So. My entire flist seems to be going berzerk over snakes on planes and all of that, which is coolio and fun to watch -- I'm rather looking forward to seeing it myself, though I'm not sure when that will be. I could've gone today, I suppose, but instead I saw the absolute best movie I have EVER seen. It is now my new favourite movie. Srsly.
Bon Cop Bad Cop.
Seriously. You have NO.IDEA. For all the people on my flist who are lucky enough to be Canadians, you HAVE to see this. It's fucking BRILLIANT. And for those of you living elsewhere, well...my condolences. Though perhaps you might not find it as hysterical as I do, because....hahhah. Well. It's
very Canadian.
There's been a lot of news about it, talk of how it's breaking down the borders between French and English movies in Canada, and I think that's spot on, because really, this was just done so brilliantly. Basically, the premise is that there's two cops, a straight-laced Torontonian working in Ottawa (Colm Feore), and an ass-kicking cop from Montrèal (Patrick Huard), who are thrown together to investigate a series of murders in the hockey community. Really, how much more Canadian than that can you get?
But the absolute coolest part of the movie is that half of it is in French and the other half is in English, and they switch back and forth all the time with subtitles for the secondary language wherever it's being shown (so basically, the French is subtitled here and the English is subtitled in Québec). And both of the leads are pretty much fluent in both, and it's.....ahahhahaha I was absolutely
dying of laughter. I won't spoil it for any of you who do want to see it, but the highlights include a lesson in conjugating "tabernac" (basically the Québecois version of "fuck"), a fire in a hydroponic pot greenhouse (and the aftermath, hahahahha), and a body literally draped over the sign at the border that says "Welcome to Ontario"/"Bienvenue à Québec". ("He's a true Quebecker -- his heart is in Quebec." "But his ass belongs to you.")
Right, anyhow. I shall let you all get back to your Snakes. But if you do get the chance to see it, Canucks especially, you absolutely must.
hysterical
