The movies I have seen in March

300: This movie is campy campy gold. I still feel a little guilty about how much I enjoy it. It's a failure on every high-culture level, most certainly. But those are some attractive men with some great big swords, and every last shallow bit of my being had a great time. I'm going to try and have more intelligent thoughts for next month's Bookslut. But for right now just understand that while I won't lie about enjoying it, I feel really bad about it.

Priest (DVD): Releasing this movie in 1994 got Miramax its edgy, ball-busting reputation. Thirteen years later, it plays as a fairly tame but compelling character study. With Robert Carlyle as Linus "Thomas Wayne" Roache's gay lover, Tom Wilkinson as a older priest, and Lesley Sharp as a beleagured housewife. Written by Jimmy McGovern, who created Cracker. So you know it's a hoot and a half.

Shut Up and Sing (DVD): Don't ever break a Dixie Chick's heart, because it heals tough. I do hope Adrian Pasdar made a note of this. The doc itself is badly structured but full of interesting moments. Those girls sure are sassy.

TMNT: I had absolutely no expectations, and enjoyed it thoroughly. On a plot level, it's a complete mess, but it captures perfectly all the character elements that made me love the series as a child. It's a sad and depressing thing, to realize how much joy I can still take in watching man-sized turtles fight an army of ninjas. But then I stop questioning it, because ninjas are AWESOME.

Stranger than Fiction (DVD): Damn, damn good. Visually fascinating, great characters, and fresh and unique in a way I'd been missing. It's hard to be post-modern and also emotionally engaging, but the scene where Will Ferrell admits that he's never had a cookie made me cry. Oh, and I am so very much in love with Emma Thompson. So very much. This one's definitely a Netflix-er, Mom and Dad.

And that is quite literally it, friends. Been a busy few weeks. Maybe tonight I'll catch up with Battlestar. I hear it's got all the kids talking.

Labels: moving pictures

posted by Liz  # 4:32 PM

Comments:
it's wrong to like 300? *pout* you're no fun...
# posted by  nicky : April 4, 2007 3:28:00 PM PDT 

It's not wrong to like it. I just feel bad about enjoying it, since I know my reasons for doing so were purely selfish.
# posted by  Liz : April 9, 2007 2:34:00 PM PDT 

Shallow, not selfish. Though that almost works.
# posted by  Liz : April 9, 2007 2:34:00 PM PDT 

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