Monday, April 4, 2011

Welcome to Five-Second Filmology

Today's film is probably the best possible film to run on the birthday of this blog.



John: Perhaps too soon for our friend Nick Stone.

I love the redshift as the film progresses. Does it represent the growing distance in the friendship of Giants hat guy and Roofmonster as a result of Roofmonster's reprehensible drunken actions?

I want to see a sequel with Roofmonster in a drunken rage.

Judah: The text underneath is usually pretty stupid. Not today. Now it's ultra stupid.

"You can't hold Roof Monster down. You can only report him to the police and have your mom mail his sleepover stuff back to his mom while he's in the drunk tank."

Haley: I feel "Bad Times and Broken Roofs" is an instant classic. It was perfect for a Monday morning, and both actors had admirable performances. A classic tale of a young man not knowing who he really is or how he really feels, and discovering the only way he knows how to feel -- through Roofmonster. Will Roofmonster's sober self ever feel whole again? How far will Roofmonster go next time? How long will it be before he realizes his risky Roofmonster lifestyle is not necessarily worth all the roofs ruined and the bloodshed?

I found myself wondering what Giants Hat Guy's reaction to this was. Would he show concern for his friend? Slap him silly? Feed the Roofmonster or set him free? Just things to think about.

Judah: I feel like all the focus is on the roof monster when I think we should feel bad for his friend. That's his stuff. You can't just scream noon and destroy all of a guy's stuff. I see a bit of John's "godzillaocity" and Nick's "belligerent-self-destructiveocity" in roofmonster. Maybe we all have a little roof monster inside of us no homo.

Nick: I think that what the Roofmonster really wanted was to tear down the boundaries between himself and nature. Roofmonsters are meant to be free, not confined within houses or societal norms. A Roofmonster under a roof might as well not be a Roofmonster at all.

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