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ghostman
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Transamerica
Transamerica covers the surreal world of Bree Osbourne, a transgender who receives a mysterious phone call from a teenager claiming to be her son. With the final surgery necessary to complete Bree's man-to-woman transformation only a week away, she embarks on a dramatic road trip that will not only test her sanity, but her identity.
Like Crash and Brokeback Mountain, this is another film that addresses a misunderstood subject - transsexuality. So of course, if you're looking for a good old fashion popcorn movie, or comedy - as the movie is being advertised - look elsewhere. The film is more Oscar-worthy, than MTV Movie Awards-bound. But it's not that slow and it's not that bad. Unlike typical dysfunctional family movies (Junebug, Hours, Broken Flowers), Transamerica's got a script that feels intelligent and wholesome.
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cinemaKid
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Re: Transamerica
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Originally posted by ghostman:
Like Crash and Brokeback Mountain, this is another film that addresses a misunderstood subject - transsexuality. So of course, if you're looking for a good old fashion popcorn movie, or comedy - as the movie is being advertised - look elsewhere. The film is more Oscar-worthy, than MTV Movie Awards-bound. But it's not that slow and it's not that bad. Unlike typical dysfunctional family movies (Junebug, Hours, Broken Flowers), Transamerica's got a script that feels intelligent and wholesome.
How do you rate this movie compared to Crash and Brokeback Mountain? Is this better than these two? As good as these two?
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ghostman
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Re: Transamerica
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Originally posted by ghostman:
Like Crash and Brokeback Mountain, this is another film that addresses a misunderstood subject - transsexuality. So of course, if you're looking for a good old fashion popcorn movie, or comedy - as the movie is being advertised - look elsewhere. The film is more Oscar-worthy, than MTV Movie Awards-bound. But it's not that slow and it's not that bad. Unlike typical dysfunctional family movies (Junebug, Hours, Broken Flowers), Transamerica's got a script that feels intelligent and wholesome.
How do you rate this movie compared to Crash and Brokeback Mountain? Is this better than these two? As good as these two?
If you enjoyed Brokeback's script, you'll enjoy Transamerica. It's no barnburner, but it's still a very interesting film to watch unravel. The movie's dynamic is queesy, but at the same time endearing.
Crash doesn't have much of a script...
If I had to rate all three movies from a scale 0-10, it would be something like this...
Transamerica - 8.5
Brokeback - 8.5
Crash - 7
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cinemaKid
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Re: Transamerica
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If I had to rate all three movies from a scale 0-10, it would be something like this...
Transamerica - 8.5
Brokeback - 8.5
Crash - 7
Ok, now I have to add this in my queue which keeps getting longer and longer and longer ...
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This is one of the movies that I really wanted to see but missed since its not a big, highly advertised movie, and I never got to the independant theatre in time.
My friend saw it, he said he really enjoyed it.
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