Saw Blades of Glory last night. I wasn't expecting much, so I wasn't disappointed. It's no Dodgeball, but it's passable. Will Ferrell and Will Arnett are both hysterical (even if Will Arnett isn't given nearly enough to do, he is the only one of the cast who can actually skate). Jon Heder continues to baffle me -- why do people think he's funny, again? Amy Poehler (no, I don't know how her name is really spelled) is also good but underused, ditto Jenna Fischer.
The plot is beyond sloppy and inane -- if you were really really drunk and The Cutting Edge was on TV, and then you wrote a parody version in your sleep, it would come out something like this.
(I actually had a much better time at it than I'm making it sound, but I wouldn't recommend anyone actually PAY to see it. Wait for the DVD, or see something good and then sneak in.)
Dnevnoi Dozor opens June 1st.
I just saw
Ein Kleid aus Warschau
(A Dress From Warsaw), the new Esther Dischereit film. It was pretty good, though it felt somewhat underdeveloped.
I just got back from seeing Paprika, which was a very strange movie.
If you've seen Kon's other work (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress), the imagery here will be very familiar, but it's been distilled down into its purest and trippiest form, and stripped of all but the barest outlines of a movie. (Like, there's a police investigation at the heart of it, but it becomes clear pretty early on that the stolen device is merely flobotanum, and the scifi details of how it works and why it's dangerous may be safely ignored.)
Still, highly recommend for anyone who's liked Kon's other work. Some of the images here are breathtakingly gorgeous, and some are utterly creepy in a very anime kind of way (read: young women and tentacles). Sometimes both in the same frame!
Dnevnoi Dozor opens June 1st.
Shit, dude. That looks fifteen times cooler than
Night Watch,
the "Chalk of Fate" notwithstanding.
Watched Harsh Times last night. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back.
I'm just glad to see that Anton and Olga will be featured prominently... I thought the sequel was going to be all about their Daywatch counterparts rather than the characters from the first film.
Oh sweet Christ.
I'm gonna start a massive letter writing campaign to stamp out hysteria, hypocrisy, and moral panics.
Maybe Tipper and Joss will help.
I'm gonna start a massive letter writing campaign to stamp out hysteria, hypocrisy, and moral panics.
Maybe Tipper and Joss will help.
What's the address? Should i copy-and-paste something?
