Monday, June 13, 2005
Butterflies and Flutters
Well, only the former, really. Can't really get excited over Ascot at the moment.
I watched the Butterfly Effect this evening, which, for a film with Ashton Kutcher in, was surprisingly highbrow, and also very good.
The hopefully spoiler-free version of the story is that, as a child, Kutcher used to have blackouts periodically, where he couldn't remember a thing that happened for a period of a few minutes, frequently when something nasty or horrible was going on around him (e.g. early on, he "wakes up" just as, apparently, his friend's father has been filming him and his friend naked as a prelude to, well, something nasty or horrible).
Since his dad had suffered a similar complaint, the doctors ran several tests on him, but couldn't find anything wrong. They suggest that he starts to keep a journal of everything that happens to him. Years later, in college, he re-reads one of the journals, and discovers something amazing...
Excellent film. It appears Kutcher is capable of playing other characters than his generic Road Trip / Dude Where's My Car? idiot comedy stoner. Although I could have sworn he had an N somewhere in his surname last time I looked.
On the topic of playing characters, going to Tom and Helen's tomorrow for a rather interesting-sounding evening. We're going to be performing The Taming of the Shrew in their lounge - probably not much room for set changes, I expect. Fake beards will be provided, although I'm not sure I should bother with one - a fake clean-shaven chin might be more in order.
I watched the Butterfly Effect this evening, which, for a film with Ashton Kutcher in, was surprisingly highbrow, and also very good.
The hopefully spoiler-free version of the story is that, as a child, Kutcher used to have blackouts periodically, where he couldn't remember a thing that happened for a period of a few minutes, frequently when something nasty or horrible was going on around him (e.g. early on, he "wakes up" just as, apparently, his friend's father has been filming him and his friend naked as a prelude to, well, something nasty or horrible).
Since his dad had suffered a similar complaint, the doctors ran several tests on him, but couldn't find anything wrong. They suggest that he starts to keep a journal of everything that happens to him. Years later, in college, he re-reads one of the journals, and discovers something amazing...
Excellent film. It appears Kutcher is capable of playing other characters than his generic Road Trip / Dude Where's My Car? idiot comedy stoner. Although I could have sworn he had an N somewhere in his surname last time I looked.
On the topic of playing characters, going to Tom and Helen's tomorrow for a rather interesting-sounding evening. We're going to be performing The Taming of the Shrew in their lounge - probably not much room for set changes, I expect. Fake beards will be provided, although I'm not sure I should bother with one - a fake clean-shaven chin might be more in order.
posted by Chip : 21:49
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