This movie was very conversation-driven, if that can be a term. We've shown a lot of those at S&W. Usually, I like the conversation-driven movies. They usually have fascinating ideas in them, and you never know what is coming next, and they go so quickly that your mind has to work to keep up. The Trip was not as fascinating as those other movies. Half their discussions were just silly, or they were singing.
So, this movie was pretty good, but not one of my favorites.
By the way, I'm curious about whether anyone thought about Coogan's accusation that Brydon avoided taking life seriously. I know Coogan was joking when he said it, but I think he meant it all the same. I'm of the opinion that people who act silly are not ignoring the serious things; they are just trying to remind people of the funny things.
Anybody agree with Coogan?
I think that there are many different kind of silly people - those who are just trying to lighten things up for the sake of lightening it up, those who just want attention, and then those like what Coogan said, trying to ignore the serious things. But even those are different. I know a lot of time I use humor because I'm trying to let people think I'm okay even though I'm not - I'm not ignoring the problem or the fact that I actually don't feel particularly up to snuffl, but I don't want other people to know that and worry that I'm depressed or something. I don't know if we know enough about Brydon to diagnose what kind of silly person he is, but it makes sense that Coogan would say that of him because we got a much more in-depth look of Coogan's life and he was not a super silly person himself. People who are more likely to be downers and might not appreciate the silliness all the time would say that sort of thing
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