jens lekman music video with rollerskates, directed by drew barrymore

why haven't i blogged about whip it? maybe because i still have it, although i have watched it. i even watched it with a former roller derby girl (derby name: sugarbush), so i had someone to tell me things that i didn't know and probably didn't need to know.

these days i've gotten resucked into the buffyverse (actual buffynerd term) because that show (all 7 seasons!) is streaming instantly on netflix. but a month or so ago, i did watch whip it. and it was okay. there were a lot of jens lekman songs and other good soundtrack stuff. it all had me thinking: i bet drew barrymore makes a pretty mean mix.

but the movie itself was not awesome. all the actors are great but they all seemed kind of flat. kristin wiig was the best and not always in the silliest way. marcia gay harden and the tall guy from city slickers and home alone were ellen page's parents,and they were okay. there was some not-as-funny-as-drop-dead-gorgeous paegant stuff and some not-as-awesome-as-the-warriors rollerskating stuff. i guess a lot of illegal rollerderby moves happen. andrew wilson was alright as the coach. maybe from arrested development (maebe?) was okay as the best friend. juliet lewis was an excellent mean girl, but where her character came from was confusing. oh, but she has a great speech about how ellen page is this 16 yr old girl just starting at rollerderby and how she (jl) didn't start until she was 30 and ellen page isn't old enough to play and she can go screw. i'm not sure how i feel about jl's agism, 16 yr olds deserve stuff too, but it's a good speech. who else was in it? it seems like everyone. i felt like, how can this not be awesome? such a great cast, good soundtrack, killer sport. oh! i just remembered another great speech. ellen page is dating some rocker boy and she finds out he's philandering and he tries to deny it but she lays into him like, i don't want to care, so i'm not going to, peace out. it was nice.

and yet, it was meh. if this review is meh, i blame whip it.