Cinemas are the best after all

Brick

It’s been awhile, isn’t it? Considering how much I love movies right now, it surely is not unusual not to watch anything these days (not to forget that I still have “Kill Bill 2” and “A Clockwork Orange” to watch – and new coupon for renting a DVD for 1€/2 days), but I’ve been drowned in exam preparations – and then, yesterday, when my worst exam was over *~*, I went to the movies *___*

“Brick” was a recommendation of Milkmaster, but from what I saw on some websites, it looked really promising. This site says people have referring it to “this year’s Donnie Darko”, which is pretty accurate, if you ask me. (Even though Donnie Darko is still better, because 100% original.) The review itself isn’t really worth to read though, the guy even confuses the characters Emily and Laura.
My expectations actually were fully met – the movie featured a lot of style (oh my god, the feathers on Laura’s head at the end! *lolol*), even without being monochrome; it was so entertaining and suspenseful that I didn’t feel tired at all during the 2 hours from 10pm to midnight; and in the end, I didn’t care about the fact that you knew from the beginning who was the culprit.

I love the movie! Even though it was no life-changing experience like Donnie Darko, the movie made me think for quite awhile, because it takes you awhile to fully enjoy the cool dialogues that feel like they are passing by you at light speed. *g* The camera angles, the gorgeous characters, the hot girls… arrr!
A propos hawt girls, Nora Zehetner reminds me of Rachael Leigh Cook, only that Rachael Leigh Cook looks better while Nora Zehetner has more style, while Emilie de Ravin looks like Cate Blanchett, only that Emilie de Ravin looks better XD

I have never watched any Film noir movie, but I read “The Maltese Falcon” and I immediately recognized the parallels. I found out that “Brick” is supposed to be tribute to “The Maltese Falcon”, but even then, I still think that all Film noirs are pretty the same *haha* Everything in the movie just screamed Film noir to me… especially the gorgeous cinematography and the Mushishi-like soundtrack which contributed a lot to the noir-ish atmosphere. An atmosphere I didn’t even know about, but I thought I immediately recognized it. It’s the same with Kafka, by the way. Very interesting.

Verdict: Me wants on DVD.

PS. Oh by the way, the script of the movie is online. Yay.
PPS. The next movie we’ll be watching is “The Science of Sleep”. That was my idea and I wonder if we’ll like it as much as this. I think “The Science of Sleep” is also a hit or miss thing, just like “Brick”.