I'd like to tell the incredibly fascinating saga I experienced sitting in the theater watching Gold.
A young woman orders a drink from her server. It's a drink she knows the bartenders will be familiar with. She doesn't specify what kind of gin because she suspects they don't need to be told. She doesn't ask for cherries because she knows they don't need to be told.
The drink comes back. It certainly tastes like it's her preferred brand but is completely cherry free. She hems and haws for a bit and then decides she should give the bartenders a hard time for not giving the cherries. There's a competition on the cherry front and a new record was just set, not to mention no one else orders this drink. Literally no one, she made it up and the bartenders have all told her if they ever got this order they'd know it was for her.
She calls the server and tells him she actually wanted cherries (he doesn't know her. She'll give him the benefit of the doubt). She also asks if he knows who made her drink and specifies the two bartenders who really ought to have known better the most and says to tell them they owe her. He looks a tiny bit confused but heads off.
He returns and says one of those two bartenders says he's really really sorry but they're out of cherries. It is at the point that the girl starts cracking up. She says to tell him that it's the other guy's fault, because he just set the new record (the server seems entertained).
I'm sure it will shock you to discover that this intriguing tale is actually not the story of the movie but actually autobiographical.
THIS MOVIE WAS SUPER BORING AND GIVING THE BARTENDERS CRAP FOR RUNNING OUT OF CHERRIES WAS MORE INTERESTING.
Gold is the story of a a gold prospector (played by Matthew McConaughey). It's basically him running around asking people for money and then being really excited he found a huge mine. And then his world explodes around him. It just does it in a really boring way.
It didn't pass the Bechtel test, although it's also completely and totally from the main character's perspective and I don't think there was a scene he wasn't in, so that's not a surprise. I think there was only one scene with multiple named women, though, so it's not like it was super diverse.
So short story long, I kind of don't recommend this movie because oh my god it was so boring.
***obligatory special shout out to the guy who did my backing and forthing while I was sniggering about them freaking running out of cherries***
A young woman orders a drink from her server. It's a drink she knows the bartenders will be familiar with. She doesn't specify what kind of gin because she suspects they don't need to be told. She doesn't ask for cherries because she knows they don't need to be told.
The drink comes back. It certainly tastes like it's her preferred brand but is completely cherry free. She hems and haws for a bit and then decides she should give the bartenders a hard time for not giving the cherries. There's a competition on the cherry front and a new record was just set, not to mention no one else orders this drink. Literally no one, she made it up and the bartenders have all told her if they ever got this order they'd know it was for her.
She calls the server and tells him she actually wanted cherries (he doesn't know her. She'll give him the benefit of the doubt). She also asks if he knows who made her drink and specifies the two bartenders who really ought to have known better the most and says to tell them they owe her. He looks a tiny bit confused but heads off.
He returns and says one of those two bartenders says he's really really sorry but they're out of cherries. It is at the point that the girl starts cracking up. She says to tell him that it's the other guy's fault, because he just set the new record (the server seems entertained).
I'm sure it will shock you to discover that this intriguing tale is actually not the story of the movie but actually autobiographical.
THIS MOVIE WAS SUPER BORING AND GIVING THE BARTENDERS CRAP FOR RUNNING OUT OF CHERRIES WAS MORE INTERESTING.
Gold is the story of a a gold prospector (played by Matthew McConaughey). It's basically him running around asking people for money and then being really excited he found a huge mine. And then his world explodes around him. It just does it in a really boring way.
It didn't pass the Bechtel test, although it's also completely and totally from the main character's perspective and I don't think there was a scene he wasn't in, so that's not a surprise. I think there was only one scene with multiple named women, though, so it's not like it was super diverse.
So short story long, I kind of don't recommend this movie because oh my god it was so boring.
***obligatory special shout out to the guy who did my backing and forthing while I was sniggering about them freaking running out of cherries***
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