This was my second year of going to Sundance as a third-party, non-entertainment employed movie watcher. Although this year I did get to go to one party (!).

This year I saw a multitude of amazing movies: Pretty Bird, Strangers, I Met the Walrus…and others. But I will spare you my top ten list, since quite honestly, I didn’t see every movie in the festival, so who am I to say which was the best.

But I will let you know, I can not wait for Adventures of Power to get released. How can there be a movie that brings together unions, air drumming, country music, golden footballs, forbidden love, and rock in roll? Well thank god someone has.

Yes–it sounds complicated–but the cast brings it together. The filmmaker, Ari Gold, also stars in the movie. No not Ari Gold from entourage people–a real person. Michael McKean (Best in Show, Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, ) and Jane Lynch (Also in Best in Show and A Mighty Wind ) put in wonderful performances. Also, there is the amazing performance from Shoshannah Stern as the girl upstairs.

This movie is rock and roll. There are really bad guys and the good guys are people we can identify with–the misfit, the hard worker, the kid, the girl, the air drummer. The soundtrack complements the movie, not distracts it. Although people will point towards Napoleon Dynamite with the Power character, we know more about Power–we know why he is the way he is and why he in the end–is so brave.

Plus, in a way that I haven’t seen since Norma Rae, someone made a movie that makes unions look cool! In a world of mistrust and strangers, it’s nice to think about a world where being part of an organization can really bring instant familyhood. And really, in a complicated world, isn’t that the simplest thing we can ask for–hope?

Look out for Adventures of Power: Website & details

Filed under: Movies — Pilar @ 2:04 pm