Thoughts: After the Oscars I was on an Ang Lee kick and wanted to see all the movies he made. In 1973, two neighboring families find their lives changed after a night of a bad ice storm. Ben Hood (Kevin Kline) and his cold hearted wife Elena Hood (Joan Allen) are trying to make their marriage work, however Ben is having an affair with Janey Carver (Sigourney Weaver), the neighbors’ wife. As for the kids, Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is coming home for Thanksgiving break but thinking about heading to NY to see a girl he likes played by the lovely Katie Holmes (crazy woman) while his sister Wendy Hood (Christina Ricci) is messing around with next door neighbor Mikey Carver (Elijah Wood) even though his little brother Sandy Carver (Adam Hann-Byrd) has a secret crush on her. The film moved along slowly but I loved how Ang Lee got the ice storm to be a character by creating a mood and feel. It was cold outside as well as inside both families with isolation, pain and resentment.
(M) Dot the I. (Matthew Parkhill, 2003) Grade: C-
Thoughts: This is a true form of movies because you have to leave all logic at home to consider this unbelievable and over the top story line. Carmen Colazzo (Natalia Verbeke) is about to marry Barnaby R. Caspian (James D’Arcy) and on the eve of her wedding meets and kisses Kit Winter (Gael Garcia Bernal). So begins their unrealistic romance where Carmen and Kit seem met for each other (why?) and the crazy twist at the end of the film. I found Natalia and James’ acting terrible compared to Gael who saved this movie from getting a F grade from me. One highlight was the soundtrack used, full of hip and fresh songs. Heck they even played an Idlewild track. Did anyone else catch the video screen shot of “Atmosphere” by Joy Division?
2 comments:
I didn't notice the Joy Division hting... I was probably too busy saying, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?"
yea i only caught it after saying "you got to be kidding me?" for the 100th time.
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