Addled by Hollywood
I rented four Hollywood movies at the TN Tower's video shop. What can I say, I was bored.
I always prefer to tackle the bad news first so I'm reviewing Team America, World Police ahead of the lot. The girl at the video shop told me that I rent one for free if I borrow three. So there I was browsing through the shelves when the overhead TV screen caught my attention. It was airing a cartoon and when I looked closely, it was actually my favorite despot of them all, Kim Jung-il, well, actually, his marionette version. He was singing "I'm so ronery, so ronery..." and he sort of looked cute and the movie quite promising so I asked the girl to rent me a copy.
Except that the movie lost its promise 10 minutes into it. I don't know, I may just be a prude and too pretentious for this movie, but I found the language so vulgar and so low. I am anti-American, no doubt about it, but this is taking it to the tether of good and bad taste. This flick, from the creators of South Park according to the jacket, tells about Team America, four super-cops of the world's superpower sent to spread democracy and prevent war, but in the process creating a lot of havoc in their wake, including the destruction of many of the world's best known landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, the Sphinx and the Big Ben. Now, I don't have a problem with that if it brings home the point that all the US did, in wanting to spreadits brand of democracy to the world, only created anarchy (look at Iraq and Afghanistan), among others. But in bringing home the point, the movie's creators did it with so much vulgarity that it insults the audience. Perhaps that was their intent, to shock and awe, as Dubya dubbed his Iraq war campaign. This movie did shocked and awed me, but because of its bad taste. Watch at your own risk.
I rented Beauty Shop only because of Kevin Bacon. And Kevin saved this movie with his portrayal of an Eastern European beauty shop owner (he hammers down the accent and the idiosyncracies of his character perfectly). Enough said.
I liked Miss Congeniality, particularly the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt. So it was really a pity that Bratt was not signed up for the sequel. I almost felt bad too that Michael Caine was not in it, but his "replacement", playing Sandra's new stylist, put up a highly entertaining show.
Pride and Prejudice, A Latter-Day Comedy (or something), is not that bad. I was just distracted though by one character who looked like the long-lost brother of my BW editor. The resemblance was uncanny. And the guy who played the lead was charming and got that accent, so who wouldn't fall in love?
As is obvious, I'm not really in my element when reviewing Hollywood fare. But at least, they kept me entertained for the weekend.
I always prefer to tackle the bad news first so I'm reviewing Team America, World Police ahead of the lot. The girl at the video shop told me that I rent one for free if I borrow three. So there I was browsing through the shelves when the overhead TV screen caught my attention. It was airing a cartoon and when I looked closely, it was actually my favorite despot of them all, Kim Jung-il, well, actually, his marionette version. He was singing "I'm so ronery, so ronery..." and he sort of looked cute and the movie quite promising so I asked the girl to rent me a copy.
Except that the movie lost its promise 10 minutes into it. I don't know, I may just be a prude and too pretentious for this movie, but I found the language so vulgar and so low. I am anti-American, no doubt about it, but this is taking it to the tether of good and bad taste. This flick, from the creators of South Park according to the jacket, tells about Team America, four super-cops of the world's superpower sent to spread democracy and prevent war, but in the process creating a lot of havoc in their wake, including the destruction of many of the world's best known landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, the Sphinx and the Big Ben. Now, I don't have a problem with that if it brings home the point that all the US did, in wanting to spreadits brand of democracy to the world, only created anarchy (look at Iraq and Afghanistan), among others. But in bringing home the point, the movie's creators did it with so much vulgarity that it insults the audience. Perhaps that was their intent, to shock and awe, as Dubya dubbed his Iraq war campaign. This movie did shocked and awed me, but because of its bad taste. Watch at your own risk.
I rented Beauty Shop only because of Kevin Bacon. And Kevin saved this movie with his portrayal of an Eastern European beauty shop owner (he hammers down the accent and the idiosyncracies of his character perfectly). Enough said.
I liked Miss Congeniality, particularly the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Benjamin Bratt. So it was really a pity that Bratt was not signed up for the sequel. I almost felt bad too that Michael Caine was not in it, but his "replacement", playing Sandra's new stylist, put up a highly entertaining show.
Pride and Prejudice, A Latter-Day Comedy (or something), is not that bad. I was just distracted though by one character who looked like the long-lost brother of my BW editor. The resemblance was uncanny. And the guy who played the lead was charming and got that accent, so who wouldn't fall in love?
As is obvious, I'm not really in my element when reviewing Hollywood fare. But at least, they kept me entertained for the weekend.
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