In my continuing adventures in dark theatres with gay men, I stumbled into Four More Years, a Swedish comedic romp about a Conservative politician who loses his bid for Prime Minister and then falls in love with..horrors..a politician from the Social Democrat party! Or maybe it's the reverse, it was a little confusing, the other guy might have been in the Green Party. But everyone knew the guy was gay, even his wife, but he didn't realize he was and wished people had told him and blah blah blah. And of course the fact that the guys were gay wasn't the big deal, it was that they were from different political parties, get it, hilarious! Okay so it wasn't terrible, it was a cute little movie with farcical misunderstandings common to the genre---boy meets boy---boy and boy fall in love---boy and boy have falling out over contrived misunderstanding--boy and boy reconnect clear things up and reconnect at end of movie. Voila--love wins out over politics. Wait for the DVD.
At this point I'm not sure why I went to see Flight of the Cardinal. When it first started I thought maybe they had sent me the wrong ticket. One thing to keep in mind is that I pour through the festival guide and get tickets about a month in advance so when the actual movies role around, most times I don't really remember what they are about, but usually my mind comes around once it starts. This time, not so much. Turns out it was set in North Carolina, though the only folks in it with original NC accents were 2 bit part players. The few other leads were just faking it. The movie was about some actor guy from New York who has a break down then moves to the country to open a bed and breakfast and then meets a "dangerous drifter" with plans of his own. Then the actors friends come to town and devious plans are set in motion as the drifter plays two sides against each other and then he's a Pentecostal Holy Roller or something that handles snakes. But there's video cameras everywhere and somebody is not on their medication and ugh I'm exhausted. The movie did have Matthew Montgomery as one of the leads and he's been in pretty much every gay movie ever made so maybe that's why I picked. Or maybe I was just sleepy when I read the write-up. Personally I still think they sent me the wrong ticket.
Lastly was Looking for Simon a film that was both German and French, which is basically like saying it both sucked and blew. Sadly for me, the brief flash of frontal male nudity couldn't save this flick. It was what some people like to say was "methodically paced", which in laymen's terms means slow and boring. Of course being that it's a German film (set in Marseille France) you know someone will be dead by the end but the slow pace doesn't add any sense of dread and you kind of what they will find when they find Simon, who we never actually meet, but only see pictures of. If you are a fan of these types of movies or a somnambulist, then by all means enjoy yourself.
And thus comes the end of this years week long journey into darkness, and yet I'm oddly unfulfilled, go figure. Yes, I lower my expectations and all, but each year there does seem to be at least one stand out film, though this year, eh. There were two other movies I wanted to see but they were playing at times I was unable to get to: Weekend and Going Down in La-La Land. I heard various things about them on blogs and movie sites and Going Down in La-La Land
is based on a book I found mildly entertaining so hopefully they will come back around in general release or better yet they will be out on DVD so I can fast forward through the slow crappy parts. Oh well, till next year, happy movie going.
Answer to previous post trivia question: Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles was the first permanent structure built and designed for showing on movies. (Previously music halls had shown movies in addition their other entertainment)
This posts trivia question: What was the first movie ever released on DVD?
At this point I'm not sure why I went to see Flight of the Cardinal. When it first started I thought maybe they had sent me the wrong ticket. One thing to keep in mind is that I pour through the festival guide and get tickets about a month in advance so when the actual movies role around, most times I don't really remember what they are about, but usually my mind comes around once it starts. This time, not so much. Turns out it was set in North Carolina, though the only folks in it with original NC accents were 2 bit part players. The few other leads were just faking it. The movie was about some actor guy from New York who has a break down then moves to the country to open a bed and breakfast and then meets a "dangerous drifter" with plans of his own. Then the actors friends come to town and devious plans are set in motion as the drifter plays two sides against each other and then he's a Pentecostal Holy Roller or something that handles snakes. But there's video cameras everywhere and somebody is not on their medication and ugh I'm exhausted. The movie did have Matthew Montgomery as one of the leads and he's been in pretty much every gay movie ever made so maybe that's why I picked. Or maybe I was just sleepy when I read the write-up. Personally I still think they sent me the wrong ticket.
Lastly was Looking for Simon a film that was both German and French, which is basically like saying it both sucked and blew. Sadly for me, the brief flash of frontal male nudity couldn't save this flick. It was what some people like to say was "methodically paced", which in laymen's terms means slow and boring. Of course being that it's a German film (set in Marseille France) you know someone will be dead by the end but the slow pace doesn't add any sense of dread and you kind of what they will find when they find Simon, who we never actually meet, but only see pictures of. If you are a fan of these types of movies or a somnambulist, then by all means enjoy yourself.
And thus comes the end of this years week long journey into darkness, and yet I'm oddly unfulfilled, go figure. Yes, I lower my expectations and all, but each year there does seem to be at least one stand out film, though this year, eh. There were two other movies I wanted to see but they were playing at times I was unable to get to: Weekend and Going Down in La-La Land. I heard various things about them on blogs and movie sites and Going Down in La-La Land
is based on a book I found mildly entertaining so hopefully they will come back around in general release or better yet they will be out on DVD so I can fast forward through the slow crappy parts. Oh well, till next year, happy movie going. Answer to previous post trivia question: Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles was the first permanent structure built and designed for showing on movies. (Previously music halls had shown movies in addition their other entertainment)
This posts trivia question: What was the first movie ever released on DVD?
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