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Swingers (1996)
I liked this stylish cult film. It's a pretty realistic comedy/drama with some good laughs and a few deeper moments. It's a story about lifestyle, friendship, broken relationships and picking up girls.
The main character is Mike (Jon Favreau). He broke up with his longterm girlfriend (they were together for 6 years) and after 6 months, he's still not over her. His friends, Trent (Vince Vaughn), Rob and Sue, try to help him and take him out to some parties, so he can get 'back in the game'.
First he goes on a trip to Las Vegas with Trent. There he's still too depressed about his former girlfriend, so he can't 'close' the girl he was about to sleep with.
After that we get to see several nights out with them. They visit some stylish, neo-lounge nightclubs and bars and they have a good time (and a little bit drama). Only Mike seems not to fit in completely. He tries to find his own personality and style back during the period of the movie, so he can start his life over again...
My favorite character was Trent. I like Vince Vaughn very much. I think he has a certain charisma and it doesn't seem like he tries to be funny when doing comedy. Here he also has one of the most awkwardly funny scenes I've ever seen (the final scene).
Jon Favreau also did a good job, but I couldn't really connect that much with his character. I thought he was being a total softy and a weeper unti the moment he finally discovered his normal personality again. He was still a friendly guy, though.
I also liked two scenes in particular in this movie. We see the friends often talk to eachother about movies and the filmmakers of this movie actually copied two very famous scenes they talk about! First they did the Reservoir Dogs walking scene and a little bit later they copied the famous steadicam shot in Goodfellas, while entering a nightclub through the kitchen. I like that kind of stuff! The movie had was full of these little film jokes. Another funny thing was that the Jaws theme song plays whenever someone wants to approach a girl. Hilarious stuff!
It was an enjoyable flick overall and it had its good moments, so I rate it:
+
Swingers (1996)
I liked this stylish cult film. It's a pretty realistic comedy/drama with some good laughs and a few deeper moments. It's a story about lifestyle, friendship, broken relationships and picking up girls.
The main character is Mike (Jon Favreau). He broke up with his longterm girlfriend (they were together for 6 years) and after 6 months, he's still not over her. His friends, Trent (Vince Vaughn), Rob and Sue, try to help him and take him out to some parties, so he can get 'back in the game'.
First he goes on a trip to Las Vegas with Trent. There he's still too depressed about his former girlfriend, so he can't 'close' the girl he was about to sleep with.
After that we get to see several nights out with them. They visit some stylish, neo-lounge nightclubs and bars and they have a good time (and a little bit drama). Only Mike seems not to fit in completely. He tries to find his own personality and style back during the period of the movie, so he can start his life over again...
My favorite character was Trent. I like Vince Vaughn very much. I think he has a certain charisma and it doesn't seem like he tries to be funny when doing comedy. Here he also has one of the most awkwardly funny scenes I've ever seen (the final scene).
Jon Favreau also did a good job, but I couldn't really connect that much with his character. I thought he was being a total softy and a weeper unti the moment he finally discovered his normal personality again. He was still a friendly guy, though.
I also liked two scenes in particular in this movie. We see the friends often talk to eachother about movies and the filmmakers of this movie actually copied two very famous scenes they talk about! First they did the Reservoir Dogs walking scene and a little bit later they copied the famous steadicam shot in Goodfellas, while entering a nightclub through the kitchen. I like that kind of stuff! The movie had was full of these little film jokes. Another funny thing was that the Jaws theme song plays whenever someone wants to approach a girl. Hilarious stuff!
It was an enjoyable flick overall and it had its good moments, so I rate it:
+