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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Bunny and the Bull Review

Bunny and the Bull is a 2009 British film starring Edward Hogg (Stephen Turnbull) and Simon Farnaby (Bunny), written and directed by Paul King, the director of The Mighty Boosh, leading to cameos by Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt.

The entire movie takes place in Stephen's flat. And in his head. Stephen hasn't left his flat in a year. When mice throw off Stephen's daily routine, he remembers a road trip with his friend Bunny. The road trip comes to fruition through Stephen's confronting the girl he fancies, who says that he's in the friend zone. Stephen, through Bunny, realizes that he needs to go on a trip to recoup from his unrequited love.

Stephen continues mulling around his flat, finding different articles that remind him of his road trip. Characters from his trip manifest themselves in his flat too, as Stephen hallucinates. The remembrance of the same event that caused Stephen to retreat into his flat a year previous leads Stephen to make a decision with his life: to live or not to live his life.

I thoroughly enjoyed the aesthetic elements of the movie, from the paper scenery in Stephen's remembrances to the hallucinations wearing Stephen's robe in the "real world." The plot was well-developed, but not as immersing as it could have been.  

I would rate Bunny and the Bull 7 out of 10.  It was a good movie, with good acting, inventive directing, but a rather lackluster plot.  It was intended to be a comedic film that would make you laugh.  It worked as a comedy, but wasn't as deep as it intended.  

New Job

On the 9th I got a new job, working as a Quality Control Specialist with Data Display.

It involves working in a warehouse, making sure that all the inventory is there, checking things in and out of the warehouse.  It's actually a lot more fun than it sounds.