Weakened by the Weekend / A Word on a Mighty Wind
Posted on April 21, 2003 at 9:55 am | No Comments
Memo to myself : Try Not to Overdo It. (oh, and touch the puppethead.)
I am a broken, weakened, husk-of-a-man. There is not a part of me that does ache, not a joint that doesn’t feel like it might break. I believe it’s a combination of two things: 1.) I think I’m coming down with something. and 2) I went a little overboard with the exercising this weekend. Too much running, too much walking, too many situps. Granted, not a bad thing to overdose on, but I’m paying for it today in an intensely big way. Glad it’s a short workweek for me… took Thursday and Friday off just ‘cuz.
Saw A Mighty Wind yesterday. Good flick, although not on par with Best in Show. Could be my least-favorite Christopher Guest mockumentary, but still, his worst is far better than most. I was actually more amazed than amused, really… completely stunned by how musically talented the ensemble cast is. You can’t fake some of the performances they pulled off…
Sure, there were lots of laughs to be had… Ed Begley Jr. was great, as was Bob Balaban. Fred Willard was even more annoying that usual, which is typically his whole schtick in these films, so I suppose he did his job. My biggest problem with it was that it didn’t know what it wanted to be… the tone shifted constantly, some of the comedy was far too random, and there was sadness sprinkled throughout. Mitch and Mickey were almost too real to get a kick out of. And that last shot? Completely outta nowhere. A little foreshadowing would have helped there. Ah well, still worth seeing in the theater. I think my expectations for Mr. Guest are far too high at this point, which says a lot about my love for his previous films.
Hey, my cousin Kasten has an online journal. I never knew.
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