Chasing Amy On a recommendation from a friend I saw this video today. It was titled under "romantic comedy" and, while lately my tastes have been for the more action/adventure type, I gave it a shot.

The basic premise is a love story about a cartoonist who falls in love with a lesbian, and the obvious trouble that comes with doing something like this. The first half of the movie is basically pure comedy. It's rude, sometimes crude, sometimes realistic, but just hilarious. The speech scene just killed me, lines like "how dare you invoke the holy trinity!" (a reference to Star Wars) were well done and brilliant. The later part of the movie turned darker, the "perfect love" taking the inevidable nose dive as male stupidity kicked in.

This movie said a lot to me personally. There is a lot of insight to be gained from it's commentary on men's and women's relationships, the way we deal with our pasts, and how we deal with others (especially our significant others' pasts. Guys, take heed. Sometimes it's a good idea to look at the way you act by looking at others and examining them.

There were a lot of fantastic scenes. When Holden told Alyssa how he felt about her, and her susequent response, wow, great stuff. The tension was so thick, and emotion so high you were clinging to the edge of your chair wondering how it's all going to turn out. The way that Holden dealt, or didn't deal, with her past was also I thought, quite realistic. There was a lot of good stuff in here, I'll try not to spoil too much of it for you.

I'm not sure if I liked the way this movie ended. It wasn't a bad ending, or a good ending. Possibly the only one really. It did kinda leave me feeling a little empty though, and sad about the way things turned out. This did not, however, detract in any way from this fantastic movie. Posted by Arcterex at July 25, 1999 12:40 AM