Monthly Archives: May 2002

This movie is fucking brilliant. I mean, I know it�s dumb. That the plot is dumb, the actors are actually dumb (over the top Giovanni). And the writing is dumb. And cinematically it has nothing to offer in the way of interest or breakthrough. But it is just so goddamm funny that I love it anyway. Any movie that can take as its premise the end of the world being aborted due to two stoners who can�t find their car is pretty fucking sweet in my book. With lines such as, �Dude where�s my car?� �Where�s your car, dude?� �Dude, where�s my car� �Where�s your car, dude?� Ah the scintallating conversation that just goes on and on and fucking on. I scream with laughter. Even though it�s not really all that funny. Something about stupidity appeals to me I guess. Maybe I gots a little of the Giovanni in me too. And maybe I just like the pretty colors, flashy lights, and cute boys.

So good! The acting was superb. Now if only the man they had gotten to play Sandra Bullock�s fianc�e had been just a leeeettttle hotter. I mean he was hot, don�t get me wrong. Austrailian accents will do that for a fella, but he could have been so much HOTTER. Sigh. I was very disillusioned. About what? I have no idea.

Anyway, southern culture on the rocks (an apt way of putting it considering how much alcohol they drank.) I really should read the book to compare because I�m kind of curious if I would like the Vivi character more or less. I really want to like her more.

When we left the theatre I actually bemoaned the fact to my mother that she didn�t beat me enough in my childhood because if she had then perhaps I could be a published playwright already with things being produced on stages. She laughed at me and said it was never too late.

Crappy dialogue. And yeah I get the whole melodramatic writing is all a part of comic books. But I think my dislike of it just proves hwo much I really don�t like comic books. Which probably also corresponds to my gi-normous dislike of �unbreakable.� My point here I think is that they could have made it a really good movie adaptation of a comic book while AT THE SAME TIME having decent dialogue. Apparently however this is just too much to ask.

On the other hand. Tobey and Kirsten. Good god. Such cuties. And did anyone else see the MTV movie awards spoof of it? Jack black and Sarah Michele Geller kissing. Ahhhhhh�..not quite as sexy perhaps to some, but if you�ve recently developed a jack black obsession as I have then it�s pretty damn appealing. Equally crappy dialogue in the spoof though really. Buffy actually said, �looks like I�ve found myself a co-host.� But she delivered it with such relish that I managed to gag my gag reflex.

Any movie where they randomly star singing Indian pop music has got to be good.

Also though surprisingly this movie had some very adult themes, such as incest/rape of a child by her uncle, which I was not expecting, and which were, I think, handled really well in their exposure and their conclusion. In addition I have to say that it is sublime how Indian filmmakers utilize color in their movies. It�s soo gorgeous and adds a lovely richness to the viewing experience.

Not as good as the book. What do you expect though I guess? Ideal husband made by the same people wasn�t nearly as good either. Very sad. Because it COULD be so good. Such wasted potential makes me sad. I was a little fascinated by the fact that they showed Lady Bracknell as having been a showgirl/prostitute on the London stage. Such liberties. But in a way it was kind of an awesome liberty to take. By giving her a �past� they gave her character (one of the shallowest in the play) an added depth that set her further apart from the others. Also cecily�s daydreaming sequences were masterfully done and, I felt, aptly illustrated the repressed imagination of a girl in that time period.