You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Saw a few movies this weekend and fully intended to post about them sooner, but I've had a kind of weird weekend. Here we go, though, and I'll start with the one many of you have probably already seen, and which has taken the top box office spot. Gigli who?!


The Town

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This movie has been dividing critics for a few weeks. There are folks that really love it and folks that can't stand it. I'm on the "really love it" side, but I think I understand why some people aren't connecting with it. This was my favorite thing I saw this weekend, so without further ado, let's dig into...


Never Let Me Go

This is a movie essentially about death. It's kind of a downer, and it's very British, which is part of the problem I think people have with it. But I'll get into that later. ( Read more... )

I wish the studio were marketing this film differently, and I'm frankly surprised that even critics are lumping this film with Films You Just Don't Spoil (like The Sixth Sense - really?!). If you have spent any significant amount of time on the internet, you will see the so-called "twist" coming a mile away, even though the film's subject is apparently completely taken in. I find the secrecy kind of insulting, to be honest, and so I'm going to do what the filmmakers and the studio probably don't want me to do, which is to give away their big secret, right here above the LJ-cut, but in a way that only means something to people who would already have guessed what the filmmakers and the studio seem to think is a big twist. And I can do it in one word: MSSCRIBE

If that name means anything to you, the twist in this film is not a twist at all, but an inevitability. If that name means nothing to you, I've obviously spoiled nothing for you either. But please don't think that by "spoiling" this, I am saying you shouldn't go see it. Because this movie should definitely be seen, if it's playing near you. I just think it should be seen on its own, actual terms, and not on this made-up "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SHOCKING REVEAL" crap. Because seriously? If it's news to you that people might not be what they present themselves as on the internet, you are obviously new and need to LURK MOAR.


Catfish

By the way, this is a documentary, and while there are loads of people who think it's fake, I personally believe that it happened for real, because ... well, Msscribe, yanno? I've seen things like this before. Some of the scenes do look staged, but that doesn't mean they're fake. It's not hard to imagine that there would be things they needed to recreate due to technical difficulties or things the camera happened to miss. That doesn't mean it didn't really happen.

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