Art School Confidential

On Saturday, I saw Art School Confidential with Lemming and (Mike)^2.

It started off in a very promising manner, with several side gags and some amusing comments, but by the time it got into the plot, there was nary an amusing moment to be seen. Instead, there was a long run of blah with main characters who I didn't find to be particularly interesting living in a plot (with murder and art) of that was predictable. Overall, the movie was ok to decent but after an excellent trailer and a promising beginning, I left the theatre feeling disappointed.

Here are some highlights:

Some of the beginning gags/jokes and the montage (of the lead trying many forms of art) were rather amusing. For example, I liked the discussion of the "role" of each of the students and I can recall some similar discussions I've had in real life. Also, the scene in which the actual murderer (although I guess the film never explicitly states that he is) is railing about the fact that humans should all just die while one can faintly hear the theme song to "The Facts of Life" (a rather saccharine 80s sitcom) from his tv in the background (his watching of this show was interrupted by his guests) is absolutely priceless. It's the addition of this particular theme song that makes it so.

Anyway, the movie has pieces that are very good, but it never came together, and there is a loooooooong stretch from somewhere in the early middle to almost the very end of the film that is annoying. My recommendation is that if you ever know somebody who has the DVD, just watch a few scenes and ignore the rest.