"I don't think you can be accommodated for."
You provide examples of what you need in a relationship, and they are considered petty (when compared with not talking to you for nearly an entire week because they are upset with over their lack of effort), you best get out of that, I think. I feel kind of sick, but I think that is more or less from me allowing my coworker's possible cat emergency serving as distraction. No kitty should suffer for my relief.
My new ex's nickname involved cat, but after the past few weeks of apparent aloofness, I have done my best to remove the implications she may have thought the nickname allowed.
"You have opposable thumbs, so you can't cat. I would say the same thing to the polydactyl pussies. If Eva can open a door without them, you need not be so whiny."
Catching up on my postings is making me get off my ass. It maybe time to get to work on that pilot instead of dealing with whether or not it is okay too watch pre-#MeToo Jeremy Piven movies.
Bringing a laptop to work or installing Celtx on a company computer would probably be frowned upon. I need more Saturday shifts. Darn supervisors.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Ben Sellecks's used car in Temecula lot is dying. Between gullible salesmen who thinks a bank bag and its contents is valid currency and the racist, misogynistic Vietnam veteran, there seems to be no way to avoid the most dismal fate. It may betray all the values of this family-owned business, but the only chance of survival is to hire liquidation master Don Ready and his crew of mercenaries to turn the lot around.
Don Ready maybe the rudest and most dishonest man on the planet, but when you have not been home in a year and half, would you be? And it is not like he is not paying for his lifestyle because no matter how much metal he moves, he is still haunted by the team's tragedy in Albuquerque. Every new town is a chance for redemption and with Ben's wise daughter Ivy challenging his methods, his life maybe ready to straighten itself out.
Provided Ben does not doubt himself and sell the dealership to Ivy's boyband fiancé Paxton's. Or Don's partner Babs does not seduce Ben's 10-year old son who inhabits a 30-year old's body. Or Don's partner Jibby does not lose focus on the cars while he searches for his first love. Or...well, lets just say the only law belongs to Murphy. If anyone is above the law, it is Don Ready.
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"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" is upfront about the film lacking a soft side. It goes straight for the obvious impolitically correct jokes and premise and tells the audience if you are looking for characters with depth, they will be none to be found.
This movie feels like what live improv shows are which I do not think translates to the big screen. Christopher Guest's improv-based films have a story to adhere to which allows for characters to develop. I would imagine a lot of this film was improvised due to all the comic talent, but the jokes just being so random feels like performers are getting tagged in and out (This is the lesson I got from seeing "Sarah Shockey Teaches Colt Cabana Improv", the only live improv I paid for.). Because of how well the jokes are composed, it kind of seems like a panel show at times, which is most of my exposure to director Neal Brennan.
As for the direction, it feels like Adam McKay and Will Ferrell were just giving a comic friend a title. He keeps the shots well framed but some of the cuts are jumpy. It would be interesting to see what material fell on the cutting room floor. There does not really seem to be a vision from Brennan, so it feels half assed.
"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" features scores of jokes that will keep you amused and scenes that you are glad made it to film, but there is not a sense of whether or not the movie wants you to care about it. Without a sense of the director wanting you to get something out to the film, it feels like a one-sided transaction. In a sense then, "The Goods" did what car dealers are suppose to do, only think about what it gets and not what it gave you. It may not feel like a success to the audience, but someone definitely won.
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