Monday, November 17, 2008
Modern Cinema
While one is reorganizing one's apartment, one encounters a wide array of fine films on one's Comcast. Of course, much of the dialogue is rendered incomprehensible by the noise from one's shredder, but one finds that this is not always the drawback one might think. During the past week, I have seen significant portions of the following classics:
-- Syndey White. This Amanda Bynes starrer (are there any sweeter words in the English language?) retells the classic story of Snow White, but with a lot more broad physical comedy. If you like ridiculous facial expressions, this one's for you.
-- Little Man. I've always said there aren't enough mother and fake baby implied sex scenes in modern comedy. Thank God we have the Wayans brothers to work to remedy that.
-- 27 Dresses. Finally, someone thought of centering a romantic comedy around two mentally unstable people who obviously hate each other. With material like this, it's no wonder Katherine Heigl finds the writing on Grey's Anatomy lacking.
-- The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It's the rare sequel that so successfully manages to take what was strange and offputting about the first movie and bring it to a whole new level. Kudos, team of monkeys with typewriters, you've done it again!
-- Drive Me Crazy. A wonderful starring vehicle for Melissa Joan Hart's wonky eye. It also spawned a two-second MJH cameo in the Britney video of the same name. So it's historical as well as dramatically compelling.
If this isn't a great advertisement for your local cable provider, I don't know what is!
While one is reorganizing one's apartment, one encounters a wide array of fine films on one's Comcast. Of course, much of the dialogue is rendered incomprehensible by the noise from one's shredder, but one finds that this is not always the drawback one might think. During the past week, I have seen significant portions of the following classics:
-- Syndey White. This Amanda Bynes starrer (are there any sweeter words in the English language?) retells the classic story of Snow White, but with a lot more broad physical comedy. If you like ridiculous facial expressions, this one's for you.
-- Little Man. I've always said there aren't enough mother and fake baby implied sex scenes in modern comedy. Thank God we have the Wayans brothers to work to remedy that.
-- 27 Dresses. Finally, someone thought of centering a romantic comedy around two mentally unstable people who obviously hate each other. With material like this, it's no wonder Katherine Heigl finds the writing on Grey's Anatomy lacking.
-- The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It's the rare sequel that so successfully manages to take what was strange and offputting about the first movie and bring it to a whole new level. Kudos, team of monkeys with typewriters, you've done it again!
-- Drive Me Crazy. A wonderful starring vehicle for Melissa Joan Hart's wonky eye. It also spawned a two-second MJH cameo in the Britney video of the same name. So it's historical as well as dramatically compelling.
If this isn't a great advertisement for your local cable provider, I don't know what is!
