegory. The pacing is good, the writing is surprisingly very well done. This is actually a pretty good movie. The only gripe I have with it is that Woodley's character gets mowed down by a semi truck and somehow walks out of a hospital with only a broken arm.

I love both Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley , and I consider Mary Elizabeth Winstead to be awesome, but hey, come on, what a piece of empty trifle, mere baloney I have just watched? I mean, I am serious, this is a total waste of time, film amd effort. Nothing deep, or sincere, or touching, or decent here. What we see is...er...drinking. Much alcohol abuse, drinking, some making out, drunken talks, empty drama, shallow development, insincere dialog, useless twists, worthless effort, and voila, what we see is a very weak, very naive, very silly childish attampt at something deep but falling miserably behind, and lagging at each step. I was rubbing my eyes in utter disbelief, trying to catch any sign of anything solid or sensational. Instead, I saw a sleepy slow boerd Woodley, and wooden boring Teller. Why was this film made? No idea. What message did it deiver? No message. What worth did it bring? Nothing. Just a dull thud, boring yawn and useless effort.

They stopped making movies like these..for a reason. It had no chemistry between actors and the girl clearly was going through something worst than the enitltled and privileged male lead, she should get her own story. Most of all very cliched and dissapointing end.