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It was the middle of the night and I had just finished watching a couple of episodes of a random sci-fi series when I decided to end the night by watching a seemingly fairly 'easy-go' movie - Thirteen. I definitely had no clue what I had signed up for.
After about 15 minutes into the movie I realized that Thirteen was going to be less 'easy-going' than I originally thought. By the end I was appalled, stunned, left wanting more, confused, in doubt and all the while trying to form my opinion. I decided to stay up for another 30 minutes longer to write this.
Thirteen really is an excellent movie. It is generally hard to review them because the feeling they give you is so delicate it's nearly impossible to describe. I will call in the help of the soundtrack here and say that the best way I could possibly describe Thirteen is by quoting the line "You've pinned this butterfly down".
Tracy, a 100% normal 13-year old girl is the butterfly. Like any girl her age, she shows the promise of having a good 20-30 years of flying ahead of her, cheering up people and being a wonderful persona in general as she goes. That is, until her first day at high school, when peer pressure immediately takes it's toll as she meets Evie Zamora - the classic "best looking girl in school" we see in a lot of teenage high school drama movies.
Except that in Thirteen, it's different. Thirteen doesn't follow the basic "Problem comes into being, problem reaches critical level, everything resolves" plot. At one point during the movie I had the feeling that the film was taking it too far - after a major 'bump' in the storyline I expected a Hollywood ending where the problems would be solved and everything would end well. Needless to say, I didn't get it.
To find out what I did get, I will urge you to watch the movie. Unless you have a general aversion of the drama genre, I can promise you that it will not disappoint. No matter in what way I try to explain what the movie is like, the bottom line is that the movie gives an alternative, realistic view of a thirteen year old girl's life that is acted, filmed and written so strongly that it will stick to your head like glue to wood. This is a movie you will remember.
After about 15 minutes into the movie I realized that Thirteen was going to be less 'easy-going' than I originally thought. By the end I was appalled, stunned, left wanting more, confused, in doubt and all the while trying to form my opinion. I decided to stay up for another 30 minutes longer to write this.
Thirteen really is an excellent movie. It is generally hard to review them because the feeling they give you is so delicate it's nearly impossible to describe. I will call in the help of the soundtrack here and say that the best way I could possibly describe Thirteen is by quoting the line "You've pinned this butterfly down".
Tracy, a 100% normal 13-year old girl is the butterfly. Like any girl her age, she shows the promise of having a good 20-30 years of flying ahead of her, cheering up people and being a wonderful persona in general as she goes. That is, until her first day at high school, when peer pressure immediately takes it's toll as she meets Evie Zamora - the classic "best looking girl in school" we see in a lot of teenage high school drama movies.
Except that in Thirteen, it's different. Thirteen doesn't follow the basic "Problem comes into being, problem reaches critical level, everything resolves" plot. At one point during the movie I had the feeling that the film was taking it too far - after a major 'bump' in the storyline I expected a Hollywood ending where the problems would be solved and everything would end well. Needless to say, I didn't get it.
To find out what I did get, I will urge you to watch the movie. Unless you have a general aversion of the drama genre, I can promise you that it will not disappoint. No matter in what way I try to explain what the movie is like, the bottom line is that the movie gives an alternative, realistic view of a thirteen year old girl's life that is acted, filmed and written so strongly that it will stick to your head like glue to wood. This is a movie you will remember.
I'll have to admit - pretty much the sole reason I stopped and gave this movie a glance is because of the "From the director of "Dude, where's my car"" line on the DVD case. I loved that movie and figured this couldn't be much worse.
I was, mostly, right. Harold & Kumar seems to be a little bit of a B-version of "Dude, Where's my Car" - everything this movie does right, Leiner does better in Dude. There's still plenty of nonsense-stoner but oh-so-funny high school humour going around, but this movie seems to have more parts that try too hard to be funny and therefore fail at it. Just like Dude, H&K has it's ups and downs, though it seems to have a couple more downs than Dude did.
That said however, I can't deny that I laughed myself stiff over some of the incredibly satirical humour the movie features. And aside from that, H&K also seems to be one of the few comedic videos I've seen that actually manages to make a parody out of racism and racist stereotypes without failing completely. Regardless of the few flaws it has, it's still a good watch.
In the end though, if you would ask me "Should I see this movie?", I would tell you there there are only three options: either you liked "Dude, where's my car?" - in that case, watching Harold & Kumar is probably a must - or, you disliked "Dude, where's my car?" - in that case, avoid H&K at all costs. If you haven't seen "Dude, where's my car?", then watch that instead and judge from there.
I was, mostly, right. Harold & Kumar seems to be a little bit of a B-version of "Dude, Where's my Car" - everything this movie does right, Leiner does better in Dude. There's still plenty of nonsense-stoner but oh-so-funny high school humour going around, but this movie seems to have more parts that try too hard to be funny and therefore fail at it. Just like Dude, H&K has it's ups and downs, though it seems to have a couple more downs than Dude did.
That said however, I can't deny that I laughed myself stiff over some of the incredibly satirical humour the movie features. And aside from that, H&K also seems to be one of the few comedic videos I've seen that actually manages to make a parody out of racism and racist stereotypes without failing completely. Regardless of the few flaws it has, it's still a good watch.
In the end though, if you would ask me "Should I see this movie?", I would tell you there there are only three options: either you liked "Dude, where's my car?" - in that case, watching Harold & Kumar is probably a must - or, you disliked "Dude, where's my car?" - in that case, avoid H&K at all costs. If you haven't seen "Dude, where's my car?", then watch that instead and judge from there.
TBS is a movie I watched a long time ago and re-watched today - I've figured it's still worth it.
For a quick in simple summary of the movie, it works. The dialog seems a bit 'blunt', and this is a problem more Dutch movies haves. Everything else however, is seriously well done. The cameras are in the right spots, acting by Maassen and Smit is tremendously well done (I was surprised to see that this is the only 'big' movie Smit has acted in) and the story is a very good one as well.
The movie doesn't have any of the cheesiness more often seen in Dutch movies and the story is one that moves you - I myself was heavily affected by the ending, in a way few movies have managed to do (Sin City or Lord of the Rings come to mind). I really wish I would've rated the movie lower than a 9 to make my review seem less cheesy, but really, it is that good. If you've had the pleasure of hearing about this movie, then by all means watch it - you won't regret it in the slightest.
For a quick in simple summary of the movie, it works. The dialog seems a bit 'blunt', and this is a problem more Dutch movies haves. Everything else however, is seriously well done. The cameras are in the right spots, acting by Maassen and Smit is tremendously well done (I was surprised to see that this is the only 'big' movie Smit has acted in) and the story is a very good one as well.
The movie doesn't have any of the cheesiness more often seen in Dutch movies and the story is one that moves you - I myself was heavily affected by the ending, in a way few movies have managed to do (Sin City or Lord of the Rings come to mind). I really wish I would've rated the movie lower than a 9 to make my review seem less cheesy, but really, it is that good. If you've had the pleasure of hearing about this movie, then by all means watch it - you won't regret it in the slightest.