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We saw two Great movies today - Me, my daughter and her friend (a boy).

First:
The Curiosity of Chance

This is a teenage movie set in the 80's in the John Hughes vein - but with a gay character as the star. Although slow to start out (it is missing the quick and snappy dialogue of John Hughes' films) it quickly gets up to pace and is hilarious and poignant at the same time, without ever being sad. The three teens I brought went CRAZY over this film and gave it a standing ovation. Truthfully, gay teens don't get to see mirror images of themselves on film like this - oh yes, you have the serious films, and the gay porn, but you don't get just happy, fun, gay teenage movies. My three teens were just dieing for more and wouldn't stop talking about it until the next movie started.
It wasn't just for teens though, and it appeared that the audience who was mostly older adults also loved it.

Outsourced
I loved this movie probably more than the Opening Night movie. It's about an American who is told his entire department is being outsourced to India - and now he has to go train all the replacements. The movie laughed at the natives he meets, laughed at their customs, and then turned around and laughed right back at America twice as hard. It was very well done and funny too. We had to leave when it ended so I didn't hear if it had been bought yet - but it was a movie that looks straight out of a studio, and is ready for a theater with no flaws that I can think of. I thought it was perfect, and if you get any chance to see it, I do recommend - you must!

Tomorrow my plan is: Maskot and Midnight Clear. That plan may change, but so it is for now.

Posted by Pischina at March 8, 2007 11:12 PM

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