Two more movies last night. First was a British comedy called Death at a Funeral, though the title is a little misleading. It’s a farce set around a funeral that involves hallucinogenic drugs labeled “Valium,” a 4′ tall blackmailer, a guy who won’t take no for an answer, a foul-mouthed senior citizen in a wheelchair and various other family intrigues. The only actors I knew were Alan Tudyk affecting a British accent (though for most of the movie he’s high as a kite and could have been forgiven for any mode of speaking) and Peter Dinklage, the aforementioned mini-blackmailer. Directed by Frank Oz. Hilarious—almost breathlessly so at the time.
I’ve been wanting to see Juno, since, like, forever. Did it stand up to all the hype? Not many movies could, and I do think this one was a little overhyped, but it was a fine film all the same. I had a geeky moment when I saw a People’s jewelry store in the background in the mall scene and knew the movie was filmed in Canada. The music didn’t quite work for me (except when they played Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes”). The ending didn’t go the stereotypical route, and we were well pleased with the film when it was over.
Another day nice enough to BBQ in the back yard, though the heat index is near 100° I’m also getting a lot of work done on novel revisions and might actually have a rough cut first draft to send to my agent by the end of the month. Here’s hoping.
I’ve wanted to see Death at a Funeral since I first saw the trailer last year. Glad you liked it. Will definitely have to look it up now.
Heat index of 100* already? Jeeze.
“I’ve been wanting to see Juno, since, like, forever. Did it stand up to all the hype? Not many movies could, and I do think this one was a little overhyped, but it was a fine film all the same.”
I thought I wouldn’t like it much at all, due to the hype, and was very pleasantly surprised when I finally saw it. I thought it was great, soundtrack and all.
Yeah, 60% humidity, which doesn’t sound like much unless you’re doing something active out in it!
The only soundtrack song I really liked was the one Juno and her boyfriend played at the end. The secondary characters were delightful, especially her father.
I was just happy that a silly Velvet Underground song I like a lot was in the movie.
Two movies I need to see, especially Death.
Oh I hear you. We get humidity like that and worse here in Kentucky. Right now, it’s 80* with 62* humidity with storms on the way. I ache.
We hardly stopped laughing a minute through the whole thing.