Another movie post

So I was talking to Erin about Down With Love the other day, and I decided that movie is more or less the same as XXX to me. Both films take the bizarre, but accepted contrivances of their respective genres and crank them up to 11, so that them films reach a level of unreality that's more or less unprecedented in their genre. They can both be seen as sort of kind of lite post-modern deconstructions of the genre, pushing the boundaries just far enough to show how little it takes for the the action movie and romantic comedy genres to dissolve into bizarre and surreal.
It's not a particularly noble gesture, as most of us who watch those types of movies enjoy them precisely for their unreal idiosyncrasies. I think silly genre films are generally better when they have a point and are aware of what they’re doing, but no matter how technically competent or entertaining the movie is, it all feels hollow to me when the point IS that they’re aware of what they’re doing.

On that note, since both XXX and Miss Congeniality have sequels coming out this year, I’ve got my hopes up for a crossover between them coming soon. If it’s not already in development, maybe I’ll write the script. I don’t know how it could be bad!