Monday, May 13, 2013

Uplifting Things #4

It's a Monday now. That means I can just write a post full of quasi-uplifting stuff. Yaaaaaaay =D.

Music video: "The Bubblemen Are Coming" by The Bubblemen (*coughLove&Rocketscoughcough*)

So, the Bubblemen are benevolent aliens from the planet Girl/Daniel Ash's brain. They want every one to have a good time and be sorted and quit being violent at each other, and are generally pretty amiable creatures. (And the video is even more amusing when you think of how that's Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins in those costumes XD.)

Music video: "Why Can't I Be You?" by The Cure

It's The Cure being particularly goofy with an excellent... attempt at choreographed dancing while wearing silly costumes. As with the last Cure video I posted, I think it's upliftingness is self explanatory. Normally I wouldn't stick two music videos in one post, but I'm curious as to whether you think this or The Bubblemen video is more uplifting. (Oh, also, if blackface upsets you, Lol Tolhurst is wearing it in this video, though Robert Smith attracts far more attention. Still might be a major downer to you, though, so here's your warning.)

Place: The Richmond Tea Rooms, Manchester

I would never have found this place if not for Google 'cause the entrance is on this little side street that doesn't look like it has much potential. Anyway, the inside is awesome and eccentrically Alice-inspired and they have canopies and throw pillows and flowers and GREEN WALLS. So if you're in Manchester, it's a great place to sit around and kill an hour.

EP: Broken Bride by Ludo

A tragically uplifting rock opera about a man who builds a time machine to stop his wife from dying in a car crash. Entertaining story and captivating music aside, it's also just really refreshing to hear pop music with pterodactyls and zombies in it.

Movie: Freier Fall

(Yeah, the trailer's all German, but I think the scenes shown speak well for themselves even if you don't understand what they're saying.) This movie actually hasn't been released to a broad audience yet, but I saw it at the Berlinale in February. It's about a youngish police officer called Marc who is about to marry his girlfriend Bettina (who is also pregnant with their first child) who winds up in a relationship with a man he meets while at the police academy named Kay (after some rather questionable but apparently effective efforts to seduce Marc on Kay's part >__>.) 
Anyway, the beautiful thing about this movie is how none of the three main characters are turned into antagonists. They are all sympathetic and you want the best for all of them in spite of the shitty things they do to each other (or at least, I did.) Problem is that's pretty much impossible due to their conflicting desires, but instead of spending the movie confidently rooting for your favorite, you kind of have to just sit there and watch the situation go down the toilet for everyone involved, rooted to your seat because you keep hoping it'll somehow turn out alright.
It goes to German cinemas May 23rd. I really hope this gets some sort of North American release as well so I can buy a DVD and drag my friends to go see it o__o.

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