I DON'T WANT TO LIKE THIS, DAMN IT.

[apocalypsos]

Okay, here's the thing. The original Arthur? One of my favorite, favorite movies. I keep reminding myself that I need to buy it on DVD, which usually leads to me reminding myself that I would watch it once a day and that's two hours every day I could be doing something else.

THAT SAID.

I can't decide whether I like Russell Brand or I hate him. He seems like just the sort of annoying bloke I should loathe, and YET. I find myself amused by him, and I think that despite the fact that I avidly dislike Katy Perry I find her more interesting and cuter the longer he stands next to her.

I really do want to hate this remake. I do. However, I may have died laughing over quite a number of the jokes, and the fact that they've genderflipped two of the roles (including casting Helen fucking Mirren as Hobson) has perked my interest.

That said, the faux!Liza Minelli does nothing for me (perhaps that's why she's only in one shot) and I'm not sure about the fact that it looks like they've eliminated the drunk bits. Then again, perhaps it's better just to abandon the drunkenness and go with the childishness, since that's more Russell Brand's stripe anyway.