Not a movie, but....whatever.
I just watched the pilot, and the following 2 episodes of
"Freaks and Geeks". I'd seen SOME of this show before, like a couple years ago, but only at really shitty times that seemed subject to change week by week, so yeah...
Pretty decent show. The acting is good, the storylines aren't overly complex, a nice mixture of comedy and drama. The "geeks" are so convincingly pathetic, and funny, as for the "freaks", well...they just seem like "the normal ones" to me...Alotta awkward situations goin' on, and this show captures the "80's feel" more than the cheap spinoff stereotype peice of unfunny shit that is "that 80's show" - THIS show does it right. It's a little like the wonder years, a little like growing pains, and pretty damn quirky. Too bad it's yet another quality show that died an early death.
You can buy the complete series on dvd now, I'd reccomend a look.
The first 8 minutes of the pilot episode can be viewed here:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frea...s/trailers.php
- B