Paper Heart, Indie Movies,Hipsters and Twee

Look I’m all for being ‘independent” or “marching to your own drummer”..but I can’t be the only annoyed or tired of this faux-indie bull that Hollywood keeps making. I don’t know when it exactly started , but movies like Juno just annoy the piss out of me. “indie” movies basically have the same formula. They appear to be not as crisp or flashy as big budget movies. They always take place in some quirky place. That usually isn’t a big city. Their soundtracks normally includes music that sounds like Belle and Sebastian, music that people consider to be “Lo-Fi”. Older music usually featured in these movies is music that is considered “hip” to listen and kids wearing horn-rimmed glasses and converse normally would have this playing on their iPod.
It’s these entitled hipster kids that think they are unique for their problems or that they are so smart because they read Hemmingway or Nietzsche
I recently saw a trailer for the movie “Paper Heart” staring Michael Cera as get this an socially awkward, nerdy , naive young man.; oh wait Cera is actually playing himself in the movie. Charlyne Yi plays herself in the movie as well, and it’s all about how she doesn’t believe in love. The director Jake M. Johnson is being played by Nicholas Jasenovec. The entire thing just feels so forced. It has this irritating hipster preciousness feel just from the trailer. All the interviews I have watched online feel so awkward. Even as Charyne talks to the people she’s interviewing she feels as if she is trying to hard to be “twee” and arty. Demetri Martin has a scene that was cut. She asks him what is she doing wrong? He responds “One style, two presence, three voice, four posture, five attitude” She responds rather defensivly, when in all reality she has no right to. She asked him, and honestly he’s spot on. He then adds “six defensiveness”.
What of Paper heart is real? What is scripted? I’m not sure.
What I do know is I will not be seeing it. My keffiyeh is dirty and I have to return my copy of Perks of Being a Wallflower to the library.

Upcomming Movies Rant

Look, I'm all for the bleak post-apocalyptic (or over techno future) theme but honestly this has gotten of hand.
The Carriers

This movie comes out next month. It's sort of post-apocalyptic;which is why I'm including it. can this happen? Who knows, perhaps. I'm just excited to see Piper Perabo in a film. I've always liked her. This film just looks like it will only make my germ/OCD worse. But I have a feeling I've seen this story this before.

Surrogates

Starring Bruce Willis, this movie is basically the Matrix meets iRobot meets Minority Report I think. The story line doesn't feel the least bit original and I'm sorta disappointed in Mr. Willis for this.

The Road



This movie coming out reminds me of Fallout3 with what looks cannibalism? I'm not sure what I think of this movie to be honest. I am tired of this story. I am Legend kinda of world is gone, one man and his family walk around.....

Of course we have 2012

The end of the world; of course we all knew there would be a movie with this theme but I though it would at least be in 2011 I guess these people wanted to get a head start...

Daybreakers

It may not be the same theme, but at least this looks sorta interesting even though the main plot just seems like I don't know why can't they just breed humans?

Finally we have The Book of Eli

Again, this theme is here.

IMO it's just too many of the the same theme set to release from Sept to Jan.
Next blog is going to be on the any faux-indie movie trend and I'm pointing my finger at you Cera and Yi

Lets try this again

OK so I have no idea what happened or how but my old blog disappeared. So I shall start over. Luckily I only had two entries. I'll be updating and blogging soon.