What does “hillarious” mean anyway?
Sometimes I just don’t know what attracts some people in a movie! The other night I had the misfortune to go and see “Kung fu Panda”. All along I waited for that magic moment which will make me laugh or feel amused. No, it was a boring, childish cartoon.
You’ll ask why did I chose this film in the first place? Well, I didn’t. I was kind of obliged to go to the cinema that night. A friend of a friend was visiting, and she wanted me to meet this girl and I agreed. I thought, we will just meet for a drink and basta. But then they called and said “Hey, we have a movie plan for us, 10 pm, Kung fu Panda, or if you find anything better”. Well, I am sure I could have found many things better, but, I didn’t know the person’s taste and my friend has an incompatible taste with me in movies. So, as I don’t like to impose my choices on others, I gave in and we went to see this “funny” film. Worst part that I found out later was that the visitor had already seen it once in Germany, in German and she had found that it was “hilarious”. Maybe I am missing the “SoH*” gene.
Anyways, it could be worst, it could be a horror movie or a stupid action movie, I don’t know, there are plenty of rubbish productions out there.
But, on the bright side, I saw “la Science des reves” last week on DVD. The DVD itself is already magnificent, it has a cool cover and it comes with a nice booklet with a little short story in it. The movie was dreamlike and so was Gabriel Garcia Bernal.
As I am talking about DVDs, I will say this too. One day about a month ago, I found an ad in Craigslist about someone selling the whole first season of Brothers and Sisters for 10 Euros. The bizarre thing was that it was all on a single CD. I called the lady who was selling it and I made an appointment to go and pick it up. She was literally living 2 minutes from Sacré Coeure church. I get there, I see a bizarre, one-eyed dog who comes to greet me. Then the woman comes and tells me that the DVD might not work on a DVD player, so she will give it to me for 5 Euros. Fine. I get the DVD and come home. I had no idea what the story was all about, just that Calista Flockhart was in it.
The series itself is not bad, but it had NOTHING to do with Ally MacBeal. Calista Flockhart is playing a Republican activist (shame on her)! Her mother, who is played by Sally Field is a Democrat as are some of her brothers and sisters and there is constant beakering between them. And the whole message (that I get, but I can be over sensitive) is that Republicans are good guys, “this special government” is bad. After a while, the cliché lines become quite tiring and upsetting. But, I nonetheless watched it to the end, cause there are parallel nice stories if you filter out the political message.
Few days ago, I received another email from my seller saying that if the DVD hasn’t worked on my player, she is willing to give me back the 5 Euros. If she taught that I would go to Montmartre juts to get 5 euros, she is crazy! But then she told me that she is finishing up the second season and she will sell it to me for the same price if I like. Cool! We can become DVD buddies now.
* Sense of Humor
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