Not even food poisoning and a hole in my toe could keep me from being mesmerized by the brilliance of Modesty Blaise!
Earlier, I accidentally stabbed myself in the foot with a pitchfork thing. (Don't ask!) There is currently a hole in my toe.
Then, I got food poisoning from my dinner.
I don't even know why everything is ALWAYS STINKIN' HAPPENING TO ME!
Anyway, I did remember that I had Modesty Blaise from the extremely Wowzie Kazam Kate! She actually e-mailed me the movie! It was like my own Netflix Instant Watch...except it took my computers several hours to download, during which time I fell asleep. But, anyway, that was a couple days ago! I hadn't been able to watch it since, because my parents were both gone, and I had to "watch" my younger brothers.
BUT, tonight, I finally had nothing to do-- but feel sick and stare at the hole in my toe...so I put on Modesty Blaise.
It's complete brilliance.
COMPLETE.
The cast was AMAZING! But, Dirk Bogarde completely stole the entire thing as the awesome super-villain. He was over-the-top, hilarious, and GENIUS!
Monica Vitti (Modesty) and Terrence Stamp (Willie) were also pretty cool...mainly because they burst into off-key song right in the middle of battle.
Also, Monica had impossibly cool clothes!
Gosh, this whole movie is just too much amazingness for me to explain! Really, you must watch it. Very soon.
Most Quotable Line (as in: line I will probably begin to quote often at random times): "How can I eat lobster.....when the lobsters are eating Borg?!"
Random photos:
And if, by some chance, you're not convinced yet (I don't know WHY you wouldn't be...after this MOST thorough review! ;-D), you really should watch this video Kate made! IT WILL CONVINCE YOU! And even if it doesn't (because you are-- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT), you'll still have the song stuck in your head for 3 days! MWAHAHAHAHA!
Well, I guess that's all.
This movie is so amazing...I just want to go watch it again!
P.S. ALL the screencaps were "borrowed" from Kate!
-Meg
originally published on ClassicForever on July 2, 2010