I completely forgot that I had watched Hamlet 2 last Friday until about 10 minutes ago. What I do remember is that I loved it and think it's one of the greatest movies ever made. Obviously I'm using hyperbole...but what's really funny about it is that during the course of a conversation I was having with a friend, somehow the idea of a sequel to Hamlet came up (I come up with lots of crazy and awesome ideas) and my friend goes, "Wait, I have it". I had no idea there was a titled Hamlet 2 with Coogan in it.
Delightful...enchanting...sweet...funny...cute; these are some of the words to describe Son of Rambow, a movie that I think flew under the radar in the States - at least for me.
Set in 1980's Britain, the film is a comedy-drama that pairs two boys who are evidently different by their actions and demeanor, but who couldn't be more alike within. Directed by the talented Garth Jennings who's done numerous music videos as well as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he tells a story that captures an authentic coming-of-age that's unforced and honestly endearing for this viewer.
I have to say, I really, really enjoyed the movie...and it's been awhile since I have (probably due to the fact that I pretty much watched all five seasons of The Wire straight through for the past few weeks). In any case, the film holds up because it's honest. It's got a bit of a Michel Gondry vibe to it, for what that's worth (which is a lot for me).
The soundtrack's chock full of goodies as well. Oh...and a bit of trivia...Stanley Kubrick's grandson has a part in the movie as well.
Read a review of The City of Violencehere. The review is pretty good and I'm pretty deaded right now so I'm feeling particularly lazy and I don't feel like going into how much I thought the movie rocked...but it does. It's ultra-violent (obviously), and it captures many Korean nuances very well. Hopefully you'll learn a few curse words as well.
The past few posts have been about things I like. Well, to balance it out, here's something I really, really don't like.
"Shoot 'Em Up" directed by Michael Davis, starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti, was the worst movie I saw in 2007. Quite frankly, it's one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
Now, I'm a fan of Clive Owens...and Bellucci is a fucking minx...and Giamatti is tolerable (he kind of reminds me of a not-cool Jon "Yeah! That's the ticket!" Lovitz)...but this fucking god-awful abomination of a motion picture should die. It's got a friggin sex scene with Bellucci, and they don't show her boobs! FAIL. The movie's not even the type of bad where it's so outrageously bad, it's actually good (I should drop some examples, but I'm drawing a blank.) It's just fucking bad. There's no bother in explaining the plot. It sucks and it's shitty retarded and the dialogue makes me wish I never learned English.
For reals, I can't roll with you if you actually like this movie. It's like saying you don't like "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder...there's just something not right about saying that.
Now it's got me thinking that people are going to want to watch it to see how really bad it is. Great. I just made the douchewads who made the movie a few dollars richer. Seriously...who the fuck actually greenlighted this piece of crapola? I'd like to meet them and lay 'em straight with a few of my ideas. For one, I sure as fuck know that there's gonna be titties in my movie. Fucking idiots.
Alright...now I'm reading up on some reviews on Rotton Tomatoes, and some people are writing that the point of the movie was to be campy and over-the-top (now there's a great movie). Am I the one who's missing something? How could I?? I have a sense of humor. I'm relatively smart. For reals, for reals?
Whatevers...that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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