Thoughts: Back in July, this was the only film I caught during the LA Film Festival. The movie was a funny and exaggerated look at teaching done mockumentary style. It follows the lives of three teachers and one teacher now asst. principal at a high school in Texas. It really made you realized how difficult teaching is because you can’t learn how to teach – you either can do it or you can’t. Mr. Lowrey (Troy Schremmer), a new teacher at the school, experienced that and it was interesting to watch. Did you know 50% of teachers quit in the first three years of teaching?
(M) Trees Lounge. (Steve Buscemi, 1996) Grade: C+
Thoughts: Tommy (Steve Buscemi) has hit rock bottom – he lost his long time girlfriend to his once boss/friend Rob (Anthony LaPaglia), he doesn’t have a job, he lives above a bar which he goes drinking at all day and messes around with his friend’s 17 year old daughter Debbie (Chloe Sevigny). Trees Lounge is a movie about a loser directed by an actor who often plays losers in movies. I enjoyed it but nothing really happens, if anything it was a good character study film.
(M) Help!!! (Lat Sau Wui Cheun). (Johnny To & Ka Fai Wai, 2000) Grade: D+
Thoughts: Silly, insane, all over the map, crazy Chinese film that blends together M*A*S*H, ER and any other medical drama together and tries to make it funny. I can’t say I hated it but yea it was not great.
(M) Bleak House. (Justin Chadwick & Susanna White, 2005) Grade: B+
Thoughts: This mini series was epic clocking in at 8 hours which is not surprising given the book written by Charles Dickens is over 900 pages. It took me awhile to get through it all but when I was finished I was pleased. British productions are a bit on the cheesier and over dramatic side and Bleak House was no exception but overall well done and acted. Mainly I watched the series for Gillian Anderson who got an Emmy nomination for her role as Lady Deadlock. I know she is not Agent Scully anymore but in my mind she will always be. Oh and Anna Maxwell Martin who played Esther was great and is actually going to be in this movie based on Jane Austen’s life called Becoming Jane. The upsetting part is Jane Austen is being played by Anne Hathaway which is strange because she is not even British.
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