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Author Topic: Eighth Grade (2018) Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 07-10-2018 12:10 AM                        Really great portrayal of a girl in 8th grade. She does motivational videos but can't seem to follow her own advice. Reminded me of Ladybird and 13 Reasons. We really enjoyed it with a great audience that also appreciated it.  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 07-10-2018 08:35 PM                     I really enjoyed LadyBird. May have to check this one out.  |  IP: Logged Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 07-21-2018 02:15 PM                        A great interview with the writer/director is at https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2018/07/18/630012689?showDate=2018-07-18 .  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 08-04-2018 04:49 PM                        CINEMA: Cinemarkury 20 at Jordan Creek, West Des Moines, IA AUDITORIUM: 3 PRESENTATION: Cinemarkury Recline-o-Vision with some sort of fancy digital technology from the future that mysteriously arrived in a steampunk balloon PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Three stars (out of four) "Butter?" asks Concession Guy "LOTS of butter," I reply. He puts on...butter. I enhance said butter at the self-serve buttery topping machine before filling my cup with Hi-C Orange at the Coke Freestyle machine. Between the two of us, the popcorn was perfectly buttered all the way through. Didn't even have a pool of the oily stuff at the bottom of the bag. FOCUS FEATURES: A Comcast company. What? So much for their credibility. THE PLOT: A girl finishes eighth grade. Wackiness ensues. This is really well done. Kayla is shown in all her awkwardness with all her flaws (such as the ill-fitting bathing suit). The spartan music does as much to project the mood as the dialogue and visuals. Probably my favorite school-themed movie since Napoleon Dynamite. That scene in the mall at the food court where Kayla is hanging with the high school kids and smiling and nodding and feeling embarrassingly out of place? That's me to this day at any lunch or dinner I have to go to with people I don't know. Except that I usually want to kill everyone there.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 08-21-2018 08:53 PM                     great movie, but one question I have, is the volume of the music soundtrack supposed to be THAT loud and jarring?  |  IP: Logged Chris Haller Film Handler Posts: 68 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Dec 2015 posted 08-21-2018 09:16 PM                     Based on my experience seeing it at the local Cinemark, I think so. It's supposed to set the tone in the most jarring way possible. It was loud in my theater too. It didn't seem overwhelming or anything. Just some very forced dynamic contrast.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-21-2018 10:05 PM                        quote: Chris Haller very forced dynamic contrast So I guess, translated to English: "Annoyingly loud"  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 08-31-2018 10:21 AM                     I saw the film at Landmark's Piedmont and did not notice anything loud about the soundtrack / music. Mike  |  IP: Logged

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