May 24, 2008Cannes Day Eleven: Spaghetti, I mean"Noodle Westerns"The Good, The Bad and The Weird -- I've seen a good to greatfilm during the last three days of the fest and that's extremelyunusual.</p><p> With the market shutting down on Wednesday andthe journalists heading out Thursday and Friday, the end of thefest is often saved for space fillers -- movies that round out thefest's lineup (maybe tipping the hat to a region of the world notwell represented) but it almost never contains actually goodmovies unless the film just wasn't ready till then.</p><p> But I've seen"Il Divo" and "The Class," both of which will be on my best ofthe year list.</p><p> And now this fun bit of goofiness as one final gift.It's an unabashed homage to Sergio Leone's spaghetti westernsand unlike say Tears of the Black Tiger from a few years ago,this one isn't a sendup but just the best damn western that theKoreans can turn out.</p><p> Set in Manchuria, it's all about themilitary and rival gangs of crooks racing to get their hands on atreasure map first.</p><p> At the heart of it all is The Good, a dashingbounty hunter with a way with a rifle; the Bad, a nasty villainwho kills with relish and wants to square off with the others toprove he's the fastest gun around; and the Weird, a goofy ne'erdo well who has stumbled on the map and would like thetreasure but would like even more to stay alive.</p><p> It's all done in alavish, pop style, like Leone crossed with Tarantino.</p><p> The actorsare vivid and fun and the modest mix of martial arts and mostlygunplay is satisfying.</p><p> The finale is a Mexican stand-off -- justlike The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.</p><p> Lots of humor throughoutand fun over-the-top battles (the military gets thrown in forgood measure). if the finale were a knockout instead of just fine,I'd praise this even more.</p><p> But it's certainly a lot of fun and a realdelight for the end of the fest.Tomorrow, they repeat all the films in Competition.</p><p> But it lookslike the scheduling conflicts with my travel plans and I won't beVisit our other sitesAdvocate.comOut.comOutTraveler.comPopnographyAdvocate GenQMr SardonicAdvocate InsiderOut.com StyleListHereTV.comGayWired.comAdvertisement CategoriesBingham Cup 2008BooksCannes 2008Cannes Film FestivalCelebsCoachellaComic-Con 2007Current AffairsFashionFilmAdvocate Insiderhttp://www.advocateinsider.com/2008/05/cannes-day-elev.html 1 of 37/22/09 4:12 PMable to catch up on the few I missed but heard were good.Posted at 11:55 AM in Cannes 2008 | PermalinkTrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry:http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341ca4b653ef00e552937b9a8834Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Cannes Day Eleven:Spaghetti, I mean "Noodle Westerns":CommentsVerify your CommentPreviewing your CommentPosted by: | This is only a preview.</p><p> Your comment has not yet been posted.</p><p> Post Edit Your comment could not be posted.</p><p> Error type:Your comment has been posted.</p><p> Post another commentThe letters and numbers you entered did not match the image.Please try again.As a final step before posting your comment, enter the lettersand numbers you see in the image below.</p><p> This preventsautomated programs from posting comments.Having trouble reading this image? 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