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Movie rec: Kamikaze Girls

Feb 11, 2008 01:51

As I was watching "Kamikaze Girls" for the first time, I thought to myself-- I've seen this movie before! Not this movie exactly, but something a lot *like* it. But I couldn't figure out what that movie could be, because *nothing* is like Kamikaze Girls.

( Then I figured it out... Pictures & mostly non-spoilery summary behind the cut )

.fandom primer & pimping, kamikaze girls

Comments 8

calindy February 11 2008, 22:10:22 UTC

I was up late one night and managed to catch Kamikaze Girls. The whole time I was wondering what on earth was going on, but it was completely worth staying up till 2 am on a work night.
I really thought I wouldn't be able to empathize with two characters so completely unlike me, but I did.

liviapenn February 12 2008, 06:59:39 UTC

Yeah! I watched it for the first time at a New Years' party at someone's house and was just like.... *what* is going on here? Rococco-era France WHAT? Robot butler WHAT? Momoko, what happened to your soul?

But the characters are so fantastic, and I could watch that last scene, the showdown, about a million times in a row without getting tired of it. *G*

parallactic February 13 2008, 22:42:35 UTC

That movie was so fun, and Yuletide had a stocking stuffer femslash fic:

You Are For Me the Most Beautiful

I hadn't noticed the similarities between Kamikaze Girls and Fight Club. Kamikaze Girls reminds me more of Amelie, and the tv show Pushing Daisies in tone and crazy connections. I've read the manga, which is a reinterpretation of the movie. The manga is not as frenetically fun, and crazy as the movie. I haven't read the book.

liviapenn February 14 2008, 07:44:44 UTC

Ooh! I looked on YT but I totally missed that snippet. :) Thanks!

oyceter February 16 2008, 09:48:11 UTC

I am totally going to get my hands on this. Thanks for the rec!

liviapenn February 17 2008, 06:09:12 UTC

Yay! I think you'll like it.

malfeasanceses March 20 2009, 19:49:40 UTC

I watched this for 12films_poc on your rec and omg, awesome! It is hilarious and beautiful, and the two girls are so adorably in love, and the important characters are almost all women.

Why is there not more femslash written about it??!

liviapenn April 6 2009, 20:20:03 UTC

Yay, I'm glad you liked it! And I totally agree, there should be WAY more femslash about it. They literally ride off into the sunset together, I mean what more do you need? :D