Posts filed under 'Films'
March 13th, 2007
WOW! What an awesome flick, if you have the chance, don’t miss this one on the big-screen. The Lives of Others defenitly deserved the foreign Oscar award. Mesilla Valley Film Society featured it this evening, so if able to come down to LC, you might catch it here. Here’s the LINK to the review, ANOTHER for the flicky itself. I was looking for a film that I wouldn’t want on the “hard-drive” or memory, and my original plan of seeing 300 was derailed after a quick stop HERE, as I respect the editors and their take whenever I have reservations about a film that plays so strongly to my flesh. Then, while there I looked at the other movies that are playing these days, I didn’t find anything I really wanted to see without having my sweetheart alongside (i.e. Terabitha, Amazing… ) So finding Lives… playing, and remembering the preview Jess and I saw when we went to see Breach (another fantastic flick) I was all in. Both Breach and Lives have some scenes I didn’t care to watch, but nothing compared to what I was warned away from found in 300. If you’ve seen either of these two movies, I’d love to open a dialogue and discuss with you via the comments section connected to this post. YEAAAA CINEMA!
January 8th, 2007
So, from the library I’m reading The Little Red Book of Sales Answers by Jeffery Gitomer. Fascinating stuff, and definately a must-have for my “reference library” collection. AMAZON-TIME in a big way and while there I got a sweet book on networking from the same author.
I’m eager to see the flicky Thank you for Smoking as I’ve heard it’s really smart/funny, and for a particular line from Nick Naylor, the lead character. He says something snappy like: “Michael Jordan shoots baskets, Manson Kills people, I talk” Being he’s a lobbyist you get the drift, and being that lobbying is a form of sales, I can relate.
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August 14th, 2006
Last Weekend Jess and I were able to have a date-night! What fun, fun, fun we had without the 4-month-old. Not that my son is the issue, but getting out with the spouse has been hard the last few months, and our marriage needed the “tune-up of togetherness” (ToT) a date-night provides.
The Movie was Monster House. What fun. While the film could have probably been improved upon in a few ways, what I really appreciated was that this film had a story. The story was unpredictable and gave the characters just enough depth to be able to carry you off into their world, and how they deal with the situation this house provides. I was impressed by the work of the voice-talent, especially digging John Heder voicing a character other than Napoleon. the credits are the kind you don’t leave early, just like the X-Men episode 3 currently playing in the dollar theatre (#3 doesn’t end the series just yet…!) Extra-bonus points goes to whoever chose Siouxsie and the Banshees for the end-titles music. They are one my favorite bands from the late 80’s. As far as the film and the rest my critical assessment, go see it for yourself then we’ll talk. And catch it while it’s still in the Movieplex 2000 as it’s better on the biggest screen (a theatre, not your tv via netflix!)
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December 19th, 2005
Being a Media Arts Grad I’ve seen a lot of films. With that (somewhat) useless B.A. Degree comes an appreciation for what works on the “silver-screen” and critical eye towards what fails horribly. From time to time I’ll relate my two-cents about stuff I’ve recently viewed, and (hopefully) give you some helpful knowledge before adding to your netflix queue or marching down to your favorite rental facility.
As the weekend of Dec. 9th firmly established, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe rocks the house. Some variations on the book to improve character development, but nothing significant to be really bothered about. Definately top-shelf, and worth owning when it comes available.
Netflix delivered Elvis Has Left the Building over the weekend, rate it 1.5 stars out of 5. I had to see the finished work. No wonder it didn’t get released (to my knowledge) even in a small market, that movie hoover’ed. Some nice work by the real star of the show, ALBUQUERQUE posing as various locales, but the script really didn’t get helped at all by John Corbett, Kim Basinger, et. all. I worked on this film a few years back when it was being shot, and even then I had an idea it wasn’t going to work. I love Joel Zwick’s directing method, he’s really cool, Corbett’s kinda strange, and Denise Richards was hot, but it didn’t look like a winner after a sneak-peak at some of the script while on set. Suspect Zero Was also a movie I worked on, but it wasn’t this bad. as for EHLTB, skip it, unless you must see Corbett in an Elvis suit for a split-second.
I’m eager to finish La Dolce Vita Found this 1960 Federico Fellini “masterpiece” (so said the box) at the local library for check-out. DVD’s at the library rock. Can’t beat it, (free!) and they often have classics that’d be hard to find at Block-and-a-half-of-old-”new”-releases-party. The library even have my favorite of the Italian Neo-Realism genre The Bicycle Thief. I highly reccommend it, simply beautiful, but be prepared for a tear or two during the course of viewing.