RepossessedDirected by: Bob LoganThis is a sequel/spoof to The Exorcist with Leslie Neilson...and yep, it's about what you'd expect. An hour and a half of really dumb jokes.I laughed the whole way through. I can't really say I think this is a great movie, but it's got some classic stupid humor. I especially liked
the part where the guy asks the Oujia Bord if Ted Kennedy would ever become President. 6.5SuperstarDirected by: Molly ShannenIf I remember correctly, when this film first came out, it's previews looked terrible, the reviews and public reception was even worse, and it immediately tanked.Something strange, however, seemed to happen after that. I started hearing about it from friends talking about this hilariously stupid movie they saw. It seemed to be a favorite of small friday night gatherings when nobody had anything else to do, they'd sit around, drink/eat junk food and watch something like this with a bunch of friends and giggle themselves into a fun friday night. So, is this an underseen comic jem a'la Wet Hot American Summer? Or is it just terrible?A little bit of both. It does have some moments that are truly hysterical, and there's no doubt it hits it's target...but is it's target worth hitting? For every funny joke, there's a stupid, unfunny, or mean-spirited one that just didn't work for me.I can see how this has a sort of cult following, but while I can't say it didn't occasionally amuse me, I can't say I'd ever watch it again or would recommend it. 5.0OK, now a real movie:Chloe in the AfternoonDirected by: Eric RohmerI've been meaning to see more Rohmer for some time, and just now got around to it. I saw Paulene at the Beach before I really 'got in' to movies, and while I was disappointed in it at the time, it kind of stuck with me, even though it wasn't really what I had expected. I remember thinking to myself at the time, "Hmmm, that was kind of slow and weird, not really my kind of movie, but it had something about it...) and anyhow, I finally got around to seeing this one.I really enjoyed this movie. It's probably the best film of it's type I've yet seen. Rohmer does what a lot of other French directors do, focus on board French middle class people with hangups about their sex lives, but unlike so many, Rohmer seems to paint them as three dimentional people, and does not overromanticize their struggles, but merely shows them to be what they are, legitimate and interesting, even if self-inflicted, struggles that people face in the modern world, having to do with relationships, sex, morality, trust, etc. Anyhow, I'll definately be seeing more of his films. Any suggestion on what I should see next?9.0
June 10, 2007
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