Sunday Triple Bill
posted by Jaitu at 07:58
Yesterday we decided to have ourselves a 'slobby day'. To this end we set out in the morning to get shopping and recycling out of the way and returned home laden with an armful of cheap DVDs and cheaper snack foods. The movies, needless to say have left a far more pleasant lasting impression on me than the still active snack foods which are even now craving attention within me.
We watched three movies which I shall present in no particular order except that it is the particular order that they were watched in.
Eagle Vs Shark
A low budget film from New Zealand. It follows Lily, a socially inept likable 'loser' of a girl as she is let go from her job at the 'Meaty Boy' fast food restaurant and finds love with her dream man Jarrad - an even more inept loser played by Jermaine Clement from Flight Of The Conchords. Jarrad, it turns out, is hell bent on a revenge mission against the man who used to bully him at school.
The weakest of the three movies but still very watchable. If you like Napoleon Dynamite or Flight Of The Conchords then there's a strong chance you'll enjoy Eagle Vs Shark.
JUNO
By far the filmiest film of the three and overall the most complete. Juno is a sixteen year old girl that finds herself pregnant and decides to give it up for adoption. Despite the subject and the, in my opinion, slightly off-putting trailer this is a very entertaining and frequently funny movie.
Be Kind Rewind
In some ways my favourite of the three (although in many other ways Juno still takes it). Mos Def and Jack Black accidentally erase all the videos in a failing video store and have to record their own 'Sweded' versions to keep their customers happy. Anyone who has seen and enjoyed anything from Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Chemical Brothers and Bjork music videos including - 'Let Forever Be' and 'Star Guitar') will enjoy this film immensely. Gondry has an amazing talent for simple creativity. As the following trailer and it's own 'Sweded' remake should demonstrate.
'Sweded' Version of the Trailer
We watched three movies which I shall present in no particular order except that it is the particular order that they were watched in.
Eagle Vs Shark
A low budget film from New Zealand. It follows Lily, a socially inept likable 'loser' of a girl as she is let go from her job at the 'Meaty Boy' fast food restaurant and finds love with her dream man Jarrad - an even more inept loser played by Jermaine Clement from Flight Of The Conchords. Jarrad, it turns out, is hell bent on a revenge mission against the man who used to bully him at school.
The weakest of the three movies but still very watchable. If you like Napoleon Dynamite or Flight Of The Conchords then there's a strong chance you'll enjoy Eagle Vs Shark.
JUNO
By far the filmiest film of the three and overall the most complete. Juno is a sixteen year old girl that finds herself pregnant and decides to give it up for adoption. Despite the subject and the, in my opinion, slightly off-putting trailer this is a very entertaining and frequently funny movie.
Be Kind Rewind
In some ways my favourite of the three (although in many other ways Juno still takes it). Mos Def and Jack Black accidentally erase all the videos in a failing video store and have to record their own 'Sweded' versions to keep their customers happy. Anyone who has seen and enjoyed anything from Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Chemical Brothers and Bjork music videos including - 'Let Forever Be' and 'Star Guitar') will enjoy this film immensely. Gondry has an amazing talent for simple creativity. As the following trailer and it's own 'Sweded' remake should demonstrate.
'Sweded' Version of the Trailer
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Saw Juno, thought it was pretty funny but sometimes I found such a smarty-ass sixteen year old persona a bit to hard to believe. Haven't seen the other two. But the reason I'm writing this: mate, go see Tropic Thunder if you haven't seen it yet, it's a must-watch if only for two reasons: Tom Cruise's cameo as a demented bastard of a movie exec, Oscar material; and Jack Black's exchange with Brandon T. Jackson during his cold turkey scene.
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