City of Hope
vs.
Wayne's World
Because I'm unimaginitive, I find it hard to believe that anyone reading this hasn't seen
Wayne's World. Compare that to
The Love Guru, which I'd be surprised if many people here had seen, and it's shocking to think of the difference between pre and post-Shrek Myers.
I'm biased of course. I've seen
Cat in the Hat of all things, and kinda liked a couple of things Myers' did in it.
Wayne's World is a good film. I'm a bit disappointed (or completely wrong) when I see that it's this and not
Wayne's World 2 that has made it onto the list. But this is the film that bought headbanging to Bohemian Rhapsody. It's hard to imagine a time when that didn't happen. This film, to a small extent, changed the world we live in. Also lots of laughs. And the Scooby endings are awesome.
As for
City of Hope, I gotta admit I hadn't heard of this film before pix sent me a message asking me if I'd like to watch it. As often with this contest, two completely different films have been paired up.
City of Hope has John Sayles writ all over it - I couldn't tell you who directed
Wayne's World!
Oddly enough
City of Hope gives us much more of a world than WW does, with numerous characters' lives interweaving - an ensemble in the best sense.
City of Hope is a real film featuring real people. This was the (Paul Haggis)
Crash of it's day.
And yet, I'm giving it to
Wayne's World.
I'm not an awards ceremony, no pressure here to give it to the "worthy" film. And I've seen enough bad comedies to appreciate everything WW gets right.
Party on filmspotters!