Gothamist: Starsky & Hutch: Don't Give Up On Us Baby

OWEN WILSON

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:04:07 -0500

OLA A TODOS SOY OWEN MUCHAS GRACIAS POR EL CARIÑO QUE ME HAN DADO, GRACIAS POR ACEPTAR MI LINDA CANCION Y POR AMARME, SALUDOS A UNAS AMIGAS DE CHILE QUE RESERVARE SU IDENTIDAD PARA DARLE MAS SUSPENSO A SUS VIDAS, LOS AMO. ADIOS

Stacey

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:01:51 -0500

I luved it and I only went to see it for Owen. I think he's totally inspirational and a great role model. I loved his song althought his voice was tuned by a machine after it. lol I am totally gonna meet him one day and i'm gonna write him some fan mail! YAY! Go Owen!

laura

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 01:29:27 -0500

if anyone liked old school, you will definitely like this! and they got that same singer guy that opens the wedding in old school.

Gary

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 01:26:00 -0500

This is the funniest movie ever!! I have seen it twice already and it's only been out for two days. It's a great stress releiver and just a let go kind of movie. Go see it. DO IT...DO IT!

Gary

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 01:25:59 -0500

This is the funniest movie ever!! I have seen it twice already and it's only been out for two days. It's a great stress releiver and just a let go kind of movie. Go see it. DO IT...DO IT!

Gary

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 01:25:56 -0500

This is the funniest movie ever!! I have seen it twice already and it's only been out for two days. It's a great stress releiver and just a let go kind of movie. Go see it. DO IT...DO IT!

Gary

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 01:25:56 -0500

This is the funniest movie ever!! I have seen it twice already and it's only been out for two days. It's a great stress releiver and just a let go kind of movie. Go see it. DO IT...DO IT!

jen

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:34:19 -0500

um, there were TWO references to that cure song, the one line where he actually quotes it and then the next line talking about vince vaughn's characters. i could shit a better review than that (and without making such a lame/random reference).

ziegfeld

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:11:42 -0500

Mitchell, it seems, is generally assigned to review (though his analyses are more summaries than critiques) mainstream pop films. I wonder if the Times hired him and relies on his style to compete with the Eberts and Roepers.

John

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:52:13 -0500

I don't know if I'm irritated by them so much as puzzled by them, or rather by the motivation behind them. They're too clumsily shoehorned in to impress anybody, but by the same token that makes them unmissable. And it's not even the references that bother me, but if you're going to work in a Cure reference, why not wait until the opportune time rather than using "lime green and tangerine"? I mean, wait until you can use a GOOD line. I guess I think it's kind of fascinating. Fascination is the flipside of irritation, though.

ziegfeld

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:45:43 -0500

I think Mitchell sometimes has TOO much fun making cultural linkages. As I noted in a response to Gothamist's comments on A.O. Scott: >I particularly like the literate, analytical approach New York Times critic Stephen Holden brings to his reviews. His work challenges my thinking. I'm consistently irritated, though, by Elvis Mitchell's reviews...I feel that he's less interested in analyzing a particular film than in showing off how many cultural references he can make.

Coolfer

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:44:57 -0500

Can someone please get Ben Stiller a restraining order against Owen Wilson? Or vice versa? Basically, whatever it takes to ensure they never work together again. And yes, I realize I say this without actually seeing the movie (something I picked up from the many early "The Passion of the Christ" detractors), but I'm not going to see the movie, not even if I'm on a plane to Australia and it's a long flight and I didn't bring either a book or stack of newspapers to read. I'm afraid I must boycott all current and future collaborations.

Ron Mwangaguhunga

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:33:29 -0500

you can tell Mitchell had a grand ole time reviewing this one.

John

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:02:35 -0500

Yeah, that Cure reference in the Times article was WAAAAY out of left field. I mean, I haven't seen the movie, so it may be an accurate description, but it was a wacky way to reference them (and a not-that-great line from a not-that-great later Cure song)...

Jen

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:31:06 -0500

I'll take 70s Nostalgia any day if I can see Owen Wilson.

Ron Mwangaguhunga

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:04:03 -0500

Hooray!!! The 70s are Back!!!