Sunday, March 16, 2008


So today I saw Funny Games.  I've been really looking forward to see this since I saw the trailer.  Michael Pitt and this new comer named Brady Corbet play these criminals who torture rich families vacationing in the Hamptons. 

Naomi Watts (who also executive produced) and Tim Roth and their adorable son play the family.  Naomi was actually really great in it but Michael Pitt was the standout for sure.  I always feel like he does crap movies but this really showcased his acting talent.  

Anywho all in all I thought it was fantastic.  Lots of Gus Van Zant moments aka LONG shots of absolutely nothing and this one part in the movie where Michael Pitts character rewinds and changes what happens. Random because they never reference it again.




Seriously.  

Side story.  So we get in the theatre and for like 15 minutes we're all alone until this woman walks in with a baby carriage and plops herself down in the front row.  We're all like oh maybe there's a real small baby in there and she still wanted to see the movie.  No not really.  A 3-4 year old child crawls out and sits next to her.  OK.  We still give her the benefit of the doubt by thinking she may have meant to see Horton Hears a Who! or something.  Movie starts, few more people trickle in - woman with young child does not move.  Couldn't believe this mom who deserves to have DSS called on her brought her kid to a rated R movie - FUNNY GAMES of all movies.  There are a lot of really graphic things that happen and yea -not for kids.

So movie ends and the guy in front of us is all like "Do you think it's wise to bring your young child to such a deranged movie?" and she's like "Yeahhhhh".  I do a pretty good impression of what she sounded like.  Everyone thanked the guy for saying something but he was still all pissed and went to yell at the people at the theatre who let this woman in.  Flash forward to 5 minutes we see this lady screaming at her little child outside of the bathroom.  Messed up.

More on the weekend later.

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