As if there weren't enough existential questions keeping me up nights, I've stumbled across another one: How the hell did Hollywood produce something this funny?
Most people should remember this film: when it was released, billboards and buses were plastered with advertisements for it. Which is a huge mistake, because the people who would like this type of movie are also the ones who refuse to see anything advertised via saturation bombing.
The plot is evident from the title: some guy dates a superheroine named G-Girl, breaks up with her, and suffers the fury of a wonder woman scorned. The gags can be predictable but are well timed and funny as hell; there's a car, a shark, a chainsaw, and a meteor chucked in at odd moments to keep things interesting. And Eddie Izzard has some plot to destroy G-Girl by stripping her of her powers.
All that, and a supergirl-catfight thrown in at the end. How can you go wrong?
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (IMDB)
Wince : [**___]
Flinch : [***__]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [***__]
Beerequisite : [****_]
Pornability : [*____]
Obscurity : [*____]
Explicability : [***__]
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Romance and Cigarettes
Queens: The musical!
James Gandolfini as a two-timing construction worker. Susan Sarandon is the wife, Kate Winslet is the coarse-talking Irish slu--- er, lover. Steve Buscemi is the husband's coworker, Eddie Izzard is the wife's choir leader. Christopher Walken, in one of his more distinctive roles, plays the Elvis-obsessed cousin of Susan Sarandon, himself jilted (losing a woman to The Greek) and eager to help her get revenge.
This is a musical set in Queens, about blue-collar types, set to an eclectic selection of pop hits. It is a very Manhattan view of Queens as well: the men are oafs, the women are decked out in trailer park gear, everyone is ugly and talks like they were raised by Archie Bunker.
In short, a must must see. And I'm not just saying that because I live in Queens.
For some reason the tone of this film reminds me of Crime Wave, though I can't quite place why. Maybe the musical mayhem in one and the cartoonish violence in the other strike the same (off) chord.
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Romance & Cigarettes (IMDB)
Wince : [*____]
Flinch : [**___]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [****_]
Beerequisite : [***__]
Pornability : [**___]
Obscurity : [**___]
Explicability : [****_]
Scene I'd watch on endless loop: "Why, why, why, Delilah?"
James Gandolfini as a two-timing construction worker. Susan Sarandon is the wife, Kate Winslet is the coarse-talking Irish slu--- er, lover. Steve Buscemi is the husband's coworker, Eddie Izzard is the wife's choir leader. Christopher Walken, in one of his more distinctive roles, plays the Elvis-obsessed cousin of Susan Sarandon, himself jilted (losing a woman to The Greek) and eager to help her get revenge.
This is a musical set in Queens, about blue-collar types, set to an eclectic selection of pop hits. It is a very Manhattan view of Queens as well: the men are oafs, the women are decked out in trailer park gear, everyone is ugly and talks like they were raised by Archie Bunker.
In short, a must must see. And I'm not just saying that because I live in Queens.
For some reason the tone of this film reminds me of Crime Wave, though I can't quite place why. Maybe the musical mayhem in one and the cartoonish violence in the other strike the same (off) chord.
* * * R A T I N G * * *
Romance & Cigarettes (IMDB)
Wince : [*____]
Flinch : [**___]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [****_]
Beerequisite : [***__]
Pornability : [**___]
Obscurity : [**___]
Explicability : [****_]
Scene I'd watch on endless loop: "Why, why, why, Delilah?"
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