2008-06-22 
 

very brief reviews

Been watching a lot of DVD movies lately, because it's cheap and cheerful. Here are some very brief reviews:

8 Women: Fantastic cast, costuming and dialogue are weighed down by unnecessary musical numbers that cause this dark comedy/murder mystery to fall flat.

2 Days in Paris: Honesty is the best way to make a relationship work. I generally like Julie Delpy, but honestly, not enough to like this movie.

Charlie Wilson's War: Surprised myself by actually liking this movie. Sure it's got the megawatt stars, but they melted into their roles quite nicely and the dialogue popped. A bit scary to realize just how true it all is. Not the covert war itself, but the way politics gets played.

Wedding Crashers: Cute at points and pretty consistently funny, but a bit too long for the amount of story being told. (This one may have suffered because I heard too many enthusiastic reviews before seeing it and had high hopes for a laugh a minute comedy with a heart.)

The Fountain: Saving the best for last. I'll be upfront and say that this will not be every one's cup of tea and not something to watch when you're looking for some simple escapism. That said, I loved it. Beautiful to watch. Emotionally moving. By the end of the movie, everything that was being communicated gelled together for me and I burst into tears. They weren't sad tears or joyful tears, but something else entirely. Tears of truth sounds a bit pompous, but it's the closest I can come to explaining the feeling. A very odd and very wonderful experience.

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