Movieline knows that summer 2010 isn’t a wellspring of brilliant cinema, and you and your airbent tolerance likely agree. However, there’s potential for great movies right in front of us in the form of recent music videos that feature threads of narrative begging for full-length adaptation. Join us as we take five du jour pop smashes and pitch 90-minute versions that could thrill us at the multiplex.
1. Katy Perry, “California Gurls”
Synopsis: A saucy confectioner (Zooey Deschanel) finds herself on the verge of a sexual awakening — her humdrum world of Daisy Dukes and bikini tops transforms into a technicolor Shangri-La each time she tongues a licorice rope, oversize butterscotch, or lady. She and her pastry chef best friend Clarita (Rossy de Palma) conspire to flee Katy’s mother’s (Carmen Maura) strict religious household and start anew in a place where “fun, fresh, fierce” women can keep their passions for sensual exploration “on lock.”
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cameo: Snoop Dogg as a Spanish doctor who diagnoses Clarita with “an insatiable sweet tooth” and Hepatitis C.
Posted 09 Jul 2010, 8:47 PM
Really -- not this? I'd pay to find out why Brandon Flowers is always being abducted by ninjas. I need to know.
Posted 10 Jul 2010, 1:05 AM
Yes, Seren! Thank you for posting that! I also thought this was missing, I would totally watch a full length movie just based on those 3 minutes of video!
Posted 10 Jul 2010, 11:26 AM
You should have considered at least one that would actually make a good movie. (Yes, I'm talking about "Animal I Have Become" by Three Days Grace.
Posted 10 Jul 2010, 1:23 PM
Did the reporter really identify the main character of the Kate Perry Video as Zooey Deschanel by accident, or is he playing off Zooey's well-known hatred for being told that she and Kate could be twins?
Because it's luscious Kate in the Video, all the way.
Posted 03 Aug 2010, 2:50 PM
They are just trying to get on Z's high-horse and make others laugh. These arent literal movies, of which some sound sort of good..
Posted 10 Jul 2010, 1:49 PM
Mad max teen version??
Kind of boring watching the influence of punk-style moms from 20-25 years behind, the concept of originality has been extinct in the USA for the last 100 hundred years.