You know why I like Indie films? They are what "regular" movies were, until special effects and digital animation came along. They are simply refreshing because of the lack of non-essential movie add-ons and instead are filled with great acting initiated by great writing. Paul would call them "slow and boring"; I say bring them on.
Today I watched Youth in Revolt. God help Michael Cera: please don't let him ever, EVER act in a mainstream, special effects-laden movie and therefore totally sell himself out. I Googled the movie and found out that Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp is a 1993 epistolary novel (a novel written as a series of documents) by C. D. Payne. The story is told in a picaresque fashion (a popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts, in realistic and often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society) and makes heavy use of black humour and camp (an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing or humorous because of its deliberate ridiculousness).
You know what else I like about Indie films? You'll still find many mainstream actors in them. For example, Mary Kay Place, Fred Willard, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Zach Galifiniakis, Jean Smart, Justin Long, and Rooney Mara all appeared in Youth in Revolt. They obviously see the value in making a movie that requires them to actually use the skill they say they have.
I just enjoy watching a movie that can tell a great story without attempting to make it look like something else. Enough said.
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