Okay, so I haven't updated this blog for eight months. My bad. But it's festival time again and I'm back. If you're interested in what I'm seeing this year, I have provided a link to my festival calendar on the right-hand side of the page and it will remain there for the duration of the festival.
Anyway, on to the Philadelphia Film Festival . . . and Cinefest '09. There's been a lot of rumbling behind the scenes and there may be major changes in the future but so far the festival seems the same as ever. The fest always starts off with a safe bet, a crowd pleaser that already has a distribution deal and (500) Days of Summer (opening in theaters July 17) is no exception. It stars the surprisingly talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the absolutley wonderful Zooey Deschanel in an anti-romantic comedy. The leads have great chemestry and the genre allows in the fun of meet-cutes and watching two people fall in love without getting overly sentimental or hookey. The only bad thing I can say about it is that it lacks ambition. It seems like the filmmakers set out to make a nice movie that everybody would enjoy and largely succeded. I doubt this emerge as one of the highlightss of this year's film festival but if you're looking for a good date movie this summer you could (and, most likely, would) do a whole lot worse.
4 comments:
I've been telling you for some time about how talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt is. You should listen to me more often. Now will you watch Brick?
Hey, I've been on the Gordon-Levitt bandwagon since '04 (note my linking) and Brick is currently number 51 on my Netflix queue.
Yes, I saw your linking. If you've been on the bandwagon, why was his talent so surprising?
I just meant that, in general, it's surprising that some kid from a sitcom turned out to be a great actor. He actually gave a much better performance in Mysterious Skin but that was also a more challenging role.
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