I discovered that one of my old DVD rental places had slashed their prices and beefed up their selection so I decided to rent the shit out of the place for Holy Week since I’d be stuck home.
One of the titles I picked up was this movie The Debut, which I first heard about five years ago when the Fil-Am director was in the country trying to get some local actors to sign on for this independent project. Immediately, I was intrigued by the idea: A feature length film about the Filipino-American experience told through the eyes of a Filipino who is more familiar with Western culture than his own. But seeing as how long it’s going to be before the filmmakers are finished with the movie, I filed it under my “you should look it up in the future” and forgot all about it.
Since five years have passed when I saw this on the shelf for rent, I was less than enthusiastic to see how it all turned out. Fortunately, nothing else caught my eye that day and I decided to check it out.
My verdict? It was thoroughly enjoyable. So enjoyable in fact, I immediately watched it again after finishing it for the first time. I guess it’s a testament to how hungry I am for some Hollywood representation that I loved it from beginning to end. But the novelty can only carry the movie so far.
Fortunately, the movie had a lot more going for it than that. It had an awesome cast, very likeable and belieavable characters; and a script that although becomes overindulgent at times, is quite excellent.
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The latest Hollywod blockbuster V for Vendetta immediately follows the events of the cancelled, but beloved TV show U for Underpants. It continues the wacky adventures of bumbling detective V (played by Robin Williams) as he extracts himself from sticky situation after sticky situation with his wit and luck.
Aided by his trusty sidekick Squancho (played by Adam Sandler in a surprisingly sensitive role), V (which we learn during the course of the movie stands for SPOILER WARNING!: Very Retarded), V uncovers a plot that will forever change the face of movies! And cows!
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In the old days, deciding on whether or not to watch a movie is easy. As long as it had explosions, car chases, naked breasts, and/or Bruce Willis, then it’s going to get the proverbial thumbs up from men everywhere. Take Die Hard for example. It had everything except car chases, and thus it was good.
Fortunately, the “no car chase” flaw was quickly dealt with in the sequel where John McClane YIPPY KA YAY MOTHERFUCKER’ed a whole airplane right straight to hell. Some stupid readers (sorry, I meant “smartly-challenged” or “retardedly-retarded” or “most women”) might ask “What does blowing up a plane have to do with car chases?”
Well I’ll tell you. Think of the plane driving The Car of Getting Whup-Assed. Then imagine the motherfuckin’ flame that came out of John McClane’s motherfuckin’ lighter that explodified the plane to be driving The Car of Bad Assed-ness that’s chasing the “other car” through the Streets of Awesome. Get it now?
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