I was so busy organising a teen film festival last week that I completely forgot to mention what a bonkers clocks week it was for new teen movies. Young Adult, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Chronicle all more or less fit the profile, and two of them already feature in my Best Movies of 2012 list. Cinemas showing all three are few and far between, but if you happen to live near the West India Quay Cineworld then there’s a hell of a triple bill waiting for you one night this week.
I watched the original BBC series when it first went out but I can’t remember it. I think it was pretty good.
The trailer made the whole thing look so disastrous that I arrived at the screening expecting 2 hours of tip top rubs.
There was another blogger at the screening for once (under 20 + headphones round neck = blogger). If you’re reading this, get in touch. We can hang out and talk about Animal Collective.
Ian Hislop was at the screening.
The beginning bit of the film is all about traditional print media vs. blogs so we were all very excited about that. Especially me and my blog friend.
It’s got that guy from the still-fucking-terrible Orange Wednesday adverts in it. I kept expecting scenes to fade to black and then have a hilarious little comment from him.
At some point, someone will describe this as a British movie. It’s not.
