I'm always happy when I like a movie like this, because it allows me to give a huge middle finger in print to my snobbish critic brethren and the readers who call me a snob. (A snob who liked M3GAN more than MASTER GARDENER, mind you. Actually, I liked getting struck by lightning more than MASTER GARDENER and yes, I've been struck by lightning.). I love trash--it says so in my bio--though not the stuff Ty from Cinemax was programming! You're going to hell for some of that, and I'll see you there. "I'm a sicko," it says in the first line of my review, and I'm always on-brand. Bottoms was right up my alley.
The description of your role at Cinemax brings back so many fond memories and lots of chuckles over the boisterous times we had at the "consensus" meetings of the film evaluators, the audience researchers, and the schedulers to help create the monthly HBO and Cinemax program calendars. It gave you a lot of practice at cranking out critiques of every sort of film and such a comprehensive acquaintance with film generally. The sheer volume of viewing you had to do was impressive. Long live the STU-COM! We still use those genre labels in our household, along with the LUE-NAG five point rating scale (Living Up to Expectations vs. Not As Good)!!!!! We'll be waiting for Bottoms on VOD....... Thank you Ty, you are the best!
I'm the proud author of the IMDB plot summary for Baby Face ("A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully seducing her way to the top."). All I recall of the original blurb is that it was completely wrong!
(David Kleiler screened this in his living-room series, 7 months after doing Ball of Fire -- a combo that made me a huge Stanwyck fan.)
How would you rank Bottoms alongside modern stu-com classics Superbad and Booksmart? Sounds like it's more "stu" than either of them, but I was surprised those two weren't mentioned in your adolescent-shenanigan pantheon.
Your HBO/Cinemax job reminds me of my time as a second personal assistant to an internationally famous musician. He had me reading scripts and watching films to provide coverage that would help him decide if he should allow them to use his music in their films. (In the end, he almost always said eff it and took the money.) Off to a "Bottoms" screening this afternoon, and I still wish "Baby Face" had had more fun with its premise. But the times, they weren't a-changin'.
So fun to hear you reminisce about the good ol' days at Cinemax. I actually enjoyed Bottoms a lot (I'm old, btw) and it evoked Superbad for me as well (though not nearly as good as that gem.) Among the highlights for me: the frisson between Sennott and Edebiri, the farcical depiction of high school and its assorted cliques, and Marshawn Lynch's surprisingly hilarious performance. Recommended!
Thank you for identifying a movie I will never ever watch.
LOL!
HAH...After recently watching Double Indemnity, Dial M for Murder and Living...
Bottoms just doesn't float my boat....
I’m much too old, but thanks for the trailer, a taste of misguided youth… glad it carried over to the new century!
I'm always happy when I like a movie like this, because it allows me to give a huge middle finger in print to my snobbish critic brethren and the readers who call me a snob. (A snob who liked M3GAN more than MASTER GARDENER, mind you. Actually, I liked getting struck by lightning more than MASTER GARDENER and yes, I've been struck by lightning.). I love trash--it says so in my bio--though not the stuff Ty from Cinemax was programming! You're going to hell for some of that, and I'll see you there. "I'm a sicko," it says in the first line of my review, and I'm always on-brand. Bottoms was right up my alley.
The description of your role at Cinemax brings back so many fond memories and lots of chuckles over the boisterous times we had at the "consensus" meetings of the film evaluators, the audience researchers, and the schedulers to help create the monthly HBO and Cinemax program calendars. It gave you a lot of practice at cranking out critiques of every sort of film and such a comprehensive acquaintance with film generally. The sheer volume of viewing you had to do was impressive. Long live the STU-COM! We still use those genre labels in our household, along with the LUE-NAG five point rating scale (Living Up to Expectations vs. Not As Good)!!!!! We'll be waiting for Bottoms on VOD....... Thank you Ty, you are the best!
I'm the proud author of the IMDB plot summary for Baby Face ("A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully seducing her way to the top."). All I recall of the original blurb is that it was completely wrong!
(David Kleiler screened this in his living-room series, 7 months after doing Ball of Fire -- a combo that made me a huge Stanwyck fan.)
How would you rank Bottoms alongside modern stu-com classics Superbad and Booksmart? Sounds like it's more "stu" than either of them, but I was surprised those two weren't mentioned in your adolescent-shenanigan pantheon.
Your HBO/Cinemax job reminds me of my time as a second personal assistant to an internationally famous musician. He had me reading scripts and watching films to provide coverage that would help him decide if he should allow them to use his music in their films. (In the end, he almost always said eff it and took the money.) Off to a "Bottoms" screening this afternoon, and I still wish "Baby Face" had had more fun with its premise. But the times, they weren't a-changin'.
So fun to hear you reminisce about the good ol' days at Cinemax. I actually enjoyed Bottoms a lot (I'm old, btw) and it evoked Superbad for me as well (though not nearly as good as that gem.) Among the highlights for me: the frisson between Sennott and Edebiri, the farcical depiction of high school and its assorted cliques, and Marshawn Lynch's surprisingly hilarious performance. Recommended!