Sometimes I feel like this. Hunker down, eat some snacks.
Some days call for an exceptional amount of laziness combined with some long-overdue movie watchin'. The old Netflix Instant Watch queue was getting overwhelming, so I decided to knock some of those suckers out. Thirteen of them to be exact, which is nuts even for me.
The list:
- Let the Right One In - Norwegian horror...Fryktinngytende*! Gives a fun take to the question, "How far would you go for a first love?" See, Twilighters, it's not all glitter skin and sticky-up hair. Weird. A bit slow. Quite possibly the most disturbing first kiss you could ever imagine for a kid.
- Pheobe in Wonderland - Dakota's little sister Elle Fanning has some serious acting chops, playing an OCD/Tourettes stricken kid who escapes into Alice for the school play. Mostly this movie just twists those heart strings watching Felicity Huffman struggle to mother a child who simply doesn't understand why she does the things she does.
- The Visitor - Not what I thought and truly enjoyable. A widowed college professor 20 years past caring meets two young immigrants, faces an unfair and unfightable deportation, and finds a moment of love.
- Chocolate - Oh, yes! This was a kick ass awesome martial arts extravaganza lead by a tweenage autistic girl who mimics the fighting techniques she sees in movies and video games to take on the some ruthless gangs to help pay her mother's hospital bills. Surprisingly touching as much as fighty. In Thai.
- The Ramen Girl - Brittany Murphy, in Japan, learning the art of Ramen. English and Japanese.
- The Closet - How do you escape a firing for being dull? Let everyone think you're gay. Not complicated, or really believable, but enjoyable. Also, in French.
- Paris 36 - Borders on interesting. In French. I half paid attention, so I missed some of what was going on. Pretty scenery in 1930s Paris.
- Enemy of the State - Not sure why I skipped this in the theater, but it was tons of fun. And, I'm fairly certain, employed every single actor who makes you stop and say, "Oh, hey, isn't that..!" I mean, Jack Black as a tech geek trying to kill Will Smith...what!?
- Cherish - The chick from The Craft plays a part that isn't quite sure which cliche it's supposed to be - the weak girl, the slutty girl, the quirky girl, the butt kick girl, or the wrongly-accused girl. There's a stalker who is important, then nonexistent, then suddenly important again. And a cop who is completely unattractive who I sort of found sexy anyway who is responsible for keeping her in line. Not gonna lie, I kind of loved this makes-no-sense movie anyway.
- The Skeleton Key - No movie based in the bayou of New Orleans should be this boring. Well, not boring, just struggling for purpose I think. The lawyer is my favorite, mainly because he's played by Peter Sarsgaard, who I find equal parts creepy and crushable. Say, "Yes, Ma'am" in that southern accent one more time, Peter, love.
- Sunshine Cleaning - If you feel like your life is a mess, these characters should help you with that. Liked it, but the plot travels a few shaky steps before it sort of gets tired of trying to become inspiring, and end without making much progress in the characters' lives. Julie and Julia was a much better use of Amy Adams' time.
- The Shawshank Redemption - This sounded like such a drag, despite everyone crowing its virtues, and the only reason I watched was because I was going through my Netflix queue in order. What was I thinking?? So good! Tim Robbins! Morgan Freeman! Crawling through excrement! Revenge! Eeeeeee.....
- Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging - The UK does teen movies so much better than the US, hands down. Not quite as sex-crazed hilarious as the brit TV show The Inbetweeners, this look at teen girls, boy stalking and first loves is worth a go.
*"Awesome!" according to Google Translate, and Google knows all, so I'm sure it's right.
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