Everybody knows I have zero interest in Michael Jackson. Even less interest in his music. And if it's possible to have negative interest in something it'd be a series of rehearsals for a concert featuring his music. However, since the Gloved One seems to have scared off all other movie competition from beyond the grave, my options this week are limited. I guess I could have fun with it and view it as some sort of deranged horror movie with the lead baddie lulling his victims into a tap dancy demise, but I doubt the payoff would be fulfilling. Most of you probably have seen the movie already, considering it's pretty much moon walked over the competition all week. I'm sick of being asked my opinion of it, combined with a lack of suitable options make this the lead dog.
A coming of age story based on a memoir about a young British girl(Carey Mulligan) who gets swept up in a whirlwind relationship with an older, adventurous man(Peter Saarsgard)? Doesn't really sound like something you'd expect out of the guy who brought us High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Fever Pitch, does it? My second favorite writer, Nick Hornby, did indeed tackle the screenplay for this film, so I'm curious to see him tackle the fairer sex for once.
What is this? Three weeks that this has been on the list? There ain't gonna be a better time than now for me to watch a bunch of gorgeous New York yuppies fawning all over eachother while car horns blare in the background. We all know that's what this is going to be, because that's what all New York based movies are. If aliens invaded Earth and were shown nothing but movies based in NYC they'd swear taxi cabs were the dominant life form.
No...no...a thousand times no...
Hm, nothing truly repulsive came out this week. Good job not pushing any of my buttons this week, Hollywood.
Three movies? That's it? Well, there is a silver lining. I'll be catching Richard Kelly's The Box on Thursday night, which I hope is a damn sight better than Donnie Darko and Southland Tales. All it needs to surpass those two pock marks is to make rational sense. That's all. I want to be able to watch it, contemplate it, and understand it in my head. That's not too much to ask for, is it?
