I think this was the one with Robin and Batgirl. They were really stretching for ideas here. Even Ahnold couldn’t save this movie. Oh, wait, I think he was in some other one.
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Australia
Basically a modern, big-budget “western”, just set in… Australia. Has all the required checklist items.
Days of Thunder
Why in the world did I watch this?
The Interpreter
One thing that’s always bugged me about these types of movies is that they rely on the audience coming to really hate some character. To do that, they really need to give you a good reason. Although, we know the leader is a bad guy (or good guy gone wrong), we never get direct evidence of him personally living up to that reputation. I think it would have helped to have a scene where he betrays someone. Other than that, it was a decent movie.
The Golden Compass
Movies based on books like this often have the same problem. They’re trying to bring an imaginary world to life… and since the book is both much richer and more vague than the screen, it’s just hard to get right. Half the movie is taken up by trying to explain the characters, and the other half is gadgetry without context. Really the only way to do a movie like this right is like they did with Lord of the Rings – just go completely over-the-top, and make it super long. But, you need a real epic text for that to work. Anyway, this movie was fun to watch for the effects and such, but I really had the feeling that I was being shortchanged somehow.
Far and Away
I enjoyed it, especially the way it took many wrong turns for the “happy ending” to unfold. I wasn’t even bothered by Tom Cruise.
Farenelli: What happens to those vienna boys when they grow up without their hormones attached? This is a story of one of them. He’s loved for his voice, but has trouble being happy because… well… you know. What a bum deal. Anyway, the singing was done by two singers – a man and a woman who’s voices were “morphed” together. The result is rather bizarre, but I think it fits the character. Farenelli was bizarre. It doesn’t matter if the voice sounds fake, I think it fits even better because of it.
Eyes Wide Shut
A fine although sad end to Stanley Kubrick’s career. I’m sorry that he didn’t make more movies, because all of them are really cool and uniquely stylish. I wish I had seen this on a big screen. I probably need to see it again in order to understand just what it was “really” about, but as far as I could tell it probed the fine line between thought and action – between fantasy and reality. Parts of this movie were almost a manifestation of those secret twisted thoughts that we all have. “she” had the thoughts & “he” acted on them. I could write more, but I’m afraid I’m out of my league. See this movie.