there be pirates

so, pirate radio might be a nearly perfect movie. it's about how in 1966, when british musicians were changing the face of music, the british government won't let rock and roll on the radio. so, there was this big boat with a bunch of male djs and they provide britian with sweetass music. and, kenneth braughna wants to stop it real bad. so, the movie cuts between hi-jinx on the boat and the cold, evil government with great, funny music sequences. these song moments show what the people of britian are doing while they listen to the radio and there's some great stuff. mostly, different people at work and kids in bed, but also plenty of people on the toilet.

the djs are really funny. there's a mixed bag including a really perfect philip semore hoffman (i'm not looking up how to spell people's names, can you tell?) i think my time in the peace corps has made me really love stories about a few people having a good time in an uncomfortable situation. there's is plenty of that and a really dramatic, suspenseful, upsetting ending, so it's nearly perfect.