3 posts tagged “movies”
I don't know what it is about this movie, but I've watched it more than a dozen times, and I still love it. In part, it's because I can identify with Dory - scatterbrained, with a tendency to forget things and be sunnily optimistic at times. Other times, I feel distinctly Marlin-ish, with my ability to overthink things, and worry needlessly about things I can't control.
Or it could be the sea turtles ("Dude!"), or the sharks ("Hello! Name's Bruce!"), or the Monty Python references ("Swim away! Swim away!"), or whale speak ("Was that too orca-ish?")
Or it could be the sea turtles ("Dude!"), or the sharks ("Hello! Name's Bruce!"), or the Monty Python references ("Swim away! Swim away!"), or whale speak ("Was that too orca-ish?")
This is great misfit movie - it's a movie for everyone who's wanted to be someone. Their hearts are in the right place, and they try, but they're too disorganized. When the chips are down, when it matters, and when they figure out the true meaning of teamwork, they pull through.
Okay, here's what I really love about this film:
Tom Waits as the inventor of non-lethal weapons. I love Tom Waits - he scares me a little, but he's freakin' awesome.
William H. Macy. So serious. So earnest.
Janeane Garofolo. "Sorry, but am I to understand you've inserted your father's skull inside of that ball for bowling?" "No, the guy at the pro shop did it."
The one-liners:
"When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack." "And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?" "I never told you to do that."
"Your handwriting is atrocious!" "You dress in the manner of a male prostitute!"
It's a good no-brainer movie.
Okay, here's what I really love about this film:
Tom Waits as the inventor of non-lethal weapons. I love Tom Waits - he scares me a little, but he's freakin' awesome.
William H. Macy. So serious. So earnest.
Janeane Garofolo. "Sorry, but am I to understand you've inserted your father's skull inside of that ball for bowling?" "No, the guy at the pro shop did it."
The one-liners:
"When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack." "And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?" "I never told you to do that."
"Your handwriting is atrocious!" "You dress in the manner of a male prostitute!"
It's a good no-brainer movie.
This is the first movie I watched in my new house, with Karen, on my laptop and crappy speakers. It was memorable.
Here's why I love this movie: it all seems so unrehearsed. It's like a group of elementary school students got together and wrote a movie for a group of high schoolers and teachers, but didn't give them any time to absorb the script. Then, when they filmed it, they printed the first take.
It's sweet and funny, and I like how utterly uncomplicated it is. There's no swearing, no sex, no violence, and normally this means "boring." However, this is the exception to the rule.
Plus, there's the dancing. Haven't you always wanted to learn how to do that dance?
Here's why I love this movie: it all seems so unrehearsed. It's like a group of elementary school students got together and wrote a movie for a group of high schoolers and teachers, but didn't give them any time to absorb the script. Then, when they filmed it, they printed the first take.
It's sweet and funny, and I like how utterly uncomplicated it is. There's no swearing, no sex, no violence, and normally this means "boring." However, this is the exception to the rule.
Plus, there's the dancing. Haven't you always wanted to learn how to do that dance?
