Beginner's Mind

First post! woot!

Recently I saw a movie called Lo. It had a very good story line for a low budget independent film. Who would have guessed? The set was very simplistic and mostly consisted of a guys sitting in the middle of the dark room inside a pentagram with one spotlight over the demon who he was talking to. Sometimes there would be a couple other back lights for certain other characters, but there was only about 8 people in the entire thing. Essentially the movie was about a guy who fell in love with this girl who was secretly a demon in hiding. She was discovered and taken back to hell leaving her lover with only a demon spell book. He summons the demon that is in a marked page and commands him to find his lover. This demon, named Lo, is a quirky smartass who delivers a few priceless lines and proceeds to play around with this poor mans mind. 

It really is a brilliant movie. I liked the originality to it, which seems to be lost in the most expensive "popular" films. For instance, Repo! the Genetic Opera came out and was a great movie. The thing that held it back was b/c it was a musical and had an interesting sense of humor that was not for the general population. So what happens? about 2 years later...  Repo Men comes out. >.> A more expensive film that has a ripped off concept from Repo! the Genetic Opera. I refused to watch it. 

Another Independent film I loved was called Wristcutters: A Love Story. This was actually based off a book, but the movie was so strange and good I have been looking for this book from quite some time. Its takes the concept that when you commit suicide you end up in a place that is like earth but dull and cheerless. In a way its kinda a big FU to those people who took their lives b/c they thought earth was so crappy only to go to a place where all they have is the shittyness of earth and none of the good things. Its an interesting concept and a wonderful movie if you like something that is quirky and different. 

I wish the "Popular" movies would be so much more original. Though this summer most of the big blockbuster films are going to be based off of superheros and comic books. -sigh- Hollywood is running out of sequels and knockoffs. Maybe if they were creative for once, there would be movies that I would actually want to spend my money on.