Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Not Another Teen Movie/The Imposters
Neither of these are masterpieces but both are well worth the time.
Not Another Teen Movie is the type of thing it is easy to dismiss, I never
wanted to see it really but just happened to be in the right mood at the
video store when I saw it so I rented it. It's similar to the scary movie
films but instead of parodying Scream and other horror films it parody's the
films of John Hughes. I had always thought it would mainly focus on the
more recent teen films starring the likes of Freddie Prinze Jr. and the cast
of WB TV shows, and I'm sure it does reference them as well, I don't think
I've really seen a single one of those but I did recognize a lot of things
from the Hughes films we grew up on. There are a couple of scenes of going
too far gross out humor, but other than that it has quite a few laughs.
The Imposters is a throw back film to both the films of the silent era
(check out the opening credits scene) and the films of the 30's and 40's
with a dash of Frasier thrown in. It is written, directed and stars Stanley
Tucci (spelling?) he made this after Big Night. I wont explain the plot of
the film but here is some of the cast. Oliver Platt, Lily Taylor, Campbell
Scott, Tony Shaloub, Hope Davis, Billy Connelly (whom I just saw in the Last
Samurai, which was very good) Alfred Molina, Isebella Rossillini, Alison
Janney, Woody Allen (uncredited cameo) a few others I can't remember right
now.
--Posted by Rob
Not Another Teen Movie is the type of thing it is easy to dismiss, I never
wanted to see it really but just happened to be in the right mood at the
video store when I saw it so I rented it. It's similar to the scary movie
films but instead of parodying Scream and other horror films it parody's the
films of John Hughes. I had always thought it would mainly focus on the
more recent teen films starring the likes of Freddie Prinze Jr. and the cast
of WB TV shows, and I'm sure it does reference them as well, I don't think
I've really seen a single one of those but I did recognize a lot of things
from the Hughes films we grew up on. There are a couple of scenes of going
too far gross out humor, but other than that it has quite a few laughs.
The Imposters is a throw back film to both the films of the silent era
(check out the opening credits scene) and the films of the 30's and 40's
with a dash of Frasier thrown in. It is written, directed and stars Stanley
Tucci (spelling?) he made this after Big Night. I wont explain the plot of
the film but here is some of the cast. Oliver Platt, Lily Taylor, Campbell
Scott, Tony Shaloub, Hope Davis, Billy Connelly (whom I just saw in the Last
Samurai, which was very good) Alfred Molina, Isebella Rossillini, Alison
Janney, Woody Allen (uncredited cameo) a few others I can't remember right
now.
--Posted by Rob
