Two Things (with additional Bonus Things)

[mattmatt]

Dear Internetsters,

I would like to draw your attention to two things that are good. Both things are real things, not internet things, but I'm sure you'll enjoy them nonetheless.

The first thing is Hoodwinked, which is a lovely retelling of Red Riding Hood as a whodunnit from multiple points of view. The animation is a little lazy in places,

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[lepamplemousse]

I didn't really like Hoodwinked. I thought it came up short compared to the other animated films that were out this year. However, I am a bit biased b/c I don't like movies that are like HEY LETS WATCH THE SAME SCENE 5 TIMES FROM DIFFERENT POVs!

WHAAAAT THERE ARE BROTHERS SELLING FLYING BURRITOS IN CHCH AND EFFING CHURROS AND I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT IT!? Which part of Armagh street is it? Have you been to the Mexican Cafe? If so, how does it compare?

[mattmatt]

I am really, really over computer-animated films in general, and I have to say that the animation didn't do it for me, but there were a bunch of clever touches that I really, really liked. The goat had me in stitches.

Flying Burrito Brothers is on the corner of Armagh and New Regent Streets (formerly PSIS). I liked it more than the Mexican Café, although the experience was probably less authentically Mexican (I am not in a position to judge). The churros, though, were amazing, and only $10 for a plate of half a dozen or so with dipping sauces (raspberry, chocolate, butterscotch, passionfruit) and a little pottle of ice cream.

They have a menu in the window so you can cruise and peruse.

A+++ WOULD EAT AGAIN.

[entomocephalous]

I too am over the CG-animation thing. And in my opinion, it's a really good thing that people are getting over it. Because it means that instead of relying on the gimmick of "oo! lookie! we can do fur/water/snow/etc!", the stories have to be upped to a decent level. Unfortunately, this still doesn't happen much - look at pretty much all of Dreamworks' output recently.

I've always wanted to do that type of replay scene in improv somehow - playing a scene then replaying it not in a different genre or emotion or location, but just from different characters' points of view, making them the central characters of the story - which means you can go interesting places with minor characters, for example. Kind of like a separated-out Spoon River in scene form. Yeah.

[mattmatt]

It would rock, if done carefully. The benefit of scripting is that you can put clues in :)

I did something similar at Scriptless a while back with a country house murder mystery thing: first the characters are introduced, then the detective gets their stories through a series of typewriter-style scenes, then the audience picks who the murderer is, then the detective confronts them and explains his theory, then the murderer confesses, but with a plot twist. So there end up being about six different retellings of the Night In Question. It was the first show I can remember Ross coming to watch, back before he was Unky Ross, and I think we managed to pull it off, which was a relief.

I'm going to try it again, probably in October or so (once I've finished Courting).