Musings on movies, suitable for reading before or after you see them. I write about things I liked WITHOUT SPOILERS. The only thing I hate more than spoilers is reviewers' trashing movies because they think it makes them seem smart. Movie title links are usually links to blog posts. Click here for an alphabetized index of movies on this blog with a count.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Hamlet 2 (2008)
A big soggy mess of a movie (actually short, at 1:32) with a lot of laughs between the cringing. Steve Coogan plays his usual self-involved loser, this time a drama teacher at a high school in Tucson who writes a sequel to Hamlet. One character says about the play within the movie, "It was awful but I just couldn't stop watching," or words to that effect. That's how I felt about Hamlet 2. Catherine Keener also plays her usual mean girl. I predict a long cult life for this movie, and its hit single, the bouncy "Rock me, sexy Jesus."
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