The Virgin Suicides

This movie tries to be really stylish and, um, “bold” or something… it almost succeeds, but only almost. There are a couple brief scenes in the movie, but even those just don’t fit. The narrator (who’s never really identified), treats the whole story like some kind of Shakespearean tragedy or something. Teenage boys are never so philosophical about beautiful girls living next door, they just want to see them naked. (Also, the movie’s sound was really annoying – very quiet dialogue with roaring music).

 

Pearl Harbor

Probably the most marketing-oriented movie I’ve ever seen – Something for women + something for the men = big bucks! It’s like they were trying to make another Titanic or something. It was entertaining, but the whole end-thing was a bit much. Apparently that did actually happen, but I was watching the movie just waiting for the one guy to die dramatically – it was the only way to make everyone happy. They could have squished the plot a little bit and made a better and shorter movie. (he could have died at pearl harbor instead)