Mike Birbiglia is a genius
Had a good time going out with the Deer With Penis Social Club last night. We went to Wings, Suds, and Spuds last night for some freaking ridiculous all-you-can-eat wings. And all-you-can-eat I ate. I felt so fuckin sick all day. I was burping up this intense garlic taste all day. Never again. And by never, I mean at least a couple months.
Don't really have much else, so here's a couple movie reviews
Movie Review #4: In Bruges (2008)
I had read quite a few good reviews about this and had wanted to see it initially just because of the well-made trailer. What it advertised and what it delivered were two quite different, though still fantastic, films. The trailer would have led you to believe this was a shoot-em up action buddy flick with Colin Farrell and Ralph Fienes in a mad-dash adventure across Belgium and no one knows who'll be left standing at the end, but one thing's for sure, "This film is Brugestastic!". What the movie ended up being, however, was an as black as black can be comedy. I think this actually comes close to tying with Very Bad Things as the darkest comedy I think I've ever seen, if only for the ending. This has a masterfully written script with gorgeous cinematography, painting the picture of a small town that time forgot, and those lost within it. Great dialogue, pacing, acting from EVERYONE (yes even Colin Farrell), especially from Brendan Gleeson, and a magnificent ending. A-
Movie Review #5 Yôkai daisensô [The Great Yokai War] (2005)
I'm a sucker for Takashi Miike as well as crazy-ass Japanese folklore and this film was a double-shot of both. The craziest fucking creatures you've ever seen, all supposedly culled from the rich and vibrant folklore of the Japanese people. Think Neverending Story 2 characters and creatures on acid mixed with creatures from Pan's Labyrinth, Paprika, and all of Hayao Miyazaki's films. The creature effects were amazing, almost all man in suit with some CG mixed in here and there. The story was good, if not completely bat-shit insane towards the end of the film, but that's what you should come to expect from Miike. I enjoyed it a lot, really reminded me of the fun fantasy films that I loved growing up. I just really wish I had more of a background in Japanese folklore and history. B++
WHOOHA!
Don't really have much else, so here's a couple movie reviews
Movie Review #4: In Bruges (2008)
I had read quite a few good reviews about this and had wanted to see it initially just because of the well-made trailer. What it advertised and what it delivered were two quite different, though still fantastic, films. The trailer would have led you to believe this was a shoot-em up action buddy flick with Colin Farrell and Ralph Fienes in a mad-dash adventure across Belgium and no one knows who'll be left standing at the end, but one thing's for sure, "This film is Brugestastic!". What the movie ended up being, however, was an as black as black can be comedy. I think this actually comes close to tying with Very Bad Things as the darkest comedy I think I've ever seen, if only for the ending. This has a masterfully written script with gorgeous cinematography, painting the picture of a small town that time forgot, and those lost within it. Great dialogue, pacing, acting from EVERYONE (yes even Colin Farrell), especially from Brendan Gleeson, and a magnificent ending. A-
Movie Review #5 Yôkai daisensô [The Great Yokai War] (2005)
I'm a sucker for Takashi Miike as well as crazy-ass Japanese folklore and this film was a double-shot of both. The craziest fucking creatures you've ever seen, all supposedly culled from the rich and vibrant folklore of the Japanese people. Think Neverending Story 2 characters and creatures on acid mixed with creatures from Pan's Labyrinth, Paprika, and all of Hayao Miyazaki's films. The creature effects were amazing, almost all man in suit with some CG mixed in here and there. The story was good, if not completely bat-shit insane towards the end of the film, but that's what you should come to expect from Miike. I enjoyed it a lot, really reminded me of the fun fantasy films that I loved growing up. I just really wish I had more of a background in Japanese folklore and history. B++
WHOOHA!