Movies I have watched
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sasha_featherThe Incredible Hulk Edward Norton version
This was surprisingly good! I had low expectations because of the badness of the Ang Lee one from a few years previously. But I LOVED Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. While talking about this with someone, I did realize that Betty gets kind of an obnoxious role as his girlfriend; she mostly says his name lovingly a lot. But I sort of liked their relationship and I liked the way the story cut to the chase without wasting time on the backstory. The effects and scenery were good too.
Imagine Me and You. 2005. Lena Headey, Piper Perabo.
This lesbian film came recommended, but I was disappointed in it. It's about woman who, on her wedding day, has an instant connection to the florist-- an at-first-sight kind of love. She then must wrestle with having to leave her husband, who's a really decent guy. It's a sweet movie with good actors and a happy ending, but it was about 20 minutes too long. It inexplicably has an R rating despite zero sex scenes (perhaps for language?). My main complaint is that I felt the absence of queerness in this movie, by which I mean queer politics and queer community. For instance, in one scene Lena Headey's character (Luce) is explaining to a kid that she will likely spend the rest of her life with a woman. "Oh that makes sense. Doesn't mean you're a lesbian or anything," the kid responds. And Luce *laughs*. AARGH. In her shoes I would absolutely correct the child. In several other scenes, a womanizing man hits on Luce repeatedly and it's played as cute and funny. I don't think most lesbians would respond this way! This film does get points for the happy ending, and for Anthony Steward Head being funny, but it loses points for other factors.
Plan B. Netflix streaming. Spanish with English subtitles.
were_duck and I watched this without knowing anything about it, and it is just hilariously bad. It's about a guy, Bruno, who is jealous that his ex-girlfriend is with someone new, so his plan is to seduce the guy away from her in order to break them up. You know the way these movies go; eventually he falls for the guy for real, then the guy finds out the deceit, everything goes bad, but they end up together anyway. Despite this thin and predictable plot that should have taken 30 minutes, the movie is an hour 45, because of long shots of scenery and shots of them staring into space doing NOTHING. Also, unexplained shots of them sleeping in the same bed in their undies (before they are together). There is no sex in this movie. "I think I am going to have to watch some porn afterwards, just out of self-defense," I said to were-duck, "because this movie is a giant cock tease." Also, we both hated Bruno, except in the opening scene where he is cuddling with a kitten (BEST scene. But WHY.).
This was surprisingly good! I had low expectations because of the badness of the Ang Lee one from a few years previously. But I LOVED Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. While talking about this with someone, I did realize that Betty gets kind of an obnoxious role as his girlfriend; she mostly says his name lovingly a lot. But I sort of liked their relationship and I liked the way the story cut to the chase without wasting time on the backstory. The effects and scenery were good too.
Imagine Me and You. 2005. Lena Headey, Piper Perabo.
This lesbian film came recommended, but I was disappointed in it. It's about woman who, on her wedding day, has an instant connection to the florist-- an at-first-sight kind of love. She then must wrestle with having to leave her husband, who's a really decent guy. It's a sweet movie with good actors and a happy ending, but it was about 20 minutes too long. It inexplicably has an R rating despite zero sex scenes (perhaps for language?). My main complaint is that I felt the absence of queerness in this movie, by which I mean queer politics and queer community. For instance, in one scene Lena Headey's character (Luce) is explaining to a kid that she will likely spend the rest of her life with a woman. "Oh that makes sense. Doesn't mean you're a lesbian or anything," the kid responds. And Luce *laughs*. AARGH. In her shoes I would absolutely correct the child. In several other scenes, a womanizing man hits on Luce repeatedly and it's played as cute and funny. I don't think most lesbians would respond this way! This film does get points for the happy ending, and for Anthony Steward Head being funny, but it loses points for other factors.
Plan B. Netflix streaming. Spanish with English subtitles.
were_duck and I watched this without knowing anything about it, and it is just hilariously bad. It's about a guy, Bruno, who is jealous that his ex-girlfriend is with someone new, so his plan is to seduce the guy away from her in order to break them up. You know the way these movies go; eventually he falls for the guy for real, then the guy finds out the deceit, everything goes bad, but they end up together anyway. Despite this thin and predictable plot that should have taken 30 minutes, the movie is an hour 45, because of long shots of scenery and shots of them staring into space doing NOTHING. Also, unexplained shots of them sleeping in the same bed in their undies (before they are together). There is no sex in this movie. "I think I am going to have to watch some porn afterwards, just out of self-defense," I said to were-duck, "because this movie is a giant cock tease." Also, we both hated Bruno, except in the opening scene where he is cuddling with a kitten (BEST scene. But WHY.).
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Date: 2012-02-15 04:03 am (UTC)The producers were moaning like pregnant sheep and shaking their heads back and forth. They were weary and sad. One posts to Twitter: I'm drowning! Send help! They receive a Kute Kitteh link.
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