Adaptation
A good movie about a guy writing a screenplay about a book about a guy with a woman and there's another guy in there somewhere.
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino likes it when people talk.
I liked Adaptation, but I think if I saw it again I'd like it more. There seems to be a lot going on that you'd miss if you weren't looking for it. Brian Cox is awesome; I noticed this the first time around.
One thing I missed the first several times I saw Pulp Fiction: Kathy Griffin is in it. Seriously, I never noticed. And yes, it is a 13 year old movie, but I saw it last night at Red Rock Amphitheater, and it was sweet. They even had a surf band playing before it, and they were sweet as well.
Sweetness all around.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
One Sentence Movie Review: Only One? Edition
Chinatown
Either I'm missing something or that is one hell of an overrated film.
Seriously, if Brick was the movie that pleasantly surprised me, Chinatown is the one which left me scratching my head and asking "that's it?"
I like to think I'm not just a movie escapist who needs everything to end with sunshine and rainbows; I find Requiem for a Dream amazing, and it makes me want to never get out of bed ever again. But I wouldn't say Chinatown has a depressing ending; for it to be an ending at all the players have to learn something, or at least change in some small way. I would be hard pressed to name any character changes from the beginning to the end (going from alive to dead doesn't count).
It's not all black marks from me. The acting is all top-notch. The feel of LA in the 30s seemed real, and the heat of the drought bled off the screen. I just didn't feel what the movie was trying to tell me, and found myself not caring about what it was, anyway.
Either I'm missing something or that is one hell of an overrated film.
Seriously, if Brick was the movie that pleasantly surprised me, Chinatown is the one which left me scratching my head and asking "that's it?"
I like to think I'm not just a movie escapist who needs everything to end with sunshine and rainbows; I find Requiem for a Dream amazing, and it makes me want to never get out of bed ever again. But I wouldn't say Chinatown has a depressing ending; for it to be an ending at all the players have to learn something, or at least change in some small way. I would be hard pressed to name any character changes from the beginning to the end (going from alive to dead doesn't count).
It's not all black marks from me. The acting is all top-notch. The feel of LA in the 30s seemed real, and the heat of the drought bled off the screen. I just didn't feel what the movie was trying to tell me, and found myself not caring about what it was, anyway.
Friday, June 15, 2007
One Sentence Movie Reviews: Heists and High School Gangsters Edition
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.
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.
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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