What About Bob? - Youtube Version
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Dasha being the lone voice of sanity through the whole movie :D
Mark Rude
2025-01-21 05:06:40 +0000 UTCOne of the funniest movies ever!! Lighten up
thomas king
2025-01-18 05:08:05 +0000 UTCSame here. I always watched this movie as intended. A silly, comedy to not take seriously, and is cheesy, where Bill Murry is the sympathetic lead so he is who I side with, its who the writers and directors intended too for you to empythise with. That being said, Dasha didn't know anything going in and she has a realistic mindset. So I actually sort of expected her to take Leo's side and Bob being the creep. I am suprised that I have not seen more people take Leo's side despite that not being the intended purpose of the movie 😂
JokesterHollywood
2025-01-17 21:21:58 +0000 UTCWhen this movie came out, there was a special screening for anyone named Bob. You had to show ID that actually had the name Bob on it. A whole theater with people named Bob. I attended.
Robert
2025-01-17 19:09:33 +0000 UTCWell I'm the second then. I was always team Leo.
Tony Rossell
2025-01-17 15:09:22 +0000 UTCDasha is probably the first person I've heard of that was 100% team Leo.
Patrick Anderson
2025-01-17 14:40:15 +0000 UTCDefinitely not one of my favorite films. Although it was fun watching you react to it. I love that you don't hold back and give us your real opinions and feelings. I actually find it more stressful than entertaining. But maybe that's because I probably have more anxiety than Bob did... I also voted for Blast from the Past on that poll. I just find it more fun and entertaining overall.
CMB76
2025-01-17 08:13:05 +0000 UTCWhat About Bob is one of three movies I voted for on the poll. I voted for it because I find it amusing, but mostly because I like to see whose side people take. I've always been on Leo's side myself, even if he's not the most likable guy, and it always baffles me when people are on Bob's side. With all that being said, however, I didn't know what was happening/happened with Dasha at the time and if I had known I never would have voted for it. So I feel bad about it now as it might have struck a little close to home, so Dasha if you read this I'm sorry. In case anyone is curious the other two movies I voted for were Grumpy Old Men (I wanted it to win), and Blast From the Past.
Tony Rossell
2025-01-17 03:15:57 +0000 UTCYes, 100%. Saying "No" isn't harming the child just because they are disappointed or upset about it. Saying "No" is establishing boundaries, giving guidance, building who they will become, and so much more. I don't know how many teenage boys did this, but even as a teenager I was forming STRONG opinions on how to be a good parent. It was all from observing the disaster that was my aunt's family. I was very close to them, so I had a front row seat to the dysfunction. It's crazy that I was a 17 year old boy and already I was forming in my head how I was going to be as a father. I saw first hand what failing to be a strong parent could do to a family and I was determined to get that right. Even today my cousin still isn't that great of a person. As an adult on her own (which took a lot longer than it should have) she is still very entitled, has few friends, hasn't been able to keep a relationship going, and so much more. I'm one of the few people in the family that still keeps in touch with her, and honestly it's largely because she was like my sister growing up. We only lived a few miles apart so we were always at each other's houses.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-16 23:01:08 +0000 UTCMichael, if there is one thing I know for certain, it's that sometimes the most loving thing you can say to a person is "no."
Troy Hickman
2025-01-16 22:17:56 +0000 UTCYou make a great point! I had a front row seat to a parent trying to be the best friend rather than the head of the household my entire life. My mom's sister was that person. All of us kids loved her, as she was always doing EVERYTHING for the kids. Her kids, her nephews, etc. But she got WALKED ON by her own kids as they became teenagers and all the way through adulthood. She would allow her daughter (my cousin) to throw massive High School parties at her house, with alcohol and everything. Of course it was fun for me when I was a teenager, as it was a place I could crash at and there were always loads of girls there. As a teenage boy, not much was more exciting than that! But it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. One time my cousin had people out who - in the middle of the night after the party - stole a $2000 stereo system from them and then set off a fire extinguisher in the garage. When her mom (my aunt) got home, realized had happened, she confronted my cousin. What did my cousin do? She started screaming at her mom for being mad! I remember sitting there, even as a 17 year old boy, thinking "There is no way I am ever going to put up with this kind of disrespect." I learned so many lessons from my cousin and my aunt. So many lessons on what NOT to do. If you are curious about my uncle's take on all of this... he didn't have one. He had a stroke and lost the ability to speak. Once that happened to him, he pretty much disappeared from being involved in discipline. Before that, he was a complete man's man kind of guy. Owned his own transmission repair business. Very rough and tumble type of man. The stroke completely changed him. Now he is about as docile as it comes. Even though he lived through the stroke, the uncle I knew as a kid is gone.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-16 21:47:25 +0000 UTCI think that this movie appeals to a more childish sensibility than to any adult sensibility. The movie hits better if one is in the right mood for being completely ridiculous and that is a difficult task for a movie to rely upon. The adults in the room could definitely be triggered by the events (like Leo obviously was). There were several points just thinking now about it in which the "head of the household" has a duty and requirement to put the foot down and take control of events... clearly Leo is not the head of that household for (pick any number of) reasons. My guess is that he (Leo) was never present for his family due to his work, tried to be a best friend instead of a parent, and overall is insecure in his own identity... making him weak under the level of stress portrayed in the movie. I don't love or hate the movie, it just has to be watched with the adult mindset completely turned off for a couple of hours.
Michael Labs
2025-01-16 18:52:00 +0000 UTCYeah, I didn't suggest that one because I thought it might be too much. I think Dasha was able to deal with that buried alive scene in Kill Bill, but it didn't last very long.
Troy Hickman
2025-01-16 15:24:21 +0000 UTCAnother movie to test Dashas Claustrophobia would be a movie called "Buried" starring Ryan Reynolds. Its more Claustrophobic than the Decent and way more adrenaline too. Dasha would love it 😬
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-16 15:05:55 +0000 UTCFor the record... I voted for Blast from the Past. There were a lot of good options in the list too. I don't remember hating What About Bob, but I never recall being endeared to it in any way.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-16 15:05:33 +0000 UTCYes! I am so glad you have the same reaction to this that I did. I was really surprised when it did well in the poll, but for some reason people seem to like it. I just find it really annoying and not very funny. The main reason for that is the way it is written. First, there are way too many things in the movie that just happened for the sake of the movie; they bare no relationship to what would happen in real life. Beyond that though, it seems so written. As a writer, I can tell you one of the worst things you can do is draw attention to the fact that your dialogue seems written, and with this one I could just imagine the script writer sitting there thinking to himself "oh, this line is so clever." Blech. There are good movies where you find yourself yelling "stop!" at the screen, but this isn't one of them (a good one would be the movie A Simple Plan, which you should watch, even though it will have you cringing during the events of it). Yes, the fear of going outside or leaving your home is called agoraphobia. I don't have that; much like yourself, I tend to go more towards claustrophobia. You should watch the movie 127 hours, but keep in mind that it could make you feel a little claustrophobic, among other things. What about Bob is not my cup of tea, and definitely not my chili dog (yum!). But watching it with you made my second viewing of it much more bearable. I'll take what about Dasha over What About Bob any day...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-16 15:02:03 +0000 UTC
