Sunday, November 14, 2004
Good movie update...
Since I've succeeded in my plan to alienate all my remaining friends, and since I've grown even more agoraphobic* in the past 5 months, I've been TiVo-ing movies that I wanted to see, but because of the near-agoraphobia, movie theaters are generally out (except for a must-see, like a Harry Potter film, or Kill Bill). I get mostly hits. Anyway, in no particular order, here are some good ones:
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*: agoraphobia (sp?) is where you're afraid to leave the house. I've also become more OCD.
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- Barcelona: Good stuff right here. Very talky, but good talky -- clever, smart. People acting like real people, not people in the movies, if that makes sense. A dramedy about two cousins living in, well, Barcelona during the dying days of the cold war. One is a salesman, the other a naval officer, and they're both on the prowl for love, etc.
- Cidade de Deus: That's City of God for those of you who don't speak Portuguese. The Brazillian Goodfellas. Just blew me away. Totally. A must-see.
- The Magnificent Ambersons: Orson Welles' follow-up to Citizen Kane. Re-cut by the studio without his approval, but what is there is gold. Story of a rich family in decline, specifically the youngest son. In black and white.
- Sunset Blvd.: Really great noir. About a hack screenwriter who lucks into moving in with a washed-up silent movie star.
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Besides Red Dawn, the only movie to make me cry as an adult. About the life of an English boarding-school teacher.
- Black Spring Break 2: The Sequel: As dumb as the first one.
- National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze: Didn't actually TiVo this, but my cousins and I rented in when I was down in DFW. Straight to video, but very funny -- worth a rental or a used DVD purchase. Bunches of hot starlets in it, but not why I liked it.
- Dark Blue: Not as good as I thought it was going to be. Kurt Russell gives a typically excellent performance.
- Narc: Exceeded my expectations, which were high to begin with. Ray Liotta is great in this one.
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*: agoraphobia (sp?) is where you're afraid to leave the house. I've also become more OCD.
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