Flemish & French

Its funny how coincidences happen. Whats odd is when you don't even realize it was a coincidence until you start blogging about it. [Sentences completed in Second Person]

I watched two movies this weekend, of which are easily two of the best movies Ive seen this year. And both wholely and completely unexpected. [Sentence completed in First Person]

I say this because it is not often you watch a movie that completely surprises you, and then makes you wholeheartedly laugh and also cry, rather unapologetically. Movies are typically excellent when this happens, for the reason it allows you to do two things that most people should aspire to do everyday; laugh in wit, and be touched enough in emotion to cry. If you do those two things in a day, thats a good day, a very good day. [Paragraph blending First Person and Second Person. And Im done] Now the coincidence is that it happened on back to back viewed movies, and both filmed in Belgium. Belgium, the home of Smurfs and little boy pissing fountains.

Number one was In Bruge. Movie ii, JCVD.

In Bruge has been out for a while now, especially celebrated around these parts because its pretty much an Irish movie. It took me a while to get around to it, it was on the long finger. Definitely long enough to suppress and forget the 3rd hand talk of how different and clever it was. And for that Im glad I waited, because I got to experience the movie completely fresh and without expectation. And I now completely agree, it turned out to be a craftily written, somewhat dark ganster movie and very Funny. Some of the funniest lines of dialogue Ive heard all year. So far, when it comes to Colin Farrell movies anyways, you now know theres a pretty good chance itll be good, if hes speaking in his own accent.

Now JCVD, which if you havent heard of it yet, stands for Jean Claude Van Damme. Completely original and brave, the film is a parody of himself, and satire on his life. Who would of thought? Directed by some French guy, the dialogue is also primarily in French. And this is the most surprising thing that Ive experienced in years: Jean Claude Van Damme is a exceptional actor... when he is acting in his native tongue: Belgian accented French. And Im dead serious. In this movie he pretty much talks to the viewer and apologizes for his hollywood career and being a screw up outside of it. An unbelievably humbling step for a macho martial arts star of action movies. In a nutshell he tries to underline on of the truest and most deeply personal aphorisms: You are your own worst enemy. You really feel for Jean Claude in this film, but its still funny enough in bits to make you laugh out loud. Personally Im really happy the movie was ever thought of and made to begin with; its been a really long time since Jean Claude Van Damme has been in a good movie. You know, the last one was probably Street Fighter. :D

This is for Wayne: The best motivational speech in cinemagraphic history: ".. we can all go home. Meanwhile, ideals like these - freedom, and justice - they get packed up. But... we can all go home. Well... I'm not going home. I'm gonna get on my boat, and I'm going up-river, and I'm going to kick that son-of-a-bitch Bison's ass so HARD... that the next Bison wanna-be is gonna feel it. Now who wants to go home... and who wants to go with ME! "

YAAAAAEEAAH!! Lets goo! haahahahahha