So I haven’t been home for an extended period of time since I finished the last piece, but I want to put one more trailer out there for those who are in the right places. Let Them Chirp Awhile was released all the way back on December 5th in a limited release. I know next to nothing about this charming looking film, but it seems like the dialogue is well done, and the characters are natural, if stereotypical. While it doesn’t seem like the best movie of 2008, it’s certainly worth a glance. Without further ado, the trailer.
Unfortunately for 2008, it had the wonderful privilege to go out with Marley and Me on top. With any luck January 2009 will give something better to work with. That is of course assuming the public doesn’t feel compelled to get another dose of Owen Wilson’s latest attempt to recover his career post Wedding Crashers.
So here’s the run of the mill action suspense movie for the month. Liam Neeson is looking pretty good, and his character can’t help but make you curious. It’s a bit of the 24 syndrome in a way, but even so, it’s one of the more promising looking movies for January.
This past fall, while Marie was passed out and her roommates were out, I had the pleasure of sitting through one of the most tripped out movie I’ve seen. Of course I was channel surfing so I missed the title, and turned in about 10 to 15 minutes into the movie. Nevertheless I was instantly captivated by the girl, and the main character’s tendency to break the fourth wall on a regular basis. Through the next hour or so I continued to watch as the movie got more and more ridiculous (many thanks to Turner Classic Movies for playing without interruption and not breaking this flow). As I later found out, the movie was called Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.
As I’m currently traveling across the state while this is being published, I thought it might be worth reminding people of the upcoming movies for the next half a month or so. I’m clearly not going to be covering all of them as that would be a waste of my time, but rather just what I consider to be the genuinely good looking ones. In this case I think the top billing merits being on the front page. Note: Most of these trailers come in HD or high quality if you follow them to youtube.
So what movie do I think looks best in the next months?
This movie has been generating buzz for a while. With Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett heading up the cast to a remarkably unique and major motion picture, I’m expecting good things. Hopefully, the images and score in the trailer indications of more to come.
Long, long ago, I watched two movies in the theater in the same day. Actually, it was two Fridays ago. The point is that somehow in the being caught up in Twilight, I got swept away from reviewing Australia. Given that it’s almost a month out from release at this point, I’d like to give people a chance to get a refresher.
Twilight does well to remember that fact, which to some extent is how it managed to milk $7.25 (Matinee showings are so much better for cost) out of me. Twilight has certainly generated a large amount of interest lately, and I feel that I have to respond to some of the things in Lily’s comment. This article will ultimately be my last Twilight article for a while, since what started as a two day affair has become a nearly week long endeavor into more about Twilight than I ever wanted to know. If this were to keep up, I’m fairly certain I’d never get to talking about Australia, which I watched immediately after Twilight last Friday.
Twilight marks the first time that I have been the only person in a movie theater. I have in the past come close to being the only person in a theater on a few other occasions, for example Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. Thankfully for Twilight, it is spared from both it’s audience [which is considerably harder to pass judgment on when they're not there], and the unfortunate amount of money that the Kung Pow earned. Twilight is also fortunate that it is no where near as awful as Kung Pow [which, unfortunately for Twilight, was only awful because it was intentionally mocking terrible dubs from years past].
To put this simply, since I’m running out the door, yesterday I saw Twilight. As such, I have a number of things, both good and bad to say about it. Unfortunately, I’m not going to say them right now, since it would be unfair to rush. So stay tuned, some time tomorrow the review will be up!
There’s a lot of buzz about Twilight and teenage vampires. I wish I could say that I hadn’t heard about Twilight, but the fact of the matter is that I did. From the moment I got past the intriguing cover to hear about who the book was targetted at, I hated it instantly. Twilight, however, will receive a temporary reprieve from my deep desire to deadpan it, as I haven’t read the books [I won't] and I haven’t watched the movie [I will, so as to 1. ) confirm my suspicions, and 2.) be able to speak with credibility]. I recognize that the admission of my bias and loathing isn’t necessarily fair, and that it doesn’t help establish credibility, but quite frankly, tough shit. When the fans of Twilight stop behaving like preteen and young teen girls did when Brittany Spears and N’Sync put out an album together [which was sold at McDonald's, classy], then they can complain. What might be most upsetting though is that one of the arguably best films of the year, which also involves vampires, is going unnoticed. I am of course referring to Let the Right One In.
