I had an ambitious plan to talk about the movies I'd watch this year one at a time, and a format that involved putting up movie posters and links to imdb. I also thought I'd try to have something to say about each movie.
But it doesn't look like I'm devoting the requisite giveadamn. Instead, here's what I've seen since about April, in roughly chronological order:
The Matrix
We watched this serendipitously around the Matrix's 10-year anniversary. When I discovered that about a week later I asked myself how it holds up. It holds up OK!
Slumdog Millionaire
We enjoyed this movie, but the end seemed to be a different flick than the beginning and middle. Was that on purpose? Was there meant to be some redemptive switch that I missed being flicked?
Star Trek (2009)
This movie is just as fun as everybody tells you it is.
Tropic Thunder
Bender's Big Score
The first of the Futurama direct-to-DVD movies was OK. I laughed a little, but not a lot.
Frost/Nixon
The King of Kong
A tale well told, but my enjoyment diminished soon after when I discovered that the real story is not as simple as the one told by the fimmakers. See Jason Kottke's discussion of this.
No Country for Old Men
I forgot that this was a Coen brothers movie until M reminded me about 3/4 of the way through. Then it started feeling familiar. Unsettling, funny, and ambiguous. Reminded me of Fargo. The movie sits better when you realize it's about Tommy Lee Jones's character, not about the characters you spend the most time with.
The Beast with a Billion Backs
The second of the Futurama direct-to-DVD movies is more of the same. Good enough.
Be Kind Rewind
I guess the lesson is that even when you take creativity into your own hands, and make something people love, you still get screwed by corporations with lawyers.
He's Just Not That Into You
The movie seems to break some of the rules that the publishing phenomenon laid down. Plus, it wasn't a very good movie. Plus, Mac guy isn't a good actor yet.
Bender's Game
I wanted deeper, more incisive gaming parody out of this.
Shopgirl
I love Steve Martin, even though I'm not always sure why. The awkwardness and depiction of loneliness are funny and sad here. I enjoyed watching this movie.
Up
I cried a little.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Movies April-Jun 2009
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i, too, love steve martin for reasons i can't quite explain. a love that started with seeing L.A. Story in high school and loving it. i love his writing. i love his comedy. hell, i'm considering going to hear him play bluegrass when he comes to atlanta. but mostly i think i love him because all of those things he does somehow encapsulates the fumbling, bumbling nature of the human condition -- specially as we try to be in relationship with each other. the ecstasy, the loneliness, the pure inanity.
ok, so maybe i can explain it a little.
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