Few movies are able to portray stupid people intelligently. This movie does it though. I don’t know if it was the acting, directing or writing, but it was brilliant. My favorite scene? Where “Dirk” has it out with his mom – classic. Remember, “stupid screwed up people” does not mean “stupid screwed up movie”. It even has a happy ending… why not?
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Short Cuts
Go see this movie – yes it’s long, but your life is not that interesting so you have the time to spend.
Magnolia
Strange to say, but I think this movie needed to be longer. It was really long, but I think it needed another 20 minutes to really complete the stories. In case you wondered, this is another of those “intertwined lives” movies, a la ‘short cuts’ or ‘pulp fiction’. It was done really well – there was a lot of good acting, and the direction was first rate. I wish I could find better words of praise for this movie… it deserves some. I guess I’m just not sure what it was really about. Perhaps it was just about life & relationships & consequences, but isn’t almost every movie about that? Anyway, if you want to see an inventive, beautiful, smart and long movie, go see this.
The Lost World (Jurassic Park II)
More dinosaurs and Jeff Goldblum. Ho hum. You know, they should make a movie with lots of special effects, no plot and just have dinosaurs go on a rampage… oh, wait… I guess that was THIS movie. Nevermind.
Far From Heaven
If somebody had made a movie about homosexuality & interracial romance in 1958, it would have looked a lot like this one (it probably wouldn’t have been as good though). Everything from the dialog to the music is straight from upper-class proto-suburban 1950-something. It’s the kind of movie that transports the viewer to another place, time & civic sense. That’s what movies are for, aren’t they?
Evolution
I saw this on a train ride from LA to Seattle… Well, I tried not to see it, but they played it like 5 times with the volume cranked up. Unless you’re in a similar situation, don’t bother with this. It’s not even worth fast-forwarding through.