I have this desire to be a runner. Part of me wants to the person out there, running, who cares the weather, all leav, and svelte, and being able to talk about things like hamstrings, or running times, or Personal Bests. The clout. the bravado... The quiet yet very present attitude of, yeah I'm awesome that comes across.
And I even do run. I attempt to run the fields on our family's farm. Dodging bears, coyotes, and falling trees. I plug in my Ipod and go. (This might be bad because I can't hear all the goblins and ghosties out int he woods that I'm running so near. Part of me still expects to see one of the monsters from the Village come walking out of the trees.)
But honestly, I don't have that addiction to it. I try. I hoenstly do. But yeah. I'm normal. I'm not one of the elite athletes who will be doing a marathon anytime soon. (Instead I'm here blogging about it.. Go fig.)
So when I saw the title and read the back of the dvd case of the film Run Fat Boy Run! I was instantly sympathetic.
As my husband said, "Can I be horrified at everything this guy does wrong?" and I replied, "As long as I can be sympathetic." (See, my husband is one of those running elite.)
It immediately became one of my all time favorites.
This film isn't in Tunkhannock Public Library's collection. We found it in the Keystone College collection. It's available via Netflix or Amazon.com
Run Fatboy Run is directed by David Schwimmer aka Ross Geller from Friends.
So here's the trailer.
I don't think I have laughed this hard in a long time. We had to stop the film, pause it until we were done, and rewind to catch the parts we were laughing too hard through.
What may appear as a simple. war between two guys over a beautiful woman - great guy, average guy/slightly loser-ish guy... turns out to be a great story about friendship, heart, finding yourself, and all sorts of things.
And oh my gosh it's funny. Not little laughs. But laughing like oh my gosh I might just pee myself.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
You see hints in here about what is infamously known on the interweb as The Blister Scene.
Do I put the scene in here? *insert thinking noise here.* Yeah I think I will.
And then my other favorite movie that no one seems to know about:
The Brothers Bloom.
Here's what hooked me.
When I finally saw it, I loved it. It held up to the opening sequence, and I didn't stop smiling through the entire film.
The cast is just lovely. Mark Ruffalo as the big brother, Adrien Brody is the younger brother (oh how I love Adrien Brody....), Rachel Weiz is the woman who collects hobbies, and the nitro glycerin artist... It's just a great big fantastic film with moments that seem preposterously silly but completely true in the context of the film. And for as much as this is a film about an amazingly complex Con, the truth is never too far from the surface. They are so close that we often find ourselves wondering which is truth and which is the con?
The writing is great. Quirky, fun, smart. There's no bad writing moments in this entire film. It's all so randomly eccentric that it makes complete sense and the authenticity of the story resonates.
I don't know why it's not better known. It should be. Also, not in our locla library's collection, but available via Redbox, Netflix, or Amazon.com (Maybe Santa will come late tot he library this year...)
This is one of the very few movies that I immediately wanted to watch it again the moment it ended, into the next day, into the next week. So much that it we found it used by someone on amazon.com.
Thsi film holds up, time after time. It's longer. It has a lot going into it. It's intricate, complex and the ultimate con. Fantastic story, and just amazing. LOVE IT.
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