About Frames and Fools: Film, Filmmakers, and Foolishness
(Spoilers always) Movies! We love ‘em, we make ‘em, and now we get together and talk about ‘em. Join us as we chuckle our way through discussions about the films near and dear to us.
67 | ‘28 DAYS LATER’ (2001), FAST (NOT) ZOMBIES, & CILLIAN MURPHY’S RIGHT CHEEK
It’s been awhile but we couldn’t let spooky season come and go without finding something spooky to watch. Somehow neither of us had seen Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Days Later’ (2007), so we strapped in and watched a movie about deserted city streets, a world gone quiet, and a quickly spreading virus. Yeesh. Luckily, it’s quite a compelling movie, shot very purposely on the same DV video tape we both grew up making movies with in the early 2000’s. The effect is eerie, creating a lo-fi, grungy atmosphere that promises blood and bloodshot eyes around every corner. Somehow the movies still relishes in the joyful, peaceful moments where humans get to enjoy their humanity again…at least until other humans who have seemingly lost theirs threaten that peace. It’s a good one. Happy Halloween, y’all.
Thwip thwip, New Yorkers, it’s your friendly neighborhood hype machine. How much of a movie do you consume before even stepping foot in the theater? In the case of 2014’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, we gleefully gobbled up as much of Gwen, the Goblin, and the Garfield as we could in the year leading up to the movie’s release; so much so that we felt like we’d seen the new spidey flick in its entirety through countless trailers, tv spots, and photo spreads. Expectations are a powerful thing, and we learned a valuable lesson in 2014 about how to manage those expectations as well as the temptation to ‘prewatch’ a blockbuster based on a beloved property. Given seven years to age, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ didn’t exactly get much better than the overcrowded and overdramatic initial experience, but we’ve got more Spider-Men and more space to reflect on what could have been a superb movie with a few more drafts and a lot less studio mandates. Shocking how often that seems to be the case with these massive movies. Get it? Shocking? Because Electro? Up up and away, Webb…
9 Aug 2021
65 | ‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ (1996), SCARY STOP MOTION, & THE HILLS HAVE ASS
Peaches, peaches, the magical fruit. ‘James and the Giant Peach’ is dark and delightful, warm and wonderful. You’ll learn the value of found family and have the shit scared out of you by a rhino the size of a storm front. Other takeaway lessons: eat the radioactive wriggling rotini the spooky magic man offers you because only good things can come of that; listen to the sad orphan kid because he’s got some pretty good ideas; maybe don’t kill the spider you find in your bedroom because she’s actually super cool and is essential to your adventure across the Atlantic. The ever-excellent Chad Hatter joins us for a particularly significant childhood favorite and brings the background knowledge that really gives this episode that special feature flair. Just peachy.
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