loony_moony

Yesterday evening I saw

"The Queen", and it was not what I expected. Not in a negative way, per se, but just very different. Rather than a BBC documentary, it felt more like "Love Actually", the anal retentive version. Helen Mirren is of course utterly majestic and she deserved the oscar blah blah blah, but other than that it was almost American-like sappy, what with all the lovemaking to Blair and Prince Charles. I did, however, like that they didn't make an utter cow out of Cherry, but I can see why the Brits can't stand the sight of her. I also caught something! The place they used for the interior shooting of the royal palace was the exact same place the production of "Ideal Husband" did for the Chilterns' house! Yes, I am that much of a dork! :D
So, all in all, it was a rather nice, unprepossessive film that was lovely to watch, but which I don't think I'll actually buy on DVD.

And today I saw

"Alpha Dog". Now let me set this straight: I only went to see that movie because I heard Justin Timberlake made a rather impressive turn in it, and since I have a rather deep respect for Justin Timberlake, I decided to give it a shot. That movie was THE LONGEST TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE. DEAR GOD IT WAS SO FUCKING LONG. And it dragged foreverrrrrrrr. I only found out that Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone were in it when it started. To tell you the truth, Bruce Willis seems to be playing the same role for a couple of movies now - the charming criminal which you don't want to meet on the wrong side of life because dear god can his smile turn cold fast. It wasn't different this time either. I was rather surprised by Sharon Stone, who gave a rather emotionally suffocating performance as the Jewish Mother, and spent the last 15 minutes of her time onscreen in a fat suit with racoon eyes. Probably thought she could be Theroned there. Ha.
As for the Timberlake, he was actually rather moving. Most of the movie's second half focuses on his character, and he seems to grow there from "the character daringly played by Justin Timberlake, considering how many drugs, sex and homophobic comments he has" to "the character I actually can't really believe that Justin Timberlake, of all people, is spinning in front of me because I love it and want to beat the shit out of it at the same time". That said, the rest of the cast was very "One Tree Hill"-ish and I'm getting tired of hearing about drug plots in the California suburbs. It's so 90s. And besides, "Go" did it best already.

There aren't any big spoilers, so feel free to read. :)

Night!