"The people inside hate the people outside..."
This has been indie movie week for yours truly. Well, perhaps not all indie movies, but catching up on the lesser-publicized films that I've missed in the last several years. Hard Candy, Rocket Science, and now one of my new favorites Brick.
Seriously. Joseph Gordon-Levitt? To die for as a little hardboiled film noir detective in high school. A new love of my life, but what else is new. Emilie de Ravin, really interested turn, exactly the girl she's meant to be here. The whole thing is so familiar--high school and the whole genre, but together, together they make something altogether new and amazing and perhaps most importantly not nearly as ridiculous as the whole thing sounds (really, a film noir high school drama?).
Rocket Science was sweet, kind of a Punch-Drunk Love for the teenage set if you will. Reece Thompson? Again, another love. He's genius. He'll be amazing when he starts getting the sort of roles he deserves. He's not traditionally actor-cute, which may be one reason that he's gone to the indie set. He's supposed to be in another movie soon, Assassination of a High School President? Regardless he just might be talented enough to offset the acting vacuum that is Mischa Barton.
Off back to Tampa later today, after lunch with Gramma and dropping off a computer with dad. My vacation is nearly over, and I am not happy about that. Blah.
One last note. Backseat Goodbye. Go listen. Go love. A Southern boy with a some wit and an acoustic guitar? Where do I get in line?
Seriously. Joseph Gordon-Levitt? To die for as a little hardboiled film noir detective in high school. A new love of my life, but what else is new. Emilie de Ravin, really interested turn, exactly the girl she's meant to be here. The whole thing is so familiar--high school and the whole genre, but together, together they make something altogether new and amazing and perhaps most importantly not nearly as ridiculous as the whole thing sounds (really, a film noir high school drama?).
Rocket Science was sweet, kind of a Punch-Drunk Love for the teenage set if you will. Reece Thompson? Again, another love. He's genius. He'll be amazing when he starts getting the sort of roles he deserves. He's not traditionally actor-cute, which may be one reason that he's gone to the indie set. He's supposed to be in another movie soon, Assassination of a High School President? Regardless he just might be talented enough to offset the acting vacuum that is Mischa Barton.
Off back to Tampa later today, after lunch with Gramma and dropping off a computer with dad. My vacation is nearly over, and I am not happy about that. Blah.
One last note. Backseat Goodbye. Go listen. Go love. A Southern boy with a some wit and an acoustic guitar? Where do I get in line?