The Holtonian

Movie Ramblings and other Holiday bliss

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Oh wait its still december, it felt like a week went bye as I waited for the in laws internet to get to my site. Well things are well down here. Today the wife and her maid of honor and I went to go see Stuck on You. All in all it was sort of funny, but again the Farly brothers mask an interesting social critique in a sort of comedy. If you remember the whole Shallow Hall movie, that movie had an interesting take on the whole inner beauty thing. IF that movie was true to Hollywoods take on the world the fat chick would have gotten lipo and been hot at the end of the movie and all would be well, but no she stayed fat and Jack Black found the inner beauty and still loved it no matter how huge-mungo she was.
I think Stuck On You has a really good message about the whole plastic surgery era we live in where you get a nip, a tuck, and an implant and you're the next hottest thing since Mount Doom. The movie wasn't too funny, I laughed a good bit but at times it was forced because I felt I was supposed to laugh. But the guys are born at the hip and can't get separated because it will kill Greg Kinnear. Greg is the big shot, good with the ladies, and an aspiring actor. While Matt Damon is a burger flipper and hides in the background when his brother does plays. Its funny to see how each brother allows each other to pursue their dream with them attached. But in the end they get separated, sorry for blowing it, but realize they can't function without each other. Matt can't flip the burgers and make the burgers in 3 minutes or less (the theme of his burger joint) without his brother to help him. And Greg realizes his hollywood dream was a 15 minute bit of exploitation of his "Conjoinedness" with Matt. SO in the end the brothers realize that a simple surgery won't make them happy, they need each other. The thing that they thought was holding them back was really what got them to where they were and made them happy. People these days think if they get that a boob job, hoo ha job, toe lift, finger tuck, jaw reattachement that these things will make them happy and that those physical "deformities" are holding them back, when all it really is, is their lack of self esteem. I doubt it was what the Farly Bros were going for, but i think its cool if I insert that little message into the movie, it gives it a little more depth. Over all the movie wasn't super good, wifey's friend fell asleep, and it seems the Farley brothers haven't been able to duplicate the level of comedy that they had in Dumb and Dumber.

In other news, when I come to the in laws i get to catch up on the past issues of World Magazine that I'm too cheap to subscribe for. I read the one with Aragorn on the cover, the ROTK article was ok, similar stuff has been written in a lot of more secular newspapers so nothing really new was said. What I did find really cool and interesting was the article on the Matrix Revolutions. The Matrix 3 has sort of come and gone faster than Neo flying through the air but the writer really analyzed the Christian themes in the movie, nothing really new under the sun but still very interesting. I can't help when I read about people's opinions of the "themes of christian imagery in the matrix" but this article made me think the movie over a bit. I think most of the time the images, themes, and ideas that are written about in movies are more in the thoughts of the writers than necessarily the ideas of the director, writer, or producer. Though its cool to sometimes put in your own thoughts about a movie. Like in my opinion Rudy is the story of America, Hoosiers is the story of a failure and redemption, and Zoolander is the story of being incredibly good looking. For me Matrix isn't the story of a savior more the story of Keanu Reeves's redemption of his career. Kudos too you Keanu.... Kudos, my friend.

Check out that article if you can it is really interesting. I tried to go see the Matrix 3 again today but its completely out of theaters.
Holidays in macon or going well. I won't likely blog for the rest of the week due to present opening and relative visiting so have a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.