IMPORT-Snuck in two movies this afternoon/evening thanks to me being lazy and not working out. The first was SON OF RANBOW which is a story of two english boys inspired by First Blood and set out to make a movie of their own. This movie reminds me of MILLIONS by Danny Boyle because both feature the imagination of kids in a way that is endearing and entertaining for any age. Featured two great actors in the leads,and even thought you mainly knew what was going to happen or what was probable the execution was on the money making it a totally satisfying movie. Give it a rent, and it's a good movie for many different types
The second film I watched was REDBELT written and directed by David Mamet. I enjoy Mamet, his words on the stage are always a pleasure to read. Some of his movies have been so so, and for a couple he seemed to be re-working the same story and idea. And his last movie I remember seeing with William H. Macy called EDISON was a waste of time. No offense. But this movie with its deeply satisfying ending, and hero's journey really left a imprint. A movie that I plan to suggest to many people. Found the Mamet way of laying out everything on the table which seems to have nothing to do with eachother, then twisting them all up in the second act, and in this case having the will of one person to have it unravel. The lead character is Chiwetel Ejlofor who is quickly growing to be one of my favorite actors. He has been in Inside Man, American Gangster, Children of Men, and the highly underated Talk to Me. This movie, and many of his others he carries himself with a quiet intensity never exposing his motions too much to over do. And in a interview Mamet compares him to Henry Fonda. Not bad, and doesn't make it surprising that he has six movies in post or pre-production. Check this out. Oh, and the subject manner is mixed martial arts which i am not a big fan of, but still this movie amplifies this subject matter and brings it to the heart and intention of the sport of jujitsu.
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Gift Sketch rehearsal was cancelled tonight which I'm fine with cuz I was a bit exhausted today after a late night HANDS show last night. It was the last of our six show run at Donny's Skybox at Second City. I think this was our best show of the six, but i did miss number five so maybe that was the one. Even though we didn't do sketch we really worked well with our idea, and didnt worry about who was in the audience like i think we did some weeks. The story with the audience was that the shows opening for us were high school kids, so much of the audience was friends of theirs and parents. Which doesn't really bother me a bit cuz fuck em they are seeing a comedy show at Secondy City. If they want a clean show go to Comedy Sportz or stay home and watch According to Jim. So it went really well and I hope with our desire to do a show at Sketchfest (minus Derrick Shipman cuz he will be on a boat) we really can buckle down and give it the commitment it needs and put up a really great show we are capable of. So mark it in your calenders for January.
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