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alexmegami) wrote2006-05-21 12:43 pm
alexmegami) wrote2006-05-21 12:43 pm
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Everyone, please go see Kinky Boots and Brick.
Kinky Boots (Julian Jerrold)
While I suppose Patrick is right - the movie does somewhat follow a comedic formula ("Family company passed on to living son is on the verge of going under. Son's fiancée wants him to sell. Son is forced to lay off workers in order to keep business barely afloat, when spunky female worker shouts at him that the company needs to find a new niche. After the son gets drunk at a downtown bar, he 'saves' (sort of) drag queen club singer - whose shoe breaks in front of him - from young punks. Son finds niche market - women's boots for men, but is his po-dunk English shire town really ready for transvestite? Wacky hijinks ensue.") - it is still FUCKING HILARIOUS IN EVERY WAY.
And really, how often are you going to see the Operative in thigh-high red leather, screaming "SEX!"?
Brick (Rian Johnson)
I will give this preemptive warning: if you don't understand or watch film noir, don't go see this movie. It will feel fake in every possible way.
That said, if you liked Sin City and like movies set in a high school setting, you should really, really see this movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the kid from 3rd Rock From the Sun and Cameron from 10 Things I Hate About You) is astoundingly good, and I hope he continues in this vein of awesome. The Brain is excellent, too. The acting - given that they're supposed to sound like that - is also fantastic.
Book-wise, I've been reading the following:
The Sevens Streams of the River Ota (Robert LePage and Ex Machina)
This is a play that was written by Montréal-based playwright/director Robert LePage and his theatre troupe in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Written in at least five different languages (Czech, German, English, French, and Japanese), the story spans three generations of lovers and others, with seven separate stories interwoven together, beginning with the meeting between a young Japanese woman and a young American man in Hiroshima in 1945.
I don't think I could really do it justice to explain it - it was a seven-hour play when set to stage, for the record - but it was a beautiful, sad story.
Naked Pictures of Famous People (Jon Stewart)
You really have to have a good knowledge of the figures and subjects he talks about - for example, the Kennedys entry went right over my head. The Judaism entry, though? Hilarious. Bill Gates vs. the Devil? CLASSIC. You might have to skip a couple of entries if you're like me and just don't get it, but after the Oscars, the "Award Show" essay will make you giggle. Or, at least, it made me giggle. Thank you Simon!
Kinky Boots (Julian Jerrold)
While I suppose Patrick is right - the movie does somewhat follow a comedic formula ("Family company passed on to living son is on the verge of going under. Son's fiancée wants him to sell. Son is forced to lay off workers in order to keep business barely afloat, when spunky female worker shouts at him that the company needs to find a new niche. After the son gets drunk at a downtown bar, he 'saves' (sort of) drag queen club singer - whose shoe breaks in front of him - from young punks. Son finds niche market - women's boots for men, but is his po-dunk English shire town really ready for transvestite? Wacky hijinks ensue.") - it is still FUCKING HILARIOUS IN EVERY WAY.
And really, how often are you going to see the Operative in thigh-high red leather, screaming "SEX!"?
Brick (Rian Johnson)
I will give this preemptive warning: if you don't understand or watch film noir, don't go see this movie. It will feel fake in every possible way.
That said, if you liked Sin City and like movies set in a high school setting, you should really, really see this movie. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the kid from 3rd Rock From the Sun and Cameron from 10 Things I Hate About You) is astoundingly good, and I hope he continues in this vein of awesome. The Brain is excellent, too. The acting - given that they're supposed to sound like that - is also fantastic.
Book-wise, I've been reading the following:
The Sevens Streams of the River Ota (Robert LePage and Ex Machina)
This is a play that was written by Montréal-based playwright/director Robert LePage and his theatre troupe in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Written in at least five different languages (Czech, German, English, French, and Japanese), the story spans three generations of lovers and others, with seven separate stories interwoven together, beginning with the meeting between a young Japanese woman and a young American man in Hiroshima in 1945.
I don't think I could really do it justice to explain it - it was a seven-hour play when set to stage, for the record - but it was a beautiful, sad story.
Naked Pictures of Famous People (Jon Stewart)
You really have to have a good knowledge of the figures and subjects he talks about - for example, the Kennedys entry went right over my head. The Judaism entry, though? Hilarious. Bill Gates vs. the Devil? CLASSIC. You might have to skip a couple of entries if you're like me and just don't get it, but after the Oscars, the "Award Show" essay will make you giggle. Or, at least, it made me giggle. Thank you Simon!
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Still wish I could have seen the last 5 minutes, but the movie was shut down :(.
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(If you put him in on Pandora.com, it'll bring up the KB soundtrack as the first song. :D)