Posted by Vincent at bg-tc-ppp714.monmouth.com on November 04, 2000 at 13:52:20:
In Reply to: Entertainment for all ages, despite being R posted by Johny on November 04, 2000 at 10:10:27:
: BILLY ELLIOT? The preformances were good (was that the bully from RUSHMORE?) and it's certainly a feel-good movie for the most part, but it seems to be getting really overrated.
As far as "feel god" movies go, I liked it a lot more than ALMOST FAMOUS.
And, was wo the bully from RUSHMORE? The older brother was Jamie Draven, who was on the HBO miniseries THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR with Pete Postlethwait (spelling?).
: I couldn't find myself caring about this boy's talent because A) tap dancing and ballet are two different things and B) I didn't know half the time if we were supposed to recognize him as genius or laugh at his dancing.
I'm not so sure he was supposed to be an outright "genius" on the outset- he's pretty damned clumsy actually, and then he stats to really get into it and displays that elusive "something" that makes his teacher realize he might be due for greatness. As far as the "tap dancing", I tink the idea was that he was into expressing himself in dance in general.
: It's an alright movie, but not one I'd really recommend since it felt like a really long time to get to the conclusion I knew was coming 5 minutes after it started.
I dunno, not all movies need to be "challenging" for me- some need just be entertaining, and BILLY ELLIOT worked wonders for me in this department. I certainly tink as far as pure entertainment goes, the British seem to have an edge on the Americans (hense the undeserved R-rating).
: I'm probably the minority though...BILLY was sold out when I saw REQUIEM FOR A DREAM last night, so you're obviously not the only one who is telling people to see it.
: Johny
So what did you think of REQUIEM? Another case of MPAA insanity- anal rape by a mutant hamster gets a PG-13 (THE KLUMPS), but the single most anti-drug movie I've ever seen gets an NC-17, and an innocuous story about a kid who wants to dance gets an R. What are those morons at the PAA smoking these days?
Vincent