Thoughts: Det. John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) who is suffering from acrophobia begins to investigate the strange activities of a friend’s wife (Kim Novak) all the while getting dangerously obsessed with her. The images of San Francisco throughout the movie were wonderful; this film is very classic Hitchcock.
(M) The Bourne Ultimatum. (Paul Greengrass, 2007) Grade: B+
Thoughts: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) comes closer to figuring out his past and who he is while running from new, superior assassins. This was an enjoyable action movie that wraps up the Bourne trilogy nicely. However, I would not mind seeing more movies about Bourne because he is such an interesting character.
(M) The Last King of Scotland. (Kevin Macdonald, 2006) Grade: B-
Thoughts: The Last King of Scotland is loosely based upon the life of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) told from the eyes of his personal physician Dr. Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) in the 1970’s. The film would have been better if they focused less on Dr. Nicholas Garrigan and more on Idi Amin. Forest Whitaker did such an amazing job and absolutely deserved that Oscar win. Also, it was nice to see Gillian Anderson even if her role was small.
(M) Xizao (Shower). (Yang Zhang, 1999) Grade: B-
Thoughts: A city businessman returns to his rural hometown because he thinks his father is dying. In reality, his father is fine and running the local bathhouse business with the help of his mentally challenged younger brother. It was a nice movie about family and father/son relationships.
(M) Sheng Xia Guang Nian (Eternal Summer). (Leste Chen, 2006) Grade: C+
Thoughts: Jonathan (Bryant Chang) and Shane (Hsiao-Chuan Chang) are best friends. Jonathan meets Carrie (Kate Yeung) and they begin to hang out. Carrie wants more than just friends; however Jonathan is in love with Shane. It reminded me a bit of Brokeback Mountain in that Jonathan could not come to terms his sexuality and he felt so ashamed for how he felt. Although the movie was under 90 minutes some parts did drag and the ending was a bit over dramatic.
(M) Um Fa (The Longest Nite). (Johnnie To, Yau Dat-Zi, 1997) Grade: C+
Thoughts: A decent cop thriller that takes place in Macau starring Tony Leung, Lau Ching Wan and Maggie Siu. The storyline was all over the place but the action was pretty good.
Movie Count: 15
2 comments:
Wait, Grand Rapids, Michigan native Gillian Anderson was in The Last King of Scotland? Well, I have to watch it now!
Oh, for my blog, I've decided to take the month of March off. I'm just really tired of blogging and no one was leaving comments and I'm out of ideas and I wasn't eating at Five Guys enough to keep things interesting and you see there are a whole bunch of problems here that can only be solved by taking the month of March off.
Hmmm, maybe I should take the month of March off for work too...
I saw Shower a couple years back. I really enjoyed it. I'd give it at least a solid B.
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