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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Ok, getting off of the 'bi-monthly blogger' list!
Does everyone get the reference in the title?
Good.
On to my two biggest recommendations of the summer:
Hairspray
Director: Adam Shankman
Grade: A
What gets a film an 'A' in Possum's book? Is it script? Is it cinematography? No, it's Hair-Spray! Many of you know that I am a huge musical fan, but I have found myself uninspired by Hollywoods recent regurgitations of Broadway hits. I didn't bother to see Dream Girls and was unimpressed (though amused) by The Producers. I probably wouldn't have even bothered with Hairspray had my roommate not suggested it on a night where I had nothing better to do.
I immediately went home and downloaded the soundtrack.
This is probably the best 'cheesy musical' of the recent resurgence of the Hollywood musical. It is not as cinematically impressive as Chicago, but it succeeds in it's purpose to entertain. It stretches a little in trying to compare discrimination of overweight people to the discrimination of African-Americans, but otherwise it just makes you want to dance.
Puccini for Beginners
Director: Maria Maggenti
Grade: B+
This is a fairly low budget, New York elitist, romantic comedy that somehow managed to charm me. Early on, I found myself a bit annoyed trying to decide whether it was being smart or just trying to be smart. In the end, I decided that it was a charming film. Running less that 90 minutes, it is a pan-sexual romantic comedy about a young woman that could possibly described as a lesbian Woody Allen. Fresh out of a painful break-up she falls in love, concurrently, with a man and a woman whom she soon discovers are a recently broken up couple.
As hilarity, and heartbreak, ensues, our romantic lead discovers a lot about herself. Somehow, I found this unlikely story more real than any popular romantic comedy.
I don't have much of a review of the Simpson's Movie. I liked it. It wasn't spectacular, but I recommend seeing it.
The Simpson's Movie
Director: David Silverman
Grade: B-
Does everyone get the reference in the title?
Good.
On to my two biggest recommendations of the summer:
Hairspray
Director: Adam Shankman
Grade: A
What gets a film an 'A' in Possum's book? Is it script? Is it cinematography? No, it's Hair-Spray! Many of you know that I am a huge musical fan, but I have found myself uninspired by Hollywoods recent regurgitations of Broadway hits. I didn't bother to see Dream Girls and was unimpressed (though amused) by The Producers. I probably wouldn't have even bothered with Hairspray had my roommate not suggested it on a night where I had nothing better to do.
I immediately went home and downloaded the soundtrack.
This is probably the best 'cheesy musical' of the recent resurgence of the Hollywood musical. It is not as cinematically impressive as Chicago, but it succeeds in it's purpose to entertain. It stretches a little in trying to compare discrimination of overweight people to the discrimination of African-Americans, but otherwise it just makes you want to dance.
Puccini for Beginners
Director: Maria Maggenti
Grade: B+
This is a fairly low budget, New York elitist, romantic comedy that somehow managed to charm me. Early on, I found myself a bit annoyed trying to decide whether it was being smart or just trying to be smart. In the end, I decided that it was a charming film. Running less that 90 minutes, it is a pan-sexual romantic comedy about a young woman that could possibly described as a lesbian Woody Allen. Fresh out of a painful break-up she falls in love, concurrently, with a man and a woman whom she soon discovers are a recently broken up couple.
As hilarity, and heartbreak, ensues, our romantic lead discovers a lot about herself. Somehow, I found this unlikely story more real than any popular romantic comedy.
I don't have much of a review of the Simpson's Movie. I liked it. It wasn't spectacular, but I recommend seeing it.
The Simpson's Movie
Director: David Silverman
Grade: B-
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