Tuesday, January 02, 2001

After seeing Billy Elliot tonight, I decided to try something new. Each day, I'll be writing about a different movie that I saw during the day, and try to get started on something like this in a different section of the website once everything is finished being constructed. :)

Movie of the Night: Billy Elliot

Watching this movie reminded me a lot of a moive staring Ewan McGregor called "Brassed Off". Each film had the same setting of a problem being set up during a mining strike. In "Brassed" it was about a band competition, in Billy, there was a boy wanting to dance. A mysterious link? I think not. While I found "Billy" very enjoyable, leaving me with a feel good feeling at the end, the whole plot seemed recycled. Typically, most films have some link; a bad situation for a lovable character we want to succeed, next the intro for whatever talent that character might have. Right after, the problem will be seen, and then we watch as our hero fights through these problems to succeed in the end. But "Billy" seemed to have a little more in common with "Brassed" than just that. Perhaps it just was the setting, or the whole coal mining thing, or even pressence of older ladies giving advice and comic relief to tense situations. However, I highly recommend going to see "Billy Elliot". It was well written, and very well acted. It's definetly worth your time. :)

Well there ya'll go, my movie of the night. Hope you found it somewhat enjoyable! :D
posted by Jedi Jade 11:30 PM