Movies

Primal Fear

Just watched “Primal Fear” on DVD. This is one fine movie. There were too many familiar faces in the movie. Too much even. Richard Gere was a good lawer, though I don’t like him very much. Edward Norton was also very impressive, considering the fact that this was his first movie. I bet that this film was the decisive one when choosing a character for “Fight Club“. He’s got the split personality desease in both of them, and he is brilliant in both of them. Good bet. :)

21 Grams

Watched “21 Grams” on DVD. A really nice, dramatic movie. It has something unamerican about it. I just cannot put my finger on it. Maybe the feeling is from skies shot in somewhat Japanese way. Or maybe it is due to some accordion music. Or maybe it is from something else.

Tricky situation of the characters in the movie does also make you think about things like organ donations, crime, family and children, traffic accidents, religion… Benicio Del Toro (aka Franky Four Fingers) plays an excellent role of an ex-con guy. He does a real good job touching on the subjects of religion, belief and faith.

Overall, a great movie to see if you have some free time and don’t feel the need for any humour. Dramatic. Very.

Hollywood Homicide

Watched “Hollywood Homicide” on DVD. It was written “Hot Action Comedy” on the cover. Well, in reality it was neither of three. It was a rather boring slow movie which seemed more like a tribute to Harrison Ford‘s Indiana Jones days. All escense of the movie is wonderfully collected in the trailer that I’ve seen in the movies. All action, story, and jokes are there.

It was much more boring in the movie itself. 5 or so jokes for 2 hours of no action is boring. There is one long chase closer to the end of the film, but it becomes very long over nothing which makes it boring too. Watch this film only if you have 2 hours that you are prepared to throw out of your life. ;)

L’Auberge espagnole

Just watches “L’Auberge espagnole” (aka “The Spanish Apartment”). Excellent movie. There is something about European movies that I like, but I am not sure I can define what it is. They are way more original, maybe. In the sense that there is always something different about the film. Camera work, music, scenery, situation. I don’t know. But there is something that makes me want to watch it. There is also style. Always. And humour.

I think I haven’t seen one single European movie without humour in it. “The Spanish Apartment” was a dramatic comedy, so there was a whole bunch of humour. But drama was excellent too. There were some bits that I feel strongly about but until now I wasn’t sure that it was possible to easily show them in the movie. For example, when few people (students in this case) rent the same apartment together, and they are not really friends, but they are so close that when trouble comes to one of them, all of them forget whatever they were doing and literally run to help the person in need. This movie shows few things like perfectly, but without too much hussle. Bravo.

Master and Commander

Watched “Master and Commander” on DVD. It’s a very good movie, but it’s a pity that I missed it in the movies. Big screen and darkness were defenetly planned for the audience.

It’s strange that there are so few movies about naval battles, pirates, and all that stuff. When I was a kid, I’ve read a whole bunch of books about pirates, ships, seas, captains, etc, that it makes me kind of fallable for movies like this. There are not that many and that kind of pisses me off. In a good sense.