By now most people probably understand the simpler concept behind Be Kind, Rewind and some have probably seen the controversy behind it too. But frankly I don't think that people get what the movie is really trying to say and obviously the trailer isn't going to give that to you otherwise you wouldn't see the movie.
For starters this movie doesn't take place during the VHS' hay days it takes place now in the DVD age. You should know the premise of the picture already so I'm not going to regurgitate the marketing for you that's the studio's job. I will say that this movie is more about making movies and taking chances making movies then anything else. The Hollywood that I and most people fell in love with no longer exists. There will never be another George Lucas who owns all his characters and the license for those character's because the studio's now know how much money that can make off of it. Be Kind, Rewind to me is more about making good movies, rather than expensive movies. Quality rather than quantity, which is severely lacking in movies today. People for some reason feel ripped off it there not sitting down for two hours eating candy and nachos.
In the movie the video store has all their movies they've made destroyed by studio lawyer's played by Sigourney Weaver and Paul Dinello (Jellyneck from Strangers with Candy). This inspires our video bootleggers to make their own movie. After all isn't that something a lot of people do as kids? First you want to make your favorite movie, then when it's not good enough you make your own. Really that's what I took from this film, yes it was funny as hell to watch them remake movies like Robocop and Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2, but more importantly I took away a greater joy from this movie then I have in a long time. I didn't leave the theater feeling like they just wanted my money, I left feeling like they just wanted me to enjoy myself and it felt like when I would watch movies as a kid.
That's all I'll ruin of the movie for you since really I'm not even touching the surface of the subtext or other things like sense of community that's also going on in the film. When it opens nation wide I would recommend seeing it and making an opinion for yourself, you may hate it, you may feel like it just wanted your money, or you may leave the theater wondering when's the next time you'll leave the movies feeling so good about the money you spent?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Be Kind, Rewind... The Joy of Movies
Questions and Ideas
So I'm creating this posting so that people with random questions have a place to post or if you're visiting my page and not finding the answer's you came here for perhaps my nerd brain can help. So feel free to post in the comment's and I'll try to get back to you in a timely manor. Also if you have anything you want to see reviewed then feel free to let me know. If I've already used the product or have read it, watched it, etc, etc, then I can post a review right away!
Read More......Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter
Ah a comic review... how original right? Well it's not often anymore that I read a book and just have to write a review although Vinyl Underground is a very good book and probably worthy of a review.
So what's Shadow Hunter about? Nothing to original in fact it seems like it would fit perfectly with the rest of Top Cow's Universe and since that's where Christina Z cut her teeth it shouldn't be surprising. Basically our main character the hot blonde has always had these visions of Demon's and Angel's fighting, see goes and gets them checked out and earns money in the process. The doctor who looks like a guy in the book but is referred to as a woman (Perhaps an over site when sending the book to India to be drawn?) any way she/he gives... let's just call her Jenna she actually has some other "J" name but it doesn't really matter does it? The Doc gives her a trinket and now her visions are materializing... and trying to kill her. Christina Z is very good with the strong female lead and unlike in other Virgin Comics I didn't find my self just looking at the art because the story was so... grade school. I still was blown away by the story itself but it did interest me enough to want issue two.
The art on the other hand was fantastic! Mukesh Singh is extremely talented and I hope he gets put on other projects after this series is over. Not only were his penciling very detailed and sharp but his coloring was beautiful. Frankly I don't know how to describe how good the art was, just that I was blown away by it. The art makes the book worth picking up and the fact that the story doesn't suck is just a bonus. I'm sure that comic shops over ordered this book due to Jenna Jameson's name being on the cover so it should be hard to find an issue, and like I said it's worth it for the art alone.