Death at a Funeral (2010) - Rating: 4.5/5

A great Father's Day movie!

Hilarious, had my mother audibly in stitches - a sort of embarassing 'she's not here with me' type thing. The same family buzz from 'There's Something About Mary' - probably the last time the family as a whole laughed together!

Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Rating: 4/5

Saw last night on Film4+1 (the movie channel for the skint, and moolah challenged)!

Thought it was hilarious. You think you've seen stuff like it before, but you really haven't! It does go for the cheap laughs, in its languidly paced, dead-pan way, but overall quite satisfying. Unsuspecting normality of suburbia, peppered with amusing quirks!
A little subversive too, against that which is expected: socially, and the state of the movie market!
Love the way it's made around the mid-noughties, has a setting that reflects the mid-90s, but has this retro 80s feel!

Thinking about it, and briefly writing about it brings about a smile - it's quite brilliant and original!
Definitely a triumph of the generic 'geek' without appropriating the stock use of Star Wars, Star Trek et al. and perhaps one that I identify with personally!

Background movie: The Prestige

Something in the background (from sis' movie collection)...
A brilliant movie!
Something you can only appreciate upon multiple viewings.

Perhaps a little too clever for it's own good, potentially alienating that mass audience appeal.

Missed Bad Lieutenant...

11:22pm
Can't believe that Bad Lieutenant had a less than two week run at the local Cineworld. Missed my last opportunity (tonight) to watch it for free (on my Cineworld Card). Looks like I might have to wait for it to come out on DVD to appreciate it properly...

Enemy of the State - to revisit

11:20pm
Randomly thought of Gene Hackman's character in that movie!
Think I identify with that!
Some loner techno-geek, who's independent and resourceful.
Have to watch it again sometime soon!

Mood movie: The Godfather - Part II

11:16pm
Sort of waiting for my sis to come home from a performance at Clapham Junction...
Was in the middle of doing some stuff...
But feeling for something quite serious, cool, and moody.

Initially wanted Dark Knight, but unavailable.
Then The Godfather - also unavailable...

So Part II has to suffice!

Tis pretty damn cool too though.

Stuff seen in the past few days

Last night, saw Star Trek: Nemesis as a mood movie.
A seriously under-rated movie in my estimation!

Saw Out of Sight a few days ago with sis.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind today.

And Tosca (1976) from the triple DVD 'Popular Puccini'.
Honestly very close to tears for Act 2!...
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Floria Tosca: Raina Kabaivanska
Mario Caravadossi: Placido Domingo.