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This is probably one of the best movies ever made.



Little Miss Sunshine

This is like a milder version of The Royal Tennenbaums. Except that I didn't like The Royal Tennenbaums and I loved this movie, and this one has its own quirks and twists. And Steve Carell is probably the best person in the world.

The movie is about a dysfunctional family. The father, Richard, is a self help guy trying to get his 9 steps program launched. His wife, Sheryl, is just trying to keep the family together. Her brother, Frank, just got out of a hospital after trying to kill himself. The daughter, Olive, is seven years old and wants to be a beauty queen. Her brother, Dwayne, has taken a vow of silence because he hates the world. And the grandfather has the foulest mouth ever and was recently kicked out of a retirement home for his behavior. Now Olive has been entered into the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in California, so the whole family hopes into a broken-down, yellow VW bus and treks across the country to make it there in time.

The characters and the acting is probably what sold this movie. That and the comedy. Comedy like this is hard to find in today's movies. Too much of it is slapstick or shoot-em-up or shit like that. This was a different brand comedy, and it came out hilarious. Hilarious and sweet and wonderful. This has automatically made it to my list of favorite movies ever.

Like I said, though, the characters and the acting were what really sold this movie. The editing was also great, and the camera work was good but not noticeable, which is great in its own way. The characters are just so diverse. I mean, they're average people--they're able to come off both as someone you might meet on the street and totally wacky movie characters. Even the old VW bus was a character. And the acting is brilliant. I can't think of a single person who did a weak job of acting. Even the girl who played Olive was brilliant.

And the climax is...there are no words. It's just...perfect.

I can't say what exactly it is about this movie that I loved to itty bitty pieces, but it was just so wonderful and funny and amazing and really a very sweet and quirky story. I can tell why it got rave reviews and why everyone has recommended I see it.

I think I'm gonna buy this one :)

Score: 10 out of 10


I also bought Pan's Labyrinth the other day, but forgot to mention it. More movie reviews coming, since Tokyo Godfathers and the Ghost In the Shell movie just came in the mail.

Not much else to report. Went to the beach today with Liz and Lindy and got so fucking burned. On the backs of my legs too, so every time I move them it's like "AGH I KILL YOU!" Eurgh. It's all splotchy and gross too. I should know better by now. I always burn before I tan. x_x

I'm a slug bug. I haven't done any writing lately. I feel like such a loser. And I still haven't been approved for the 100 Themes Challenge. I think I'd better check up on that.

My job finally, really starts next week on Wednesday and it looks like I've got 15 hours this week. The woes of part-time work, but oh well. If I work like this from now until the end of summer I should have enough. And they might give me more hours eventually.

Had to deal with some major drama issues earlier as well. Not gonna talk about it, since it concerns a friend of mine, but let's just say that all is not well.

Julie, can you remind me of which cons we're going to? I've got to start thinking about getting the tickets. And any updates on whether I'm coming to Minnesota??

Geh. It's been a weird day.

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[ddrussianinja.livejournal.com]

I loved "Little Miss Sunshine" as well, but the very ending felt a bit weak. They said it was because they couldn't get the right shot for the ending they wrote so they ended up filming a bunch of endings on the fly and went with the best one. But I loved it all the same.

Sorry about the drama and the lethargy. Hope you have a better day today!