This movie was well worth the wait. We stood in line for an hour because the previous movie went long with it’s q and a. While waiting we watched a bizarre video with asian women dressed as americans who were waiting to get married and become real women rather than the robots they sorta were. Very odd with subtitles. And then we watched half of a Betty Boop cartoon. Someone was thinking when they chose the pre-show entertainment!
So, on to the movie. I’ve never had a soundtrack feel so familiar before. It turns out one of our survey of the music business professors was the music editor person. We’ll have to drop her a line because the music rocked. Pretty standard riot grrl stuff, but all of my favorites. Bikini Kill, Bratmobile…too tired to remember now.
The story itself is awesome. It’s a love story within this feminist inspire-to-action story, hopefully inspiring everyone to ditch their fear and live their lives as they wish. And the finale…freakin hilarious! I particularly liked the transition we see in the main character, starting as a naive victim of her life to inspiring everyone else to take big action. It’s a good theme, even if you don’t agree with the actual actions that occur.
This movie also amuses me because there are so many little indie lesbian stars included. Clea Duvall was in for all of a minute. Daniela Sea is awesome. We’re not sure if we should call her handsome or andro pretty (which is our new category). Either way, I like this character better than Max on the L Word, but each has their strong points. Jenny Shimizu has a great opening line, “another baby dyke to try to save the world” or something like that. Oh, and the woman that plays Sadie is gorgeous. I was always drawn to her on the screen, which is probably the point lol
So, overall, we both enjoyed this movie. We laughed a lot, the romantic subplots are sweet, and you get a whole slew of different types of sexualities and genders involved without it feeling forced. Plus, you don’t have to agree with all of the points in the story to come out with a different perspective on society and a reminder to stay alert.
It’ll be interesting to see this hit the theaters. 
