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The other day I went to Blockbuster (I was originally hoping to rent Rocky Horror and Jesus Christ Superstar!, just to let you know,) and I found Novacaine on the wall. The first thing I thought of was, ‘Hey, Elfman did the score to that movie.’ The second was, ‘Hey, my dad’s a dentist. This will be funny.’ And third, ‘Hey, Steve Martin is in it. I MUST SEE THIS!’ So I rented it. (Well, you see, we accidentally rented two Rocky Horrors, and found this out when we got home, so we went back and traded Rocky Horror Uncut for Novacaine.)
NOVACAINE is about a dentist, Frank, played by Steve Martin, who one day meets this crazy girl in his office. Long story short, the girl steals all his drugs, (ALL of them) her brother is beating her up, and somewhere along the line Frank gets accused of murdering the girl’s brother. Now, I can’t give it all away, so you’ll just have to see it.
But it’s so QUIRKY… you see, the beginning of the film, the introduction, rather, are clips of x-rays. All of them are of people’s heads. The cool thing is, some of the x-rays show people talking, some show people eating. One even showed water going down a person’s throat. (ew.) But the SCORE…. it’s incredible. It gets your heart pumping.
But the thing is, on the main titles, it says that Elfman wrote the THEME and Bartek wrote the SCORE. Well, whatever. It’s absolutely fabulous.-Em
“Don’t tell me you don’t know why people call you Chopper. You bit the body… Chopper!” -Novacaineyeah, I’ve seen novacaine twice. I rented it because I wanted to see how bartek scores. then, i get this call from my friend and say I’ve got it. she says, “oh yeah. didn’t elfman score that?” “no, he just did the theme.” “but i read on the box he scored it.” “well the titles say he did the theme.”
sorta reminds me of the spy kids box saying danny wrote the floop song and then doesn’t mention any other composers! it’s kinda like in monopoly when the bank makes a mistake in your favor or something.. uh.. what?
anyways, speaking to those who saw it, wasn’t that a beautiful ending? I can kinda see why timbo chose helena over lisa.. well in looks anyways. i don’t know what either of them are really like. i bet they only like him cause he’s famous, lest there was a strange moment where timbo found apes intruiging.. i’ve got it!
helena had been in make-up for hours. she wasn’t used to this at all. sure, she always wore a ton of make-up. she seemed to land the whore role in a lot of films. but this make-up was different. people didn’t act like they wanted to put her in their pants. they seemed to want to put her in a zoo. did no one understand that she wasn’t really an ape when she wore this makeup? looks are everything in hollywood, she guessed. that’s why she had been so succesful. she decided to go to her trailer. unfortuantley, she would have to cross about 4 differnt parking lots to get to it. in this make-up? it was always degrading. even those freaks in special effects laughed at her. she really couldn’t stand it. after crossing the ninth secrurity gate where each guard jumped back in pretend horror, (they should be actors themselves, helena thought,) she turned a corner and made child star will dixon pee his pants! “mommy! queen kong is gonna eat me!!” he cried out. helena apologized and when she got into her trailer she sat down and cried. just then, tim burton came in. “hey champ,” he greeted her. “what’s the matter? make-up to hot for you? you can take it ofdf if you want.” “I can’t,” helena sobbed. “I have another scene in 3 hours and it takes siz hours to get it back on.” “aww. i could turn on the air conditioning if you want.” tim tried to commfort her. “it’s fine, just go!” helena snapped. “hey hey hey,” said tim. “did something happen?” “well, I just made will dixon piss in his bloody pants!” helena exclaimed. “I can’t stand this face! I’m so ugly!” “you’re not ugly,” Tim assured her. “you’re the most beautiful ape i’ve ever seen.”
then we could have a love scene, or possibly more tears from helena. afterall, he just called her an ape.
lexi: well, i tried
I lost you on that one, but OK. I’m still listening. :>
-Em
“I can tell you are the sensitive type.”
“I’m not Edward Scissorhands, you know.”Still a movie that I have yet to watch. I”m watching “Mulholland Drive” right now…talk about a mind-bender!
-E (who wonders why they label Colby Jack cheese as “Mini-horn.” Does that mean that when it goes you, the wound is only life-threatening rather than fatal?)
Oops…that’s supposed to be “(who wonders why they label Colby Jack cheese as “Mini-horn.” Does that mean that when it GORES you, the wound is only life-threatening rather than fatal?)” Typo…gotta get back to work…
-E(who is tired of reading second-rate poetry manuscripts at 9:30 on a Saturday evening…)
The bunny with the dentures — if I ever ran into a bunny like that, I’d be officially freaked out.
-Em
“A man is lost without his teeth. Unless, of course, he pulls them himself.”ee! I’ve got to see that movie again! I have been trying to get my best friend to watch it, but she’s afraid of dentists.. hmm.. maybe I should rent ‘the dentist.’ bwahahahahaha.. couph.
lexi: “can I ask you a personal question?”
“I’d prefer you wouldn’t”
“do you ever date any of your patients?.. can I ask you a professional question?”
“If you must.”
“ever do it in the chair?”
— this quote is probably all wrong, seenig as i have not seen that film in a while, but it’s supposed to be from novacaine.
“say ahhhh”
“ahhhh”
“say ah ah ah oh ah oh ah ah..”
“ah ah ah oh ah oh ah ah..”
— from the music film ‘wavetwisters’ which also involves a dentistActually, Lexi, you’re really close. Since I just saw it last night (twice in the same night hehe) I think I can improve on it.
“Can I ask you a personal question?”
“What is it?”
“Do you ever date any of your patients?”
“Alright, no more questions.”
“Can I ask you a professional question?”
“If you really have to.”
“Do you ever do it in the chair?”
*swivels in chair* “Alright. How about you come back tomorrow?”
“I think I’m making you uncomfortable.”
“Actually.. yes.”And hey! No dentist remarks. My da is a dentist. And instead of him nobbing up the novacaine on the patients, the patients nobb the novacaine up themselves.
-Em
Pinky: “Rawr. Aren’t you intimidated?”
Me: “Oh, yeh, I’m really intimidated.”I got the Novocain CD for only $3 at an online used CD store, and I thought it was excellent, but then again I think Bartek’s score to Cabin Boy needs to be released. It is in the style of the quirky Danny scores, and Danny did more than just write the theme, he wrote the main titles and another cue: “I Wish…” so technically he co-wrote the score.
There are a few songs on the CD, but they are eclectic and quirky like the music.
I have yet to see the movie, but I saw where the DVD had music content, what was it, a isolated score? An interview? A picture of Bartek standing next to Steve Martin? (my hope is that it’s not the latter) I will eventually see the movie
Nat
You should DEFINITELY get the movie :>
I got my gifted resource teacher to rent it lol. And all my other teachers, for that matter.
-Em
“What’s my name Alex? C’mon, I’m going to keep asking this till you get it right…”
“Uhm… E-Woman? For Electronic Woman? Oh yeah baby!”
-The Muffin and Me
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