April 03, 2007
blades of glory
...so the argument for gay marriage turns out to be that, as necessary, the pitcher and catcher (in this case quite literally) can switch places — the utilitarian claim that trumps any idealist hokum about differences in "nature" (as signified by the unnatural pair of incestuous siblings, the ambiguously named Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg).
12) Smokin' Aces (nothing)
11) Factory Girl (wasn't Smokin' Aces)
10) Dreamgirls (the club sets; Eddie Murphy's Marvin Gaye skullcap)
9) Avenue Montaigne (the one brief image of the young Dani)
8) Notes on a Scandal (Bill Nighy dancing)
7) Blades of Glory (ambient Ferrellage)
6) Alpha Dog (Justin Timberlake in general)
5) Shooter (Mark Wahlberg dressed as a frickin' yeti for the final showdown; Ned Beatty's career-long conversion into Buford T. Justice)
4) Backstage (Isild LeBesco's facial physiognomy; plausibility of such drecky pop being huge in France)
3) The Host (brief familial hallucination of feeding the lost child; Kang-ho Song's facial expressions)
2) Children of Men (blood on the lens for long tracking shot; Clive Owen's slumped shoulders)
1) Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish Winona Ryder; Harold & the Purple Crayon riff; title better in English)