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philippos42) wrote2010-06-14 05:44 pm
philippos42) wrote2010-06-14 05:44 pm
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Midway through Broken English, I thought, "This is the best movie I've seen in a while." Well, is it really? It seems like whatever I'm into at the moment, past a certain threshold of cool, can seem the "best ever." And hey, it'd been a week since I'd watched a movie, so best in at least that long.
Is it better than Linda, Linda, Linda? No.
Well, maybe it is. It's different. To me, its appeal is actually akin to that of In Her Shoes, which I watched recently--but this is, yeah, better I think.
I enjoyed it is what I'm saying.
I like a movie with a character that's almost as pathological as I am--well, half as much as I am. And the way the storyline works--this is how I would write if I wrote.
What's it about? Um, love or something.
The pushiness of the Julian character is interesting. Do women want a man to be insistent & pushy? Is that how you tell a woman is into you, that she tolerates that noise & doesn't just tell you to bugger off? Because I think that's an unreliable marker actually.
The last act also surprised me. It's neat to see a movie that goes roughly where you know it's going to go--or almost does--but does unexpected things once you get there. At least, they were unexpected to me.
On the DVD extras, I noticed that the deleted scenes largely seemed to fit into the movie, like they were part of the overall flow, just a bit long. That's not always the case. (The one with the lesbian was obvious & ended clunkily, though.)
Is it better than Linda, Linda, Linda? No.
Well, maybe it is. It's different. To me, its appeal is actually akin to that of In Her Shoes, which I watched recently--but this is, yeah, better I think.
I enjoyed it is what I'm saying.
I like a movie with a character that's almost as pathological as I am--well, half as much as I am. And the way the storyline works--this is how I would write if I wrote.
What's it about? Um, love or something.
The pushiness of the Julian character is interesting. Do women want a man to be insistent & pushy? Is that how you tell a woman is into you, that she tolerates that noise & doesn't just tell you to bugger off? Because I think that's an unreliable marker actually.
The last act also surprised me. It's neat to see a movie that goes roughly where you know it's going to go--or almost does--but does unexpected things once you get there. At least, they were unexpected to me.
On the DVD extras, I noticed that the deleted scenes largely seemed to fit into the movie, like they were part of the overall flow, just a bit long. That's not always the case. (The one with the lesbian was obvious & ended clunkily, though.)