Stay tuned for my entry into The Film Experience's Vampires Blog-a-Thon. I shall be writing about a film both timeless and revered: Dracula -- let me finish -- Dead & Loving It. Look for it here Oct. 30. Now stop reading if you want to experience the new Christopher Guest movie without preconceived notions.
Still reading? Hope not. For lo, I gallop into town with advanced word. The news is bad. Worse than bad. For Your Consideration, for all its scattered laughs, is a deep disappointment. As the Nov. 22 release date approaches, I will tell you why. For now, though, let us weep together for a great opportunity torn asunder.
A Mighty Wind was a step down, and FYC is a step down from there. I thought AMW had a terrific soundtrack, no joke. I still think Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole should've won an Oscar for "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." It's one of Oscar's great bungles.
I will ponder this unfortunate degeneration in a future post. We've come along way since Guffman -- FYC is a staggering missed opportunity.
I wondered what you thought about FYC, because I first heard about it on your blog, way back when. So when I saw the trailer this past week, I thought, "huh... that looks, kinda awful, actually." Knowing that it was supposed to be on the subject of Oscar races, etc., I was surprised how long the trailer took to get to that subject. And when it did, it didn't even make sense. Judging purely from the trailer, the film looked like a mess... which made me wonder what the film actually was like and what you were going to think about it.
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I realize this is a months-old reference, but that's a movie with an acceptable colon.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who thought A Mighty Wind was a deep disappointment?
ReplyDeleteSave for the color witches of course.
A Mighty Wind was a step down, and FYC is a step down from there. I thought AMW had a terrific soundtrack, no joke. I still think Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole should've won an Oscar for "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." It's one of Oscar's great bungles.
ReplyDeleteI will ponder this unfortunate degeneration in a future post. We've come along way since Guffman -- FYC is a staggering missed opportunity.
Pooh! (But more than you've already divilged your Vampire film -- mine's staying a secret, bwahaha...)
ReplyDeleteAnd what a shame that FYC is a dud. I was looking forward to it. The preview ain't a laugh riot anyway.
Um, I know exactly what you're topic is. Come on.
ReplyDeleteF*ck, those damn contractual homophones.
ReplyDeleteI wondered what you thought about FYC, because I first heard about it on your blog, way back when.
ReplyDeleteSo when I saw the trailer this past week, I thought, "huh... that looks, kinda awful, actually."
Knowing that it was supposed to be on the subject of Oscar races, etc., I was surprised how long the trailer took to get to that subject. And when it did, it didn't even make sense. Judging purely from the trailer, the film looked like a mess... which made me wonder what the film actually was like and what you were going to think about it.
Disappointment blows.