shoplifting seagull.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
bitches ain't shit.
the name of the rose - 4/10. procedural crime drama with monks. zzz.
a man for all seasons - 6.5/10. a Job story. robert shaw's brief stint as king henry viii is the only lively bit in the movie. the rest of it is occupied by a stiff shakespearean actor who gets acclaim because he articulates his words and has a power in his voice no matter what he's saying. an actor that looks like he's acting. the subject matter interests me - thomas more refuses to accept the king's marriage to anne boleyn, but the king values his acceptance - but there is never any real struggle inside thomas more. his commitment to god is unfaltering and never questioned. as other reviews point out, it amounts to a chess match between two sides trying to outwit the other, but thomas more is always far smarter and the other side has to cheat. all i wanted was for thomas more to show some sign of weakness before he proved how strong he was.
a man for all seasons - 6.5/10. a Job story. robert shaw's brief stint as king henry viii is the only lively bit in the movie. the rest of it is occupied by a stiff shakespearean actor who gets acclaim because he articulates his words and has a power in his voice no matter what he's saying. an actor that looks like he's acting. the subject matter interests me - thomas more refuses to accept the king's marriage to anne boleyn, but the king values his acceptance - but there is never any real struggle inside thomas more. his commitment to god is unfaltering and never questioned. as other reviews point out, it amounts to a chess match between two sides trying to outwit the other, but thomas more is always far smarter and the other side has to cheat. all i wanted was for thomas more to show some sign of weakness before he proved how strong he was.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
poo butt.
3:10 to yuma - 6.5/10. i generally don't get westerns and i can't get behind the conceit of this one, which is basically 'let's get twenty people killed to get this one guy to this place where he's gonna die anyway.'
Saturday, September 8, 2007
cantaloupe.
true romance - 7.5/10. there's a complete lack of cynicism in the romance which makes me like the movie even as it slowly becomes more and more typical.
Friday, September 7, 2007
they're not going up there to fish.
slapshot - 3/10. i watched this a long time ago and thought it was bad. i thought i might be wrong.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
fuzzy ideas.
time bandits - 6.5/10. not as clever or imaginative as it would like itself to be. still, it's amiable. watch baron munchausen instead. total 8.5/10 there.
breathless - 8.5/10. i'm less good explaining why i like something as to why i don't like something. it's full of life.
breathless - 8.5/10. i'm less good explaining why i like something as to why i don't like something. it's full of life.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
double nickles on the dime.
we jam econo: the story of the minutemen - 7/10. it's interesting to me that a couple of dudes who didn't seem to really know what they were doing were capable of doing something completely new.
Monday, August 27, 2007
yay internet.
what dreams may come - 5/10. i remember watching part of it a long time ago and hating it to the point of not finishing it. while i don't remember why i hate it, it's still not very good. a lot of i-love-yous and hugs and kisses and crying and easy sentimentality, but i never actually believe any of it. it's all very procedural and maudlin.
Friday, August 24, 2007
meretricious is a new word i've learned.
if... - 5/10. i feel like i'm missing something, like it's responding to some cultural event in england, except i think what it's responding to is still relevant. so maybe it's just a violent school-boy fantasy. i don't know.
Monday, August 20, 2007
The finest silk of choicest hue.
ugetsu - 3/10. jesus christ boring. it states its case early as being about greed and it is and it is and it is, except the moral lesson feels suffocating rather than inspiring. why is this supposed to be good?
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