20100406:
I love this movie! One major aspect is the music. Absolutely great music. Then Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover. There are at least three memorable scenes in the movie. There's the one with Dwayne, Olive's older brother; scenes involving the van; and Olive's dance. Of course with the first and the third there is a stronger sense of emotion. There are some other emotional scenes, but I don't think I can refer to them without giving away too much. Steve Carell was a blast. Carell has made so many good movies its hard to remember his first big break. His biography on imdb.com suggests that it started with his role as Evan Baxter in Bruce Almighty (starring Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Aniston).
[20100408]
20101010:
This movie was in the background while I was studying. I love this music! (Haha, which I said in the last paragraph...) Again there's the music. This movie has a good balance of strong, serious, intense scenes and humorous, light-hearted, warm-felt scenes. I think my favorite scene is the one with Dwayne. I'd add to the list of memorable scenes: the magazines; more emphasis on scenes involving the van. I'm a little confused at the direction of the scene between Dwayne and Frank during the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Frank basically says the best parts of life are the hardships. And then Dwayne says life is competition after competition, it shouldn't be that way. I felt Dwayne's personal realization conflicted with Frank's meaningful statement. I'm not saying Dwayne was wrong, it's just that juxtaposing the two statements really made the scene awkward for me. Watched the alternate endings again, without commentary (the first time was "once before on dvd").
[20101012]
20260803:
It's been a while since I've seen this movie. Interestingly, I don't know why I loved it before. I do, however, still love the movie. I think the movie is uplifting. The setup is a bunch of awkwardness and various ideals. The dad wants to sell his 9-step program, the brother wants to join the airforce, and the sister wants to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pagent. Meanwhile, the grandfather has lived his life and he kind of approaches it more practically, and the uncle, Frank, well he represents an early view into what happens when life doesn't meet ideals. And having all those elements resolve over the course of the film with sprinklings of comedy is what gives the film so much heart.
Reading my entry from 20101010, I think their exchange makes sense, and I'm not sure how I thought about it before. I think it makes sense because one can have hardships without competition.
Rating: 5.6/5
Instant Comments:
4: Is it just a room full of kids?
4: That simply isn't logical. Just get it because you want it?
4: I vaguely remember he writes something like "Don't die." ["Please Don't Kill Yourself Tonight"]
4: Chuckle. His advice to Dwayne.
4: Chuckle. The rest of the family won the ice cream conversation (against the dad).
4: He keeps saying a Proust scholar. Apparently a Proust scholar is "an academic expert who studies the life, letters, and 20th-century French masterpiece In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust." (pushing car)
4: I love that moment. Pushing the car.
4: He forgot his slushie
4: Wow that other scholar is so old
4: Haha. They forgot Olive.
4: Smile. She was smiling at them as they approached
4: I don't feel any tears but that was definitely a sweet heartfelt moment (his dad says some words to acknowledge and lower the blow of the situation)
4: I didn't remember this part of the movie. The dad going out at night to fix the situation.
4: Ah. She picked up the eye test brochures here in the hospital.
4: I don't remember how they do this (take the body out to the car). So I'm curious...
4: Haha. "Did I mention I'm the pre-eminent Proust scholar in the US?"
4: hehe. opposite of acting normal
4: Haha. The male mag. ("Gonna leave that one with ya.")
4: I wanted to see how true that statement is ("what?" "can't fly a jet") and apparently there are various color visions tests needed to be a pilot. If one isn't able to pass such tests, then one can still fly during the day. Of course, if Dwayne's dream is specifically being a pilot in the airforce, then that likely wouldn't work out.
4: I love how she doesn't say anything. And he just says "okay, let's go."
4: Oh wow. I don't remember all that airbrushing.
4: haha. "So where's the body?"
4: chuckle. haha. "In the trunk of our car."
4: smile. Miss California likes it.
4: My eyes get teary as I think ahead to when the dad joins in
4: smile the guy that registered them clapped
4: smile. the one guy with the earplug gave a big shout of approval
4=20260803
Watched once before on dvd
Watched 20100406
Watched 20101010 Widescreen
Watched 20260803 (Netflix) (Last day to watch 20260831)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. 101 min.
Relevant Links:
Little Miss Sunshine (IMDb.com)
Little Miss Sunshine (RottenTomatoes.com)
I love this movie! One major aspect is the music. Absolutely great music. Then Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover. There are at least three memorable scenes in the movie. There's the one with Dwayne, Olive's older brother; scenes involving the van; and Olive's dance. Of course with the first and the third there is a stronger sense of emotion. There are some other emotional scenes, but I don't think I can refer to them without giving away too much. Steve Carell was a blast. Carell has made so many good movies its hard to remember his first big break. His biography on imdb.com suggests that it started with his role as Evan Baxter in Bruce Almighty (starring Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, and Jennifer Aniston).
[20100408]
20101010:
This movie was in the background while I was studying. I love this music! (Haha, which I said in the last paragraph...) Again there's the music. This movie has a good balance of strong, serious, intense scenes and humorous, light-hearted, warm-felt scenes. I think my favorite scene is the one with Dwayne. I'd add to the list of memorable scenes: the magazines; more emphasis on scenes involving the van. I'm a little confused at the direction of the scene between Dwayne and Frank during the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Frank basically says the best parts of life are the hardships. And then Dwayne says life is competition after competition, it shouldn't be that way. I felt Dwayne's personal realization conflicted with Frank's meaningful statement. I'm not saying Dwayne was wrong, it's just that juxtaposing the two statements really made the scene awkward for me. Watched the alternate endings again, without commentary (the first time was "once before on dvd").
[20101012]
20260803:
It's been a while since I've seen this movie. Interestingly, I don't know why I loved it before. I do, however, still love the movie. I think the movie is uplifting. The setup is a bunch of awkwardness and various ideals. The dad wants to sell his 9-step program, the brother wants to join the airforce, and the sister wants to compete in the Little Miss Sunshine pagent. Meanwhile, the grandfather has lived his life and he kind of approaches it more practically, and the uncle, Frank, well he represents an early view into what happens when life doesn't meet ideals. And having all those elements resolve over the course of the film with sprinklings of comedy is what gives the film so much heart.
Reading my entry from 20101010, I think their exchange makes sense, and I'm not sure how I thought about it before. I think it makes sense because one can have hardships without competition.
Rating: 5.6/5
Instant Comments:
4: Is it just a room full of kids?
4: That simply isn't logical. Just get it because you want it?
4: I vaguely remember he writes something like "Don't die." ["Please Don't Kill Yourself Tonight"]
4: Chuckle. His advice to Dwayne.
4: Chuckle. The rest of the family won the ice cream conversation (against the dad).
4: He keeps saying a Proust scholar. Apparently a Proust scholar is "an academic expert who studies the life, letters, and 20th-century French masterpiece In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust." (pushing car)
4: I love that moment. Pushing the car.
4: He forgot his slushie
4: Wow that other scholar is so old
4: Haha. They forgot Olive.
4: Smile. She was smiling at them as they approached
4: I don't feel any tears but that was definitely a sweet heartfelt moment (his dad says some words to acknowledge and lower the blow of the situation)
4: I didn't remember this part of the movie. The dad going out at night to fix the situation.
4: Ah. She picked up the eye test brochures here in the hospital.
4: I don't remember how they do this (take the body out to the car). So I'm curious...
4: Haha. "Did I mention I'm the pre-eminent Proust scholar in the US?"
4: hehe. opposite of acting normal
4: Haha. The male mag. ("Gonna leave that one with ya.")
4: I wanted to see how true that statement is ("what?" "can't fly a jet") and apparently there are various color visions tests needed to be a pilot. If one isn't able to pass such tests, then one can still fly during the day. Of course, if Dwayne's dream is specifically being a pilot in the airforce, then that likely wouldn't work out.
4: I love how she doesn't say anything. And he just says "okay, let's go."
4: Oh wow. I don't remember all that airbrushing.
4: haha. "So where's the body?"
4: chuckle. haha. "In the trunk of our car."
4: smile. Miss California likes it.
4: My eyes get teary as I think ahead to when the dad joins in
4: smile the guy that registered them clapped
4: smile. the one guy with the earplug gave a big shout of approval
4=20260803
Watched once before on dvd
Watched 20100406
Watched 20101010 Widescreen
Watched 20260803 (Netflix) (Last day to watch 20260831)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. 101 min.
Relevant Links:
Little Miss Sunshine (IMDb.com)
Little Miss Sunshine (RottenTomatoes.com)
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