Hungry For Love With A Side Of Cake
Posted on | September 1, 2008 at 3:54 pm | Comments Off
Movie Review Sunday Monday.
Last night, the girlfriend and I saw another flick in the increasingly crowded “Narrated by Morgan Freeman” genre, Feast of Love. (BTW, my favorite Morgan Freeman-related joke is here.) The movie has some intertwined stories, centering around an unlucky-in-love coffee shop owner played by Greg Kinnear. Although I think Freeman actually gets more screen time. Kinnear’s character is genial but kinda stupid – he keeps marrying women that have other people on their mind. There’s also the story of a romance between two of the young coffee shop workers – their story is effecting but ends somewhat predictably. This is the kind of indie movie where you pretty much know how everything is going to turn out, but it’s still somewhat interesting watching it play out.
N didn’t like the fact that there was too much coincidence in the movie, especially in regards to how Kinnear’s character finds his objects of affection. At one point he does something stupid and mutilates himself, but of course that turns out okay in the end. I thought the movie was trying to say something about fate (it even features a psychic lady), but that message was somewhat buried. Overall, the movie was muddled and treacly, and definitely a tear-jerker, but I didn’t feel I wasted my time watching it. The performances were decent. There were some funny moments, especially when Kinnear’s character goes to retrieve his dog from his sister.
I was extremely disappointed that the song “The Bleeding Heart Show” from the New Pornographers was not featured in the film, even though it was used heavily in the marketing campaign (as I noted here). Instead, we got the predictable Jeff Buckley version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (which is in almost as many movies as Morgan Freeman), as well as the Oscar-winning song from Once, “Falling Slowly”. I was a little surprised by that second one, since the movies originally came out not that far apart.
Latre.
Pet Peeve of the Day: Didn’t get to go to A Taste of Colorado this weekend. Been suffering from some indigestion or food poisoning issue. Ah well, it was too hot anyway, and that thing is always too crowded.
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “psychology reports emotionally stunted teens”.
Videogame(s) Played Yesterday: Heavenly Sword (PS3)