A Mighty Wind is a-blowin' you and me
I've been busy with the upcoming premiere issue of B-Movies Quarterly and other web site duties lately, but now is as good a time as any to catch up on movie & TV blogging.
A Mighty Wind - what a pleasure. I wasn't certain where Christopher Guest was going with this film. I enjoyed Best in Show but didn't think it was as funny as it could have been. The idea of reuniting the members of Spinal Tap as a folk band was amusing enough, but I wasn't prepared for how entertaining -- and moving -- this movie turned out to be. This is not to say that A Mighty Wind is Casablanca by any means, but I find it remarkable that Guest can create more genuinely touching moments in a tongue-in-cheek comedy than many filmmakers who set out to create full-blown dramas.
House of 1000 Corpses - Scott said it best as we left the theater: "Rob Zombie has seen a lot of horror movies, and he didn't learn a damn thing from any of them." This film was a mess of eye-wrecking imagery and tissue-thin plot, without a single creepy moment or genuine surprise. Just ridiculous, and boring most of the time.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I'm almost glad this series is coming to an end. I haven't had much fun watching it wind down, since the characters we know and love best haven't had any damn screen time.
Six Feet Under - Oo! Lisa missing, Nate on the edge of insanity. Claire finally learns how to dump a loser boyfriend. How can there only be two episodes left in this season? It's not fair!
The Wild Bunch - Between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and this movie, I'm learning valuable lessons about being an outlaw cowboy in the Old West. Important rule: no matter how bad things get, do not leave the United States. You may take hundreds of grimy Hispanic extras with you, but sooner or later, you're going to die in a colossal shootout.
A Mighty Wind - what a pleasure. I wasn't certain where Christopher Guest was going with this film. I enjoyed Best in Show but didn't think it was as funny as it could have been. The idea of reuniting the members of Spinal Tap as a folk band was amusing enough, but I wasn't prepared for how entertaining -- and moving -- this movie turned out to be. This is not to say that A Mighty Wind is Casablanca by any means, but I find it remarkable that Guest can create more genuinely touching moments in a tongue-in-cheek comedy than many filmmakers who set out to create full-blown dramas.
House of 1000 Corpses - Scott said it best as we left the theater: "Rob Zombie has seen a lot of horror movies, and he didn't learn a damn thing from any of them." This film was a mess of eye-wrecking imagery and tissue-thin plot, without a single creepy moment or genuine surprise. Just ridiculous, and boring most of the time.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I'm almost glad this series is coming to an end. I haven't had much fun watching it wind down, since the characters we know and love best haven't had any damn screen time.
Six Feet Under - Oo! Lisa missing, Nate on the edge of insanity. Claire finally learns how to dump a loser boyfriend. How can there only be two episodes left in this season? It's not fair!
The Wild Bunch - Between Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and this movie, I'm learning valuable lessons about being an outlaw cowboy in the Old West. Important rule: no matter how bad things get, do not leave the United States. You may take hundreds of grimy Hispanic extras with you, but sooner or later, you're going to die in a colossal shootout.
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