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- The Epic Film Challenge II
#278 - Bridesmaids (2011)
Dir. Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthey, Chris O'Dowd, Ellie Kemper
The two hundred and seventy-eighth installment of the Epic Film Challenge II, Paul Feig's raucous female led comedy, Bridesmaids.
January 2021
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A little outburst on the book. It doesn't really have to do with the film in question, but in some ways it does.
I have the 2018 edition. I have, more or less, always relied on my edition, and never really did some real research about the previous editions and the films gradually excluded. I always thought that one of the great flaws of the book was the shortage of non-american arthouse films specifically from the 90s onwards. For example, I've always been amazed at how there wasn't even one movie directed by Takeshi Kitano.
Then some time ago I did a brief research on letterboxd between my list and a comprehensive list with all the titles appeared in all the editions and I found that foreign titles like Hana Bi, Happy Together, Princess Mononoke, Audition, The Piano Teacher, Y tu mama tambien, 3 Iron, but also american masterpieces like Boogie Nights, The big Lebowski, Mulholland Drive and others were amongst the removed titles, while it don't seem to be there a real research in the inclusion of the new titles. They don't research peculiar films or the "best" films of the past season, they simply throw inside that handful of oscar nominated titles or films who had a great box office success.
The idea of throw in the trash films like the ones I mentioned before (it's always films of those decades, 90s/2000s), is simply stupid and painful, even more so when there are some decades more than overly represented with regard to american cinema, even with titles not always unforgettable (Gigi, High society, are really more important movies than Mulholland Drive or 3 Iron?).
Lastly, and sorry for the enormous comment, some time ago I also discovered that the selection of titles changes a little bit depending on the country. So, I have an Italian edition and there are not many, but let's say a handful of italian titles more, that I discovered are not in any "international" edition of the book. This is I think for any national edition. The funny thing is that the added titles, on their own, give a better idea of italian cinema that some of the italian titles featured in the international version.
The idea of this book will always be funny for me, (and even more your take on it, I love your series!), but this concept, and particularly its last versions, really has some flaws. First and foremost, too much, too much american cinema, and what's worse it's that sometimes the best of the american cinema is not even there. They practically included pretty much the entire golden age canon, and they left out "Witness for the prosecution"? Sacrilege.
That said, contrary to what it may appear I have nothing against this movie. I saw it several years ago and I remember liking it and that it made me laugh, and comedies in general are in fact one of my favourite genres. It was a more general consideration.
Absolutely, 100% no it isn’t.