30 Days of Film - Day Twenty Six
Ah, lazy Sundays. They are the best. Did very little today except read fic and watch DVDs. What more can a girl want?
So,
• Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates
Well, I like a lot of movies that not many people like, or that some people I know like but others don't or that everyone I know likes, but no one else in the history of ever does. Examples include Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (2008) (yeah there were bits of it I didn't like, but it had the atmosphere of an Indiana Jones film) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (2005), which, again , has it's flaws but isn't too terrible. But I'm not too sure that I love any of them. But I think what I'll go for is
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Because it's the film I most try to convince other people to give a go. I can see why a lot of people don't like it, it is one of those sort of frat boy comedies like Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin. Not only that but it has Russel Brand in it, and I know a lot of people can't stand him.
And yes, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but the thing about those sorts of films, and the thing that you never get from the trailer, the thing you only get from watching it is that these films have a lot of heart. Yes, they have more than their fair share of cock jokes, but they can also be quite sweet, and in fact, possibly portray healthier relationships than the ones in "chick flicks". As for Russel Brand, well he is basically playing himself, I have to admit, but he does it with an amount of humour that stops hims being just an annoying prick. He must be fairly likable, or they wouldn't have given him is own sequel. I quite like Russel Brand as a stand up, at least when he puts the effort into it, and especially when he is ripping apart newspaper articles, so I'm not as predisposed to hate him in this as some, but I thought he did well.
The plot, for those of you who don't know, is about a guy who is the composer for a CSI-like TV show and is dating the star (Sarah Marshall). She then dumps him and takes up with a rock star (played by Brand). He goes to Hawaii to get away from it all, only to find he has ended up in the same hotel as her and the new boyfriend. Cue much awkwardness. Along the way he gets to know the receptionist at the hotel and falls for her. Then they have a fight. He goes back home, and fulfils his ambition of putting on a Vampire Puppet Musical about Dracula. She comes to see his show when invited. Now, if this was a chick flick he'd have either a) got back with Sarah Marshall or b) run away with the receptionist and it would be all hearts and flowers. But a) Sarah Marshall is a bitch only on the look out for her own fame and has been cheating on him, and b) they've known each other for a week at most, that's hardly the basis of the most stable relationship. The way the characters interact seems much more real. Both have been stuck in something of a rut, and meeting each other gives each the impetus to move on and reach for their dreams. I've always preferred stories where someone changes, not for a person, not in order to gain that person's affection / attention, but because of that person, because meeting that person made them want to be better, made them see what what they could acheive, for themselves, for their own good. In my mind, that's more romantic. But that might just be me.
My other reason's for liking this fllm include: The main guy is played by Jason Segel. He is awesome. The videos / lyrics for Russel Brand's character's songs are just brilliant. Funny and almost-plausible. And, of course, The Vampire Puppet Musical. It's just genius.
I can't find a video of the full on production at the end of the film so instead, I picked Jason Segel performing Dracula's Lament earlier in the film.
So,
• Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates
Well, I like a lot of movies that not many people like, or that some people I know like but others don't or that everyone I know likes, but no one else in the history of ever does. Examples include Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (2008) (yeah there were bits of it I didn't like, but it had the atmosphere of an Indiana Jones film) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (2005), which, again , has it's flaws but isn't too terrible. But I'm not too sure that I love any of them. But I think what I'll go for is
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Because it's the film I most try to convince other people to give a go. I can see why a lot of people don't like it, it is one of those sort of frat boy comedies like Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin. Not only that but it has Russel Brand in it, and I know a lot of people can't stand him.
And yes, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but the thing about those sorts of films, and the thing that you never get from the trailer, the thing you only get from watching it is that these films have a lot of heart. Yes, they have more than their fair share of cock jokes, but they can also be quite sweet, and in fact, possibly portray healthier relationships than the ones in "chick flicks". As for Russel Brand, well he is basically playing himself, I have to admit, but he does it with an amount of humour that stops hims being just an annoying prick. He must be fairly likable, or they wouldn't have given him is own sequel. I quite like Russel Brand as a stand up, at least when he puts the effort into it, and especially when he is ripping apart newspaper articles, so I'm not as predisposed to hate him in this as some, but I thought he did well.
The plot, for those of you who don't know, is about a guy who is the composer for a CSI-like TV show and is dating the star (Sarah Marshall). She then dumps him and takes up with a rock star (played by Brand). He goes to Hawaii to get away from it all, only to find he has ended up in the same hotel as her and the new boyfriend. Cue much awkwardness. Along the way he gets to know the receptionist at the hotel and falls for her. Then they have a fight. He goes back home, and fulfils his ambition of putting on a Vampire Puppet Musical about Dracula. She comes to see his show when invited. Now, if this was a chick flick he'd have either a) got back with Sarah Marshall or b) run away with the receptionist and it would be all hearts and flowers. But a) Sarah Marshall is a bitch only on the look out for her own fame and has been cheating on him, and b) they've known each other for a week at most, that's hardly the basis of the most stable relationship. The way the characters interact seems much more real. Both have been stuck in something of a rut, and meeting each other gives each the impetus to move on and reach for their dreams. I've always preferred stories where someone changes, not for a person, not in order to gain that person's affection / attention, but because of that person, because meeting that person made them want to be better, made them see what what they could acheive, for themselves, for their own good. In my mind, that's more romantic. But that might just be me.
My other reason's for liking this fllm include: The main guy is played by Jason Segel. He is awesome. The videos / lyrics for Russel Brand's character's songs are just brilliant. Funny and almost-plausible. And, of course, The Vampire Puppet Musical. It's just genius.
Click to viewI can't find a video of the full on production at the end of the film so instead, I picked Jason Segel performing Dracula's Lament earlier in the film.