Death at a Funeral
Instead of doing something serious, I have watched a film again – but this is much better than watching anime, because we are always watching films in a group so far *harr*
However, it is rather difficult to blog about a comedy, even though one might have lots of things to say about the britishness of this one. (That reminds me of the fact that I discovered that Freud has written a book about humour and its relation to, well, psychology. It’s “only” a bit more than 250 pages long, maybe I’ll just take it for my read-a-book-and-write-about-it assignment in my psycho-analysis class?)
Even though british humour has always appeared a bit ‘weird’ to me (there is this “Three Men in a Boat” book that I found utterly un-funny), I have to admit that I love it. I am a fan of the Monty Python films, Douglas Adams, Gosford Park (even though it’s a Hollywood movie, it is very british)… but obviously I only like it when british society is parodized, maybe because it’s just really that laughable?
I also liked how I didn’t know one single actor – I suppose they are all british and conclude that some of the funniness and the authenticity of the film comes from that… Generally british films just have to be played by british actors to be good (maybe one little flaw in Gosford Park).
One little comment about the title: Maybe it’s because I dislike my family (where everybody is so fake except for the few family members that are really close to me) that I love these big family gathering comedies so much… Ah, mankind is just like this! And that’s just so great! Hahaha.
I wonder if I can wholeheartedly recommend the film (I loved “The Meaning of Life” but Pochi didn’t), but I would definitely wholeheartedly recommend it to a lover of british humour *g*