What I've been watching lately...
Mar. 12th, 2006 09:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_lotus13This week, I rented the first DVD of "Desperate Housewives". I watched the first two episodes before deciding that the show is not for me. I don't think the acting or writing is bad; it's just that there's something about it that just doesn't capture me and I'm not quite sure what it is. It's very clearly made for the same demographic that enjoyed "Sex and the City."
I also watched "Jesus Christ, Superstar" this week. I had never seen it, but I had heard a lot about it. Many people who went to my high school had performed it at their elementary school, so I'd heard countless tales about the songs and the production itself. Last year, I read Norman Jewison's autobiography, after falling in love with "In the heat of the night" and reading an article about his contribution to film and the creation of the Canadian film institute. I still want to see more of Jewison's films, and they shall be added to the old zip.ca list after I've watched a few more Oscar movies and some of the other things on my list. I love the songs in "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and I thought the casting was great. Carl Anderson makes an amazing Judas, and Ted Neeley was a good and good looking Jesus even with his wall eye. I found this movie to be so completely '70s, from the costumes, to the singing. At some points, I even expected Jesus to start doing the rock finger or the devil horns! I do love my glam rock, though, so I enjoyed it.
I also watched "C.R.A.Z.Y", a French Canadian movie that has 13 Genie nominations (approx). My mother saw this movie months ago, and raved about it. When she raves about something and tells me to see/watch/listen/read it, I usually heed her advice because her taste isquite good. (If she tells me that I will not like something, she's usually right). This is a great movie. It's a family story about a group of brothers, one of whom happens to be gay. It's a good story about how the boy and his family eventually come to terms with this. The film is both funny and sad, and very believable, with good acting and good writing. I've heard some people have said that it's nice to see a coming-of-age story with a gay character, where no one gets A.I.D.S. or acts like Crazy Flaming Jack on "Will and Grace." This was Canada's entry to the Foreign Film Category at the Oscars, and it's worth seeing.
I also watched "Jesus Christ, Superstar" this week. I had never seen it, but I had heard a lot about it. Many people who went to my high school had performed it at their elementary school, so I'd heard countless tales about the songs and the production itself. Last year, I read Norman Jewison's autobiography, after falling in love with "In the heat of the night" and reading an article about his contribution to film and the creation of the Canadian film institute. I still want to see more of Jewison's films, and they shall be added to the old zip.ca list after I've watched a few more Oscar movies and some of the other things on my list. I love the songs in "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and I thought the casting was great. Carl Anderson makes an amazing Judas, and Ted Neeley was a good and good looking Jesus even with his wall eye. I found this movie to be so completely '70s, from the costumes, to the singing. At some points, I even expected Jesus to start doing the rock finger or the devil horns! I do love my glam rock, though, so I enjoyed it.
I also watched "C.R.A.Z.Y", a French Canadian movie that has 13 Genie nominations (approx). My mother saw this movie months ago, and raved about it. When she raves about something and tells me to see/watch/listen/read it, I usually heed her advice because her taste isquite good. (If she tells me that I will not like something, she's usually right). This is a great movie. It's a family story about a group of brothers, one of whom happens to be gay. It's a good story about how the boy and his family eventually come to terms with this. The film is both funny and sad, and very believable, with good acting and good writing. I've heard some people have said that it's nice to see a coming-of-age story with a gay character, where no one gets A.I.D.S. or acts like Crazy Flaming Jack on "Will and Grace." This was Canada's entry to the Foreign Film Category at the Oscars, and it's worth seeing.
