Category Archives: Flicks

Big Screen: Syriana

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Not sure how George Clooney winds up with best supporting out of this. It’s more of a bit role. Or “intermittent” at the most. I love Clooney but I don’t see the award winner here. I guess they really did feel they had to give him SOMETHING!

Uneven. Some messages clear = US government will seek to control oil situation, no matter the cost. No matter whether it will keep that world backwards in terms of women’s rights, etc. Other parts not so clear. The Matt Damon storyline achieved what? Just human interest? A more human connection to the Prince?

Good. Thought provoking. But not great. “Good night, Good Luck” = much better movie.

DVD: Junebug

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I wasn’t so much watching it for the Amy Adams performance (which was good) but for Alessandro Nivola. Yum. We are only 1 degree of separation (my good friend Evan grew up with him). Now, why couldn’t I have known that, and made something of it, BEFORE he got married.

The movie overall however was pretty uneven. Enjoyable but not a must-see.

(As w/ Constant Gardener), a great makeout scene to begin the flick — very fun.

DVD: Hustle & Flow

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AWESOME. Loved it. If you don’t like movies about pimps and hos and tricks and rap, then maybe this isn’t for you. I thought it was GREAT. I had to immediately buy the soundtrack. It’s hard out here for a pimp, yo!

DVD: The Constant Gardener

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Rachel Weisz is luminous. And the beginning makeout scene, where they are just surrounded by white (a technique often used in portraits, you put them in front of white paper reaching to all sides, it’s like they’re floating), is really awesome. Very, very, very sad movie. And sadly – very REAL as well. There’s no doubt this stuff is happening. I highly recommend this paired with “Acts of Faith” by Philip Caputo (a book). Very intense.

Cable: Miss Congeniality 2

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This movie isn’t half bad. Honestly, almost as funny as the first one (if you liked that), and seriously better than lots of other sequels such as Legally Blonde 2, the Matrix 2 or Charlie’s Angels 2. Very humorous girl-girl work relationship.

Netflix: To Kill a Mockingbird

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My dad had never read this book b/c he had seen the movie first and loved it so much. I see what he’s talking about it. It is GOOD, altho…it is not the book. It’s of necessity somewhat condensed and I was so blown away by the book that this doesn’t quite live up. But compared to, you know, other movies rather than compared to the book, it’s really good. Gregory Peck is great in it. Dill has been said to be based on Truman Capote and that is really brought to life in the movie version.

I sooooooooooo disagree.

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I usually think Michael Schaub is a God. And yes, his “screenplay” of Crash did make me bust out laughing. But in this case, he’s wrong. It’s a much better movie than Me, You and Everyone We Know. Which was desperate, sad, pathetic and ICKY. Those of you who liked Napoleon Dynamite — another sad, desperate and PAINFUL movie — you might like it. Painful, and painfully NOT funny. Both of them.