I find it simultaneously amusing and disturbing that Yahoo's movies are consistently torn apart by critics who cite what
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Geckowall3 — 18 years ago(October 12, 2007 06:37 AM)
Yahoo Serious made a GREAT MOVIE, with this flick. I love it. I have long been a fan of Albert Einstein, what is often not noticed about this Great Scientist was his quirkiness and excellent sense of humour. I love how that sense of humour and quirky fun was captured in this movie. The soundtrack is also pretty awesome.
Also Yahoo Serious was cuter & hotter than anything in this wonderful movie. Does anyone remember "Einstein goes to America", (think that was the title?) I can't seem to find it on the movie boards. -
Promontorium — 18 years ago(November 01, 2007 12:36 AM)
"Young Einstein" Rocked the world. You can't argue with a $100 million gross. You can't, so shut up. The movie was awesome. It was surreal. It was beautiful and unique. It stands on it own merits as a celebration of music, love, self-determinism, and morality. It was a product of Yahoo Serious, and it was wonderful. No matter what he made later on. There is still this movie. Which among almost no other comedies has had a profound and positive affect on my life and who I became as an adult.
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Promontorium — 18 years ago(January 22, 2008 02:59 AM)
I wasn't refering to the development and production of the film, I was refering to the story. The story was inspiring to me. The faith in being good, and right, and never quitting, no matter how many jerks try to sh!t on you.
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kronosq — 14 years ago(June 21, 2011 03:44 AM)
The Three Stooges were actually quite subversive, and also a lot more creative and trademarkable with their style. There was an art to what they did, and it created a cult following that has lasted all of these years.
Young Einstein just made no sense. It wasn't about the slapstick or the silliness, just that it was completely nonsensical. That is why so few people like it. -
feather_jammed_gears — 14 years ago(August 10, 2011 07:00 PM)
"trademarkable"
WTF are you talking about?
"actually quite subversive, and also a lot more creativeand it created a cult following that has lasted all of these years"
You just described Yahoo Serious and THIS movie. Way to lose your own argument.
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homestar_is_cool — 14 years ago(February 12, 2012 01:25 PM)
I dunno. I don't think that slamming your movie full of cheap shots and lame jokes (trust me - I've seen many a subversive comedy, from "Sunset Blvd." to "Annie Hall" to "Life of Brian") makes it immediately subversive.
It's painfully obvious that Yahoo is making a satire. The reason why most good satires work is that they're subtle in their delivery. Yahoo, on the other hand, is slamming you on the head with a frying pan, screaming out what he's satirizing and why he thinks he's so clever for satirizing that.
I know what he's satirizing in all three of his films:
Young Einstein - historically-incorrect biopics
Reckless Kelly - Hollywood's holier-than-thou attitude (or Hollywood in general)
Mr. Accident - corporations running the world; Capra-esque storytelling
All of those things have to be satirized. In a way, he's like Tim and Eric in that they all like to satirize "unimportant" topics. At the same time, he's more obvious than Tim and Eric. His intentions are spelled out by means of expository dialogue. His comedy feels more like a standard '90s comedy film than it does try to make itself consecrated from the rest of Hollywood. Yahoo is more like a Hollywood cash-in on Tim and Eric than an actual unique talent.
Tim and Eric are cohesive. Tim and Eric hide their intentions by means of sticking to formula filmmaking (while making fun of it). Tim and Eric make their own reality, where anything can happen (hello, Cinco!)
And same goes for Yahoo vs. Tom Green. Yahoo is painfully obvious in an obnoxious way. Tom Green pulls out every stop to make you laugh. Tom knows that satire isn't exactly a kid's favorite thing to watch, so he made a satire for older audiences. Older, sarcastic, Internet-savvy audiences. Yahoo made satire for the mainstream. Yahoo's doing it for the money. Heidecker, Wareheim, and Green all do it to make people laugh.
Also, granted that he filmed "Young Einstein" in terms of filming several short films over the course of three years rather than writing a cohesive script (with all of his satire intact), it doesn't help his case. He made all of those short films to earn more money for his short films. He calls it "innovative." I call it stupid because he's not in a Peter Jackson position where he has made a product so unique that people aren't willing to fund it, but that he's just made something way too run of the mill while promising many people that it will change the world forever.
I do wish the best of luck to Yahoo and his new movie, if he ever finishes it.