Also John Hughes died! And at age 59 which is, in my opinion, considerably sad. He could have still made some winners.... and he really did make some masterpieces. If you're so inclined, you may want to take a moment and think about your favorite John Hughes movie. Is it Breakfast Club? Pretty in Pink? Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Some Kind of Wonderful? Curly Sue? Beethoven? Mr. Mom? Weird Science? Maid in Manhattan (who knew?)? Flubber? Uncle Buck? I think my favorite is Home Alone. Hmmm... good that he left such a nice legacy.
In other news, I've developed quite the obsession for the Australian talk show host, Rove. I... I LOVE him! It's no secret that I loves me the late night tv... but I'm telling you I'd sacrifice everyone... Letterman, Conan, Ferguson... and Fallon and Kimmel (the latter two being not so much the sacrifice) for Rove. I LOVE him.
Here are the links that I would suggest. I'm not saying you should watch all of them... but I would HIGHLY recommend picking the one that looks most appealing and giving it a watch. Seriously.
Bruno on Rove (Even if you aren't too about Bruno... the interview is FUNNY)
MOVIE SECTION:
Gigantic: The Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel movie about the kid who wants to adopt a Chinese baby... weeeell it SEEEEEMED like the kind of movie I would love. I felt like their exact demographic... but it came out as trying WAY too much to be the quirky indie movie without having anything to say... which is annoying. I really liked the characters and if there was any reason for ANYTHING that happened in the movie, I probably would've fallen headfirst in love with the film. But he wanted this baby... for no reason. And then there was sort of this element of Paul Dano being attacked by this guy all the time... but like...
I DON'T THINK I'M GIVING ANYTHING AWAY BUT JUST IN CASE, THIS IS THE WARNING!
(cont'd) but like... I think the attacker was imaginary... but if it was, then it should have been more representative of what was going on in his life. I just didn't get it. Like maybe they were trying to squeeze a little half-assed Fight Club into the film. And then they had this rat depression motif which... also didn't really make sense. And Zooey's character didn't have a background so everything she did came off as just... almost inexplicable.
Basically, the characters were EXACTLY indie style, and they got you the way they get the indie lovers... with daring carefree sex right away... which I do LOVE... but because there wasn't any point, it came off as TOO contrived. I felt too much like I was being tricked with formula (which, I'm sure I am sometimes), which is fine for romantic comedies and super hero movies but not movies where the point is to gain some knowledge about how people are and can be.
I Capture the Castle: It was PRETTY good. Bill Nighy was in it, and also two other vaguely recognizable men... but who cares. VEEERY cool castle. That was awesome. I think the best part of the movie was that even though it was a British period film romantic movie, I could NOT figure out what was going to happen. It just kept switching directions... or at least the direction III thought it was going, but in a pretty organic way. I think it was that I couldn't decide if it was going to be a feel good movie, or one that ends with everyone trapped and unhappy.
I have to say though, that I wouldn't really recommend the film. I thought it was just fine... but not REALLY worth watching.
Love Me If You Dare: Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet. I thought it was AWESOME! Very pretty! And... VERY interesting. Although I honestly am not even totally sure what happened at the end. I THINK I got it... but I'm not 1000% sure. Also, Guillaume Canet is VEEERY attractive... he looks surprisingly like Patrick Dempsey... except that he has a more dangerous scary quality. When I watched the movie, I was pretty sure I'd seen him as a villain before and that's why I was getting a frightened feeling from him, even though I thought he was SUPER attractive. After I finished, I looked it up, and he was the other man in The Beach... the scary-ish french guy who is the boyfriend of the main girl.
Regardless, IIII thought this movie was crazy awesome!
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