OUT NOW Saturday Night
Added to Calendar: 09-27-24
Out in theaters in NY and LA
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Saturday Night
PRAISE: Since the age of seven ive watched Saturday Night Live . Sure at that age most of the jokes went over my head but I loved the show which was like watching a live action version of Mad Magazine. In Saturday Night Director Jason Reitman does his best to capture the spirit of the shows first airing in 1975. It's manic, huge egos are in place,along with nerves,missing performers and crews in stop work mode. I think Reitman does a great job with this portion of the film also inserting some calm within the storm moments. Co-writer Gil Kenan also deserves place by bringing this circus to the page. I think it's cool that they placed the exact time of the before airing of the show in the movies running time (minus the credits) to make the audience really feel part of it. There are some many moments of great nostalgia that brought a smile to my face. I thought the moments between Lorne Michaels portrayed by Gabriel LaBelle and Lorne’s wife Rosie Shuster portrayed by Rachel Sennott really clicked. Praise to the actors portraying the early SNL cast members including : Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase · Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner · Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd and Matt Wood as John Belushi.
PROBLEMS: Some of the portrayals work more than others as the assortment of actors get a lot of the mannerisms down but some just come off as blatant miscasts and some are only given brief moments. I thought some moments of the movie felt a bit off especially the inclusion of Milton Berle portrayed by J.K Simmons even though I know they used him as one of the ways to say TV was changing.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
PRAISE: Since the age of seven ive watched Saturday Night Live . Sure at that age most of the jokes went over my head but I loved the show which was like watching a live action version of Mad Magazine. In Saturday Night Director Jason Reitman does his best to capture the spirit of the shows first airing in 1975. It's manic, huge egos are in place,along with nerves,missing performers and crews in stop work mode. I think Reitman does a great job with this portion of the film also inserting some calm within the storm moments. Co-writer Gil Kenan also deserves place by bringing this circus to the page. I think it's cool that they placed the exact time of the before airing of the show in the movies running time (minus the credits) to make the audience really feel part of it. There are some many moments of great nostalgia that brought a smile to my face. I thought the moments between Lorne Michaels portrayed by Gabriel LaBelle and Lorne’s wife Rosie Shuster portrayed by Rachel Sennott really clicked. Praise to the actors portraying the early SNL cast members including : Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase · Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner · Dylan O'Brien as Dan Aykroyd and Matt Wood as John Belushi.
PROBLEMS: Some of the portrayals work more than others as the assortment of actors get a lot of the mannerisms down but some just come off as blatant miscasts and some are only given brief moments. I thought some moments of the movie felt a bit off especially the inclusion of Milton Berle portrayed by J.K Simmons even though I know they used him as one of the ways to say TV was changing.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
I enjoyed this film. Theres a chaotic energy to it but its not overwhelming like how I found Uncut Gems to be. Found it funny with all the wild shit going on backstage
From a technical standpoint, the editing stood out to me in a good way
½
From a technical standpoint, the editing stood out to me in a good way
½
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