couple to report
both cheesy tear jerkers one awesome and one loathsome
here we go
Angel-A Luc Besson
Deep in debt, small-time hoodlum Andre (Jamel Debbouze) decides to end his life on his own terms before his unsavory creditors come a-calling. But as he's poised to dive off a bridge, he meets the mysterious Angel-A (Rie Rasmussen), who seems just as desperate, and the event changes his entire outlook. The two discover that companionship can make even the most difficult life worthwhile in this inspiring film from French director Luc Besson.
I watched this movie for my love of Luc Besson's the professional, and was not disappointed. Shot with that amazing rich black and white film that you see sometimes. I have no idea what it is called, and it might just be a lens filter but i love the huge deep blacks and high contrast bright whites, that compliment the contrast of the amazingly tall angel and the short dead beat guy. Jamel Debbouze (from amelie) works well as a mousy, awkward guy and the babe that plays the angel is super amazing looking. A bit on the quirky and cute side but still highly entertaining. Love story that you should watch with your girlfriend (luke and andrea you should watch this)
p.s. while reading about the babe in this movie i found out that Debbouze has no use of one of his arms due to a train accident in 1990 and was up for murder charges for having a friend with him that died in said accident. Friend's family is still pissed.
9/10
Dan In Real Life (Peter Hedges)
Advice columnist and widowed father of three Dan Burns (Steve Carell) has met someone new. Marie (Juliette Binoche) is beautiful, she's smart -- and she just so happens to be the girlfriend of Dan's brother Mitch (Dane Cook). With a publicly recognized moral compass, Dan finds himself torn between reaching for happiness and keeping the peace in his family. Dianne Wiest and John Mahoney co-star in this romantic comedy from director Peter Hedges.
this one smells like farts. Steve Carell has two emotions, woeful and dopeful. The writer of this guy is probably the guy that hangs out in coffee shops and tells you about how smart he is for graduating from business school when all you want to do is get something to drink and read comic books. Generic love story that you couldn't even sell to the most boring of girlfriends. oh and dane cook is in this turd.
3/10
Wonder Showzen seasons one and 2
If the folks behind South Park took over Sesame Street, you might get something resembling MTV2's hilarious Wonder Showzen, a profane, puppet-filled parody that is definitely not for children. Offering a mix of skits, kid-on-the-street interviews, animated segments and truly dark "educational films," Vernon Chatman and John Lee's cracked creation aims to both shock viewers senseless and make them laugh until they cry.
I used to kind of hate this show due to it taking the sort of "hey look i'm ironically racist" but it sort of grew on me. It's like a car crash, you can't turn away despite feeling so uncomfortable for every one involved. I want to know how they talked parents into letting there kids be on some of the segments. I find myself rooting for people to walk away during the kids on the street or puppet on street segments but at the same time being super pumped that people actually fall for the joke and let it happen for so long. Also what other show actually got aired on television that was just 15 min of the show played backwards. I will follow Luke's lead and count each season here on the "movie's watched" count.
9/10 (based mostly on daring)
57/300 movies
4/30 books
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