Fort Tilden

Two neurotic, millennial females, from NY. The self-absorbed art scene. Pretty sad actually. Empty group of people with no actual talent, but they are all too fragile to tell each other that the aren't any good.

These are your typical transplants that come and ruin this place. Don't call them NYers. We have grot and smarts. I watched to see their demise. Yes, i am a bitter gen X loser. But i am a NYer and thats better than EVERYONE.

Watching Fort Tilden it was nice to see film of my old home of Brooklyn. But sadly the film had a story and characters that were truly repellant. Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty are a pair of yuppies now living in the happening area of Williamsburg and basically they are a pair of entitled young women who decide that with cash a little low a day at the beach looks like a cheap day. Turns out to be anything but. For those who don't know one has to traverse the Borough from north to south then cross the Marine Park Bridge and then travel a bit to the beaches of which Fort Tilden once an army post is one on the Rockaway Peninsula. It's quite a journey. One of them is supposed to go to the Peace Corps and breaks an appointment with her sponsior. Something tells me her trip will be canceled. Essentially these are characters you just don't care about.

A strange tale of the ordinary. I am not put off by the vacancy of the characters, they are like many people in falling short of their own values and goals. even the of being hedonistic party animals. This makes it funny- being up for bohemia but missing. I learned from the judgement everyone has of others- the fake-nice that pervades the social scene is quite educational. It sounds no fun to watch but the familiarity is cathartic. I also like how they are mean to each other yet supportive. background , ok boomer alert, I lived in Williamsburg in a time before the high rises, when a loft was a product of the crash of industry in the city limits. We had the kind of fun that the leads miss, scared as they are of "ghetto" brooklyn.

This movie is absolutely brilliant if you get it. Very smart and funny. It speaks to Millennials' staggering shortcomings which they are undoubtably oblivious to, but also paints them as ultimately sympathetic. These two girls create every bad situation they find themselves in, and lack the skills or selfawareness to get themselves out. They use everyone and everything around them, often without even being aware. But eventually, we see them as sad sympathetic characters. It is hilariously dark and has almost a Portlandia feel. Highly recommend. It appears that critics loved it, but fans? Not so much. Probably because it is primarily Millennials who would post user critiques on indie films, and this one may have hit too close to home for them.

There was nothing about this movie that wanted you to like or empathize with Harper and Allie. As more misfortune occurs to them you are simply wanting more bad things to happen to them just to make you get pulled into the story line -- a little! The gaps between the main actors lines were annoying at times. As if they were unsure of their lines or their cues. Good friends don't interact this way The best part of the story is when the Indian cab driver throws their a**es out of the car. That was realistic interaction with the cab driver. Best line of the movie delivered summed it up: "The Millennials are F**ked!"

Reading other people's reviews of the film I can clearly see this movie isn't for everyone. But it was absolutely a movie for me! The film is about two recent grads: best friends and roommates Harper and Allie. Meeting two cute guys at a performance neither of one want to be at they make loose plans to meet up with the guys at Fort Tilden the following day where they plan to hook up with them. The following day they set off on their bikes and of course everything that could go wrong does go wrong. Let's get one thing straight: the women are straight up selfish, egotistical, a**holes. Behind their cutesy faux-kind personalities they snipe at one another and others and the more their plans go awry the more their facade drops. They are anti-heroines in the vein of Charlize Theron's Mavis in 'Young Adult'. If you liked that movie, you'll love this one.

Part of my affection for this film no doubt comes from my intimate familiarity with the Rockaways (even if the movie did introduce some cockeyed geography for plot purposes). But I don't like most American movies, and indies can be especially light and tiresome. Not so Fort Tilden. The two leads are absolutely compelling in their narcissism and baseness, a nightmarish Romy and Michelle with none of their redeeming qualities. I fear so many young affluent Americans grow up with so little core -- family tradition, religion, sound education -- they are unprepared for adult life which leaves them bewildered. Although plenty of East Asian kids are similarly confused, I have to think that the discipline necessarily enforced to learn their written languages and the overall demands of their education system put them better positioned. Anyway, truly worthwhile and rewarding viewing.

Rarely have I felt such outright rage at fictional characters. Reading over reviews I am stunned and could vomit by the weirdos who found these two characters endearing. They are not sweet or cute or good in any way. One could even deem them as fitting the banality of evil. Who the heck lets kittens drown ? Allie and Harper are basic betches in Brooklyn who don't have a shred of insight. Harper is the slightly worse of pair. The type of person who thinks they're an artist. But they're empty inside. So most people in Brooklyn. Allie is an SJW type , but Luke warm one at best. These two are so completely clueless and awful that it is quite entertaining for most of the movie. When they finally near their destination but are tired and cranky they find adorable, abandoned kittens. Instead of calling it a day and heading some with lovely kittehs, they place them in a deep trash can and continue their mission. Once failing comically to hang out with two guys they met a party, they get a ride home without saving the kittens. Harper shows the faintest hint of responsibility by calling 911 and reporting that there are kittens in a trash can somewhere The concerned 911 operator stops harper from hanging up and begs her help the kittens since it is about to rain and the kittens will drown. Harper blanks out and pretend her phone dies. So any semblance of caring was too weak to manifest. Allie also shows a glimmer of responsibility when she informs her neighbor that the bike she borrowed from him was stolen. Again, one feels that these women are just abortions of humans. There will be no growth. One wishes that the movies ends with the two characters struck by a large asteroid.

I watched this movie as it was on a "top" 2015 movie list. Boy was watching this a mistake! I'm all for supporting indie films, but this lacked - a story. The main characters are childish and annoying, which quickly alienates the viewer (me). Borish main characters can be offset by interesting supporting characters that the duo meet along their journey, right? Everyone is more interesting than these two, but not enough the lift the movie up to watchable status. All the other movie departments did a fine job - cinematography, set design, music, and editing. The main actors even "looked good", but they just had nothing of worth to say (script). The story arc is - two girls who are spoiled, vain, and boring and act that way for 1Hr 25Mins, then a few minutes before the end of the movie they realize they may be spoiled, vain, and boring. The same movie and message could be easily been condensed down to 2-3 minutes.