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33123, Rushmore & The Royal Tennenbaums
Posted by Slim Ass Rivets, Fri Aug-12-05 11:16 AM

From the first time I sw and the countless times since, I disliked intently the rooftop scene when Max reveal blum's affair to Mrs. Blum.

As a fan of the movie, it was the only untrue and uncharacteristically "mean" moment from Max and I just didn't like seeing him that way. As a fan of film, the whole offering her of a sandwich and juice just pushed the quirky offbeat shtick too far.

That is my ONLY complaint with that movie.

In TRT I have 2:

The scene when Baumer picks up Margo at the buststation and the sailors walk in unison behind in slow motion. Pushed the stylization of the film WAAAYYY too far.

The other one, and one that has sort of grown on me, is the scene with Margo and Eli on that bridge. It was forced and screamed of "what a great location with great camera possibilities", even though its supposed to be a clandestine secret meeting.