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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

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Chalupa
on July 6, 2005
in Action, Adventure, Airplane, Animation, Based on a comic, Based on a short film, Mystery, Neo Noir, New York, Sci-fi and Thriller
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Here’s another one that was recommended to me by several and I finally saw. This was a very interesting breed of sci-fi-ish movie. It ended up being a lot different then I was expecting. I liked it though. It was kinda cool what they did with the lighting and the whole feel of the film. Then there would be parts where planes were flying over a map and you actually saw the map. I know it’s nothing special, but I thought it looked cool.

Even though I enjoyed this movie, I wouldn’t give it an A+ either. I’d have to give this one a B- at best. Definitely something to see, but not something to necessarily watch over and over.

Closer

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Chalupa
on June 12, 2005
in Based on a play, Drama, Independent and Romance
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Saw Closer tonight. It seemed different from what I thought it would be…however, I have no idea what I was really expecting. This movie is about relationships….messed up relationships. You have two couples(Natalie Portman and Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Owens) that trade partners, trade back, break up, etc. It’s a vicious cycle full of masochism, envy, greed, hate, lust, jealousy and revenge. The sad thing is I know of a couple people that have dabbled in this sort of life style and it’s horrible to have to watch the results.

While watching, I was reminded of several other movies:
Basic - I love you, I don’t love you, I’ve found somebody else, I’m leaving you, I’m back with you, etc, etc. There weren’t as many turn-arounds relationship-wise as plot twists in Basic, but I think you understand what I’m getting at if you’ve seen these movies.

Alfie - This would be partly because Jude Law stars in both movies, but when Dan’s life is pretty crappy he is no longer the cool, self-confident man we knew. He breaks down and has a good cry.

Usual Suspects - When Dan finds that name on the end I so knew it was coming. I think I guessed or thought, “it’d be cool if…” pretty much right from the start.

Scrubs and The Matrix - The end of the movie with Natalie Portman strutting her stuff down the sidewalk screamed lady-in-the-red-dress, created by Mouse, and was also strangely reminiscent of Elliot Reid when she gets her make-over and new attitude. This probably has something to do with the complete change in hair and clothes.

Alfie

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Chalupa
on November 7, 2004
in British, Comedy, Drama and Remake
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Saw this one with Jamin, Emily Gilbert and Danielle something. I wasn’t quite sure if I really liked it or not. Alfie is basically a man-slut and the first half of this movie is glamorizing his lifestyle. It shows how cool, suave and sophisticated he is. It shows how he plays different women and just never quite has to grow up. That’d be great, right? Then the second half of the movie shows how it really is. Alfie is never very happy. He’s always lonely. While Alfie is always having fun and nobody gets hurt, in reality everybody is getting hurt…even Alfie. Jamin said this reminded him of Boogie Nights in that sense and I’d have to agree. Even while I think this movie has a great moral at the end I felt a little uncomfortable with all the ‘gettin-it-on’ scenes. Maybe it was because of who I was watching it with. I don’t know. It just seemed like the same message could have gotten across with a little less skin. I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts on this, as always, if you’ve seen it too.

I Heart Huckabees

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on November 7, 2004
in Comedy, Existential and Multiple story line
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I’ve really fallen behind in posting about movies so here I go….Saw this one with Elaine, Liz and Sarah. It was definitely the best example of existentialism I’ve ever seen. It’s one of those things I read a little bit about in a couple classes, but never really quite grasped the concept. Wonderful performances by Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore (1998)) and Mark Wahlberg. You also had Jude Law, Dustin Hoffman, Naomi Watts, and Lily Tomlin. Definitely a star-studded cast. Elaine had told me while watching this movie she was kept on the edge of her seat waiting to hear what they would say next. I’d have to say I concur. Definitely great dialog going on here. For some reason while watching it I was constantly reminded of John Cusack. One actress in here was the teacher he talked to outside the high school in Grosse Pointe Blank who he told still dresses like Mary Tyler Moore. There were also little things that reminded of some of his other movies. I thought Naomi Watts did an awesome job portraying how shallow everyone was in treating her after she quit trying to look “pretty” all the time. There were also a bunch of little things like when Jude Law threw up in the meeting and him crying at the end. I also loved when he admitted going to the existential detectives just to get Albert kicked out.

This is definitely a movie that can be appreciated on multiple levels. It’s entertaining and witty on the surface, yet is also much deeper if you want to sit and really think about what you’re watching. Definitely something to watch sometime.