Greg’s 2008 Final TIFF Report: Day 8
“And he’s the one who likes all our pretty songs, and he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun, but he don’t know what it means.”
Day 8 was a short one. Just one film today. Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom. He also wrote and directed the acclaimed Brick back in 2005.
On the way to the film I was greeted with an interesting t-shirt. It was on an old man and was bright red. It had the old Soviet hammer and sickle logo and the words “Commie Fag” on it. Good ol’ bigots.
Brothers Bloom was about two con men brothers who have lived the life of the con their entire lives. Bloom, played by Adrian Brody wants out, but not before he’s convinced to do one more con by his older brother Stephen, who’s played by Mark Ruffalo. The main problem is that Bloom falls in love with the subject of the final con. What follows is a fast paced entertaining film with cons, double crosses and some pretty funny moments.
My favourite part of the movie was cussing out the college student in front of me who was busy texting during the film. I have to say that the bright light was pretty distracting. I leaned forward and told him to “put his damn phone away”. Or something like that. Anyway, about an hour later he did it again, but at this point the movie was almost over. When it did end, I got right behind him in the aisle and follwed him all the way down the stairs, through the lobby and onto the street, constantly chirping in his ear. I just wanted to let him know that he was an asshole and that I was proud to tell him that he was. He never once turned around.
On the street I spotted Kerr Smith. He played Jack McPhee on Dawson’s Creek. I hated that guy when he first came on. Trying to get in between Dawson and Joey. What an ass. Why can’t Jack and Pacey just let them be together. Jerks.
I ended up in an HMV shopping for my goddaughters 6th birthday party on Friday afternoon. She likes Hannah Montana and as godfather… I pretty much have to do what she wants. So, the girl behind the counter got herself a story. “Hey, some creepy unshaven fat guy came in and bought five Hannah Montana DVD’s. What a sick fuck. Friggin’ Uncle Pervy!”
I ended the day with some pad thai and an amazing dessert. If someone ever offers you a honey fried banana….fucking take it.
So, that’s it. TIFF 08 is over and this may have been the best one ever. I know some of you were looking forward to a review of Che, but at 4 and a 1/2 hours starting at 9 am, at the worst theatre, with a migraine and only 4 hours sleep… I couldn’t do it. I apologize. However, I do consider TIFF 08 a complete success. Only one bad movie. Oh… and Jimmy Fucking Page!!!! Thanks for reading.
I remain,
Greg
Comments (12)
I was wondering what that damn chirping sound was when I was leaving the theater.
Posted by Itchy-Finger on September 12th, 2008Woah you saw Jimmy Page? Did you walk up to him and stroke his long, wavy man-locks? I must have missed that post …
The only celeb I saw at a film festival was Pauly Shore at SXSW. I was about to be let in to the theater (we were seeing the Bob Odenkirk movie Melvin Goes to Dinner) and all of a sudden the whole line had to stop so Pauly Shore and his bimbo girlfriend could be let in front of us. Lame.
I’m looking forward to The Brothers Bloom. I love Adrian Brody, but he’s been in disappointment after disappointment (not including Darjeeling Limited) since he became an A-lister. And after Zodiac, Mark Ruffalo’s stock went up in my book.
Also, I’m guessing the guy wearing the “Commie Fag” T-shirt wasn’t a bigot, he was just trying to make some sort of real in-your-face ironic statement or something stupid like that.
Posted by Joel on September 12th, 2008Yeah I caught Zodiac on TV the other day for the…maybe 6th or 7th time. Awesome movie. Everyone was good in that but Mark Ruffalo’s performance always stands out for me. Couldn’t get tickets to The Brothers Bloom but at least I can see him tomorrow in What Doesn’t Kill You. So yeah, he’s good. Nice job Greg. Your journalism is top drawer.
Posted by Neil M on September 12th, 2008“On the street I spotted Kerr Smith. He played Jack McPhee on Dawson’s Creek. I hated that guy when he first came on. Trying to get in between Dawson and Joey. What an ass. Why can’t Jack and Pacey just let them be together. Jerks.”
False! Joey was going after him. He was still sexually confused.
“On the way to the film I was greeted with an interesting t-shirt. It was on an old man and was bright red. It had the old Soviet hammer and sickle logo and the words “Commie Fag†on it. Good ol’ bigots.”
I always wonder why is communism so accepted? This seems to be a continuing trends amongst young people for some strange reason. Anyways, like Joel said, he was being ironical. Or truthful…maybe he was both.
Posted by Baychuk on September 13th, 2008“Hey, some creepy unshaven fat guy came in and bought five Hannah Montana DVD’s.
AND he kept chirping ‘taste the honey fried banana…just taste it!’ in my ear.
What a sick fuck. Friggin’ Uncle Pervy!
Posted by mike on September 13th, 2008“Hey, some creepy unshaven fat guy came in and bought five Hannah Montana DVD’s.
AND he kept chirping ‘taste the honey fried banana…just taste it!’ in my ear.
What a sick fuck. Friggin’ Uncle Pervy!”
Posted by mike on September 13th, 2008I’m not sure the old man was being ironic. He was a little unkempt and seemed to be very angry. I’m not sure he had the capability to express irony.
Posted by Greg on September 13th, 2008Can’t blame you for not seeing Che. 9 AM!? That’s tough.
Posted by Ryan M. on September 13th, 2008Tom, Greg’s a closet Creeker! Greg, who would have guessed we had something in common?
I think in their fictional world, Pacey did something to piss Joey off by now, and Joey is now with Dawson.
Who would have thought that Pacey has a 190 IQ? (That’s a Fringe reference.)
Posted by Reed Farrington on September 13th, 2008I no longer like the Creek.
Posted by Greg on September 13th, 2008Che was a waste of time, Greg. I fell asleep briefly during the first half, which was due to my own exhaustion but did not negate how boring the movie was, and the second half of the movie is completely unnecessary. I’ve never seen a movie just flatline the way this one does. It was really, really odd.
Posted by Liz on September 14th, 2008Wow…that’s crazy. I guess I don’t feel so bad for skipping it now. Thanks for letting me know.
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