Artastic Avenjer: May 2010

May 31, 2010

Namor, the Submariner

If they ever make a Namor movie, this is how he should be seen, in his speedo glory--with the puzzled reactions of street people. None of that black pants costume crap!

I saw it...

...and it was fun and FAB! And you have to see it too. A pure summer escape into an Arabian fantasy...

...with cocktails, fashion, a gay wedding, shoes, and a twenty thousand dollar a day vacation paid for by a sheik. I brought along a friend who speaks 7 languages (Arabic being one) knowing full well how much he'd enjoy the middle east scenes...

...you'll be happy to know the film crew did their homework. According to my friend, the Arabic moments/customs/traditions/language were completely accurate in the film...

...and spot on the type of treatment Americans can expect to deal with in the united Arab country's---which is why they filmed those scenes in Morocco. Which is much more tolerant...

...the movie is filled with over the top, lush, extravagant scenery and riches. Which to me was a complete throw back to the attitudes and films of Hollywood in the 1930's-1940's. When our country went through a Great Depression leading into World War II. And Hollywood felt it's job was to provide an escape from the hard times the country was facing by giving us movies that entertained and took us to places and moments outside of our daily lives. The movie even specifically calls out old black and white films of Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert ("It happened One Night") and others from the glamorous 1930's Hollywood. And that's what this film felt like...entertaining and outside of daily life...

...also with a nice gay wedding at the beginning (the theater I went to was packed with straight couples---men who normally don't get the chance to experience a gay perspective and who quickly realized it wasn't a big deal. Love is love.) And the movie's message in general that when it comes to love and relationships---make your own rules by what works for your relationship---and not what works for someone else's. If more people followed that, I think they'd be much happier instead of comparing themselves to what society says they should be or have. Be yourself at any age and be happy.