Criterion Challenge 2025!
Film #1 - A Film Included in the Criterion Collection 40 box set.
Y'know that slight feeling of foolishness you get when you finally ingest great art, a masterpiece, after decades of knowing of it but making no attempt to see it, despite liking everything else you've seen by the artist?
Yes, that.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I love you, Paddington, but what a rude little bear! Won't take his big ol' damn hat off when it's blocking people's views and they ask him to, talks during the movies, ignores Private signs (though he notes they are, in fact, private), ruins the projector (think of the refunds and repair costs that theater had to pay. Not to mention, it's just a bummer, losing your marmalade sandwich). At least he's disdainful of cops and does a fine dance number, so I forgave him. But still!
My own fussy cinematic peeve with this? The film clips they show don't have the names of the films! C'mon! Not even in the end credits!?
I haven't gone as far as Jack, knocking food out of their hands or wanting to kill some dingus for making noise in the theater, but my usual fantasy for such bad movie-goers is being able to dismissively wave my hand and their mouths disappear. Phone using, talking, loud eating, lip-smacking, bag rustling, inappropriate…
Saw this when it was in theaters, with my friend Angie ‘cause she was an extra in it. When she excitedly whispered “there I am! See me?” during a brief crowded high school hallway scene, I lied and said “Yes! Cool!”
That’s all I remember about this flick.
