Not very good in logging the recent films:
Memento : great film, noirish mystery played backwards as the main character has no short term memory.
Shrek : a fine animated comedy that pokes fun at all kinds of old fairy tales while turning the tale of the prince who rescues the princess upside down. Saw this with Janet. Must remember that she does not like animation.
Swordfish : an okay summer cyber-thriller, lots of action, twisty plot and an bunch of characters none of whom you get attached to. John Travolta comes out better on this one than Battlefield Earth! Could he do worse? At least I was able to escape the heat and humidity here last week.
Shadow of the Vampire : got this on DVD because it has some of my favorite actors (Malkovitch, Dafoe), it plays on German Expressionist cinema (Nosferatu) and has a suitably wacky story of film about film and the nature of obsession. A lovely film.
Vertical Limit : a video rental thankfully. nothing really outstanding here. the whole thing is strangely flat and uninteresting. the characters never evolve in a meaningful way. the tension seems to disappear.
Gigi : another DVD purchase and a great musical. times have changed. there is a funny wiff of pedophilia here by our standards and male/female relations are rather different now. definitely of a time. but Gigi is charming and the music is great.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? : I love the Coen Brothers and this is a romping good film with a great performance by George Clooney, et. al. The music is fantastic, southern hillbilly, root, blues. Definitely a must have CD to track down.
Finding Forrester : Sean Connery stars in this knockoff of Good Will Hunting. Light entertainment. BUT a note to myself: get the soundtrack for the closing credit track by the Hawaiian ukelele player. Who was this guy??? Amazing.
Memento : great film, noirish mystery played backwards as the main character has no short term memory.
Shrek : a fine animated comedy that pokes fun at all kinds of old fairy tales while turning the tale of the prince who rescues the princess upside down. Saw this with Janet. Must remember that she does not like animation.
Swordfish : an okay summer cyber-thriller, lots of action, twisty plot and an bunch of characters none of whom you get attached to. John Travolta comes out better on this one than Battlefield Earth! Could he do worse? At least I was able to escape the heat and humidity here last week.
Shadow of the Vampire : got this on DVD because it has some of my favorite actors (Malkovitch, Dafoe), it plays on German Expressionist cinema (Nosferatu) and has a suitably wacky story of film about film and the nature of obsession. A lovely film.
Vertical Limit : a video rental thankfully. nothing really outstanding here. the whole thing is strangely flat and uninteresting. the characters never evolve in a meaningful way. the tension seems to disappear.
Gigi : another DVD purchase and a great musical. times have changed. there is a funny wiff of pedophilia here by our standards and male/female relations are rather different now. definitely of a time. but Gigi is charming and the music is great.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? : I love the Coen Brothers and this is a romping good film with a great performance by George Clooney, et. al. The music is fantastic, southern hillbilly, root, blues. Definitely a must have CD to track down.
Finding Forrester : Sean Connery stars in this knockoff of Good Will Hunting. Light entertainment. BUT a note to myself: get the soundtrack for the closing credit track by the Hawaiian ukelele player. Who was this guy??? Amazing.
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