American Beauty

Posted on November 24, 2010 by jley4

I just finished watching this about 15 minutes ago. It’s always nice to write about a movie that’s still fresh in my mind. I found this to be a very positive and optimistic movie. No, I’m not kidding. In the end, there was beauty in everything, you just have to look for it. Even things that are outwardly horrible or wrong or disgusting can be beautiful if seen in the right light. When you discover this, you achieve a real sense of inner peace. Anyway, that’s what the movie meant to me.

Superman Returns

Posted on December 13, 2009 by jley4

But from where? This was like half a movie searching for a plot. It was fun to watch at times, but it didn’t really seem that the characters believed in the idea. Also, once again, a character does something really stupid (bringing your son along on a tresspass?) to move the plot along.

Se7en

Posted on December 12, 2009 by jley4

I never really can get into “lunatic” movies because they always make these people out to be geniuses, when they never really would be. Go see “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” if you want to see a good lunatic movie.

Oh, and that title? very clever with the 7 instead of the V. Very very clever.

Pay it Forward

Posted on December 5, 2009 by jley4

Sure, it’s a feel-good movie with a difficult to believe premise, but I liked it because it didn’t slide into the realm of ridiculousness. It wasn’t really as much about the “pay it forward” concept as it was a love story. There were a few eye-rolling bits though – the suicide on the bridge scene & the ending… but that’s forgivable. It would have been so easy to have made this a really silly movie… which is what I expected, but didn’t find.

L.A. Confidental

Posted on November 28, 2009 by jley4

Interesting, but kind of a shoulder shrugger for me.

K-Pax

Posted on November 27, 2009 by jley4

I’m not going to attempt to guess whether K-Pax was really an alien or not, I’m willing to admit that I just don’t know. Whatever you think, this was an entertaining piece of work. One thing I didn’t get though, did the Jeff Bridges character really need to fly to New Mexico to learn about Prot? He could have just called.