I feel more than vaguely ashamed about this. But I like a good biopic. And the Runaways. And Joan Jett. And am intrigued by mumbling, slouchy Kristen Stewart and the fact that Dakota Fanning is a freaking teenager now.
2. Kick-Ass (Trailer starts about thirty seconds in)
3. Hot Tub Time Machine
You may laugh. You may say, why? But I want to know. Why does the hot tub move through time? Really. True story: the friend my boyfriend and I are going to see this with asked me, "Really? You really want to see that." Yes, yes I do.
I loved Remember Me. Seriously and unironically. And it's not that I'm some sort of freaky R-Pattz fan (although I confess a grudging interest in him as a pop culture phenomenon). It's that I love me a good melodrama.
When I first became a big movie freak, circa sophomore year of high school, I gravitated toward the Hollywood melodrama. There were tears, drinking, and shamed single gals who got knocked up and threw themselves downstairs. Everything about melodramas is pretty fantastic. If you've never seen a great Hollywood era one, I'd recommend The Best of Everything. It has all of the above.
Joan Crawford's eyebrows say it's okay to like melodramas.
Melodramas can have the most random of random things happen, and it's all kosher. Melodramas aren't about the reality of events, they're about the reality of the human experience. They're documentaries of emotion. And Remember Me, with its random tragic events, brow furrowing, throwing fire extinguishers, crying, hitting, and wallowing runs the gambit of grief and alienation.
Genre aside, Remember Me works as a tight piece of filmmaking. Robert Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin ably portray star crossed lovers Tyler and Ally. Ruby Jerins portraying Tyler's gifted younger sister is immensely moving. Pierce Brosnan plays a Brooklyn native (!) and Chris Cooper is Ally's troubled father. Everyone is troubled and everyone is believable. The script, even with its sometimes outlandish events, doesn't plod along. The more sentimental speeches are cut before they become too saccharine.
Overall, Remember Me is a much better film than the Twilight-kiddies will require. The film captures a unique and moving experience. All hail the return of the melodrama!
