Remember The Daze (formerly The Beautiful Ordinary)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Jul 07 :: 23:48

You'll drive yourself nuts if you worry about people's spelling and grammar online.

deedee · 09 Jul 07 :: 02:15

haha my spelling=always terrible. i can type majorly fast.. but god help me if i dont have spell check on important things!

TheCentralScrutinizer · 12 Jul 07 :: 19:50

From Creative Screenwriting Weekly's wrap-up of the LA Film Festival:

Two more narrative-competition films made a lasting impression. Twenty-four-year-old writer- director Jess Manafort entered her take on teenagers circa 1999, when she herself was still in high school. The Beautiful Ordinary's story is a little too thin, and the film begins to feel a tad tedious near its conclusion, but Manafort's script is still pretty impressive. Without resorting to shock value, she lets the audience in on what it's really like to be a teenager. There's no sugarcoating going on, but no exaggerations, either. The film is sporadically funny, but focuses on the drama that the ensemble goes through, following each social clique until they all eventually intertwine.

shoothoops22 · 12 Jul 07 :: 19:51

Cool.

domesticelefant · 12 Jul 07 :: 19:57

It sounds not that bad to me.

TeeJay · 22 Jul 07 :: 10:05

TeeJay wrote:

No no, it wasn't from an IM, Larry. It was straight off the IMDb board. I was just saying that I'm usually very conscious about my own spelling, unless I'm IM'ing. I totally agree with you, this person should have taken another look before posting his review.

Looks like I offended the person who wrote the original review on IMDb by ragging on the spelling, Deb got a PM about it. I'm sorry, didn't mean to sound offending. Maybe I'm expecting a little too much when I keep thinking people should care about correct spelling and grammar even on a message board. I mean, I get it that you don't really do that when you IM.

I'm grateful that the review was posted. I must admit that I found it a little difficult to read because of the grammar and spelling, but maybe that was just me. I'd like to apologize to the original poster, I didn't mean to rag on your personally. Thanks again for posting the review on IMDb. I can delete my posts about the spelling here as well, maybe I should do that.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 22 Jul 07 :: 10:47

I hear you. For me the spelling and grammar mistakes makes it only more difficult to understand the posts. Of course I am sure that I myself make a lot of grammar mistakes too but I always check my spelling and I still edit my posts if I find a mistake. But well, you can't make other people doing that too ... and not that I wanna do that. I just think they could be a little more carful with their writing, especially when it's a movie review or something that is going to be published.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 22 Jul 07 :: 19:12

You guys ever heard the term "beating your head against a wall"? That's what you're doing if you worry about spelling and grammar on the Internet. And I'm not sure that explaining yourself was the best move here. Now there are two more posts criticizing this person than there were before.

domesticelefant · 22 Jul 07 :: 21:48

Ah well, this is the internet, so who cares anyway?

deedee · 22 Jul 07 :: 22:09

im sorry that my spelling 90% of the time sucks. i try i really do .. most of the time.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 22 Jul 07 :: 22:22

No sweat as far as I'm concerned, Dee.

TeeJay · 01 Aug 07 :: 09:54

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane will screen August 11 in Cologne at the annual Fantasy Film Fest (in English). So I guess I'm going. Michael Welch, Aaron Himelstein and Anton Yelchin all in one movie. Who could resist? You know, actually it might be possible that Infestation screens at the festival next year (if it's ready by then), even if it hasn't been officially released in Germany at that point. Cross your fingers, because most movies there run in OV and not dubbed.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 01 Aug 07 :: 17:37

Darn. I wish I could go to that festival. I'm sure it won't be showing in English somewhere near Stuttgart or even Ludwigsburg. If at all, I guess they will only show it in German. :fedup:

TeeJay · 01 Aug 07 :: 17:43

Tough luck, Anne. The movie is showing in Stuttgart TODAY (01/08 // 19.15 // METROPOL 1). In OV.

http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/fantasy/ … 7/all.html

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 01 Aug 07 :: 17:46

WTF, TODAY????
If I only had known! This is UNFAIR!!! :fedup::fedup::fedup:

TeeJay · 01 Aug 07 :: 17:51

Yeah. Sorry. Someone told me about the festival yesterday and I checked the website only today. It's a slasher movie, though. I'm quite sure I wouldn't be watching it if it wasn't for the cast.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 01 Aug 07 :: 17:52

Yeah, me neither.

OhGnarly · 01 Aug 07 :: 20:18

Slasher movie or not, I hear it's really quite good. I hope I can find a way to see it soon.

Anton isn't in that one though, is he?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 01 Aug 07 :: 20:33

No, Anton's not in it. His next movie is the aforementioned Charlie Bartlett.

TeeJay · 02 Aug 07 :: 08:28

Oh, for some reason I thought Anton Yelchin was in this one. Never mind. Michael Welch and Aaron Himelstein are still good enough.

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 08 Aug 07 :: 16:50

From Variety:

The Beautiful Ordinary
A Persistent Entertainment, Mirror Cube Films presentation. Produced by Judd Payne, Matthew Rhodes, Jess Manafort. Executive producers, Jim Dominello, Amanda Van Sickle. Directed, written by Jess Manafort.
With: Katrina Begin, Charles Chen, Melonie Diaz, Shahine Ezell, Lyndsy Fonseca, Amber Heard, Aaron Himelstein, Max Hoffman, Wesley Jonathan, Belinda Keller, Moira Kelly, Brie Larson, Stella Maeve, Chris Marquette, Sean Marquette, Leighton Meester, Marnette Patterson, John Robinson, Christopher Shand, Douglas Smith, Khleo Thomas, Alexa Vega, Josh Waters, Michael Welch.
By PETER DEBRUGE
In high school, every night can feel like the most important night of your life. The luster still remains eight years later in NYU grad Jess Manafort's debut feature, which follows nearly 20 teens on the last day of senior year, 1999. As high school zeitgeist stories go, "The Beautiful Ordinary" holds no great secrets or revelations, no iconic characters or "American Pie"-style set pieces, but it demonstrates considerable promise on the part of its director and her up-and-coming cast. These are talents to watch; as soon as one breaks out, pic could become a hot commodity.
From "American Graffiti" to "Dazed and Confused," every generation has its signature "school's out for summer" movie, and pic would probably do the trick for the Y2K crowd if 1998's "Can't Hardly Wait" hadn't already staked out the territory a decade earlier. Manafort herself graduated from high school in 2000 and conveys from personal experience how it felt to party like it's 1999, but times haven't changed enough to qualify her semi-personal entry as a period piece. Whereas most debut features tend to be too earnest, "The Beautiful Ordinary" suffers from the opposite problem: It's not really about anything -- except perhaps how a bunch of beautiful, popular East Coast teens resort to breaking the rules to stave off boredom.
Rather than providing a central character or romance to root for, Manafort aims to be as all-inclusive as possible, implying that sexual desire and drugs go a long way toward melting the boundaries between separatist cliques seen in pics like "Mean Girls." Here, the head cheerleader (Marnette Patterson) isn't above dating a total geek, and a giddy freshman-to-be (Alexa Vega) stands a real chance at hooking up with an older emo guitarist ("Elephant's" John Robinson).
Some of the teens are college-bound, while others are too busy living the dream to think that far ahead, but they all get along just fine. (Only the jocks, who crash a keg party late in the game, are unwelcome.) While their kids are busy getting into trouble, the adults aren't so much absentee as oblivious (typified by concerned parents David Temple and Moira Kelly). When one mother frets that NYU will introduce her innocent little girl to sex and drugs, the daughter is tempted to reply, "I'm not a virgin, I already have a tattoo and I do a ton of drugs here."
But Manafort is no moralist; nor is she interested in Larry Clark-style sensationalism (though she does employ his gifted cinematographer, Steve Gainer, to im-pressive effect). Parents may be alarmed by the underage characters' constant, always-casual use of pot, alcohol and shrooms, but younger auds will surely recognize a certain truthfulness in the depiction -- particularly if they happen to be from affluent, all-white neighborhoods.
A lone Asian guy (Charles Chen) floats through the movie taking snapshots of all the revelry, which pays off in pic's most elaborate camera move: a crane shot that drifts up to a second-story window, then pans across the photos drying on a clothesline inside. Cinematography (pic was shot on 35mm and digitally projected for L.A. fest screening) is exceptional throughout, made all the more mesmerizing by Manafort's choice in music, a blend of late-'90s alt rock and original score from Sofia Coppola collaborator Dustin O'Halloran. Her dynamic, engaging style swoops from room to room, passing fluidly between one group of characters and the next, finding humor at every turn.
It's no easy task to wrangle an ensemble of this size, and even though numerous characters seem interchangeable at first, Manafort somehow manages to elicit distinctive personalities and performances from her entire cast. They may be shallow and superficial personalities, but it's still refreshing to spend this much time with a bunch of attractive teens and not have to worry about a serial killer picking them off one by one.
Just as "Can't Hardly Wait" helped launch the careers of half a dozen young stars, "The Beautiful Ordinary" boasts a full lineup of talented teens, including Brie Larson (a scene-stealer as one delinquent senior's bossy younger sister), "Big Love's" Douglas Smith (who demonstrates an unforgettable party trick) and comedy natural Chris Marquette. And with the right material to engage her, Manafort is no less likely to succeed on her side of the camera.
Camera (Technicolor, 35mm-to-DV), Steve Gainer; editors, Meg Reticker, Larry Bock; music, Dustin O'Halloran; music supervisor, Karyn Rachtman; production designer, John D. Kretschmer; costume designer, Emmy Taylor; sound (Dolby Digital), Carl Rudisill; supervising sound editor, Christopher Eakins; associate producer, Tracey Perry; assistant director, Eric Davies; casting, Mary Vernieu, Venus Kanani. Reviewed at Los Angeles Film Festival (competing), June 22, 2007. Running time: 101 MIN.

domesticelefant · 08 Aug 07 :: 18:02

I wish I could see the movie ...

TeeJay · 07 Sep 07 :: 17:46

The Beautiful Ordinary will screen at the 2007 Temecula Valley Internation Film & Music Festival

THE BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY
USA, 2007, 101 min
Writer/Director: Jess Manafort
Producers: Judd Payne, Matthew Rhodes, Steve Gainer
Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca, Melonie Diaz, Marnette Patterson
A comedy drama set in the late 90's on the last day of school for a bunch of suburbanites

9/14: 8.00pm
9/16: 11.00am

http://www.tviff.com/films.htm

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 07 Sep 07 :: 19:16

I wanna goooooooooooooooo!!!

larry-411 · 21 Sep 07 :: 05:39

The Temecula Valley Film Festival has awarded the Special Jury Prize for directing to Jess Manafort for The Beautiful Ordinary.

Congratulations!

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