DEBS and Skim
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alias_sqbrMovie (4): D.E.B.S
This is not a high quality movie I would recommend unreservedly. It's B-grade and patchy and enjoyable if and only if you like the premise: silly super-villain/spy lesbian romance-action-comedy.
I did like the premise (I'm a sucker for every aspect of it except action(*). There should be more movies with this premise! Good ones!), so I enjoyed the movie. It was also interesting after watching Chuck (another silly spy romance/comedy with Jordana Brewster)
Watching the special features it's cool seeing how the director originally wrote the story as a comic as a break from learning to be a screenwriter and only later got the inspiration and chance to make it into a film.
(*)The supervillain tries to seduce the heroine by asking her about her thesis. It's like it was written for me! Only not very well.
Graphic novel (22): Skim
This is one of those books which just lets the characters lives play out rather than forcing them into a narrative arc. I must admit I prefer my stories a bit more story-ish but it's very good for what it is, the understated story of a disaffected girl dealing with life and death and love and..stuff. It was nice seeing a realistic portrayal of a dumpy East Asian goth, since I and all my highschool friends tended to be at least one of those things and did not see ourselves reflected in mainstream fiction :)
The art is very expressive and flowing. Overall I'm not doing it justice, check out the link above to see the first few pages.
This is not a high quality movie I would recommend unreservedly. It's B-grade and patchy and enjoyable if and only if you like the premise: silly super-villain/spy lesbian romance-action-comedy.
I did like the premise (I'm a sucker for every aspect of it except action(*). There should be more movies with this premise! Good ones!), so I enjoyed the movie. It was also interesting after watching Chuck (another silly spy romance/comedy with Jordana Brewster)
Watching the special features it's cool seeing how the director originally wrote the story as a comic as a break from learning to be a screenwriter and only later got the inspiration and chance to make it into a film.
(*)The supervillain tries to seduce the heroine by asking her about her thesis. It's like it was written for me! Only not very well.
Graphic novel (22): Skim
This is one of those books which just lets the characters lives play out rather than forcing them into a narrative arc. I must admit I prefer my stories a bit more story-ish but it's very good for what it is, the understated story of a disaffected girl dealing with life and death and love and..stuff. It was nice seeing a realistic portrayal of a dumpy East Asian goth, since I and all my highschool friends tended to be at least one of those things and did not see ourselves reflected in mainstream fiction :)
The art is very expressive and flowing. Overall I'm not doing it justice, check out the link above to see the first few pages.
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