Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Kimbell175113 · #1 09-27-2007, 08:20 PM

Thread inspired by a Miranda July short film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyWVtoCjNM

Step 1: watch it (it's short).
Step 2: write something interesting and totally sentimental (I'm hoping Blarg - and if we're lucky, Myrtle - will show up). Or just say yes or no. I don't want to do a poll, though.

Anyway, I thought this would be a very Lounge-y topic.

I imagine a lot of us are like the second person in the film. I know I am.

rothko · #2 09-27-2007, 08:31 PM

zomg, i [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] miranda. i've been wanting to see this short, but didn't know how to. never thought to check youtube. duh.

also, yes.

Iconoclastic · #3 09-28-2007, 10:27 AM

That film sucked. The guy with the clipboard's the only one who seemed to know how to act. The others looked like they just memorized a script and were trying too hard to say their lines at the right time. If the writer/director were trying to get across an artistic point I completely missed it. Just seemed like 3 wasted minutes of film to me.

Dominic · #4 09-28-2007, 02:22 PM

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That film sucked. The guy with the clipboard's the only one who seemed to know how to act. The others looked like they just memorized a script and were trying too hard to say their lines at the right time. If the writer/director were trying to get across an artistic point I completely missed it. Just seemed like 3 wasted minutes of film to me.

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John C. Reilly is the guy with the clipboard. He's an Oscar-nominated actor.

Miranda July is the girl - while she's not really an actress, she has been in a few movies.

Mike White is the guy with the oranges. he's also an award-winning filmmaker and actor.

Just because you didn't get this doesn't mean it's worthless or pointless to others. I found it pretty charming.

Kimbell175113 · #5 09-28-2007, 02:23 PM

Dom,

I bet you're somebody's favorite person.

27offsuit · #6 09-28-2007, 02:49 PM

I found it sort of sad that the middle guy who was 'very certain' he was nobodies favorite person thought to grab an extra orange for his girlfriend, who he obviously thinks doesn't think of him as her favorite person.

I also like the guy with the oranges. He was good in Perfect Storm and I find him to be a great character actor in general.

Personally, I have been certain throughout my life that I have never been anyones favorite person. However, I am currently in a small window of time where I believe I am my two boys' favorite person, but they are only 3 and 5 and that window will surely be closing soon.

I'm starting to like this Lounge place...

Dominic · #7 09-28-2007, 03:01 PM

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Dom,

I bet you're somebody's favorite person.

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Thank you for the support, but I can say with utmost certainty that I am no one's favorite person at the moment.

I can look back on a few times when I was, though, so at least I have that! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Blarg · #8 09-28-2007, 08:19 PM

Didn't watch the film yet, but I used to be all my little brother's favorite brother, and maybe favorite person but I can't be sure(it was a confusing family), and that went for most of our foster kids, too. They would swarm me wherever I went and whatever chance they got. It was good to hear one recently say again that I was an awesome older brother and everything he could have wanted in an older brother. Really moved me a lot and came at the right time. It's hard to imagine ever quite getting there again with others, especially considering the trying circumstances of those times, but who knows. Oh, also, I'm good with cats and dogs but lizards hate me, and me and birds usually can't figure out WTF is wrong with each other. Also, turtles seem to have no fun with me, but I can't help liking them. I suppose turtle love is often unrequited.

Women friends often adore me, but I think some of the women who have liked me the most have been ones I wasn't interested in.

katyseagull · #9 09-28-2007, 08:39 PM

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Oh, also, I'm good with cats and dogs but lizards hate me, and me and birds usually can't figure out WTF is wrong with each other. Also, turtles seem to have no fun with me, but I can't help liking them. I suppose turtle love is often unrequited.

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It amuses me to hear you admit that lizards hate you. I don't know why. Do you harass them? And turtles are not exactly affectionate creatures with anyone. They just stare you down and then they truck really fast for the nearest door.

Blarg, it's a really short clip. Watch it and give us your thoughts. I liked the 2nd clip better, the one that rothko linked.

Blarg · #10 09-28-2007, 08:51 PM

Nah, I don't harass them, I kind of like them and think lots of them are beautiful. One of my favorite animals is the type of small, pale, flesh-colored gecko you see in the tropics. Amazing golden eyes that look metallic and unearthly, a face that almost looks like it's smiling, extremely gentle tempers and they NEVER bite. Hold them in your hand, no matter how gently, and they die. I always felt really bad. I wanted one of them to live, just once! Still do, I guess. Not the way it works.

Anoles, though, are just foul-tempered and love to bite. Iguanas, well ... anyway back to the topic!