Trivias
+Phyllis says the same twelve cliches every time it rains. According to Jim's list, they are:
The plants are going to love this.
I sure don't want to get stuck in this on the way home.
It's raining cats and dogs.
The humidity is going to make my hair freak.
The roads are slickest in the first half hour.
I actually sleep better in the rain.
We're paying for all the sun we got this year.
This weather just makes me want to stay at home, curled up with a good book.
If we lived in Seattle, every day would be like this.
I wish I were allowed one rain check a year.
I love the smell after it rains.
*Nobody knows how to drive in the rain.
+Dwight says Captain Mutato is half man half mermaid. Rainn Wilson's character "Bill Hudley" in the movie House of 1000 Corpses was made into a half man half mermaid.
+This is the second time Andy punches a hole in the wall.
Spoilers
Pam and Jim finally read Ryan's much-discussed love poem on the sly and actually find it heartrending and an impressive piece of verse. Ryan must have assuredly improved his poetry, because in "The Office":#6:17:The Office: The Delivery: Part 1 (2010), Ryan's poem lurches Pam into hysterics due to its poor content.
Trivias
Nick, Sabre's IT guy, was also in episode 13 of Season 4 (Job Fair) as the Graphic Design Guy.
Michael mentions that he uses the word manager a lot around Jo to try to influence her decision. This method was also used by Kelly in S05E21 to attempt to influence Charles into liking her.
Goofs
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Continuity
+When Jo appoints Michael a salesmen and Jim the manager, Jim's hair is unkempt. However, after panning back to Michael congratulating Jim, Jim's hair returns back to its usual brushed manner.
+When Dwight and Ryan are threatening Nick in the break room, the napkin dispenser on the table changes its position multiple times.
+When Andy tosses a valentine at Meredith and supposedly gives her a paper cut on her neck, the card clearly moves beside her without touching her.
Trivias
+Michael meets Rashida Jones' character for the first time and awkwardly comments, "Oh, you're exotic looking, was your father a G.I.?" (Jones is biracial.) Years later, life would imitate art when TNT correspondent Danielle Demski interviewed Jones on the red carpet at the 2015 SAG awards. The reporter commented to Jones that she looked "very tan" adding, "You look like you've just come off an island or something. You're very tan. Very tropical." Not wishing to embarrass Demski, Jones graciously accepted the compliment, but pointed out she was "ethnic".
+Dwight is wearing a Rock 107 t-shirt in his and Michael's music video "Lazy Scranton". Rock 107 is a local classic rock station for the area.
+In the epilogue scene, Dwight mentions to Andy that his car is an '87 Pontiac Trans Am. However, in the pilot episode, Dwight brags to the new hire, Ryan Howard, that he drives a '78 (Datsun) 280Z
+Jim mentions that the orientation video Michael made for him when he started was based on The Blair Witch Project (1999). The new orientation video, "Lazy Scranton," is a parody of a Saturday Night Live sketch called "Lazy Sunday."
+Dwight claims to know a lot about animals and nature through out the series. Yet in this episode says he "outran" a black pepper snake. Which is not only commonly docile but is also nonvenomus.
Spoilers
During part of Michaels Integration Celebration he & Andy are singing and dancing to "What Is Love". This is a reference to Night At The Roxbury which stars Will Ferrell, who is hired at Dunder Mifflin in season 7.
Trivias
In preparation, Rashida Jones "took some serious Call of Duty" lessons from the writers, as they all play the online game.
When Dwight and Jan are eating lunch at the diner you can see Jan start breaking character and laughing but quickly covers it up with her coffee cup.
Pam tells the viewers that Michael made the office watch an episode of Entourage six times. Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight, guest stars in one episode of Entourage.
I just finished rewatching the show, and am still so sad that it was cancelled. It’s really a great show; I forgot how much I loved it! Made me rethink what people really are saying haha
Trivia
+Andy's password to his wireless is "eatpraylove".
Goofs
Character error
+Andy admitted in an earlier episode that if he sees someone vomit he too will vomit, as proven when Pam was experiencing morning sickness. In this episode Robert pukes rather loudly and Andy doesn't react.
Errors in geography
+In "The Office":#5.1:The Office: Weight Loss, Holly's whiteboard reveals the 8 remaining Dunder Mifflin branches. Neither Syracuse, NY, nor Binghamton, NY, were identified as functioning branches. These locations have seemingly come out of nowhere.
References
The Lone Ranger (1949) (TV Series)
Toby refers to Harry as "Kemo Sabe."
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Dwight tells Jim to "hit the NOS!", and Jim replies, "Like in 'Fast and Furious'?"
Quotes
+Michael Scott: [Discussing with Oscar, who is obviously gay, his upcoming colonoscopy] Should I have a safe word?
Michael Scott: Yeah.
Creed Bratton: Can't be good.
Michael Scott: Nope.
Creed Bratton: Think they're talking about me?
Michael Scott: No, I think they're talking about me.
Creed Bratton: Yeah, that makes way more sense. Okay, thanks boss.
References
+Sesame Street (1969) (TV Series)
Michael compares Jim to Big Bird.
+¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Michael refers to himself, Jim, and David Wallace as "the three amigos."
+The Simpsons (1989) (TV Series)
Stuffed Homer doll sitting on a box of paper in the office.
Trivias
+In order to get permission to use the song "Your Body is a Wonderland" in this episode, John Mayer asked that he be given a Dundie.
In this episode, Creed is singing "Spinnin N' Reelin", a song that he wrote himself. Creed Bratton is a musician as well as an actor, and has released some albums.
+Angela sings "Little Drummer Boy" on the karaoke machine, which is her favorite song. In the pilot episode, Dwight is seen singing that song.
+This episode is the first double-length episode of the series. In The Netherlands, it was aired as two separate episodes.
+Carol (Nancy Walls), Michaels (Steve Carell) girlfriend who breaks up with him at the beginning of the episode, is actually the real life wife of Carell. Known for her mid '90s stint on SNL, Walls and Carell have been married since 1995.
+Before Jim creates The Committee To Determine The Validity Of The Two Committees, Dwight demands that Pam and Karen turn over all party supplies that they gathered to throw a rival office Christmas party opposite Angelas. Dwight tells them that the supplies would be returned on January 4, which also happens to be the same day that the next episode would be aired.
+The closest Benihana to Scranton, PA is actually nearly 2 hours away in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
+The Benihana restaurant that Michael, Dwight, Jim and Andy go to is the same one featured in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), also starring Steve Carell.
+Pam said that for the last few months she's been sending Dwight letters from the CIA, and Jim's Christmas gift is to decide what his top secret mission is. In the "Branch Closing" episode, Jim revealed that he'd been sending faxes to Dwight from future Dwight.
+When the two waitresses first arrive at the office they are wearing make-up. In the next scene when Michael Scott offers his date the bike, both girls are no longer wearing any make-up.
+The movie that Jim and Karen give to each other is "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason." It came out in 2004, two years before this episode aired, two years before Jim and Karen started dating, and about a year and a half before they ever even met.
+Dwight wears the same orange beanie as he does in The Office: The Merger (2006).
+The Benihana restaurant that Michael, Jim, Andy, and Dwight go to is the same one featured in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), also starring Steve Carell.
Goofs
Anachronisms
In the photo of Carol's family on their ski trip, she mentions that the trip was "two years ago" placing it at 2004 / 2005. The snowboard that Carol's son is holding is a 2007 model Burton Custom, which was the current model year when the episode aired... thus did not exist when Carol's family were on their ski trip.
Character error
The "missing" cable for the karaoke machine is an IEC cable, which could be found on the back of any computer monitor or any computer desktop.
Spoilers
The two actresses who play the waitresses at Benihana are not the same actresses who arrive with Michael and Andy to the Christmas Party.
Trivias
+Pam tells Jim that she types 90 words per minutes. Having worked as a receptionist at several jobs, Jenna Fischer types 85 words per minute.
+Although the idea for writer Michael Schur to be Dwight's cousin Mose had been a joke among the writers since the first season, B. J. Novak pitched the idea when writing "Initiation". Schur had to grow out his beard for three months and wear wool clothes on a hot day as part of his character. Mose was based on an actual participant in the UPN reality show Amish in the City.
+Even though this episode aired after the fourth episode, "Grief Counseling", its filming took place before that episode due to the availability of shooting on Dwight's fictional beet farm.
+When Ryan catches up to Dwight outside the Schrute Farm's barn, Dwight gives him a salute with an extended flourish. That salute is a reverse version of the "Rimmer Salute" from Red Dwarf (1988).
+The figure that Mose whittles for Ryan is a replica of the Venus of Willendorf, a prehistoric figurine that dates back approximately 25,000 years.
+In what's mostly likely a coincidence, Andy sings part of "Lovefool" by The Cardigans and then says "Wonder what ever happened to those guys?" The Cardigans released a new album a few weeks before this episode aired.
*Soundtrack Credits*
River Runs Red
Written by Life of Agony and Alan Robert
Performed by Life of Agony
Lovefool
Written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson
Performed by John Krasinski and Ed Helms
Rock and Roll Part 2
Written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander
Performed by Gary Glitter
O Fortuna
Written by Carl Orff
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Trivias
+During the talking head scene where Michael is explaining why he spent so much on magic items, you can see the fake thumb on his hand. It seems he was going to use the prop but it got cut from the final edit.
+When Michael tells Jim "my lips are sealed" about keeping the secret, he sings the titular line from the song "My Lips Are Sealed" and says The Bangles Michael wasn't correct--the song is actually done by The Go-Go's.
Spoilers
Dwight catches Oscar faking being sick. So for Dwight to not tell Michael he says Oscar owes him a huge favor whenever he wants. In The Office: The Farm (2013), a little over seven seasons later in the series, Dwight holds a funeral at his farm and invites no one from the office except for Oscar. This is the big favor but Dwight doesn't actually say that it's the favor.
Trivias
+Rob Riggle is actually a former marine.
+Steve Carrell and Rob Riggle, who both appear in this episode, both served as correspondents on The Daily Show.
+Brenda Withers, who plays "Brenda", is Mindy Kaling's college best friend.
+The name of the vending machine guy, whom Jim is friends with, is Steve.
Spoilers
+When Jim talks to Michael about his crush on Pam, Michael gives the advice, "Never, ever, ever give up." This is the same advice (with the exact wording) that Tim gives Dawn in the UK version of The Office, which is what ultimately wins her over.
+When Roy and Pam set the date of their wedding, the captain of the ship says he'll marry them right away. Pam disagrees with this because she wants her parents at her wedding. However, when Pam and Jim get married, they secretly marry on board "Maid of the Mist" without either of their parents present.
Trivias
Jim reveals that Michael Scott's middle name is Gary.
When Michael is attempting to fire Creed, Creed convinces him otherwise and then concludes the conversation with a subtle version of the infamous slurping of Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal whilst remembering liver and Chianti.
Spoilers
Michael makes a reference to Oscar being gay before its actually part of the story line. text
One of the best shows I’ve ever watched!
Paul Spector proves that Dornan can be a respected actor and conquer the sceptics after the trashy 50 shades… . Gillian Anderson is amazing as usual. A true diva!
We need good written plots and characters, and #The Fall is a diamond!
2012's "Red Lights", directed by Rodrigo Cortes and starring Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Cillian Murphy, begins with an extremely high-suspense séance scene. Weaver and Murphy are working together to attempt to prove the medium and the paranormal activity is fraudulent- an interesting twist to watch them use the same equipment and techniques as other paranormal "researchers" we've seen in other films who are trying to find positive evidence. The scene quickly shows the deep professional connection and expertise of the two scientists, who despite frightening bangs and an enthusiastic hairdresser-turned-medium, easily expose the young daughter as the culprit and the hairdresser's tricks. It's engaging to watch them work well together, and even begin to probe deeper into the mismatched pair's pasts as reasons for their intense desire to disprove the existence of real paranormal activity.
However with the sudden reappearance of the only person to ever give Sigourney Weaver's character cause to doubt herself and her beliefs, De Niro's blind psychic Silver, the story totally goes off track. I get the idea of having Weaver, the master scientist, confront her old enemy and fail, causing the apprentice (Murphy) to have to pick up where she left off and prove Silver a fraud. The execution of this, unfortunately, is awkward at best. Murphy's personal and professional judgment become increasingly derailed, and we don't get any further insight into his meltdown or how he figures out Silver's weaknesses. By the later half of the film I had completely lost interest, and even when I tried to refocus my attention to figure out how he was going to catch Silver, it was too confusing for me to pick it back up.
The good: Most performances are believable and expert (although I kept waiting for Cillian Murphy to go stalking someone in his scarecrow mask...), the beginning séance is a great twist on the paranormal phenomena idea, and the student/teacher dynamic moves the plot along through the first half.
The bad: confusing second half, De Niro's somewhat bumbling performance (I wasn't convinced Silver was smarter than the scientists or menacing at all), weird unexplored romance between Murphy's character and one of Weaver's students, unfocused and unappealing second half as Murphy's character slowly descends into an impotent, whiny, nut job.
i'm so happy that ann and chris came back for the last episode. Great ending to a fantastic show!
*Adeus Big Bang Family*
~~ There's no better way to end this series. It was so emotional and amazing. Sheldon's acceptance brought tears in my eyes. Thank you so much for all the people who made this show possible and such a wonderful cast. It's not an easy to carry the show for 12 years. They have done an amazing job. I am going to miss everyone of the gang. The most important part of the show is ending. You need to give a satisfying ending. It's an end of an era. They didn't miss anyone. All the characters had their moments in the finale. Thank you so much The Big Bang Theory team for all the memories and laughter. ~~
The game.
It is so suspenseful, emotional and devastating.
Every award garnered was so well deserved.
Beautiful, beautiful writing.
Life is a game, only the strong can play to the end
Trivia*
*Goofs
--Continuity
+The amount of champagne in Tony's glass changes when he tells AJ to slow down and savor it.
+During the dinner shortly after Tony and Carmela get back together, they pour some champagne but throughout the dinner the amount in the glasses changes many times from a quarter full to almost full to half full...yet no more wine was poured.
--Revealing mistakes
In the scene, when Adriana has her daydream (escaping on the interstate) and looks at her red valise, laid on the passenger seat, while driving, the automatic transmission gear shift can clearly be seen on the "parking" position (upper top).
+Upon arriving late, Christopher says that the "highway was jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive". These are lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run". Steven Van Zandt is a member of Springsteen's E Street Band.
+Christopher and Adriana reunited after his release from rehab in the Season 4 finale, "Whitecaps", the same episode in which Tony and Carmela separate. In an interesting parallel, Tony and Carmela rekindle their relationship in this episode, as Christopher's and Adriana's relationship falls apart.
+After he moves back in with Carmela, Tony is watching the film It's A Gift (1934) while eating ice-cream. This is the same film he watches in the Season 3 episode "The Telltale Moozadell" as he lays in bed eating cake. Perhaps a signal to Carmela, that nothing really has changed with Tony.
+Both Michael Imperioli and Drea de Matteo won an Emmy Award for this episode and (#5.5)
+The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
+According to Drea de Matteo on the Blu-Ray commentary, she says there was a deleted scene that featured Agent Robyn Sanseverino confronting Christopher and telling him that she will get him for what he did.
+The song played during the ending credits is "Wrapped In My Memory" by Shawn Smith.
****Spoilers*****
*Drea De Matteo and Steven Van Zandt asked David Chase to delete the scene where Christopher tells Tony that Adriana is an informant. They felt it would be better to keep Adriana's murder by Silvio a surprise and Chase agreed. The scene was later used as a flashback in the episode "The Ride" (#6.9).
*In the original shooting script, Adriana was to run away and go into hiding. A scene was filmed where she speaks with Tony on the phone and then drives out of New Jersey. Chase changed his mind and the scene was replaced with Adriana's murder. A shot of her driving out of New Jersey from the original ending was used as Adriana's daydream.
*Because the camera deliberately cut away before Sil shoots Adriana to death, many fans speculated that he had let her live after all. But both Drea de Matteo and David Chase got wind of these theories and stated publicly that Adriana had been murdered; Chase added that the show would not "toy with" audiences in that way.
*The episode title is a reference to a few different things including: Christopher parking Adriana's car in the "Long Term Parking" section at the airport. It could refer to a long-term decision, or putting oneself in a lasting or binding situation: Adriana suggesting she and Christopher join the Witness Protection Program, Carmela and Tony moving back in together, Tony B.'s attempts to disappear, and Christopher's and Tony's guilt over the death of Adriana. Death can be viewed as a "long term parking" of the human body. The title could refer to the state of Christopher's soul, which could be forever damned for his betrayal of Adriana.
I still have a hard time digesting the season forth finale(poor Mateo), scenes so heartbreaking that thousands of honest and hardworking people live every day in search of a dream, the American dream.
This is how an action movie should be like!
Biggest problem with most action movies is that they take themselves way too serious. "True Lies" is mainly fun and entertaining and on top of that, the action is top class!
Finally a movie of which I can say: "Budget well spend!" The action really jumps off the screen but it never feels overdone or forced, which is thanks to action-director veteran James Cameron. He should stick to directing action movies like this, the Terminator movies and "Aliens". Please no more movies like "Titanic"! (not that it was a VERY bad movie) Stick to were your talent lies.
The movie can be described as an American James Bond, meaning that everything is bigger and I'm not just talking about Arnie's chest. Just like the James Bond movies, it doesn't take itself seriously without making itself ridiculous.
Many people seem to have problems with the whole "wife side track, story-line" I guess I'm one of the few that doesn't mind it at all and actually find it an extra addition to the story.
The movie has everything a good action movie need: A believable action hero, explosions, chases, gun fights, a stereotype villain and a high entertainment value. Packed with awesome action scenes and some really terrific hilarious moments this is what an action movie should be. Not too serious and not too pointless.
Rated R: violence and profanity
7/10
Trivias
+The genesis for the episode came from an idea Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin) and Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly) had while spending time together on the set of the series.
+The math problem Michael gives, 13579 divided by 8724, equates to 1.56.
+Pam's monologue on reading about a girl who lived in a house with a terrace was based on a real book from the Choose Your Own Adventure series, although not specifically identified as such in the episode, read by Jenna Fischer when she was a child.
+Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey came to Greg Daniels with the basic idea for this episode: Jan would hold a seminar with the Dunder-Mifflin women as a cover to see if any of them had management/executive abilities, and Michael would get jealous. Daniels like the idea and asked them what came next in the story, and Fischer admitted they didn't have more of a plot to outline. Daniels then called BJ Novak into his office and assigned him to write the script from their original idea.
+Scenes were filmed where Dwight brought his "spud gun" to the men's meeting and wreaked havoc, but they were cut from the original broadcast because they upstaged the other parts of the story.
Trivias
+Dwight is calling Rock 107 asking if he's the 107th caller for a CD box set. Rock 107 (106.9, WEZX) is the area's classic rock station. They frequently have contests where the 107th caller wins various things.
+Early in the episode, Michael admits to being a fan of Joe Rogan. Coincidentally, Rogan was raised in the same part of Massachusetts (Newton, MA) as both B.J. Novak and John Krasinski.
Spoilers
+The plot of this episode resembles the second episode of the original British series, where a prank is also pulled on the boss, who is prepared to punish the responsible employee until he finds out it was done by his traveling salesman best friend.
+In certain interview shots with Michael, a picture of a sandwich can be seen in the background with a few words blocked out that reads, "The Big Stinky." This is a reference to the plot of this episode.
The missing tennis player character is named Deanna Sirtis, an obvious play on Marina Sirtis, who played Deanna Troi In Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
When Shawn visits the retreat with Gus, he introduces himself as Jerry Hathaway, the name of William Atherton's character in Real Genius.
When Shawn is pretending to imitate the Tommy Lee Jones speech from "The Fugitive," the last House he mentions is "House of the Long Shadows." This is actually a real film, starring four of the greats of the horror/suspense genre - Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, John Carradine, and Peter Cushing.
Shawn claims to have worked on the "mono-theo-huxtable drug." This refers to an ongoing joke about Gus looking like the guy on "The Cosby Show."
*This is a fun show!*
I thoroughly enjoyed this show.
I saw a few episodes and I fell in love with all the characters. My best friends are gay couples and, in spite of the put downs, they do love each other. Well written, charmingly acted - it is a great show!
I have always loved Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellan. I am a great fan of their work.
They work well together and the Frances De La Tour character is a laugh riot.
Explores beautiful psyche of old age human.
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are perfect for their lonely and flawed characters. What a sweet unfolding of two complex lives that crave connection and love. It begins simply with wanting to simply sleep through the night and then we get to know all the good and the hard parts of their lives and in the end it is about talking to each other.
There is a bit of all of us in these characters. Film is adapted from the novel of same name by Kent Haruf, who died just few weeks after publishing his last novel.
What can I say about this film other than it is, in my opinion flawless. Every performance, every character, every scene... Debra Winger should have shared the Oscar with Shirley MacLaine. Few movies can make you laugh and cry OVER and OVER again, but this one does it for me. Even when I catch a scene on cable, I find myself drawn in emotionally and grabbing for my box of tissues. The mother-daughter relationship is so true-to-life and the chemistry between Debra and Shirley and Shirley and Jack is palpable. It is one of the greatest films ever made and should be required viewing for all mothers and daughters. This is an AMAZING and moving film!
In the end, Henry was nailed for his crimes, and we were left with a final image of Marcella staring straight at the camera. Who am I? She seemed to be asking. It's a good question.
If it returns for a second series, Marcella must make that leap from cool concept to fully fleshed-out character - even an unreliable one. Concepts look great on paper but its characters who make us care.
*Must, Must See*
This was a wonderful written final. As the song from the Lion King Goes, Its the Circle of Life. That is the only hint I will give. Again, a beautiful written show, one of the best of the series, and one of the best written series finals I have seen. Just be sure to grab a Kleenex, you will need it.
*Wow! Just wow!*
It was a beautiful end of the season (wiping tears) very genius of the cast. This episode belonged to Mayim Balik. Excellent acting.
*You get to exhale now, Simon*
I finally watched this and it was perfect, this is beautiful, and very necessary!
My favorite scene was by far Jennifer Garner's speech, that if you watched the movie, you probably know what i'm talking about.
There's probably just a few little things I didn't like, especially some of the classic topics and stereotypes that this genre of film usually has, but still, it's amazing.
We need more films like this. Fun, heartwarming, and just fantastic all around!!
Also, a reminder if this wasn't enough: Be yourself. Be happy. You deserve it. (At 31, I still have not had the luck to find my true love, it's sad but it's true.)
My Score: 8/10.
*Trivias*
_ +Just as the film went into production, Nick Robinson's younger brother came out as gay.
+This was the first film produced by a major Hollywood studio to feature a gay teenage protagonist.
+Keiynan Lonsdale was inspired to publicly come out through his involvement in this film.
+Jennifer Garner's "exhale" speech wasn't originally included in the film: there was just one 'parent scene', and a scene with the dad. When Jennifer became interested in the role of Emily, she asked director Greg Berlanti for a scene that has her connect with Simon, so they built it again and wrote what would become essentially the message of the movie.
+Director Greg Berlanti revealed in an interview that there were clips of the "friend group" (Simon, Leah, Abby, and Nick) that were filmed without the actors' knowledge. In order to capture the authenticity of a group of friends beyond the confines of acting, the director would sometimes tell the actors to "cut" but have the cameras keep rolling. Many of these unscripted interactions of friends just being friends (including the dancing in the car scene) made the final cut.
+Kristen Bell, Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Bomer, Tyler Oakley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, screenwriter Martin Gero, Benj Pasek, Andrew Rannells, Joey Graceffa, Scott Hoying and Superfruit's Mitch Grassi were so moved by the film that they bought out theaters in their hometowns so it would reach as many people as possible. Jennifer Garner, Greg Berlanti and Berlanti's husband Robbie Rogers were so proud of being part of the film that they also did the same thing.
+The production code for the film was "Blue," which is the pseudonym of the person Simon E-mails.
+In Simon's bedroom, there is a copy of Becky Albertalli's (the author of "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda") second novel, "The Upside of Unrequited" on his bookshelf. "The Upside of Unrequieted" also takes place in the "Simon-verse" and revolves around Abby's cousins.
+Although the movie is titled "Love, Simon," it was actually an adaptation of the book "Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda." The movie originally had the same name as the book, but it was too long to say, hence the name change.
+The words "hour to hour note to note" can be seen written on Simon's wall, which is a nod to the E-mail ("[email protected]") Simon used in the book to talk to Blue. It was changed in the film to "[email protected]."
+In Simon's bedroom there is an Elliott Smith poster which is a nod to Simon's favorite musician from the book, which he shares with Blue and later connects him with Blue.
+Colton Haynes had a small role in a deleted scene as man who approaches Simon at a gay bar, mistaking him for someone else he knows, and ends up asking Simon to dance.
+Love, Simon (2018) marks the second time major studio 20th Century Fox has made a film that showcases a sympathetic portrayal of a leading homosexual character coming to terms with his orientation and ending on a happy note. The first was Making Love (1982) in 1982.
+Singer Shawn Mendes was invited to audition for the role of Simon but was allegedly unable to do so, as he did not have enough time.
+In the international trailer voice-over, Blue refers to Simon as Simon, not Jacques.
+On the DVD commentary, Greg Berlanti, Isaac Aptaker, and Isaac Klausner discuss the fact that it was surprisingly difficult to settle on the musical that Simon and some of his friends are rehearsing during much of the movie. In the source novel, the musical was Oliver!, but the producers couldn't get the rights to that. For a while, their solution was to have the screenwriters work on an original musical adaptation of the classic teen romance movie Say Anything. Some of that musical was actually written before they decided instead to go with Cabaret, which the rightsholders said was allowed as long as they didn't show the Sally Bowles character in a top hat (which would have suggested that the high school was performing the movie or revival versions of the show instead of the original 1960s stage musical). Berlanti, Aptaker, and Klausner also appreciated the resonances between Cabaret and Love, Simon--both contain closeted gay male characters coming to terms with their sexuality.
+Originally Blake Neely, the general composer for director Greg Berlanti's TV shows, was attached to score the film.
+Simon's coming out dream sequence is to Whitney Houston's "Dance With Somebody." His movie mom, Jennifer Garner, gets ready for a night out on the town to the same song in the movie "13 Going on 30."
+On Simon's bedroom door, there's a poster for the 2007 of Montreal album, "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?"; an album about a transgender rock star. of Montreal are known for their flamboyant stage personas and frontman, Kevin Barnes, has always been misconstrued as bisexual, but that band are advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.
+It was confirmed by Becky Albertalli (author of "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda") that Alice Spier (Simon's older sister) is not present in the film.
+It was confirmed by Becky Albertalli (author of "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda") that Simon only wears glasses in flashbacks, compared to the book where he always wears glasses.
+Temple Hill Entertainment, who produced the movie, is known for adapting other young adult novels such as The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and The Maze Runner (2014).
+In the closing scene to the movie, when Simon and his friends drive off through the neighborhood, they drive by the house that was used in Life As We Know it. Life As We Know it also starred Josh Duhamel who plays Simon's dad.
+Katherine Langford and Miles Heizer previously starred together in the Netflix Original series 13 Reasons Why (2017).
+Director Greg Berlanti previously worked with Keiynan Lonsdale on The Flash (2014).
+Simon has a theatre program for "Hamilton" displayed in his bedroom next to the window.
+Love, Simon premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 27, 2018.
+Nick Robinson and Talitha Eliana Bateman previously worked together in the young adult film The 5th Wave (2016).
+This was the second project where director Greg Berlanti and Josh Duhamel worked together. They previously worked on Life as We Know It (2010).
+In the movie, Simon has a reaccuring dream about Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter in the "Harry Potter" franchise. On his wall, Simon has a Hufflepuff crest. Hufflepuff was one of the four houses in "Harry Potter."
+Though the name of the high school that the main characters attend, Creekwood High, comes from the source novel, it is also reminiscent of director Greg Berlanti's first job on television: as a writer for the teen drama Dawson's Creek. Like this movie, that show also broke ground in its depiction of gay teen romance.
+Logan Miller and Jennifer Garner previously appeared together in the movie Ghost of Girlfriends Past (2009).
+It is based on the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.
+Joshua Mikel and Logan Miller appeared on The Walking Dead (2010) together.
+Spier, Simons surname is dutch for muscle
+One of the stickers on Simon's bedroom wall is a picture of a banana. This is the cover art to the first Velvet Underground album, created by Andy Warhol (who was also that band's manager and producer when that album came out in 1967). Warhol was gay, making this an appropriate sticker for Simon's room.
+There are several little moments through the film which hint that Simon's best friend Leah (Katherine Langford) may have some undisclosed feelings for Abby (Alexandra Shipp). This is further explored in "Leah on the Offbeat", the sequel to the original book, although it isn't known if that story will be adapted into a movie.
+At one point in the film, Martin makes a joke to Abby that you would call a Black and a Jewish person "Blewish" (or, Blue-ish). This is essentially revealed to be Blue's identity in the end - he is indeed black and Jewish.
+The last cast member to be announced was Blue. Book fans spent months waiting to discover the actor who would be playing Simon's E-mail buddy. Throughout the whole of filming, no pictures were released of the actor.
+Foreshadowing: At the start of the film Nick talks about a dream he had where he had to choose between red and blue. Abby responds that he is a cross between Cristiano Ronaldo and Sigmund Freud. Of the two people Nick asks out in the film, Leah is at this point wearing blue, and Abby is wearing red. At the Halloween party, the two people who go on to ask Abby out are Nick, who is dressed as Ronaldo, and Martin, who is dressed as Freud.
+In the original book "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda," Bram reveals the inspiration for his username, Blugreen118, comes from his full name - Abraham Louis Greenfeld - and birthday (January 18th).
+Actors playing Simon and Blue have both played a character named 'Olly.' Nick Robinson as Olly in 'Everything, Everything' and Keiynan Lonsdale as Olly in 'Dance Academy'
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Robbie Rogers: Director Greg Berlanti's real life husband briefly appears as the soccer coach. _
Quotes
Marina Vidal: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
*A great movie, a great director, and great performances.*
It's hard to even talk about LGBT matters in a country like Chile, so is exactly right there the significance of Sebastian Lelio's work. The characterizations are so well performed by the actors and actresses, that you can feel the anger and frustration of Marina, the love that Orlando feels for her, the everyday struggle of Marina in a society that rejects her sexuality, the hate from Orlando's family, etc.
Is necessary a movie like this, is necessary a more open-mind society, is necessary to stop discrimination, is necessary to stop the hate.
A fantastic woman, is ready to show the audience that there is no differences between a transgender person and a heterosexual one, the strong main character of Marina, will make you feel her never-ending fight to gain some respect, and how bad we, as society, make her feel.
Thanks to Sebastian Lelio for bring this taboo to the light. Excellent work.
My Score: 8/10.
