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I found Who Killed the Electric Car to be completely fascinating.
I remember when I started seeing EVs (electric vehicles) on the streets, and seeing the charging stations popping up, and thinking how ugly they were. I remember thinking they were so ugly I'd never buy one.
But this was middle school, I think, and I of course didn't know about the causes of the car, and why they're so important. Since then I've learned a lot more about EVs, and the reason they're so important.
Who Killed the Electric Car? goes into great detail the history of EVs dating all the way back to the 1920s and goes through present times. The film goes through different people, organizations, and reasons, giving evidence on who exactly killed the electric car, and in the end, places the blame on specific parties.
The documentary is put together well, and is never boring. This quote from the New York Times reviews sums everything up completely: "If $3-a-gallon gasoline doesn't make you hate the big oil companies, the shocking revelations in Chris Paine's thought-provoking documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? will."
I was always sort of interested in this, as I thought the concept was good, and I love Anne Hathaway (like most guys) and Meryl Streep is always good.
Then the trailer (or clip as a trailer which I thought was both odd and genius) came out and I decided I would most likely see it. Then the great reviews and amazing box office told me that I needed to see it right away.
I had planned to see Cars on Tuesday, but decided to see The Devil Wears Prada instead. I was definitely not disappointed in the film, and it was exactly what I expected. It's a chick flick through and through, yet it's very solid. It's funny, witty, exciting, mean, dramatic, and very well acted. I think I fell even more in love with Anne Hathaway.
Meryl Streep was great, as always, and so was Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt (who I was very excited to see in another film after last summer's My Summer of Love.)
Towards the end, The Devil Wears Prada did get a little slow, but overall, I still liked it a lot.
A- (8/10)
Saw A Prairie Home Companion on Sunday, and thought it was pretty good. Not great, but definitely solid entertainment. The acting was all great, the comedy was much more present than I expected, and the songs were very cool. And I really liked the look of the whole thing, and the characters. There's something that I can't quite put my finger on stopping me from giving it an full A, but I don't know what. Maybe the fact it had no plot at all. But I really don't know.
A- (8/10)
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James Berardinelli always does a mid year top ten, as to not forget a lot of the earlier films that will be forgotten when Oscar time comes. So with that, here's mine:
10. On a Clear Day
9. Nightwatch
8. Joyeax Noel
7. Brick
6. Akeelah and the Bee
5. Thank You For Smoking
5. V For Vendetta
4. Lucky Number Slevin
3. Superman Returns
2. Hard Candy
1. United 93
Honorable Mentions: The Hills Have Eyes, The Child, Mission Impossible 3, Friends With Money, Unknown White Male.
Biggest Disappointments: Art School Confidential, Date Movie, The Promise, Stick It, X-Men: The Last Stand, Nacho Libre.
Upcoming Contenders: The Aura, Borat, The Fountain, The Science of Sleep, Little Miss Sunshine, The Descent.
This past year's been insanely busy and stressful for me, so I didn't get the chance to see a lot of films that I wanted, including: Cars (which I'll see this week sometime), The Proposition, The Notorious Bettie Page, Tsotsi, Twelve and Holding, A Prairie Home Companion, American Dreamz, Manderlay.
Also, there are two #5s because I forgot V For Vendetta and my list was set, and I couldn't bear to get rid of On A Clear Day.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
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Monday, October 31st, 2005
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I haven't seen Saw in its entirety since it was in theatres, so it's hard for me at the moment to say whether I liked Saw II better than the first, but I think it's definitely just as good. Each had their own better aspects than the other, and each were really great. I'm enjoying the Saw series, and I wouldn't mind having a new film come out each Halloween.
I made sure to see In Her Shoes this weekend before it left theatres. I think Curtis Hanson is one of the best directors working today, and his new film keeps that thought in my head going. In Her Shoes is really funny at times, really dramatic in others, sad in some, and happy and fun the rest. It covers all the bases, and I had a great time watching the women of n Her Shoes.
Capote was just as great as I was expecting. I went into the film not really knowing anything about Truman Capote other than being the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, so it was pretty new to me. And pretty fascinating too. Phillip Seymour Hoffman better get the Oscar he's so deserved for so long.
The Sea Wolf is the second of four films I'm watching in the Edward G. Robinson retrospective at the Cinematheque in my school. I'm especially excited for the next two though, Double Indemnity and The Cincinnati Kid. But anyway, The Sea Wolf for those not familiar with it is about an overbearing captain who picks up two survivors of a shipwreck, but makes them work on the boat until they reach a dock, which he said would be a long time. And it's about the new people aboard, and the captain and troubles there are on board, as they sail all day and night without stopping as they're being chased. Anyway, crappy summary, but great film.
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The Producers (2005) – Within the first couple minutes, the film seemed to me, that it was going to be a long two hours. The first song was not making me as excited to see the film as I was hoping. But a few minutes after the film started, and we were introduced to producer Mr. Bialystock (Nathan Lane) and accountant Leo Bloom, I really began to love the film, and it never let up.
I’ve never seen the original film, or the musical, so I was Producers virgin going into this film, and I’m really glad that I ended up liking it in the end. The songs are so fun, and the acting is all really amazing, which I guess is expected since it’s pretty much the same actors from the play. I don’t know who played Ulla, the Swedish actress in the musical, but from what I remember, Uma Thurman was the only new cast member, and she was really good, and never looked better. The audience really ate the play up, so it’s a definitely crowd pleaser, and Oscar chances are looking good, I think. A
Prime – On the same night, I had tickets to see Prime and Waiting, so obviously I ended up choosing Prime, but both films looks pretty good for the kinds of things they are. Anyway, I’m thinking I probably should have gone with the Ryan Reynolds comedy. Prime wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anything good either. But the story I think it really great. You’ve got a woman seeing her shrink, and going out with a guy much younger than she is, who ends up being the shrink’s son. Uma Thurman is the woman, Meryl Streep is the shrink, and Bryan Greenberg is the boyfriend slash son. They’re all good in the respective roles, but the script really never makes the story and situations as funny as I think they could have. Overall, it’s okay, with some pretty funny moments, but it could have been much better. B-
Proof – Gwenyth Paltrow was pretty amazing in Proof. I’ve never really been a big fan of hers, but she was awesome in this. Hope Davis and Jake Gyllenhaal have great supporting roles. In addition to the great acting, there’s a really intriguing story going on, revolving around whether Paltrow’s character is going crazy, like her father. Anyway, highly recommended! A
Flightplan – There seemed to be pretty decent buzz going on for Flightplan in regards to everything but the ending, but I liked the film, ending and all. It wasn’t as tight as it could have been, in terms of making sure everything was covered up and there weren’t plot holes, but still, I was entertained thoroughly and had a lot of fun watching Jodie Foster tear a plane apart looking for her daughter. B
An Unfinished Life – This movie looked pretty generic, and really it is, but it’s a really good generic film, it that makes sense. Redford and Freeman are really great as cowboys, and J-Lo is also good, something she hasn’t been in a while. I used to like her, in films like Mi Familia, The Cell and Out of Sight, but she’s pretty much been crap since, it was nice to see her back in good form. A
Pete Kelly’s Blues and Dragnet – Both films written by Richard Breen, and directed by Jack Webb, who also stars. Pete Kelly’s Blues is about a band trying to be bought out by a producer so he can take their money, and Dragnet is about a cop just trying to solve a basic case. Pete Kelly’s Blues works much better as film, and is really pretty good, and while Dragnet was fun, it just doesn’t work as a film, which makes sense since it started as a show, and ended as a show. Still fun though. Pete Kelly’s Blues: A- Dragnet: B
Hard Times - Hard Times stars Charles Bronson, who looks like he’s drunk throughout the entire film, and James Coburn. Bronson is a street fighter, and Coburn is pretty much his manager, and sets him up fights and what. That’s pretty much it, and the film follows the two as they win more and more fights. It’s a really awesome film and has some great fight scenes in it. Check it out if you can get your hands on it. A
Say Anything – I’ve been catching up on my 80s films, so I finally watched this, and it was really great. Definitely the best teen romance I’ve seen. It was just so good! That’s it. A
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There were a few films at the Sundance Film Festival last year that I was really bummed about not being able to see, and Thumbsucker was one of them. The film has one of the best casts this year, including Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves, Lou Pucci, Vincent D'Onofrio and Benjamin Bratt. But I find myself not really knowing what exactly to say about this film.
I guess it could be classified as one of those kinds of films that thinks it's much better than it really is. I don't know what I'm talking about really, but, you take films like Garden State, Junebug, Me and You and Everyone We Know, which would be the same kind of genre as Thumbsucker, and they all sort of aspire to indie greatness, and make it, but Thumbsucker falls a little short. It's got its nice, quirky moments, but it also has its fair share techniques and scenes that don't fit or work.
I do recommend the film, though, for all the good moments it has, and Lou Pucci, the lead, who, if he chooses his films right, could be the next big thing. The supporting characters are all great. I can't really single any of them above the others, just all around excellent.
And I thought this was kind of funny and cute. So here, I have my own little thumbsucker:
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
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Advanced Screenings
Jarhead – A really amazing film, and Sam Mendes’ (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) best film, and that’s saying a lot! Shot by Roger Deakins, who shots the Coen Brothers’ films, makes some of the most beautiful cinematography to ever grace any film screen. Jarhead is about a group of soldier over in Iraq for desert storm, and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jaime Foxx. Look for the film to be nominated for many of the technical Academy Awards, as well as writing and directing, but not acting. It was solid, but not the kind of roles for the Academy. 9/10
The Descent – I have not seen The Cave nor do I ever intend to, but there’s no way it could be as good as The Descent, an awesome horrorish film that takes place underground through an uncharted cave system. The Descent has some of the freakiest looking monsters, and some genuinely scarly moments, although sometimes cliché. Still frightening! And a lot chicks kicking ass, which is fun. 9/10
Venom – From the director and I Know What You Did Last Summer and the producer of the Scream films, comes a really bad horror movie pretty much exactly the same as I Know What You Did Last Summer, it just takes place in Louisiana, and deals with Voodoo. And it also sucks, unlike I Know What You Did Last Summer, which I guess I consider a guilty pleasure. 4/10
Broken Flowers – A good film, but nothing great or special. It’s Bill Murray being the same character type of character he played in Lost in Translation only less interesting and less funny. 7/10
In Theatre
The Brothers Grimm – Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys, Brazil) is always interesting, and always good, up until The Brothers Grimm which Is definitely interesting (as well as visually stunning) but not so great. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger have good chemistry as the Brothers Grimm, but their love interest is ugly and not a good actress, and Monica Bellucci isn’t in the film long enough. It’s got a slow start, and a nice finish. 6/10
Junebug – Instantly became one of my favorites of the year. It’s one of those films where two worlds are compared, which in the film is the south vs. the city. A husband and wife come down to the south to meet with his family, as well as check out a prospective artist for her art gallery. Amy Adams, who’s been in films for a long time, but relatively unknown, plays the husband’s brother’s wife. She’s really just amazing and one of the best performances I’ve seen. I don’t even know how to describe it, but she really elevates Junebug from a nice little independent feature to an amazing film, full of love and joy. 9/10
Grizzly Man – This is actually the first Werner Herzog film I’ve seen, and I’m definitely going to check out more. Herzog has a reputation for making things more than they really are. And by that I mean taking things out of perspective, and adding additional things. Even if he did that with Grizzly Man, I really don’t care. He showed a man who loved the grizzlies, and loved to protect them. He loved them so much that in the end, after many (and perhaps more than expected) years, was killed by the very animals he was fighting for. Grizzly Man is a really amazing look into an fascinating and equally insane human being. 9/10
Constant Gardener – There are only a handful of films as good as City of God, so it’s hard for any film to be as great as it is, but Fernando Mierelles, who first feature was the aforementioned film tries his hardest to recreate the greatness he had with City of God, and while he doesn’t create the magic he did before, he does craft a damn fine film with some of the best acting and cinematography of year. Rachel Weisz has never been better, and Ralph Fiennes is great. 9/10
On DVD
Safe – Julianne Moore is brilliant in this Todd Haynes film. This is the second Haynes film I’ve seen, the first being one of the favorites of a couple years ago, Far From Heaven. I really liked the story of Safe, about a woman who grows to feel sick when exposed to everyday chemicals such as window cleaner, car exhaust, and really anything of the sort, and seeks treatment for it. 8/10
Un Chien Andalou – Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel collaborated in the 20s to make this bizarre silent film that I can’t say I really liked all that much. It was interesting, but not as great as anything I’ve ever seen by Bunuel or Dali. 7/10
The Brothers McMullen – I watched this on the recommendation from one of my film professors, and the fact that it was one of the first breakout indie films. It was made for nothing, sold at Sundance, and grossed over ten million bucks, which is great for an early nineties film. It’s about an Irish family that’s having some problems with the relationships in their own individual lives. It stars and was directed by a young Edward Burns.
My Life as a Dog – I can barely remember this film as I watched it over a month ago I think. I was actually thinking I was renting Man Bites Dog, which is a mockumentary I believe, so it was quite a shock when I got a Lasse Hallstrom (Cider House Rules, Chocolat) drama about a kid who goes to live with his uncle after his mother falls ill. It was good, but I don’t really remember much else. Highly forgettable, but it’s got your usual Lasse Hallstrom charm. 8/10
Meet the Fockers – I still don’t know why I liked this and I didn’t like the first one. I think I need to give it another shot. And it was just as good the second time around. 9/10
Heartbreakers – I hadn’t seen this film since it was in theatres. It’s not a good movie, but it’s fun, even if only for the fact I love Sigourney Weaver. 8/10
Sixteen Candles – I had never seen this movie until last week. I haven’t seen very many of the 80s comedies, so I still have a lot of catching up to do. I thoughtSixteen Candles was really funny, and I’m glad I finally watched it. 8/10
Spanglish – I didn’t have a lot of interest in seeing this one when it was in theatres because of the mixed reviews and small box office, but a couple friends told me how great it was, so I had to give it a shot. And I have to say I liked it a lot as well. All the acting is great, from newcomer Paz Vega as Flor, the maid, to Tea Leoni who I’m really beginning to fall in love with. If you need a movie where the woman is a wreck, she’s perfect, but it also seems that’s pretty much all she plays, but she’s good at it, so it's all good. 9/10
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
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This is definitely the year of the documentary. There have been such amazing ones this year: March of the Penguins, Mad Hot Ballroom, Rize, Murderball, Inside Deep Throat, Murderball, Twist of Faith, and now, The Aristocrats. Seriously, I don't think any of them have not gotten an A rating from me.
The Aristocrats is everything you're going to be expecting form it. It is one of the most vulgar and obscene films I've ever seen, and I love it for it. And it's such a brilliant idea; take the funniest and dirtiest joke that pretty much no one has ever heard, and share it with the world through a ton of talented comedians.
This one joke is the topic of the entire film, from talk about how it was created, and by whom, and then the joke itself in many different varieties by different people. You might be thinking, how can one joke possibly take up an entire hour and a half, and not get boring and redundant? Well, it doesn't. There are some people they definitely needed to cut, but, I think, they felt bad about cutting people because they put there time into the film and deserved to in it. But those few people are few and far between. Mostly, each and every time the joke is said, it's different, and has lots of new twists.
When you see the movie, you'll learn the basics of the jokes, and you'll see just how different each and every time it's told it is. Some of my favorite comedians in the film were Sarah Silverman, Bob Saget, Billy the Mime (! especially !), Andy Dick, Gilbert Gottfried, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (the southpark skit), Phyllis Diller, and the staff of The Onion. The Aristocrats is an insanely funny film that I highly recommend!
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ADVANCED SCREENINGS:
TIM BURTON’S THE CORPSE BRIDE – I honestly don’t remember THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS very well, but I’m positive it’s way better than TIM BURTON’S THE CORPSE BRIDE. CORPSE BRIDE was good, no doubt, but it wasn’t anything special. The songs were fun, the animation was fun, and the story was fun, but, I guess, just not fun enough. 7/10
NORTH COUNTRY – Expect another Academy Award nomination for Charlize. That’s a 100% guarentee that she’s going to be nominated for NORTH COUNTRY, and depending on her competition, and win may happen as well. NORTH COUNTRY is about the first class action sexual harassment suit, and also has great performances by the likes of Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson, and especially, Richard Jenkins. 9/10
THE EDUKATORS - I didn’t like THE EDUKATORS as much as I was expecting to, as I’d heard only completely amazing things from the couple people I know that’ve seen it, but still, really great film, sort of like Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, just German, and more blatantly political. It’s about two guys who have a group called The Edukators, who break into houses of the wealthy, and move furniture around, but make a point to not take anything. A new person is inducted into the group, and everything begins to go awry. Great acting and a cool story, THE EDUKATORS is a great film that’s worthy of your time. 9/10
REGULAR THEATRE SCREENINGS
MY SUMMER OF LOVE – MY SUMMER OF LOVE is about the friendship turned romance to two English girls over one summer, featuring the amazingly beautiful Emily Blunt, as well as IN AMERICA’s Paddy Considine. MY SUMMER OF LOVE has an interesting look to it, and I can’t say I liked it, or that I disliked it, but it was odd, and at times, fairly distracting. Still, though, it’s good drama. 8/10
MURDERBALL – MURDERBALL was a really amazing documentary. It has moments of sorrow, of happiness, and everything in between. MURDERBALL was the original name of Quad Rugby, but, the film isn’t about the sport, it’s about the participants, and their lives. Muderball is one of the best films of the year so far! 9/10
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTOY - I was very surprised by how much I liked CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTOY. It was, perhaps, the most satisfying summer blockbuster of the year so far. Depp is brilliant. 9/10
THE WEDDING CRASHERS – Also very surprised by how funny this film. It’s no OLD SCHOOL, but it’s damn funny. And I think I'm in love with Rachel McAdams. 8/10
THE ISLAND – Again, very surprised by how good yet another film is. And I hate the fact that shit like FANTASTIC FOUR can make a shitload of money, yet amazing films like THE ISLAND can totally tank. While not being as good, THE ISLAND is just behind MINORITY REPORT and I, ROBOT in terms of great, sci-fi action films. It’s pure entertainment, with fun action (how can you not love two Ewans?) and good acting, nice special effects, and a cool story. 9/10
DVD SCREENINGS
MANIC – Not as good as I’d heard, but pretty good. The story follows Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a mental hospital because of his anger problem. The cinematography is good, but it’s a pretty slow film. Good acting. 7/10
LITTLE OTIK – LITTLE OTIK was really great, although not as good as the director’s own ALICE, which is very much in the same style. LITTLE OTIK is about a couple who are unable to have a child, so the husband makes one out of a tree. And it becomes alive, like in the children’s fairy tale. 9/10
PERSONAL VELOCITY – A showcase for good acting, and an engrossing drama told in three parts. It’s sort of a woman’s empowerment film, each part dealing with different aspects of being a woman, and being strong and independent. Definitely highly recommended. Starring Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, and Kyra Sedgwick. 9/10
THE GOONIES – I finally saw this film for the first time in over ten years. I didn’t remember a single frame of THE GOONIES, but it was great fun and I’m glad I finally got around to watching it again after so long. 9/10
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Bad News Bears: Billy Bob plays an awesome drunk. I loved Bad Santa, and while I didn't love The Bad News Bears it was pretty fun, and really funny. He and the kids were really great. I've never seen the original films, but I want to now. The characters in this, and the kids were all really annoying, but sort of real life annoying, like most kids are. Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden add some nice comic moments, in a not so tame kids films. There's not much more to say other than this is a highly enjoyable kids' baseball flick, that's fun for the whole family.
Reviews coming soon: Murderball, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wedding Crashers, Manic and The Goonies.
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I haven't really felt much like reviewing movies, so here are a couple short blurbs of the very few movies I've been able to watch over the past couple weeks:
THE PINK PANTHER (2005): I'm not sure why the movie was pushed back from its August release date to February because the film I saw seemed complete from beginning to closing credits, but whatever works for MGM. Steve Martin is pretty funny as an officer that doesn't really have a clue at how to be an officer. There are some really funny parts, but most of the movie is just mildly amusing at best. The same jokes are played so many times throughout the film that it fails to be funny by the time it ends, but still, I did enjoy the movie much more than I thought. I should also note that I have no seen the Peter Sellers films, but I've been told that it's much more slapstick, so I'm very much looking forward to watching them. It seems like it'd work better that way. And also, Clive Owen has one of the most useless cameos in film history, but he's as charming as he always is, as agent 006. Beyonce does okay, Jean Reno is pretty funny, and Kevin Kline is decent as well.
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW: A really funny, and quirky, and charming, and sad, and youthful, and beautiful, and compelling, and real film, that I highly recommend, even though it's not the greatest film I've ever seen. Not even this year, there's just something really great about it, even if somehow it doesn't yet feel complete. Miranda July is a true artist in the fact she can take something that's been done over and over, by the likes of Todd Solondz, Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson, etc., yet make it feel so completely original and brilliant.
WAR OF THE WORLDS: I'm a huge Steven Spielberg fan, as well as a pretty big fan of Tom Cruise, and the trailers for WAR OF THE WORLDS kicked major ass. So I was extremely excited for it. And it was good! I wasn't really let down, I just wished it was better. It totally could have. But the best thing going for it, was how intense it was. Man, way fucking intense. Acting was all great, and the FX were awesome. The story was good, of course, but somehow different than I expected. The only major fault was the ending of the film. Ending a two hour movie in thirty seconds just doesn't really work very well. But I still had a lot of fun watching it.
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LAND OF THE DEAD: I was so excited to see this when I got the opportunity to see an advanced screening. I definitely would have been there opening night had I not been able to make this. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is one of my favorites, and both DAY and DAWN OF THE DEAD, while not as good as the first film, are still classics. And with George A. Romero back for his final zombie masterpiece, I expected no less than perfection.
Actually, I wish that was the case. But honestly, the trailers showed nothing about the actual film itself. It was all about George A. Romero, and nothing about the actual story, so I figured something was wrong. My gut was right, unfortunately. LAND OF THE DEAD was okay, but nothing all that great. Romero never reinvented the genre like I wanted him too. I wanted him to do something different, perhaps turn around the crappy horror trend that’s been going on, but, he didn’t, instead he just added to the mediocre shit that’s been coming out lately.
There are some really awesome parts of the film, where he does some things with the zombies they’ve never done, and the zombies are cool. It’s been really awesome to see them progress throughout the series, and if there is another film in the series, I’m all down, but something tells me there’s not going to be much of a profit from this film, and there’s most likely not going to be another.
My ratings of all the DEAD films:
Night of the Living Dead - 10/10
Dawn of the Dead - 9/10
Day of the Dead - 8/10
The Land of the Dead - 7/10
Dawn of the Dead (remake) - 10/10
So that's where it's situated, dead last.
THE DUKES OF HAZZARD: I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this film. It really is a good action comedy. I’ve never seen the TV show, but Johnny Knoxville and Sean William Scott have really great chemistry, and Jessica Simpson isn’t so bad herself. There’s a lot of laughs, and a lot of action. I definitely recommend this for a fun night at the movies when it comes out in August!
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE: FUN WITH DICK AND JANE comes out in December, in the slot held by MEET THE FOCKERS last year. A really good comedic film it must be then, no? With the cast involved, you’d think it would be. Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin, and Judd Apatow, but no, the movie stunk. Well maybe that’s being a little too harsh, but it wasn’t very good. There are some really funny parts, but mostly not so good. And most of that credit goes to Jim Carrey who goes back to the annoying character he’s played over and over to death. Tea Leoni (who I’ve sort of developed a celebrity crush on recently after seeing FLIRTING WITH DISASTER) was good though.
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE is about Carrey’s character losing his job, and he and his wife (Leoni) resort to a life of crime to keep the house they own. Like I said, there are some really hilarious parts of the film, but most of it is boring. If you’re a big Jim Carrey fan, then think you definitely won’t be disappointed. Just after ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND I was expecting much more.
MR. AND MRS. SMITH was not the perfect summer action/comedy blockbuster like I’d been hearing, but it was pretty damn fun. I much prefer the BOURNE films. Anyway, it’s still a good movie, but not as great as everyone says it is.
BATMAN BEGINS: I felt the same way about BATMAN BEGINS as I did about MR. AND MRS. SMTIH, that’s it’s not as good as the hype. I need to start seeing movies opening day before hype sets in and I see the films with an open mind. I liked it, but I was really bored through a lot of it. And as much as I love Katie Holmes, she just wasn’t doing much for me in this. Christian Bale was good, as was Morgan Freeman, but I think Gary Oldman stood out from the rest of them.
GODS AND MOSNTERS was a really great film, about the director of Frankenstein, played by Sir Ian McKellan, and his new gardener, play by Brenden Fraiser, who he starts to fancy. And weird relationship starts. It’s an odd relationship they have, but both actors are really great, as is Brenda Blethyn as the maid.
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO I’ve wanted to see for a while because I’m a big fan of Gus Van Sant’s work, and MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO was pretty good, and the style is definitely like Van Sant’s other works. Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix play prostitutes who go on a search for Phoenix’s mom, and a yet another weird relationship blossoms.
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The 40 Year-Old Virgin was a decent summer comedy, and much better than recent films like Dodgeball and Anchorman. Being a Steve Carell (The Office, Bruce Almighty) and Judd Apatow (Freaks and Geeks) fan, I definitely felt let down by the film. Carell's good, as are his love interests in the film, Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Banks, but the film was mostly the same stuff over and over, and it got a bit repetitive.
Steve Carell plays Andy, a guy that works in a electronics store and during poker night, lets his co-workers know that he's a virgin. It becomes their mission to get him laid, as well as help him learn about women. That's pretty much it, and two hours of it. There are some really funny parts, as well as some jokes that don't really work, but the audience I saw it with seemed to really, really like it.
So if you liked Anchorman or Dodgeball, and films like that, then you'd definitely like this one a lot. If you weren't a fan of those, then I'd go ahead and stay away unless you really like Steve Carell.
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Heather Graham produced the upcoming film called Cake, which she also stars in, about a woman who takes over her father's bridal magazine after he has a heart attack. She's a woman who doesn't have relationships, and sleeps around a lot, and doesn't ever want to get married. But of course, things change when she meets a guy that works for the magazine, and so on. Blah. I don't know if I've ever said here, but to a certain extent, I like romantic comedies. Well, depending on who the stars are I guess. I really like Sandra Bullock, Diane Keaton, etc., and while I think Heather Graham is a talented actress, I don't know if she's really cut out for romantic comedy. Or at least she needs a better script.
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David Gordon Green's George Washington was pretty good, but a bit of a let down after loving All the Real Girls. Visually, it's a really amazing film, and all the actors are great. And the story, up until a certain point, is great. And then something happens, and it's just a huge letdown. I know the movie could have gone a different way, and could have been really great. I don't know which way, but any other way would have been better. I think George Washington is worth a watch just for the acting and cinematography, and the way the film feels.
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Polish Vampire from Burbank!!!!! Fuck yes, this movie rocks. Okay, had I not been blown out of my fucking mind, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much, but I think it still would have been good. It's a horror comedy sort of like The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra about a virgin vampire, in the sense he's never bitten anyone. It's about time he learns to do it, and his mom takes him out to go meet his pray, where he comes across this woman at a movie theatre who loves vampire films. The perfect match. The only problem is, he falls in love, and instead of biting her, he wants to confess that he's a vampire to her. It's really cheesy, but oh so fucking good. Really. Another good, but random aspect, and anyone not from LA might not find it funny, but it takes place in the valley, which has girls notorious, although not really true, for being really stupid, and using the word "like" and stuff like that a lot. So it makes fun of valley girls too. Anyway, Polish Vampire from Burbank is really awesome, and can be rented from Netflix, but I'm not sure how much I recommend it sober.
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Flirting with Disaster was a really amazing comedy, directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heat Huckabees) about Mel (Ben Stiller), a guy looking for his real parents, along with his wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette) and a woman (Tea Leoni) form the adoption agenecy who's documenting the meeting. We go with these three people across the country, and through many different hilarious moments while they're searching for Mel's parents. It really is a great film, and the acting, Ben Still included, is great. But most of all, I really loved the story, all the quirky characters, and Tea Leoni.
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I took my sister to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants so I wouldn't feel too, well, unmanly, so I made it seem like I had to take her. For her sake, you know? The reviews were just too good for me to pass up! Even with her, I felt really out of place. There were very few guys in the auditorium, so really, towards the end, I'm sitting in a theatre with tears rolling out of my eyes surrounded by a bunch of crying women. Fun stuff. So anyway, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about a group of four young women, who each go in different paths for a summer, and share a pair of jeans that somehow fits each of them perfectly for the summer. One goes to Greece, one to Mexico to play soccer, one to see her father a few states away, and the last one stays at home to make a documentary. The acting by most everyone is amazing, and all are equally beautiful. So if you're a guy, girl, both, neither, whatever, check The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pant out. It's a great story with characters that no matter who you are, you can relate to in some way or another.
Apres Vous is a delightful French comedy about Antoine, who rescues Louis from hanging himself in a park one night, and feels obligated to help him get his life back together. To do this, he gives him a place to stay, helps him get a job, and finds the love of his life and tries to get them back together. Antoine's a good man, but nothing seems to go right in his quest to help poor Louis out. Apres Vous's a really funny film, although kind of slow at spots. The actors are all great, and the chemistry between all the leads, including the love interest, Blanche, is even better.
Movies about movies, or about a love for movies, or about making movies are always good, and Cinema Paradiso is no exception. The film isn't just about a love for movies, but it's about love in general, and compassion and living. It's a beautiful film, deserving of the Oscar it won, and all the praise it's acclaimed since it's release.
I borrowed Bull Durham from my mom like months ago, and just got around to watching it tonight. It was a pretty good movie, starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins. I still am unsure about the name. Anyone know? I know the team was the Durham Bulls, but I must have missed by they switched it around for the title. Bull Durham's an exciting film, both funny and sexy, and well written and acted. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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What do you mean, Jana?
Anyway, I finally finished the film after a prior attempt. It really is a hard film to watch. I don't really think it's because nearly the entire film is focused on two people talking in one location, but that each seperate conversation within the conversation as a whole was just so long and took way to long to get to the point. It just took forever, and by the time the end of the story came, I was either really tired, or missed the point along the way because I couldn't concentrate on it.
The first time I tried to watch the film I fell asleep around the 40 minute mark. And not the fall asleep and wake up in like a minute, or 30 seconds kind of sleep, but wake up an hour and a half later with the title screen playing on repeat. Tonight I managed to make it through without interruptions, and like I said before, it's a challenging film, but most of the time, as long as I could follow it, was intriguing.
My Dinner with Andre is a film that really makes you think. It makes you think about the way you're living, and the way the people around you are living. I mean it's not a lifechanging film. Nothing about me is going to change as a result of the film, but it's nice to actually think about something during the film. To go with what the characters are saying and bring it into your own life.
I don't really even remember what I was thinking about, or what made me think about whatever that was in the first place, but nonetheless, I got to think, and it was nice.
So anyway, My Dinner with Andre, huh? It's an interesting film, with a neat premise. The film's about two people having a very long, hour and forty minute dinner at a restaurant and catch about about what each of them has been up to since they last saw each other. It's told in real time, and the whole film is pretty much just these two characters conversing.
I guess I would recommend this film, but drink some coffee first, and be prepared for a slow, although interesting film.
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It was a good experience, I think, watching the first three episodes of Star Wars in a row. I guess I found a new appreciation for the first two episodes, as the last time I saw them, which was in the theatres in 1999, and 2002 respectively, I was less that enthusiastic about either, thinking Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as only a little better than the less than mediocre Phantom Menace. This time around, I found the first two films to be of equal value. A value that has gone up very highly as entertainment. Both films entertained me from start to finish, and got me pumped for Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. It got me so pumped in fact, I decided that I couldn’t wait three hours upon completion of watching Episode II, that I had to go right then and there to the theatre instead of waiting a couple hours and driving further to the closest digital projection theatre.
So I bought my soda and Buncha-Crunch, and sat in the theatre waiting for the trailers to start. I’m one of those people that love trailers. And I seriously wouldn’t mind watching ten trailers if I had the opportunity. And I knew beforehand that there were new trailers, and a lot of them, with Revenge of the Sith, so I was excited. Unfortunately, there were only four trailers, and the only new one was for The Fantastic Four, which greatly improved the teaser, but still doesn’t look that great.
The film, though, was awesome. I enjoyed every second. The story was better than the previous two films, as was the acting, although still not as strong as it could have been. And there really isn’t anything to say about this film that hasn’t been said about million times already. I just want to express my opinion, I guess, which is that I really liked the film. I liked everything about, and am glad that it went out with a bang.
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I caught an early screening of the upcoming documentary called The March of the Penguins, about the life of Emperor Penguins. Does anyone know anything about these penguins? They live the most difficult lives of any animal I’ve ever seen, and all for their chicks. It’s really amazing to learn about these penguins, their live, and Antarctica. It’s a documentary filled with love and endearment, loss and hope, and lots, and lots of penguins. It’s narrated by the talented Morgan Freeman, and is such a fascinating film, filled with some of the funniest footage I’ve ever seen, as well as some of the most heart wrenching, yet beautiful. The March of the Penguins is an amazing documentary that I really urge everyone see when it’s released.
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I was not the biggest fan of Snatch although I have to admit I was physically sick when I saw it, and I thought even less of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, but Layer Cake is really fun! The film follows a British drug dealer, played excellently by Daniel Craig, who wants to get out of the business, but, like always, has one last job to do. There are lots of twists and turns, and interesting character that make this film really fun. It’s shot in the same exciting way that makes no moment in the film ever boring. There is a great supporting cast, including Alfie’s insanely beautiful Sienna Miller.
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I feel like I'm missing some films. I'll have to figure that out a little later.
Preview Screenings:
Mad Hot Ballroom: Mad Hot Ballroom was really, really good. It was pretty much a mix between Spellbound and the Sundance favorite Rize, about schools competing in a ballroom dancing competition. The kids in the films were really cute, and charming, and could really dance! Mad Hot Ballroom takes place in New York, and the documentary follows two different classes closely on their way to the big competition. It's a really funny, and smart documentary, full of life, and definitely worth your time. A-!
General Theatre Viewings:
Crash: Crash was a really great film by Paul Haggis, the writer of Million Dollar Baby, and I expect more great films from him to come. Crash follows many different groups of people who live in LA, and and connect in some way with each other, and the film deals with racism. It's a beautiful portrait of LA, with great acting all around. A-!
Kingdom of Heaven: I liked Kingdom of Heaven a lot more than I was expecting too. It was pretty long, but never got boring. Orlando Bloom was pretty good, but like everyone else has said, he's still not leading man worthy, and definitely no Russel Crowe. B+!
The House of Wax: House of Wax was surprisingly fun! I really enjoyed myself, for some reason. I really only saw it because my sister wanted to, but couldn't, so I wanted to be able to tell her I saw it. Anyway, yeah, it was pretty good, and I loved the ending of it. B+!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: I was able to pick up most of the humor, I think, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, despite never reading the book or seeing the miniseries. It was funny, and a little boring at times. Could've been way better. B!
Kontroll: Kontroll is a really fucking amazing Hungarian subway thriller! It's intense from start to finish, and has a kick ass soundtrack to go along with an amazing story about the underground subway ticket collectors. It really is an amazing film that has a unique, and fantastic visual style. A!
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Mifune: Mifune is my second favorite Dogme film, and pretty close to the greatness of Festen, and yet another Dogme film involving a retard. More than half of the Dogme films I've seen have had something to do with a retard of incest, or both! It's very interesting. Anyway, Mifune is about a guy from the city who has to take care of his retarded brother in the country when his father dies, and hires a housekeeper to help him do it. It's really funny, and just a great film overall, with really great acting.
The King is Alive: I'm not sure what the worst Dogme films I've seen is, but it's either The King is Alive of Italian for Beginners. I haven't seen Italian for Beginners since it was in theatres, and before I really knew much about Dogme, so I'm going to have to see it again, and get back to you on which is worse, because I'm thinking I'll like Italian for Beginners much more now, since I didn't really like it back then. The King is Alive is about a bunch of people who get stranded out in the middle of the desert, and to pass the time they start doing a production of King Lear. It's a fairly interesting premise, but not so much of an interesting film. It's a Danish Dogme film, but it's in English, which I didn't know, and has Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Janet McTeer. It wasn't a bad film, just not anything great.
The Great White of Lambarene: A film from Camaroon The Great White of Lambarene about a man who lives in, you guessed it, Lambarene, and gives medicine and treat the people of the poor African town with their medical problems. It was pretty good, but the acting was laughably bad at times.
Street of Shame: Street of Shame was my first Kenju Mizoguchi films, and I can say that I'd really like to see more of his work. Kurosawa has said Mizoguchi is the greatest Japanese filmmaker, and his biggest influence, and Street of Shame was list last film before he died, about prostitutes in the red light district of Tokyo, and the film gets into why they're all prostituting themselves, and how it's pretty much the only way to survive. It was great drama, and I watched it on VHS with the shittiest of quality, so I was a little surprised I was able to enjoy it so much.
Earth: Earth is seriously one of the worst movies ever. It's a Ukrainian silent film about a town that gets a tractor or some shit like that, I already forgot, but it was so fucking boring. I really wanted to shoot myself while I was watching it. Luckily, it was only like an hour and ten minutes. I was seriously starting to get really crazy.
Bad Taste: Bad Taste was fucking awesome! It's Peter Jackson's directorial debut, and great film if you're into cheesy gore films. It's about a group of like british FBI-ish agents who go to a town to looking into some supposed aliens that crashed, and they find them, and stuff. And there is killing, and gore, and it's a great time!
Tomorrow I get to see Deep Throat on the big screen! I'm so excited. Ever since I saw Inside Deep Throat (which will be accompaning it), I've really wanted to see it, so I really can't wait to see it tomorrow. And now I go home and sleep because I have two finals tomorrow and I have to get up early and do some studying.
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PALINDROMES: Such an amazing film. Todd Solondz once again exceeds my expectations, as he has with WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE as well as HAPPINESS. PALINDROMES is the story of one girl, Aviva, played by eight different actors. The story follows Aviva through many aspets of her life, each played by diffent actors, some black, some white, some brunette, some blonde, some older and some younger, as well as one boy. And as much as it doesn’t seem like it should work, it does, and it works so beautifully. Much like with Solondz’s other films, there are laughs where there really shouldn’t be. For instance, there’s one scene in the film where you have a bunch of kids singing about Jesus, and it’s the most hysterical scene I’ve seen in a long time. It’s funny because the two main singers are a Backstreet Boy wannabe, and a chick with no arms. The background singers are a really large woman, an albino, a midget, and a mentally disabled kid among others. My expectations for PALINDROMES were fairly low, so the film really blew me away. Easily one of the best this year so far.
LOOK AT ME: A nice little French film. The film’s about a young vocalist, and the relationships around her, including her father and step mom (who is her age), her vocal teacher and her husband, and her own relationship with boyfriend. It’s really funny as well as having great drama.
THE INTERPRETER: A solid film. I really wanted to see it opening day, but didn’t get it see it until last night. Nicole Kidman, I think, is pretty much one of the most overrated actors working today, but she surprised me a little bit. I noticed an off accent I guess in a couple spots, but overall, she was really great. Sean Penn was all right, so was Catherine Keener. The story was really awesome, and while the film seemed kind of long, it held my interest throughout.
ADVANCED SCREENINGS:
JUST LIKE HEAVEN: A decent romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, about a guy (Ruffalo) who moves into an apartment that used to be owned to a woman (Witherspoon) before she was in a car accident. Together, they try and figure out who she is, since all they know is she’s a ghost. It has an interesting story, and it’s got some really funny parts.
ZATHURA: It’s JUMANJI, in space. A pretty fun hour and half ride about a two kids who play Zathura, a game they found in the basement of their house. They end up in space, and deal with Asteroid showers, Zorgons (evil lizards), gravity fields, black wholes and good stuff like that. Jon Favreau directed the film, and I saw him like five times at the theatere. It was pretty sweet. He’s really big too. I knew he got kind of fat, but he’s also really tall.
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LA CONFIDENTIAL: I never got to see this in theatres, so when the chance popped up to see it at school in our theatre, I couldn’t pass it up. Every film I’ve seen in the school theatre was shown on film, but they had a DVD, which made me really angry. But I hadn’t seen the film in a long time, so I was really glad I went anyway. It’s such an amazing film. For a long time I had it in my top ten films of all time, but I’m not sure if it’s going to be there when I do my next update. Still one of the best, though.
JULIEN DONKEY-BOY: A Dogme film with no plot, but interesting characters. It was funny to see documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog acting in this. Harmony Korine is just a little bit crazy, I think.
CENTRAL STATION: Such an amazing film. Directed by Walter Salles (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES), CENTRAL STATION is about the relationship between an old woman, and young boy, who go on a journey to find the only relative the young boy has after his mom is killed. It’s a really beautiful film with amazing performances all around, and one of the best stories ever.
ALICE: A wicked film. Stop motion animation combined with live action, with the story of ALICE IN WONDERLAND make this film so awesome. It’s way fucking creepy, and looks sort of “student filmish” but it really works well, and I loved every second of this. And I highly urge everyone to go out and rent Jan Svankmajer’s ALICE. Or better yet just go buy it.
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT: AMELIE’s Audry Tatou stars in this thriller that’s not all that it seems. A loving relationship may not be just that. And this sweet little art student may really be an evil assassin raping little boys. Okay, well, that’s not it, but really, this it’s a wild film that’ll take you on quite a ride.
2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY: I saw this a really long time ago. I remember liking it a lot, especially the cat fight between Charlize Theron and Teri Hatcher. Watching it again I can see why I liked it. But now, it just wasn’t as great. I still enjoyed it, but it’s not nearly as great as I remember it being.
BLACKBOARDS: This is the first Iranian film I think I’ve seen, and it was really great. BALCKBOARDS is about a group of teachers who travel through treacherous war territory searching for students they could teach in exchange for food. All they have are the blackboards on their backs. It’s a really interesting insight into Iranian culture, and I’m definitely going to check out more films from Iran.
PLACE WITHOUT LIMITS: Arturo Ripstein is considered the father of Mexican Cinema, and based on this film, I’m not sure why. PLACE WITHOUT LIMITS does have a rating of 8.5 on imdb, but I don’t know why, either. It’s a good film, but nothing great. It’s about a whore house and the women who live there and run it.
HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE: I really really really wanted to see this when it was in theatres, but for some reason I never did. It’s really funny, but not quite as good as DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR. But it really made me crave White Castle, which unfortunately isn’t anywhere near me. Next time I go back east I’ll have to get some.
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Oh, I also saw THE HOUSE OF D last week, which actually comes out on Friday.
The film was written and directed by David Duchovny and starring his lovely wife Tea Leoni, along with Robin Williams, Erykah Badu, and Anton Yelchin (HEARTS IN ATLANTIS). Yelchin plays Tommy, Leoni's son, who befriends an inmate at the local House of Detention, played by Badu.
There are some nice moments in the film, but the dialogue is just all around bad. Duchovny should stick to acting, although I don't thiink he's too great at that, either. He should leave the acting to Leoni, while he stays and home and raises the kids. But anyway, Tommy's friend Pappas, played by Robin Williams, is a mentally challenged 40 year old. Williams isn't in top form, but is okay anyway.
I liked THE HOUSE OF D much more than anyone of the eight or so people I was with, and I didn't like it all that much, so it doesn't look like it's going to be a critical, or box office success on Duchovny's first outing. Maybe he'll be forced to stop writing. That works for me.
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IN THEATRE:
RED EYE: The trailer for this film was intense, but shows some sort of supernatural being, which there isn’t in the film. It’s deceiving. Why they do stuff like that I’ll never know, but it’s most likely going to anger people who see the film, thinking they’re going to get some supernatural villain, and all they get is a regular guy.
Anyway, for the sake of not spoiling the film, I’m not going to say what it’s about, except about two people (Rachel McAdams (MEAN GIRLS) and Cillian Murphey (28 Days Later)), who meet at the airport and hit it off pretty well from beginning, before finding out they’ll be spending their long, very delayed flight sitting next to each other. B-
The acting is pretty good so, and Brian Cox, one of my favorite actors, turns up as McAdam’s father. The suspense is by far the best aspect of RED EYE, but it’s not got a good film. And I can’t quite put my finger one why exactly. It does seem pretty long, even though it’s just 72 minutes, buy yeah, it’s just not that great.
THE LONG WEEKEND: Another upcoming film that just isn’t too great. This time it stars Chris Klein (American Pie) and Brenden Fehr (Not Another Teen Movie) about a brother, Klein, who is trying to get his brother, Fehr, laid when all he wants to do is try and get his recently lost job back.
It’s not a very funny film, with the exception of the use of home videos. Fehr’s character used to document life, and apparently used to get a lot of really funny, nasty stuff, and the home videos he shot as a kid are used throughout the movie to display some of the emotions his character is feeling. There is one home video that really sticks out in my mind as being of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. And that is a video where an elephant has it’s trunk up another elephant’s ass. Haha, it might now sound that funny, but I never thought that was possible. But it is! And hilarious to boot.
But other than that, the movie’s nothing but mediocre. B-
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THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: I saw THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS in 2003, and didn’t think that highly of it. It’ wasn’t until today that I found out it was a sequel, and I was going to be watching the first film in my international cinema class for Canada. It was really awesome to see the same characters 17 years prior to that of THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS, and made me think about the film a bit more. I didn’t remember liking it, but would I like it now? After being introduced to the characters during a time when I was supposed to. I think I would. THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE reminded me a lot, actually, of it’s sequel, so it’s weird that I didn’t like it. Anyway, THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE is a really great, and funny film that I think anyone would love. There’s not much better than watching old(er) people talk about sex. A
DIE MOMMIE DIE: I wasn’t much into DIE MOMMIE DIE either. There are some pretty funny parts of the film, and the characters are all cool, but it was just kind of boring. DIE MOMMIE DIE is the story of Angela Arden, a washed up singer, and her family. Arden kills her husband, and her kids are on her trail, trying to get her to confess. B-
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS: Woody doesn’t make films like he used to. This is a great story about Hannah and her sisters, as well as their husbands and lovers. This is really great, classic Woody Allen. A
WAKING NED DIVINE: I haven’t been as charmed seeing a film since watching THE STATION AGENT as I was while watching WAKING NED DIVINE, an import from Ireland about a man (as well as the rest of a tiny town) trying to cash in on a lottery ticket they found attached to a man who died due to the excitement of winning. WAKING NED DIVINE is such a hilarious, charming film that didn’t take the smile off my face from beginning to end. A+
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI: Another great silent film from Germany, about a somnambulist who kills people at a carnival. The sets are amazing, and the film itself is awesome looking too. I wish I was able to recreate the look. I’ve tried, and failed miserably. But it’s okay, because seeing the real thing is always better than seeing an imitation. A
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