Find images and videos about girl, love and boy on we heart it the app to get. Trailers for the spectacular now focus on selling the film as a coming of agepuppy love story with some parental issues thrown in for added drama. A spectacular comingofage film that is thoughtful and moving filled with charm, sweetness, truth and honesty, the spectacular now is a must see. Aug 08, 20 if the spectacular now werent so beautifully directed by james ponsoldt, a viewer might think the comingofage story of two highschoolers was culled from home movies. The spectacular now is indeed a coming of age story, but its real. The spectacular now was warmly received at the 20 sundance film festival. The spectacular now is the latest film to join the genre. The spectacular now by james ponsoldt james ponsoldt. Caption from annette and frankie in beach party to lindsay in mean girls, teen movies have captured the politics. With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, the spectacular now directed by james ponsoldt creates a vivid, threedimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous.
With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, the spectacular now directed by james ponsoldt creates a vivid, threedimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. Everyones got a slob of a stepdad, an unloving mom, or a horrible sibling. Now i cant give you mileage off the top of my head, but were in oklahoma, so florida is a good five states away, at least. The descendants and miles teller rabbit hole, footloose, who radiate as unlikely teenage love interests in the spectacular now, out in.
But on the way to that arguably disappointing ending, the spectacular now captures the beauty and scariness and lacerating intensity of first love, and for that you forgive it everything. From the start it portrays teens as complex, intelligent, troubled about their past and their future, maybe laid back alcoholics or chronically shy or overachievers with low self esteem. Sutter miles teller and aimee shailene woodley having their first kiss. The deleted spectacular now scene that was too extreme to. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to. While aimee dreams of the future, sutter lives in the now, and yet somehow, theyre drawn together. At 17 years old, he cant picture himself ever doing anything other than mickey mousing classes, working at his parttime job in the local suit store, partying with friends. Theyre very serious about life, although sutter, the boy, makes an effort to conceal that.
Brie larson at an event for the spectacular now 20. However, the marketing angle is not only a bit misleading, its also something of a disservice to the actual movie which is quietly heartwrenching and notsonostalgic in the way it deals with the shortsightedness of adolescence on the surface. Sep 10, 2019 the spectacular now shailene woodley and miles teller share the screen in this tender romantic film about first love and family tension. Watch the spectacular now starring miles teller in this drama on directv. Aimee woodley falls for sutter teller, her local high. Now comes the place the movie was building toward all of his time. I cannot pick apart this narrative because in all honesty, it is absolutely perfect. Sounds like someone might be repeating the mistakes of the pastwhich, if you ask us, is basically the opposite of living in the spectacular now.
Whats different, and irresistibly so, about the spectacular now is the way that familiar romantic configuration has been rejuvenated some might say transformed by a healthy dose of authenticity. The sex scenes in the spectacular now are awkward, honest. And when sutter tries to fix part of his familys past, driving out to meet his dad, things just get worse. Whether hes telling a story at a party or reminiscing about his dad, most of his interactions with other people, and most of the time he spends alone, is dedicated to the past. Watch the spectacular now online stream full movie directv. Like most teenage girls, minnie goetze bel powley is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. You think this beautys in some classroom or some textbook, and its not. Search, discover and share your favorite the spectacular now gifs. Brie larson at an event for the spectacular now 20 shailene woodley and miles teller in the spectacular now 20 miles teller in the. Discussion to the ending of the spectacular now directed by. Spectacular now sex was shailene woodleys favorite scene mtv. Apr 27, 2016 the love of a good and faithful true woman can change a man from a beast into a prince. My sister was coming back from a trip which required me and my mom to pick her up at 1 in the morning.
Hes brilliant, and woodley is every bit as vulnerable and outstanding as she was in the descendants. They arent anything anyway but lifesavers to cling to so you dont drown. The story is about a charming, crude but troubled boy meets a reserved, shy, naive. Sutter fits the profile of a comingofage protagonista kid having to come to terms with growing up, making his way through various problems that help him realize important truths about himself and the world. Sutter and aimee are smart, but they make dumb mistakes. His older sister has the phone number, now revealed to him. The spectacular miles teller, shailene woodley, kyle. This is the tale of sutter keely, a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with the good girl aimee finecky. The visionaries behind this film set their sights high, and i do believe theyve achieved their goals. While there is a bit of swearing and one realistic sex scene that will make this a nono for watching with parents, the spectacular now lives up to its title, it is an excellent, observant and genuine of teenage love and romance. Miles teller is sutter keely, left and shailene woodley is aimee finckley in sundance film festival hit, the spetacular now. Hey reddit people, i just saw the spectacular now and have done quite a bit of reading into it. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mothers kristen wiig boyfriend, the handsomest man in the world, monroe rutherford alexander skarsgard. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
One of the reasons the spectacular now was so warmly received by. In some ways i wanted to hate it because the way it almost glorified teenage drinking and partying. Teller and woodley share a great chemistry, but better yet create fullblooded characters whose journey feels. A gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens great for fans of the spectacular now, willow, and eleanor and park tyler has a football scholarship to stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a. A budding alcoholic, hes never far from his supersized, whiskeyfortified thirstmaster cup. Aimee makes him promise to get the number from his sister and call it.
Jan 19, 20 the spectacular now skillfully adapted from tim tharps novel, evocatively lensed in the workingclass neighborhoods of athens, ga. The spectacular now 20 r 1h 35m romantic independent movies a charismatic, hardpartying young man strikes up an unlikely romance with a smart and focused young woman during their last year of high school. Life is an ocean, and most everyones hanging on to some kind of dream to keep afloat. Shailene woodley on the spectacular now, loving her first sex. What sutters dad told him and holly sounds a lot like what sutter tells aimee about getting things ready for him in st. Tharp did an exeptional job of capturing what it is truly like feeling love for the first time. With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, the spectacular now creates a vivid, three dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. The spectacular now is very much set in the now, but its also timeless.
The spectacular now first kiss official movie clip hd a24. I want to lecture it, to give it my own personal bigsister talking to. It is such a human interest story that any one, even without the same hardship of having a deadbeat dad, can relate to. The spectacular now miles teller stars as a budding teenage alcoholic in this 20 critical hit. The spectacular now 20 first kissing scene youtube. The spectacular now you are absolutely beautiful youtube. This myth assumes that love from a faithful woman can make a man better. May 03, 2016 the spectacular now is indeed a coming of age story, but its real. Teller, looking a bit like a young john cusack, is a perfect high school everyman. The spectacular now focuses on most teen experiences. He says he lied when he told her his dad was a pilot.
Shailene woodley plays the girl who loves him, but cant save him from his own demons. This is the tale of sutter keely miles teller, a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he. The spectacular now is a comingofage drama mixed with young love story about sutter miles kelly, an interesting, uncynical young find who can communicate a lot of different sides to this character without coming off too fresh or overwrought who starts off obnoxious but in the way that is believable to the way that teenage boys can get obnoxious and in the wake of a failed relationship meets a good, sweet. A high school senior, charming and selfpossessed, hes the life of the party, loves his job at a mens clothing store, and has no plans for the future.
But after being dumped by his girlfriend, sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with. Shailene woodley and miles teller talk the spectacular now and relationships cute interview. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The 10 most awkward virgins on film consequence of sound.
The spectacular now is a glorious comingofage drama and a fantastic first love tale. Jan 15, 2014 if we did our job, then the reasons you love sutter when the story begins are not why you love him at the end, michael weber, the spectacular nows coscreenwriter, told buzzfeed. From sundanceground zero for earnest indie love storiescomes the umpteenth unlikely pairing of a troubled bad boy and a brainy good girl. I explain that to him, and he tells me to just drop him off at the edge of town and hell walk the rest of the way. The spectacular now captures the beauty and scariness and lacerating intensity of first love. Movies spectacular now sex was shailene woodleys favorite scene that scene was a nice way for both of us to lose our onscreen virginities, actress said of her intimate moment with miles teller. The spectacular now best teen movies on netflix 2020. This is the tale of sutter keely miles teller, a high school senior and effortless charmer. This film is pretty spectacular, a beautiful portrait of young love that feels authentic and is totally engaging. The spectacular now nude scenes 12 images and 2 videos including appearances from brie larson shailene woodley. An innocent, bookish teenager shailene woodley begins dating the charming, freewheeling highschool senior miles teller who awoke on her lawn after a night of heavy partying. The spectacular now is like a comingofage novel that stalls out on the exit ramp to adulthood. Sutter keely miles teller, the adolescent hero of james ponsoldts gentle teen seriocomedy the spectacular now, is one of those types who seems permanently glued to his preadult world in anytown, usa. Based on tim tharps novel and directed by athens native james ponsoldt, the spectacular now features two young, talented stars miles teller and shailene woodley.
The spectacular now first kiss official movie clip hd. The deleted spectacular now scene that was too extreme. With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, the spectacular now creates a vivid, threedimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. The story requires them to make love, but it doesnt insist we see her tits.
Movie spoilers friday, march 4, 2015 is a day i kind of wont forget because it has jacked my whole sleeping schedule up. The spectacular now shailene woodley and miles teller share the screen in this tender romantic film about first love and family tension. The sites critical consensus reads, the spectacular now is an adroit, sensitive film that avoids typical comingofage story trappings. This is the tale of sutter keely miles teller, a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with the good girl aimee finecky shailene woodley. The spectacular now will get under your skin and stay there. Jun 25, 2019 the spectacular now is a track that calls back to the book and film adaptation under the same title geazy uses the track to vent feelings of frustration about having to compare himself to. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone.
At least, thats how it seems in the spectacular now. The spectacular now, filmed in the charming locations of athens, georgia. Theyre more confident on the outside than on the inside. For someone who wants to live in the spectacular now, sutter sure spends a lot of time reliving the past. Entertainment weekly critic owen gleiberman described it as one of the rare truly soulful and authentic teen movies. If you like the spectacular now you are looking for sincere, touching and semi serious movies about with coming of age, teenage love, teenagers, teenage life, youth, classmates and teenager themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa.
Sutter, the films protagonist, is an 18 year old male with a slight drinking problem. Based on the beloved book by tim tharp, the spectacular now is the story of sutter keely miles teller, a high school senior and selfproclaimed life of the party, who unexpectedly falls in love with nice girl aimee fineky shailene woodley. The spectacular now cast speaks to anna klassen about making oncamera sex look real and breaking cinematic stereotypes in the process. In adapting tim tharps hit novel the spectacular now for the screen, the biggest challenge was turning its unreliable and flawed though sympathetic high school narrator, sutter keely, into a protagonist that audiences could really get behind.
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