Since A Day in the Good Life has accumulated the impressive number of 2037 (and counting!) visitors, I've become quite an authority figure. As such, I was invited to be one in a select, discriminating audience privileged to critique the not-yet-released film, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Not really--but J&M did find some free passes for the "sneak preview" last night. I'd say, overall, I enjoyed the movie. The film takes place over one day in the life of our emo-punk hybrid protagonist, Nick. Generally, the portrayal of the indie/punk scene made me shutter. I understand it is nearly impossible to capture the raw essence of a punk show and believe a director should steer far away from the attempt, or should consider outsourcing the effort to someone with a more intimate understanding. While I don't expect a director of such a mainstream movie to "hit the nail on its head," my bar of expectations is not too low. Here are a couple of knit-picky critiques I had:
Twice in one particular scene, Nick was referred to as "a straight edge" (where "straight edge" was used as a singular noun!). This had my blood a' boiling. "Straight Edge" should fall behind the article "A" when it is being used as an attributive adjective, never as a substantive adjective! In other words, either say, "I am straight edge," or "I am a straight edge kid." (Thanks Wikipedia for the hasty grammar lesson.)
Also, Nick's band-mates are overtly homosexual. This offered an excellent opportunity to name-drop homosexual activist punk bands (e.g. Limpwrist, Pansy Division). I'm sure there are many more. Character details like this seemed to be completely lacking while they deserved at least a little attention.
In the end, this love story had my heart tingling. There's nothing greater than the igniting young love between soul-mates overcoming conflict. It made me want to be in a band again, but with a broosh sleeve of tattoos. C would be my Norah.
What was more exciting, was the brisk bike ride through downtown Columbus between Jess & Mike's crib and the theater. Hopefully J got some clean nighttime photos en route.
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dude you had me trippin on that english lesson in your second paragraph.. i thought you might have for real remembered all of those big words ha.. just messin.. glad to see it was a wiki help guide or i would be worried for myself. see ya this weekend bro
ReplyDeletesick review! sorry I disappointed with the night shots. Just have to do it again once I surprise M with a new Bike for a "something" present! (and with C, obviously!)
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