Frenchy’s Fracas

 2006 Edition

Well, another interesting year of film festival antics have gone by. I enjoyed myself very much with quite some nice and thought provoking movies. I was quite lucky not to have to watch too many crap movies. My selection of films hasn’t matched the results of the Audience Award (do have a look, willya?) as much as last year, so that’s nice too ;o)
Here’s my list of favorites this year:

Looking at the list, I reckon I should’ve given Running Stumbled higher marks, especially because it’s one of the movies I keep telling people about, but alas.. the vote has already been cast..
Two real documentaries on me list, not bad. Three US movies, wow.. A musical too, WTF?!?

A funny thing is being found by search machines, a really funny thing is when other sites refer to you or link to you.. My ego (lower caps, always) knows no bounds!!
Thanks to the people at Zone 5300 for linking me and especially the people at Cinematical for quoting me on Reefer Madness and Analife, ouch.. heheh..

Conclusion: I’m a very happy puppy, should’ve conserved my energy a bit better, but still a great festival!!
Big thanks to Kayan for helping me out with the schedule, Kayan Rulez! heheh..

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 2006 Edition

“Lonesome Jim“

But before I start about ‘Lonesome Jim’, I have to give an honorable mention to the short film that was shown before the main feature: ‘The Boy Who Was Dubbed’ - a very smart, interesting and funny story.

Another one of my favorite actors, Steve Buscemi directs this movie. That was enough for me to check out this movie. Small-time always meta-depressed loser goes back to the last place he’d ever want to return to: his parents. He reluctantly gets involved in his family’s lives and vice versa. Then he meets a single mom with a more realistic and positive look on things.
Plot-wise: liked the characters a lot - the loser never gets too much under my skin. The ever-cheery mother of our hero showing some depth at the end of the story wasn’t too much of a surprise, but still was nice. Hey, and anyone who can make Liv Tyler seem more like an actress then just a pretty face, is doing some good stuff! Even though the ending the ending was a bit predictable, it didn’t offend my pompous tastes..
But the most important thing was the style of dialogue: brutally funny and fun brutality. Almost forgot about Uncle Evil.. Heheh..

Conclusion: got what expected and a little bit more - happy puppy, that’s me!

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