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The Narrator Returns wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:21 am

Roger Ryan wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:45 pm

therewillbeblus wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:38 am Sean Penn spotted on set, though from his appearance he doesn’t seem to be in costume and could just be visiting

If this production is following COVID-19 protocols, I'd be surprised if visitors were even allowed.

To get back to this, John C. Reilly recently said that he got a COVID test solely so that he could visit the set of this, so it's possible that Penn did the same.

DeprongMori wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:52 pm

The Narrator Returns wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:21 am

Roger Ryan wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:45 pm
If this production is following COVID-19 protocols, I'd be surprised if visitors were even allowed.

To get back to this, John C. Reilly recently said that he got a COVID test solely so that he could visit the set of this, so it's possible that Penn did the same.

Finally saw Licorice Pizza, and am making my way through the 11 pages of comments before making more substantive observations.

Question: Was that in fact John C. Reilly as “Herman Munster” at the Teen Fair? The closing credits listed “Herman Munster” and “Lily Munster” with “as Themselves”, but his voice was pretty unmistakable. I have no idea who the Lily Munster cameo was — it went by too quick.

DeprongMori wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:52 pm

The Narrator Returns wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:21 am

Roger Ryan wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:45 pm
If this production is following COVID-19 protocols, I'd be surprised if visitors were even allowed.

To get back to this, John C. Reilly recently said that he got a COVID test solely so that he could visit the set of this, so it's possible that Penn did the same.

Finally saw Licorice Pizza, and am making my way through the 11 pages of comments before making more substantive observations.

Question: Was that in fact John C. Reilly as “Herman Munster” at the Teen Fair? The closing credits listed “Herman Munster” and “Lily Munster” with “as Themselves”, but his voice was pretty unmistakable. I have no idea who the Lily Munster cameo was — it went by too quick.

mfunk9786 wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:16 pm Yes, but you'll also see people claiming Ben Stiller's in it and I am still extremely skeptical about that. Certainly not the guy working with Penn at the audition.

DeprongMori wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:50 pm I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere, but the movie/character that Alana is auditioning for (“Rainbow”) with William Holden is undoubtedly Breezy, which eventually co-starred Kay Lenz. It was directed by Clint Eastwood (though the “director” in the film more closely resembled Francis Ford Coppola to me).

therewillbeblus wrote:Look, I'm not going to die on a hill for this one, but the entire theory is that it's a Pynchonesque master of disguise. Of course there will be makeup to deter one from spotting Waldo

therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:52 am -Also what’s the deal with the title, licorice doesn’t go on pizza

domino harvey wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:58 pm Do Boomers even like this movie? Isn't the core viewing audience younger?

flexibleheart wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:35 am I don't know whether it's funny or sad how much he's letting this Haim band ruin him. Maybe that's not fair wording as it assigns the girls blame. To answer the question he says in interviews that he asked while making the film, yes you've completely lost your mind over them. This felt like a series of really wrong-headed decisions that it was kind of shocking. Was this an attempt to remake Inherent Vice without Pynchon a la Phantom Thread being more audience-friendly than The Master?

-The rushed beginning. Why should we be invested in these characters? We don't take any time to be properly introduced to them before we're asked to find this relationship compelling.

-The Life on Mars needle drop was a big eye roll. He's saying in interviews that you need to earn the use of a song like that, well he didn't.

-The Jerry Frick stuff was pointless and sloppy. Let's not pretend that he's interested in making some commentary about the racism of that time. I'm actually more irritated by the depiction of the homosexual characters. Peter's assistant is a caricature and is he trying to draw a parallel between homosexuality and dating someone underage?

-For all the raves she's getting, I thought Haim was just adequate. She overacts a lot. I preferred Hoffman. It feels like a testament to him that he manages to be remotely likeable and charming because Gary as written is pretty loathsome.

-Every single man (and apparently most of the women/girls hitting on Gary?) wanting to fuck Alana was a little silly.

-And the running motif was the biggest eye roll of them all. The whole ending basically encapsulates all these bizarre choices during the whole film.

-The Mary Grady scene stands out as maybe the only truly memorable scene. Even the truck scene did little for me. There's no actual suspense. You never think anything of consequence is going to happen to these characters.

I didn't like OUATIH nor have I ever cared about this supposed friendly rivalry with Tarantino. So, it's disappointing that he reverted to that and made an even weaker film than OUATIH. I think he's been a little lost at sea (heh) since The Master but this was shockingly borderline incompetent.

I don't know, I just wasn't charmed at all and don't understand why he thought this was worth making or a story worth telling. The only explanation is he just had to make something that he could put all of Haim into. He got over Aimee Mann and Joanna Newsom pretty quickly. Can't think Haim era be over soon, please?