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Diner (1982)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
12/07
12/07:
If there's anything I hate about a director, it's using the same city for a particular decade over and over.
That has been the modus operandi for Barry Levinson: Baltimore of the 50's. What I'll love to do is shove it up his
ass. Diner flat-out sucks, and I hate everything about it. The movie is boring to the nth degree.
The two saving graces are Mickey Rourke and Ellen Barkin. They can act heads-and-shoulders above the rest
except for Kevin Bacon who looks young.
The story is nil; it's just nostalgia. So, what killed the movie? Two words: Steve Guttenberg. What moron will
give his girlfriend a football test to see if she's worthy of marriage? How about the guy who thinks having extensive
knowledge of records is important? Imagine how stupid he must feel when he finds out they have no meaning fifty years
later.
All in all, I prefer the fun-loving American Graffiti over the misogynistic Diner.