Thoughts: A Paris musical about love and lovers with most of the story sung and little dialogue. The ending with the main character Ismael Benoliel (Louis Garrel) falling for a boy after his girlfriend’s death was interesting. The plot was just okay but I just kept watching because it was beautiful people walking around a beautiful city.
(M) Charade. (Stanley Donen, 1963) Grade: B-
Thoughts: Regina “Reggie” Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) is a recent widow who needs to find out where her husband hid some money before a group of men locate it first. Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) is a random man she befriends and falls in love with. It tried to be like Hitchcock but wasn’t and Audrey seems a bit too young for the much older Cary, however overall an enjoyable flick.
(M) The Darjeeling Limited. (Wes Anderson, 2007) Grade: C+
Thoughts: Three brothers, Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman), make a trip to India to heal from the death of their father and to locate their long lost mother (Anjelica Huston). It was another typical Anderson film and I started to dislike it. However, halfway through it an event occurred for the characters that made the movie more enjoyable and not so annoying. Anderson needs to rethink how he does movies because his current format is getting tiresome and old.
(M) God Grew Tired of Us. (Christopher Dillon Quinn, 2006) Grade: A
Thoughts: God Grew Tired of Us follows three young men who are repatriated to the U.S. to begin a new life after their escape from the troubles of Sudan. John Bul Dau goes to Syracuse and at the end of the film, becomes a spokesperson for the Lost Boys and Lost Girls of Sudan; Daniel Abol Pach and Panther Bior go to Pittsburgh. All the men work several jobs and try to go back to school while searching for their remaining family members. This is such a great documentary and makes you really take a step back and view what we live for.
(M) 12 Angry Men. (Sidney Lumet, 1957) Grade: A-
Thoughts: An excellent movie about 12 jurors who have to decide the faith of a young man. The entire film takes place in one room and over a span of a few hours. The acting is top notch with well known actors in each role and the dialogue is right on. 12 Angry Men is a good character study type film.
(M) The Brave One. (Neil Jordan, 2007) Grade: C-
Thoughts: I like Jodie Foster but I should really stop seeing her recent films. Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is beaten up along with her fiancé (Naveen Andrews) in a park in NYC. Erica ends up surviving but not her fiancé. She decides to go on this revenge streak killing anyone who gets in her way. Oh and Terrence Howard is some cop who figures it out. This should have been called The Slow One because it totally dragged and I found myself fast forwarding through most of the film. In addition, it really did portray NYC as some type of crazy criminal city, which was a bit ridiculous.
Movie Count: 33
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