Inglorious Glory

I'm finally back from Cannes and I saw a ton of movies. I think around twenty or so, which is a pretty high number for about 12 days of festival. I saw some you probably have never heard, nor will ever hear of (Ravenous, aka Burning Bright), but I also a lot of the well known ones.

Probably the most talked about film at Cannes that you've heard of is Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz. I loved it. I REALLY loved this movie. Some people weren't so excited about it. I just love how Tarantino took the history books and basically threw them in the trash can. The movie isn't as fragmented as other Tarantino films, and the scenes are pretty long. Almost every line out of Brad Pitt's mouth is hysterical, and Waltz is the Nazi you hate, but also love. Waltz received the Best Actor prize for the festival, well deserved in my opinion. Inglourious won't be out until August, so I'm excited to see if there are any editing changes.

One movie I did not like was Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. A lot of the people I talked to really liked it, but I thought it wasn't scary at all. Sure I jumped a few times, but it was mostly just bad. It was campy horror, which is fine and all, but not well done in my opinion. Alison Lohman is the lead actress, and I just couldn't stand her, she was so unbelievable. If you want to watch good Raimi, just watch the Evil Dead trilogy and call it a day.

Greetings from Cannes!

Hello followers!! In case you've been wondering where your loyal blogger has been, and why she has been so silent, fear not! I've been interning at the Cannes Film Festival and don't have time to blog for you. I've seen probably 20 movies thus far, some good, some bad, and some super ugly. One I'm telling you to look out for is I Love You Phillip Morris, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. Super funny. Think of like a modern Catch Me If You Can, but a lot funnier.

I also saw Sam Raimi's new film, Drag Me To Hell. I feel asleep.

I've seen so many movies and it would take all day for me to write about them. When I get home and have absolutely nothing to do, I'll give more detailed reviews.

Also, they are doing a special showing for us Inglorious Basterds today. So I'll definitely let you all know what I think of it. I've been hearing mixed reviews about it so far.

It's about to be a what? Film Fight!

So the 62nd Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner and the films have been announced. Since this blogger will be in Cannes (yes, I'm working as an intern at the festival), and will be able to go to almost every screening (bar the big 'uns, unless I score a ticket), I felt like I should share with you loyal readers some info about the films.

This year, not a lot of Hollywood films are in the festival. Quentin Tarantino's long-anticipated Ingorious Basterds will compete for the prestigous Palme d'Or against Ang Lee's Talking Woodstock, a comic spin on the concert starring Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Emile Hirsch (I love him). The other films competing are by Pedro Almodovar, Lars van Trier, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Johnnie To and Park Chan-wook. Should be a good smackdown.

Another film being shown at midnight is Sam Raimi's horror opus, Drag Me to Hell (I'll have a shot at seeing this). The film I'm most looking forward to hopefully seeing is My Neighbor, My Killer, a docu on post-Rwandan genocide reconciliation by Anne Aghions. If you know me, you'll understand how much this will mean to me.

Anyway, this is the first year that no newcomers, no new directors have a film entered. Everyone is seasoned and tested. Should make for some interesting smackdowns.

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