Movie

[author_by_night]

tediousandbrief yoinked this from thefridayfive on LJ, and I'm yoinking it from him in turn!

1. Have you ever had a movie both totally captivate and complete confuse you? Yes, Nothing But Trouble, although I barely remember it now.  From what I do vaguely remember, this couple gets lost and ends up at a guy's house. He says they can stay, but he hates bankers, so the characters stay. Then I think he finds out the other guy really was a banker. The movie ends with them sliding out of the house. On a slide. With a bunch of other people/captives. (Or something. This had to have been about twenty years ago.)

2. When watching a movie, do you prefer things all laid out or to have to 'hunt for your own clues' along the way? I'm fairly neutral, although sometimes one or the other works best for certain movies.

3. Do you want an ultimate ending to your movie or do you prefer to have it open for conjecture and discussion. Can I have a bit of both? I prefer for the ending to be fairly tied together, but with some loose knots that allow for discussion. However, I think open endings can work well.  I also expect short films to be more open ended - most of the ones I've seen have open endings, so I think that's pretty normal.

4. Do you talk during a movie (preferably one in your home, not in the theatre)? Sometimes I will, but only to add to the movie, and I try not to get carried away.

5. Have you ever seen a blockbuster movie and not get what was so great about it?  Bridesmaids, maybe? But less for being a blockbuster (I don't think it was) or for not seeing why people liked it, and more not getting what people said about it. It wasn't the feminist female buddy comedy I was expecting. Actually, the female "buddies" in the film were pretty terrible. When Annie calls the bride on the verge of a breakdown, and the bride never calls back, then later says she was just too busy - that's not friendship to me. The only real friendship in the film starts brewing in the end. It felt less like a buddy comedy and more like a movie about two friends growing away from one another. Which totally has its own merits, because that does happen and sometimes you just have to accept your friendship for what it is (and isn't), but...

I dunno, it's like if a romance movie ended with the lead "couple" deciding just to be friends. Not necessarily a bad film, just not at all how it was advertised.

(Also, I want a female buddy film that's actually positive toward female friendships!)