. Why do I like quirky strange movies? I am going to attempt to break down three movies I really like and see what you, as the reader, thinks.
I will start with the movie Apartment 12. One thing that drew me to this movie was Mark Ruffalo, I happen to like him and he is in the movie. The whole premise of this movie is about a wannabe Jackson Pollock type of artist, played by Ruffalo. He is a complete failure at his art, his girlfriend dumps him. He then moves into an apartment building with the oddest assortment of people who live there. He resides in Apartment 12, hence the name of the movie. He meets a semi "normal" girl and begins a relationship. On a fluke he becomes frustrated by his failure and creates these pictures, He becomes an instant hit in the art community, reenter hot ex girlfriend, well you get the picture. I am enthralled with the strange characters who reside in the apartment building, finding them highly amusing, even the corny lines, such as the one uttered by the strange apartment manager to the girl tenant as she walks away, "You got any fries with that shake." I believe that these people are not so strange and in fact do live out there in the real world. It makes me want to go rent an apartment just to meet the tenants in the building.
My next movie I like is called Love The Hard Way. It stars Adrien Brody, an actor I think is tremendously talented. This movie is about a reckless con man/ thief who doesn't care. He meets a woman who is going to college, totally not his type, he pursues her, she is drawn to him, the bad boy. But instead of she saving him it is he who corrupts her. But she loves him and in the most subtle way she does save him with her love because at her lowest point he becomes the rescuer of her and is himself rescued from his own inability to love and care. I think this is why I love this movie. Love does conquer all, even the lowest depths of hell.
My next movie, the quirkiest of all, is called Buffalo '66. It stars Vincent Gallo, who, up until the other day, when I watched this movie, had never heard of him.. He is a strange looking man and if you google his name under images you will see pictures of him, reminiscent of Charles Manson. This movie is about a man who gets out of prison, kidnaps a girl and forces her to go to his parents house with him and pretend to be his wife. The unwilling victim, played by Christina Ricci, becomes a willing participant in his scam. When you meet his parents, played by Ben Gazarra and Angelica Huston, you see why he is as strange as he is, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But it is a very entertaining movie, if you like strange movies, which I, of course, do.
Let me throw one last movie out, it's called A Slipping Down Life. It's about Evie who has a mad passionate love for Casey, a guitar playing singer, played by Guy Pearce. She loves him so much she carves his name in her forehead. Pretty strange, huh? Evie's outward appearance is fairly plain, she would never get any attention out in public. But as the movie progresses you begin to see Evie, as a strong beautiful woman, Casey begins to see her too and falls in love with her.
Which leads me to the conclusion that, even though the movies I like are quite strange, upon closer examination they carry a deeper message and are actually quite beautiful.
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