Inside Man
You could say movies about "the perfect robbery" are cliche as they come, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch the good ones.
Brick
I would me remiss if I said this wasn't probably my favorite movie I've watched so far.
Seriously, I really liked Brick, maybe more than anyone I've talked to about it. Does this mean I'm nostalgic for high school, or nostalgic for the 30s? IMDB to the rescue once again, informing me that the role of the assistant vice principal is played by none other than Richard Roundtree. Why did I not see this?
I believe this last batch of movies means that I've watched more in the past 5 days than in the entire year before that. Someone please give me a job.
Friday, June 15, 2007
One Sentence Movie Reviews: 100 POSTZ!! Edition
The Aviator
I really can't come up with any witty remarks about this well-made movie.
Dr. Strangelove etc.
It's 96 minutes long, and I'm reasonably sure I could cut 10 or 15 more out of it.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie. It has one of the funniest final lines in recent memory. But it's Stanley Kubrick, the man who would later give us A Two and a Half Hour Shot of A Spaceship Gliding Towards a Large Object in Space. As a side note, IMDB tells me that James Earl Jones' character was named Lt. Lothar Zogg. Win.
As for The Aviator, I mean literally what I said. It's well-directed and acted. I enjoyed watching it. It will probably not go on any favorite movie list of mine.
Umm, it's really long and has Alan Alda in it?
I really can't come up with any witty remarks about this well-made movie.
Dr. Strangelove etc.
It's 96 minutes long, and I'm reasonably sure I could cut 10 or 15 more out of it.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie. It has one of the funniest final lines in recent memory. But it's Stanley Kubrick, the man who would later give us A Two and a Half Hour Shot of A Spaceship Gliding Towards a Large Object in Space. As a side note, IMDB tells me that James Earl Jones' character was named Lt. Lothar Zogg. Win.
As for The Aviator, I mean literally what I said. It's well-directed and acted. I enjoyed watching it. It will probably not go on any favorite movie list of mine.
Umm, it's really long and has Alan Alda in it?
Thursday, June 14, 2007
One Sentence Movie Reviews, Part III
Perfect Blue
OMFG what's going on.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
How does an Italian make such a damn good western?
Perfect Blue is disturbing and violent and excellent and has rekindled my desire to watch the annie-mays; TGTBaTU is stylish and violent and excellent and has rekindled my desire to watch Clint Eastwood pretend to do things on film.
Topic switch!
Imagine my delight upon reading my BBC news feed and seeing this headline:
Alas, it's about virus-infected computers, not virus-infected humans.
Damn.
OMFG what's going on.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
How does an Italian make such a damn good western?
Perfect Blue is disturbing and violent and excellent and has rekindled my desire to watch the annie-mays; TGTBaTU is stylish and violent and excellent and has rekindled my desire to watch Clint Eastwood pretend to do things on film.
Topic switch!
Imagine my delight upon reading my BBC news feed and seeing this headline:
Alas, it's about virus-infected computers, not virus-infected humans.
Damn.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
One Sentence Movie Reviews, Part II
Life of Brian:
I mean, I guess it's funny.
Infernal Affairs:
I do so enjoy a good identity drama.
Also, I'm about two thirds through Perfect Blue. Diagnosis: disturbing.
Next project: watch The Departed, discuss, repeat.
I mean, I guess it's funny.
Infernal Affairs:
I do so enjoy a good identity drama.
Also, I'm about two thirds through Perfect Blue. Diagnosis: disturbing.
Next project: watch The Departed, discuss, repeat.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
One Sentence Movie Reviews
North by Northwest:
I want to have a threesome with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.
Road to Perdition:
I never knew Tom Hanks could be so menacing or Jude Law could be so creepy.
But seriously, North by Northwest is fairly to greatly awesome. My one complaint: the ending seems incredibly sudden. DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER hey we're ok PHALLIC IMAGERY THE END.
Road to Perdition is excellent. I don't really know what else to say about it.
I want to have a threesome with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.
Road to Perdition:
I never knew Tom Hanks could be so menacing or Jude Law could be so creepy.
But seriously, North by Northwest is fairly to greatly awesome. My one complaint: the ending seems incredibly sudden. DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER hey we're ok PHALLIC IMAGERY THE END.
Road to Perdition is excellent. I don't really know what else to say about it.
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