Brick's are heavy

[andrewducker]

And the film "Brick" was fantastic. Lifting a proper noir storyline and dumping it into high-school _without_ turning it into a teen-movie was inspired, the direction and writing are both fantastic, and there are some amazing moments in it.

Go see it!

Comments

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. I loved it and was impressed at how it managed to be both a film about teens and classic noir w/o compromising either or descending into parody. Definitely a gem.

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

I agree with this post.

[ratmist.livejournal.com]

The girl that plays 'Laura'? The rich girl that smokes? Good fucking god, how much did I hate her? She was my best friend's roommate in our school, and she was absolutely filthy. It used to drive us up the wall, the way guys adored her and the way girls envied her. To us, she was the girl that never did her laundry and used to stuff her dirty clothes under her bedsheets (but not under the mattress). The room used to stink in places near her bed because she'd leave little tins of fruit cups in little nooks and crannys that would become utterly rancid. Her slobbiness at home was a complete opposite to her perfect poise in the outside world. Used to drive Steph and me nuts.

The only thing I ever respected about her was her ability to fool everyone and do just what she liked, no matter what. She would run off to Mexico quite a lot because she said she was a buyer for a jewellery shop in Dallas. She never attended classes, but would spend hours at the sink, doing her makeup. I suppose she was training for Hollywood, because instead of finishing her high school diploma at the school (just one more year), she left. Next time I saw her, she was in American Pie II, as some random girl a party.

And now she's in this. It's incredibly weird to walk down the street and see her picture on a film poster. I just remember her as an incredibly selfish, rather dirty little girl that got boys to do her homework so she could read Vogue and Elle. I guess she's doing well in Hollywood.

[andrewducker]

The only thing I ever respected about her was her ability to fool everyone and do just what she liked, no matter what.

Wow. She suits her role _perfectly_.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

so we can't tell if she can act, then...

[andrewducker]

Don't really mind, to be honest, so long as it works for the film.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

ah, a pragmatist :-)

[ratmist.livejournal.com]

I know she was in a WB show called 'Everwood' for a few episodes. She played a rich girl who parties a lot (see a pattern emerging here at all?) and who messes around with the main boy-character. She's the teen-with-some-life-experience actress who tempts the boy-character. Not Lolita, but perhaps Lolita grown up to 19 years old (she's closer to 25 though), and is still turning tricks to suit her selfishness.

I haven't seen her play anything else. I don't think she's typecast; idly, I wonder if she's just being herself and memorising lines.

[andrewducker]

Very possible. She pulls it off well though.