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Originally Posted by Engine09
The surprise of the year for me is Saturday Night, absolutely loved it. I've grown to really dislike the current SNL show and sketch comedy in general so wasn't planning on seeing it, would have been a mistake.
The casting was unbelievably good, I wasn't familiar with any of these young actors but they nailed it. All around the board, every single actor playing the original SNL cast was astounding. I'm sure the tension leading up the airtime was played up for dramatic effect but it was fun if you just go with it. Oh, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's kid plays Dick Ebersol, an early supporter of Lorne Micheals and future vice president and president at NBC. I should have known it would be good with Jason Reitman directing, might be the best thing he's done so far.
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I think what the movie does so well is a reminder of what a magic trick SNL actually is, even if it's not great all the time. The fact that it shows up at all is kind of a miracle mashup of crazy talented people in front of and behind the camera. And how something so recognizable as an institution was once just a bunch of kids who didn't know better.
Best scene for me was Michaels visiting the Milton Burl set and seeing the producer that you know just hates himself and deciding he won't be that.