My favorite day of the week, theatrically speaking, is
Friday. That is when my favorite movie critic
(well, really the only guy that I've consistently read his reviews but 100% agree with every review that he's done, so why should I look elsewhere?), Dave White (movies.com), posts his reviews of the coming attractions of the week.
I could attempt to give my perspectives on movies in print form but I'd rather default to the movie expert. I mean, I wouldn't want Dave White doing my banking, right? So I'll spare you my thoughts on films like "
Superbad" (awesome) or "Harry Potter
ATOOTP" (if you don't know what
ATOOTP stands for there's other things we need to discuss..but for the record, it was the best film yet this summer)
Dave White's Column for people who are REALLY into movies
Here are few gems from this week:
Fake Bohemian Richter Scale: If pretentious-college-lit-major-poetry-slam-bohemian-messy-hair-cuz-we-don't-bathe-much were an earthquake, then this movie would make California sink into the ocean.
What's the Deal? Some TV movies are too big for TV. They need to have lots of R-rated swears and people being shot in the face and gauzy moments of humpty-hump. And you're thinking, "Well, that's why there's HBO." But see, some TV movies are too big for HBO even. And when I say "big," I mean "stone-cold stupid."
And the best review of the week:
- RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (2007)
Who's in It: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane
What's the Deal? The "human drama" part is pretty cool, though, because it's about a wife trapped outside the house, and the husband who won't let her in to contaminate him. As metaphors for crap marriages go, that's not a bad one.
Who's Good: McCormack, because she spends the whole movie screaming obscenities at Cochrane and clawing at the front door. I know it's wrong to laugh at stuff like this because that's not what the filmmaker intended. But when comedies like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry are all you can hope for at the multiplex, you take your funny where you find it.
What to Do When You Get Bored: Personally, I made a to-do list of emergency preparedness. Like, for example, I realized I don't have....enough canned food, candles, matches or drinking water. Or duct tape to keep McCormack out.
Who Should See It: People who hate Los Angeles. People who hate Cochrane. Terrorists short on ideas.
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