Friday, February 23, 2007

Waaaah??

It's happening more and more often. Last year, I found out, long after I'd sworn off the notion of ever going to see it, that The Wicker Man was directed by Neil LaBute. This confused me. I still haven't seen it, and probably won't.

Now, it's happened again with The Astronaut Farmer. Billy Bob Thornton as a former astronaut building a rocket in his barn? The concept and the marketing scheme are in a head to head thunderdome match, the trophy of which goes to the one that ends up irking me the most. Anyway, I was all set on not seeing it until I found out it's by the Polish Brothers. What's going on?

I'm glad they've gotten high-profile work, and now that I know this is by them, I may actually have to see it. They've been derided as Coen/Lynch-come-latelies, but I think they're much more exciting than that gives them credit for. Now this...

The movie itself doesn't actually look bad to me, it's just a strikingly weird premise.
My greatest hope is that the movie features nothing but two hours of Billy Bob Thornton farming astronauts.

4 comments:

0.775volts said...

"What is it?"

"It's a wooden barn-rocket"

"Why did you paint it brown?"

rae said...

Saw a sneak of it, worth the time. Not too great but hopeful, however now that I think of it, the soul-less should be wary. Read your Victorian crap instead...

Plaid Avenger said...

skipping out on the Astronaut Farmer is a signification of soullessness? That's the most random-ass thing I've ever heard. Are those two things related like eggnog and a cotton pest or what?

Also, Pride and Prejudice ruulz

Holly said...

I can catch you up on The Wicker Man in a few short minutes: http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/01/best_parts_of_wicker_man.html