Sorry I never post anymore, I've been meaning to post updates on movies and on my life for like two months now. Instead, here's an Interests Meme from livejournal. Someone went through my interests list and chose seven things they wanted me to explain.
Adolf Hitler
Not much needs to be said. The man was a fuckin' cutie. He may have been responsible for the death of a couple people that possibly didn't deserve it, and yeah, I myself would have been one of the people sent to the concentration camps, but all you gotta do is watch a couple videos of him getting all passionate, screaming and waving his arms all around, while delivering his speeches, or look at a couple of cute pictures of him, and it is literally impossible not to overlook and forgive all his naughty deeds. Am I fascinated at all by World War II, or about how such a malicious man was able to brainwash an entire country? Nope. Not really. I just think Adolf's adorable.
The Beaver Trilogy
This is a collection of three short films by Trent Harris, the director of Rubin & Ed. The first one is a documentary about an amazing personality named Groovin' Gary, who gets all excited when he meets Trent in a TV station parking lot, and hams it up for the camera. They later get together again when Groovin' Gary puts on a talent show at a high school, in which he dresses up as Olivia Newton-John and performs Please Don't Keep Me Waiting. Harris later remade it in a dramatized version with Sean Penn. The basic story of the original documentary is expanded on a little bit, but not much. Penn plays the part by mimicking Groovin' Gary exactly, and it's interesting to see such an early performance by him, but otherwise, the short offers nothing, and you might as well just watch the documentary again. The third short stars Crispin Glover, and this time, the story is expanded a great deal, and Crispin brings a lot of his own personality to the role, making it far more interesting (than the Penn performance). This last one easily functions on it's own, and putting it in the context of the trilogy makes no real difference. In fact, I first saw it at least 6 or 7 years before ever seeing the other two, and it was already one of my favorite short films before I ever even found out Crispin's character was based on a real person. It's hard to pick a favorite between the original and the Crispin version, but I think I'd go with the original because it also includes some unbelievable footage of the other talent show contestants. The whole trilogy is reccomendable if you can find it, and I would personally advise you to split the segments up, and watch one a night, or one a week even, because hearing some of the same lines over and over again does get tiresome if you watch it all at once.
Britney Spears
I wrote about my Britney obsession fairly recently, so there's not a whole lot to add. My favorite Britney songs are Toxic, Sometimes, and Oops I Did It Again. My favorite of her music videos is probably Toxic, but almost all of them are really good. My favorite album is Britney. Crossroads is in my Top 50 Favorite Movies Ever. I really hope she gets her shit together, she's capable of fucking great things.
Cripples Who Walk Funny
One day when I was in 7th grade, I was having lunch, and this kid walked past me. His back was slightly arched and his legs were kinda spread wide, and he would take enormous, wobbly steps. It was so surreal and over-the-top, I assumed he was faking it, and I started laughing. Some asshole next to me (he wasn't an asshole because of this particular exchange, but he was in fact a total asshole, and I was extremely pleased when he got sent to military school) was like, "What the fuck are you laughing at?" And I said, "The way that guy is walking. It's hilarious." And he was like, "It's not funny! That's Cripple McCrippleson (I don't remember his real name), he got shot by his brother." I felt a little bad for laughing, I guess, but I was still really intrigued and amused by it. I've learned now not to be so blatant about laughing or staring, but this fascination with goofy walks resulting from tragic injuries remains as strong as ever.
From Justin To Kelly
This is a movie starring Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson from the first season of American Idol. At first, Justin plays a total womanizer who jokes about never having had a relationship lasting longer than a couple hours, and he's also the kind of guy who hosts whip cream bikini contests. But that all changes within seconds of meeting the virginal, innocent Kelly, who has been dragged to Spring Break by her friends. It's fate that the two of them will end up together, but one of Kelly's friends gets jealous, and does all that she can to stop this from happening. One of the things that really stands out for me about this movie is how mean-spirited and cunty the friend's actions are. It gets pretty uncomfortable, and is a bit inappropriate to the general tone of the film. But the main thing that stands out is Guarini's incredible performance. His screen presence is fucking astounding. It's a fairly perfect movie, anyway, I fucking love the story, the characters, the music, the dancing, the dialogue, the humor, fucking everything about it, but it is moments like when Justin runs into Kelly in the women's restroom while trying to escape some girls who are chasing him for invitations to a party he's throwing, and Kelly advises him to climb out the window, and Justin confidently replies, "Girl, my hair won't fit through there." that make this one of my Very Favorite Movies Of All Time Ever. It's also worth noting that it's written by Kim Fuller, who also wrote Spice World, making her the second greatest screenwriter of all time after Joe Eszterhas.
Paris Hilton
I love pop culture, and she is obviously the pinnacle of it. I don't know or care if she's truly as evil and heartless as everyone makes her out to be. From what unfortunately little I've seen of The Simple Life, she seems adorable and hilarious, which is the only thing that matters to me. I liked her in House of Wax, too.
Takashi Miike
One of my favorite filmmakers. He makes like 10 films a year, so not all of them are good, and some are downright fucking unwatchable, but he easily makes up for it when he pulls off something brilliant. Visitor Q is my #7 Favorite Movie Ever, and the ending of Gozu may just be my #1 Favorite Ending Ever. I haven't actively pursued it in awhile, but I have a goal of watching every film he's ever made (there's over 70), and so far I've seen 38 of them. Here are my Top 10 Favorites:
1. Visitor Q
2. Imprint
3. Ichi the Killer
4. Fudoh: The New Generation
5. Gozu
6. Full Metal Yakuza
7. Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
8. Shinjuku Triad Society
9. Audition
10. Zebraman
And here are my Bottom 5 Least Favorites:
5. The Bird People in China
4. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
3. The Happiness of the Katakuris
2. Sabu
1. Kumamoto Monogatari
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