Movie Report

I have seen too many movies in the last month to even keep them all straight. That's what happens when you end up having to "take it easy" but can't concentrate enough to read. Worth mentioning:

Little Miss Sunshine: totally funny. Go see it. This is one of my favorite movies of the last few months.

A Scanner Darkly: Cool rotoscoping for a few minutes of it, then it gets a bit old. Not the best adaptation. Don't bother.

The Matador: Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnin. It's fun, it's a different role for PB and it's very silly.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: Tommy Lee Jones' movie. It's slow but captivating because it's heavy while somehow balanced with the funny things we are as humans. Captures the heat, the reverse revenge concept, and some interesting characters. Memorable use of antifreeze.

Dave Chappelle's Block Party: This is a fun movie with good performances but why does everyone keep saying it's so hilarious? It's not like a super laugh riot at all, but it is in good fun and is a good concert film.

The Devil Wears Prada: You already know how amazing Meryl Streep is and she'll still blow you away. This is a simple but still entertaining flick.

Pirates 2: I do love Monsieur Depp. I did have a fun time at this movie (which I saw free, thanks to my credit card company), but some of the fish faces were a little too cartoony. But not Davy Jones. His tentacles are excellent.

Clerks 2: Only if you have ever laughed (or known real life versions) at Jay and Silent Bob or Clerks I. I did. It's stupid. And it's funny. Sometimes I need that.

Ten Things I Hate About You-- I watched this Again. A teen movie I contend is one of the most fun adaptations of Shakespeare I've seen. (Taming of the Shrew)

My Neighbor Totoro -- I saw the English dubbed version for the first time in an art house (I'd watched it subtitled previously) and it gave it slightly different nuances. It was fun to see with a lot of other laughing people. But where were the kids? Not a kid to be seen at a 7pm showing.

Bringing up Baby -- Somehow I've never seen this one. Hepburn is so nutty in it, it's very fun.

I watched a number of oldies. I hadn't realized how much James Van Der Beek (Dawson) looks like Errol Flynn.