I am a big fan of Alison Bechdel, and here's a reason why:
(i.e. SATC2 is certainly problematic in its own right, but maybe there are bigger structural problems with modern U.S. Entertainment?)
(Entertainment capitalized as a nod to DFW. All FBC members are entitled to roll their eyes at the usual sight of me gushing about him.)
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
5/26/10
Sex and the City 2...Why I don't want to see it
First of all...you can read the horrid (for the movie)/hilarious (for me) reviews here.
So to start off, I'm going to be honest and admit that I did not HATE the first Sex and the City (I do HATE the acronym SATC so I will not be using it) Movie. In fact when I first saw it, I liked it overall. It was pretty depressing at points, I didn't really relate to the Carrie meltdown that lasts for an entire year, but I definitely got swept away in nostalgia for the characters I liked in the series and looking at pretty clothing. I even went so far as to pay $4 for a previously viewed copy of the video in the Blockbuster sales bin. Fast forward two years and some talks with fellow FBC members, I now have a twinge of guilt for having derived pleasure from the movie and being completely blind to some of it's major failings.
So to start off, I'm going to be honest and admit that I did not HATE the first Sex and the City (I do HATE the acronym SATC so I will not be using it) Movie. In fact when I first saw it, I liked it overall. It was pretty depressing at points, I didn't really relate to the Carrie meltdown that lasts for an entire year, but I definitely got swept away in nostalgia for the characters I liked in the series and looking at pretty clothing. I even went so far as to pay $4 for a previously viewed copy of the video in the Blockbuster sales bin. Fast forward two years and some talks with fellow FBC members, I now have a twinge of guilt for having derived pleasure from the movie and being completely blind to some of it's major failings.
4/15/10
Speaking of Netflix...
Last night I watched 'Broken English'. I had high hopes for it - Parker Posey + directed by Zoe Cassavetes (daughter of John 'What's your take on' Cassavetes - so I figured there was a reasonable chance some of the talent was passed on, right?)
(Spoiler alert.)
No! The premise is that Parker Posey's character is young woman in New York who feels desperately single. So basically it's 2 hours of her being mopey and unpleasant to a variety of men, some of whom are also mopey and/or unpleasant (or unaccountably persist in being interested despite her total lack of a personality - most of her lines are some variation on 'I'm so anxious/tired/lame/doomed to be single forever!') Even the way she walks - a kind of knock-kneed, tripping shuffle - is irritating. In the end, of course, a handsome old Frenchman in a bar tells her that she has to love herself before she can find love w/ anyone else, and then she lights a candle meaningfully in a cathedral, and finds true love on the Metro.
I guess... I just wasn't expecting an earth-tones Sex and the City. A black comedy would have been nice. Or an ending that didn't imply that the point and inevitable reward of being at peace w/ yourself is finding someone to love you. Or some kind of indication that there are bigger questions in the world than any one person's marital status. I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of women who worry about finding someone - but I am totally unsympathetic to movies that use PARKER POSEY - a NATIONAL TREASURE - to drably illustrate something that Sarah Jessica Parker, fer Chrissake, has already demonstrated with a lot more pizazz and some actual humour.
(Spoiler alert.)
No! The premise is that Parker Posey's character is young woman in New York who feels desperately single. So basically it's 2 hours of her being mopey and unpleasant to a variety of men, some of whom are also mopey and/or unpleasant (or unaccountably persist in being interested despite her total lack of a personality - most of her lines are some variation on 'I'm so anxious/tired/lame/doomed to be single forever!') Even the way she walks - a kind of knock-kneed, tripping shuffle - is irritating. In the end, of course, a handsome old Frenchman in a bar tells her that she has to love herself before she can find love w/ anyone else, and then she lights a candle meaningfully in a cathedral, and finds true love on the Metro.
I guess... I just wasn't expecting an earth-tones Sex and the City. A black comedy would have been nice. Or an ending that didn't imply that the point and inevitable reward of being at peace w/ yourself is finding someone to love you. Or some kind of indication that there are bigger questions in the world than any one person's marital status. I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of women who worry about finding someone - but I am totally unsympathetic to movies that use PARKER POSEY - a NATIONAL TREASURE - to drably illustrate something that Sarah Jessica Parker, fer Chrissake, has already demonstrated with a lot more pizazz and some actual humour.
4/14/10
Netflix thought I'd like this...
So I recently joined Netflix and I LOVE IT!!! There are so many "Watch Instantly" options, that the advantage of Blockbuster goes right out the window. Another great thing that Netflix does for you is recommend movies it thinks you will like, based on movies you already rated. As a result I came upon:
Låt den rätte komma in (2008) (Let the Right One In)
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