Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 9:35pmok...maybe I DON'T want to see it.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 9:41pmOh, my God. That was so off.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#3Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 9:48pmhahahaha
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#4Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:02pmOh please, this was one of the best/funniest moments in the movie. Roberts managed to (almost) make me forget about Amy Morton during the last half of the film.
#5Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:10pm
I adore those women, but that was like watching two freshmen in their first semester acting class.
Updated On: 1/13/14 at 10:10 PM
#6Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:13pmLet's not forget Johanna Day. She took my beloved, "You don't wanna break sh*t with ME, muthaf*ckaaaa!" and screamed it to the rafters.
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#7Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:17pm
"I adore those women, but that was like watching two freshmen in their first semester acting class."
LMcC95
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/13
#8Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:18pmI love the movie and play. People are being to hard on it
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#9Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:28pmJulia Roberts is so wrong for this part. She just delivered every line in that scene in exactly THE SAME way. I am seeing the movie tomorrow - maybe with teeth clenched.
#10Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:33pmWell at least you'll be going into the film with an open mind.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#11Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:37pmThe cast is good and Letts' play is some of the best source material you could ever work with, but something was definitely lost in translation.
#12Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:39pm
Thanks for the eyerolling GIF, Jordan, that was much needed. If you really think that's what a freshman acting class looks like, well...bless your heart.
Easily one of the best moments in the movie, which yes lost something in the process of translation, but is not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. The LES MIS film was much worse.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#14Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:42pmJordan - I saw the play twice and loved it. And I have not been able to avoid the TV commercials for this movie. So the only way to have a totally open (read "empty") mind is to have lived under a rock since Letts brought it to New York. I imagine people who know nothing about this movie will go expecting a "comedy" - so no one goes into any movie with absolutely no expectations.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#15Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:54pm
Wow. I have never seen a moment in a movie create such polar opposite reactions on this board so quickly. Some hate it, some love it. Is there a neutral choice? I vote for that.
It also needs to be pointed out for fairness and objectivity that Jordan is a diehard JR fan. 
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:10pm
I'm quite fond of both actresses but that seemed like an early rehearsal to me.
Ah, would that Altman were still alive. He coulda made this sucker sing...and probably with the same actresses.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#20Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:18pm*sigh* Altman could have made this a truly amazing film.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#21Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:30pm
I know the play well. Loved it. I want to enjoy the movie if I get to see it this weekend -- but that scene, singled out, just seemed to lack energy. Maybe all together, it works better.
Around my area (Suburban Boston) it's only playing at the "artsy" movie houses. Argh.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#22Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:38pm
I know what you mean about it "lacking energy". And that's the problem with this particular script on the screen. Seeing it on stage, the actors are playing to a huge audience and it adds a "largeness" to it that I've always known could never translate to film. When you have the same scene on film with only three people, if it were to be done in the same way it was on Broadway, it would look ridiculous. Cartoonish. It's just a common problem when some things go from one medium to another.
sephyr
Leading Actor Joined: 11/21/10
#23Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:51pmThis is funny lol! Eat the fish!! Then when they threw the dishes and Meryl drops hers...very funny. This play was a crazy read, now I want to see the movie.
#24Eat It, You Fvcker. Eat That Catfish.
Posted: 1/14/14 at 12:07amI absolutely loved the film. This part was hilarious.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
