Amateurs

Amateurs
Dir. Michael Traeger
61/300

Sorry again, about the delay in posts!  There have been a couple bigger projects I've been tackling lately keeping me from blogging.  No worries though, I'm still watching my daily intake of cinema.  A little over a week ago though, I headed for Kentucky to rehearsals for a feature I'm associated with, Intrusion: Disconnected.  And, that begins shooting at the end of May in and around Louisville, KY.  Here comes the selfless plug: Support local independent filmmakers from the midwest!  If you'd like to check that out though, here's the site (that I designed) http://rosebudkiller.com .

So, that has kept me rather busy lately.  Otherwise, if you do not follow my tweets nor check my narcissistic feed of facebook statuses lately, I've also been working my way though the entire James Bond series.  Yeah, I had never seen a Bond movie in it's entirety until last week.  So, when I get through those, there will be a nice big post chronicling my experiences with that.  Currently, I'm about 4 movies in, but I'll be watching other things too during that span.


ANYWAY, on to Amateurs.

This was a fun little movie that I had never even heard of.  I needed something to watch over the 16 hour car ride to Kentucky, so I picked a random .99$ rental on iTunes.  It turned out to be a decent find.

The movie stars Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, and Joe Pantoliano, quite the eclectic cast, and follows Bridges's character, Andy.  Andy seems to be having a mid-life crisis and is in need of some cash.  So, he bans his friends from his small town together to make a "porno movie".

It has some touching moments, and very good character acting from both Bridges and Danson.  The subject matter stays light hearted and comedic, never really revealing too much to let it get too serious.  The filmmakers in the movie even turn and look away while shooting for the privacy of their actors.

The movie itself was never a huge release, only having made a little over $15,000, and only showing it's opening weekend on 3 screens.  So, maybe you've never heard of it either.  But if you need a little pick-me-up with some recognizable faces and off color humor, give this movie a try.

Rented through iTunes
96 min + 6309 = 6402