Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I JUST saw Charlotte Sometimes

nobody@vox.com(Reyes-Chow) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:16:30 -0800

Robin and I just finished watching Charlotte Sometimes by Eric Bylar (also of Americanese) last night. It was one of those movies that I had always been "meaning to watch" but just never got around to it. Yeah yeah, I know, I mean come on, what self respecting Asian-American Studies major has not seen this film.

To set the context, I then didn't even give it my full attention. With three kids and a ton of work I actually started it in thinking that I could work in one room and keep an ear and eye open on the other . . . BOBO multitasking at its finest.

Some random thoughts . . .

GO ASIAN-AMERICAN film people: directors, actors and viewers. No matter what people say or how secure I am in who I am it is ALWAYS great to see Asian-Am faces on screen. Maybe I secretly want to be a rock-star, but whatever the reason . . .
It was intruging enough to get me offline. Was it the sex? What is the contact, "What's going on?" sounding off in my head? Not sure, but I actually did try and watch it with all of my attention. But . . . still couldn't really tell what it was about. I will fully admit I am about as artistically deep as a San Francisco rain-puddle when it comes to things like this, but it was just a little too artsy for me. I felt like it was trying REALLY hard to be something larger than simply telling a story of the complexities of life and relationships. Again . . . please do explain and know that the first half hour was seen with 50% attention, so again, it is probably totally my fault.
I actually liked the actors. Acting wasn't superfantabulous, but still . . .

So . . . luke warm, I know, but do i at least get my "AA Badge" for crossing it off my list ;-) Next up . . .

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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I JUST saw Charlotte Sometimes