Chasing Amy

If there has been 1 decent recommendation of a movie one must watch from our own movie man and amongst movies we have heard or read little about, Majji's, this is the one. Of course, it helps to have only a few hundred good movies to watch!

Since we saw "Closer" and "Sideways" we haven't seen any relationship based movies, which were well done.

Chasing Amy is a good movie on several levels. Director & Scriptwriter Kevin Smith is definitely a talented, creative guy who has fine taste. We like his scripts especially since he loves comics and uses them extensively. On a higher level, the maturity of the script perhaps comes from being original and bold in writing.

Seriously, some of the questions that the character, Banky asks Alyssa (Holden's girlfriend) are stuff I have heard millions of times when people are discussing homsexuals.

Phew! Now before we forget, Chasing Amy (actually something that 'Silent Bob' says) is about 2 guys who are doing a brilliant job of creating a comic - Bluntman and Chronic (perhaps a weird take on Batman & Robin). When Holden falls for Alyssa and then discovers she is a lesbian, the world turns upside down. not just for him - but for all three of them. The second half of the movie is a tad more serious than the first and we loved it.

Must watch. Incidentally, Holden and Banky are actual character names from our favourite piece of fiction - TCITR.

And the monologue from Silent Bob (Silent Bob and Jay are creations of Kevin Smith and appear in his New Jersey trilogy...) is one of the best pieces of advice you will ever get for free. Excellent stuff.

You can thank me when you have seen the movie.