Saturday, March 17, 2007

Interesting Movie

I would like to make a wild Tequila dance website for movie reviews....what we liked..what we didn't...what are some that you would never hear of in the "normal" channels. I'm going to see if I can use Google webpage for this. I hope everyone will contribute.

Carrie and I got a movie from netflix called "Kinky Boot". Good movie with a well developed story. And it is English to boot! I would highly recommend it. And if you are not using netflix you are missing out. We have had it for a few months and love it. Every movie you can imagine. No late fees. Quick turn around. And inexpensive.

Check it out "Kinky Boots" is a delightful film based on a true story about the travails of a shoe manufacturing factory set in Northampton, England. When Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) takes over the family shoe business, he discovers the company is practically out of business. After laying off a bunch of people, one of the young women he's making "redundant" tells him the company needs to find its niche. He finds it by accident when he helps a drag queen named Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who's about to be attacked by a group of men. After watching Lola's shows, Charlie decides the niche will be shoe wear for "a variety of men," i.e., drag queens et al., who have trouble finding womens shoes that fit. He invites Lola to Northampton to help design and test the shoes.

Funny, warm, with characters you care about, "Kinky Boots" says something about societal attitudes towards those who are different and what it truly means to be a man, but doesn't beat you over the head with it. It has a great story, lots of humor, and excellent acting, particularly from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Joel Edgerton. While everyone else in the film complex was at "The Da Vinci Code" and "MI: 3", several of us were being royally entertained by an old-fashioned story. We loved every minute of it.

3 comments:

  1. I think it would be easiest to set up another blog for this, if you want communal input.

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  2. We could link the Movie blog along the side. I also think we should link chris and kelly's places to travel blog. Hmm, yeah, now that I am thinking about it, I don't remember how to edit/add to the links... anyone else remember?

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  3. Kev,
    To add your movie blog to the links on the right, go to "Customize" at the tool bar at the top right corner of the stumpies blog. When you click on it, it will bring you to an editing page. Go the "Page Elements" tab and then click edit on the links button. Here there is a space to add more links.

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