Recent Film Roundup
recently saw two films via netflix: Lars and the Real Girl and Wristcutters. Some reactions follow:
Lars and the Real Girl:
i’m a sucker for films about community. i’m also a sucker for sentimentality. a northern town in perpetual winter becomes the backdrop for a love story between an introvert and a church girl. small towns in movies are so much more open-minded than i would imagine their red-state conservatism would allow in real life. town rallies around a sex toy in a be kind rewind fashion. basically a story of awkward hipsters falling in love. i loved it. i want to be a part of the world. i’m such a sucker.
Wristcutters:
Tom Waits, an emo love interest in a slacker road movie cross-country with Golgol Bordello. again i want to exist in this world. its unfortunate that you can’t smile in the afterlife but then don’t do much in real life. purgatory for suicide victims is a lot like southern california without cars, hot and desolate. i feel like i’ve been there before, probably have. i love the tough chick who defaces signs for fun. life is as fun after death and just as boring and whimsical. i need an angel like Tom Waits to stumble into.
