some cinema shtuff
Feb. 10th, 2004 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jawnbcRecent films:
Love Actually. Noice actually. Lovers love, friends love, family love, courtly love, unrequited love, lusty love, betrayal and the Christmas #1. Good cast, some playing to type (Hugh Grant), others demonstrating they are in a league of their own, regardless of the part (Emma Thompson), nearly everyone doing a credible job. Entertaining. I laughed. I cried. Maybe a rental, but definately a good date flick. My rating: 3 stars (out of 4)
Lost in Translation. A repeat for me which says something from the get go. Jet lag and a wholly foreign culture + ennui = compelling yet low-key. This move would fail utterly without strong performances, and Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson carry the day. Kinda a film-tone poem, very sensual, you either get it or don’t. Sofia Coppola might attribute some of her directing and screenwriting skills to genetics (3rd generation filmmaker), but her voice is her own. 4 stars
Veronica Guerin. A great story hobbled by a so-so script. Almost gets into the personal relationships of this larger-than-life figure in recent Oirish history (Guerin was a journalist covering drug gangs in Dublin when they put a hit on her in broad daylight). Cate Blanchett does what she can--which is a fair bit. A rental, if the topic or cast appeal to you. 2 stars
Love Actually. Noice actually. Lovers love, friends love, family love, courtly love, unrequited love, lusty love, betrayal and the Christmas #1. Good cast, some playing to type (Hugh Grant), others demonstrating they are in a league of their own, regardless of the part (Emma Thompson), nearly everyone doing a credible job. Entertaining. I laughed. I cried. Maybe a rental, but definately a good date flick. My rating: 3 stars (out of 4)
Lost in Translation. A repeat for me which says something from the get go. Jet lag and a wholly foreign culture + ennui = compelling yet low-key. This move would fail utterly without strong performances, and Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson carry the day. Kinda a film-tone poem, very sensual, you either get it or don’t. Sofia Coppola might attribute some of her directing and screenwriting skills to genetics (3rd generation filmmaker), but her voice is her own. 4 stars
Veronica Guerin. A great story hobbled by a so-so script. Almost gets into the personal relationships of this larger-than-life figure in recent Oirish history (Guerin was a journalist covering drug gangs in Dublin when they put a hit on her in broad daylight). Cate Blanchett does what she can--which is a fair bit. A rental, if the topic or cast appeal to you. 2 stars
