April 2nd, 2009
Some Movies to Look Forward to
I’ve been a little Oscars-crazed in the previous movie posts but, to tell you the truth, I haven’t watched everything I downloaded on torrents since Christmas. But here I am anticipating new movies again. No mention of the golden guy, for the mean time.
Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock
Because when we were in high school, my brother bought these Woodstock cassette tapes, and he would listen to them all day long. I hated it coz it was also the time he listened to Chocolate Starfish and Hotdog-flavoured Water, but I was interested in the album jacket. When you’re that age, topless and bearded hippies are interesting. It’s only later that I would understand better what they’re about–peace, free love, weed, and stuff–yet to me, they retain the same enigma. Enter Ang Lee with this one, post-Crouching Tiger and Brokeback Mountain. This is bound to be talked about.
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are
With critics predicting an Oscar sweep as early as now (sorry, can’t help it), this is going beyond critical success. I don’t really need their word for it as I have loved him since Bjork’s It’s Oh So Quiet, Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation. Needless to say, the trailer’s very stirring already. I haven’t even read the children’s book so what more for that generation.
While I’m a fan of the occasional SNL clips that I chance upon through my Tumblr friends, I’m not really familiar with Maya Rudolph except in her impersonation of Michelle Obama. Same experience with John Krasinski from The Office which I also don’t follow (what a lozarr). Sam Mendes hits it while it’s hot after Revolutionary Road (here I go again). I love on the road movies–be it wild lies to woo chick ala Y Tu Mama Tambien or last freedom before marriage ala Sideways. With some humour from Mendes now and Maggie Gyllenhaal thrown in, it’s sold to me.
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