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A Fish Called Wanda

Completely ignoring the large backlog of movies I have to blog about, I just had to talk about my impressions on this classic. It took me about 5 or 6 tries to finally watch it: I have it lying around for over a year now and every time, I couldn’t get over the first 5 minutes. The characters were absolutely horrible, the story confusing based on the beginning, the actors funny but visually not too interesting. (Also, I really don’t see anything attractive about Jamie Lee Curtis.)

But how quickly that changed! I knew the movie would be brilliant because I know at least one person who claims it to be his favourite of all times. Even though “Some Like it Hot” outshines it by far in terms of entertainment, I must still say that this british humour is very exquisite. I have been told the story of the three dogs, and oh God, even though I always felt so sorry for Ken, I must admit that those scenes were pure comedic gold. My other favourite is the “love triangle” between Wanda, Otto and Archie (ahaha, what a name!). First of all, let me tell you that I love the comparison scenes between Archie and his wife going to bed, and Wanda and Otto “going to bed” at the same time. How beautifully funny – this scene develops into even more hilarity when Archie comes up with his italian. The idea of a foreign language to be stimulating is quite realistic (and interesting!) actually and here, it’s so perfectly parodized. I love it.

Even though there wasn’t all too much I could say about the film, I think it totally does justice to its reputation of being a cult film and heartily recommend it. (And you all know that I rarely do this.)