Charlie's Angels

in hindsight, a pivotal film in my developmental years. read more

2000 was the year in which i probably spent most of my time renting movies but being too high to retain any information. so i don't know, maybe i saw this when it came out, but ebert calling it "eye candy for the blind" probably echoed the zeitgeist around it. boy we sure were embarrassed to like color and fun in the 2000s, huh? it's funny how the hive mind works, seeing how superhero movies are exactly that with the dial turned back to a state of mass-marketable and "cool". just compare something like iron man to thor ragnarok. leading with the latter would've sent people in an anaphylactic... read more

there's something to be said for a big action, spy, blockbuster where the 'girls' are the leads- and not arm candy for a james bond or an ethan hunt. i think the most irresistibly charming thing about the movie is that the leads seem to be having fun the whole time. it's both woefully and delightfully dated. i could've done without barrymore in brownface, and done with more choice needle drops instead. the angels jamming out to all the small things over the credits pretty much made my day. this is just a silly, high-energy, saturday afternoon romp and i enjoyed it. certainly looked good in 4k... read more